Formal Name: State of Kuwait.

Short Form: Kuwait.

Term for Citizens: Kuwaiti(s) adjectival form, Kuwaiti.

Capital: Kuwait (city of Kuwait frequently used to distinguish it from country).

Date of Independence: June 19, 1ออออ961.

GEOGRAPHY

Size: About 17,818 square kilometers.

Topography: Almost entirely flat desert.

Climate: Hot, dry, desert climate sandstorms in June and July some rain, mainly in spring.

NOTE--The Country Profile contains updated information as available.

Boundaries: Mostly defined United Nations post-Persian Gulf War 1992 boundary settlement accepted by Kuwait but rejected by Iraq.

Data as of January 1993