{"id":1531,"date":"2014-04-13T09:09:06","date_gmt":"2014-04-13T09:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/da\/?p=1531"},"modified":"2026-03-19T10:38:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T10:38:42","slug":"feiten-over-koeweit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/nl\/facts-about-kuwait","title":{"rendered":"Feiten over Koeweit"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. Naam:<\/strong>\u00a0Het woord 'kuwait' betekent 'fort' in het Arabisch. De stad Koeweit werd gesticht in 1613 in de huidige hoofdstad Koeweit Stad<\/p>\n

2. Levensduur:<\/strong>\u00a0Koeweit, samen met het Arabische land Qatar en de eilandnaties Tonga en Tuvalu in de Stille Oceaan, zijn de enige landen ter wereld waar vrouwen een lagere gemiddelde levensverwachting hebben dan mannen.<\/p>\n

3. Eilanden:<\/strong>\u00a0Er zijn 9 eilanden in de Perzische Golf die bij Koeweit horen (Failaka, Bobiyan, Maskan, Warba, Ouha, Um AIMaradem, Um AI-Naml, Kubbar en Qarooh). Van alle 9 eilanden is er slechts 1 bewoond; Failaka<\/p>\n

4. Gastronomie:<\/strong>\u00a0De Koeweitse keuken wordt vooral gekenmerkt door zeevruchten (vanwege de ligging van Koeweit aan de kust) in combinatie met de vele lokale specerijen.<\/p>\n

5. Overgewicht:<\/strong>\u00a0Ongeveer 42% van de Koeweitse bevolking is zwaarlijvig, waardoor Koeweit #10 is op de lijst van landen met de hoogste concentraties zwaarlijvige volwassenen in de bevolking.<\/p>\n

\"Feit:
Naamsvermelding: zaldz cayanan - Flickr.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Feit: Zandstormen komen vaak voor in Koeweit, vooral in de zomermaanden.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

6. Emiraat:<\/strong>\u00a0Koeweit is een emiraat met een emir als staatshoofd (Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah), hoewel er ook een premier is (Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah). De Emir heeft de macht om veroordeelden gratie te verlenen voor gevangenisstraffen en zelfs voor de doodstraf. De Emir is ook de hoogste militaire leider<\/p>\n

7. Olie:<\/strong>\u00a0Geschat wordt dat Koeweit ongeveer 10% van de wereldoliereserves onder de grond heeft. 90% van de export van Koeweit bestaat uit olie (en derivaten) en olie brengt ongeveer 75% aan overheidsinkomsten op.<\/p>\n

8. Geschiedenis:<\/strong>\u00a0Koeweit maakte tot de Eerste Wereldoorlog deel uit van het Ottomaanse Rijk. In de Eerste Wereldoorlog werd het deel van het Britse Rijk. Pas in 1961 werd Koeweit onafhankelijk verklaard van Groot-Brittanni\u00eb.<\/p>\n

9. De Golfoorlog:<\/strong>\u00a0Koeweit werd in 1990 binnengevallen en bezet door buurland Irak. Dit was onderdeel van het plan van de Iraakse dictator Saddam Hoessein om meer oliebronnen veilig te stellen. Amerikaanse troepen grepen in op 17 januari 1991 en de oorlog eindigde op 28 februari 1991.<\/p>\n

10. Oliebranden:<\/strong>\u00a0Toen de Irakese troepen zich begin 1991 terugtrokken, staken ze veel van de oliebronnen in brand, waardoor grote delen van het oosten en zuidoosten van Koeweit onbewoonbaar werden.<\/p>\n

\"Koeweit
Naamsvermelding: Dalal Al Mudhaf + Snap + Amgad Fahmi - Flickr.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Koeweit-stad is de hoofdstad van Koeweit en de grootste stad van het land. De vele wolkenkrabbers en hoge torens zijn de meest opvallende kenmerken van de stad.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. Naam: Het woord 'kuwait' betekent 'fort' in het Arabisch. De stad Koeweit werd gesticht in 1613 in de huidige hoofdstad Koeweit Stad 2. Levensduur: Koeweit, samen met het Arabische land Qatar en de eilandnaties Tonga en Tuvalu in de Stille Oceaan, zijn de enige landen ter wereld waar vrouwen een lagere gemiddelde levensverwachting ... Lees meer<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7558,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[65,77],"tags":[120],"class_list":["post-1531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries-geography","category-middle-east","tag-adsense"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFacts about Kuwait - Petroluem, Kuwait City, the war, etc.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fact: Kuwait is one of the only countries in the world where men live longer than women on average. 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