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Jahra Governorate

محافظة الجهراء
Jahra Governorate محافظة الجهراء
Governorate
	Map of Kuwait with Al-Jahra highlighted
	Coordinates (Al-Jahra): 29°20′13″N 47°39′29″E / 29.337°N 47.658°E
Country	Kuwait
Districts	26
Government
• Governor	Fahad Ahmed Al-Ameer
Area
• Total	11,230 km2 (4,340 sq mi)
Population (June 2014)
• Total	491,392
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+03 (AST)
ISO 3166 code	KW-JA

Jahra Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الجهراء Muḥāfaẓat al-Ǧahrāʾ) is one of the six governorates of Kuwait.^[2] It is the largest Governorate in Kuwait accounting for 63 percent of its land area. It includes the town of Al Jahra, most of the northern and western parts of Kuwait, several islands (among them Bubiyan Island).^[3] and also western districts of Kuwait City. It also contains most of Kuwait's arable land. Al Jahra also has some historic relevance to Kuwait's history.^[4] The Red Palace is the most important historical landmark there.^[5]

Historically, Al Jahra was an agricultural oasis village and most locals were farmers.^[6]^[7] Al Jahra's most notable residents included Sheikh Thuwainy Bin Abdullah Al-Saadoun of Al-Muntafiq in 1786, when he fled from Baghdad to Suleiman Pasha. He wanted to occupy Basra and Sheikh Abdullah Al-Sabah hosted him until he returned to Baghdad after he was pardoned by the Iraqi governor.

In 1925, Al-Jahra was under the administrative or governmental jurisdiction of Kuwait City, and the population lived on the cultivation of palm trees and a little wheat and barley. Al Jahra contained 170 houses including the palace of Talib al-Naqib and the palace of the Mubarak Al-Sabah. Nowadays Al Jahra is a modern city and farming has been reduced to various small farms. The geographic midpoint of Kuwait is located in this governorate.

Districts

**Areas of Ahmadi Governorate**
English	Arabic	Population	Notes/Landmarks
Abdali	العبدلي	6,839
Al-Mutlaa	المطلاع
Kazma	كازما
Bahra	بحرة
Kabd	كبد
Al-Sheqaya	الشقايه
Al-Nahda	النهضة	6,756
Amghara Industrial	أمغرة	8,623
Bar Al-Jahra	بر الجهراء	1,044	Desert area of Jahra.
Jahra	الجهراء	38,664	Governorate seat.
Jahra Industrial Herafiya	الجهراء الصناعية الحرفية	1,259
Naeem	النعيم	13,913
Nasseem	النسيم	18,745
Oyoun	العيون	31,009
Qasr	القصر	42,050
Jaber Al-Ahmad	جابر الأحمد
Saad Al Abdullah	سعد العبدالله	65,394
Salmi	السالمي	1,187
Subiya	الصبية
Sulaibiya	الصليبية	58,275
Sulaibiya Agricultural Area	الصليبية الزراعية	6,778
Sulaibiya Residential	الصليبية السكنية
Taima	تيماء	52,740
Waha	الواحة	28,154
Bubiyan Island	جزيرة بوبيان
Warbah Island	جزيرة وربة