1. Colin Dougherty 3-18-09 6 th hour Westerlund

2.  The geography is relatively close to Saudi Arabia and relatively west of the Persian gulf  The exact location is 29 29N and 45 45E  The land size is just about the size of New Jersey

3.  The coast is 499 ft long  Kuwaitis mine coal as one of their mine industries (except oil).  One of their key problems is that they use a great amount of water which can lead to many droughts.

4.  August 2 nd 1961 was when Kuwait gained independence from England.  The Al Sabah family has been in rule since 1991

5.  They are a constitutional monarchy which means there is a king the must follow a certain set of rules called a constitution. They are ruled by King Al Sabah.

6.  They are mainly Islamic.  Their main language is Arabic but they speak Portuguese and also English.  Some customs are that they were thawbs or long skirts that men where.  They also celebrate in the holy month of Ramadan in which they fast from sun up to sun down.

7.  Kuwait is a developed country they are one of the few developed country in all of the middle east.

8.  Population growth rate-3.159%  Life expectancy male-76.38 years old  Life expectancy female- 76.73 years old  Literacy rate male-94.4%  Literacy rate female-91%

9.  The army can enroll from age 16-49(male and female)  Kuwaitis are often times immigrants from Saudi Arabia  Other countries owe them 38.82 billion dollars  There are 570,000 phones in Kuwait  There are 17 radio stations in use A.M.-6 F.M.- 11

10.  "Kuwait." Kuwait 1rst 24 feb 2009 17 Mar 2009.