{"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":"fakta-om-kuwait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/se\/facts-about-kuwait","title":{"rendered":"Fakta om Kuwait"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. Namn:<\/strong>\u00a0Ordet \"kuwait\" betyder \"fort\" p\u00e5 arabiska. Staden Kuwait grundades 1613 i den nuvarande huvudstaden Kuwait City<\/p>\n

2. Livsl\u00e4ngd:<\/strong>\u00a0Kuwait, tillsammans med arablandet Qatar och \u00f6rikena Tonga och Tuvalu i Stilla havet, \u00e4r de enda l\u00e4nder i v\u00e4rlden d\u00e4r kvinnor har en l\u00e4gre f\u00f6rv\u00e4ntad medellivsl\u00e4ngd \u00e4n m\u00e4n.<\/p>\n

3. \u00d6ar:<\/strong>\u00a0I Persiska viken finns 9 \u00f6ar som tillh\u00f6r Kuwait (Failaka, Bobiyan, Maskan, Warba, Ouha, Um AIMaradem, Um AI-Naml, Kubbar och Qarooh). Av alla 9 \u00f6ar \u00e4r endast 1 bebodd; Failaka<\/p>\n

4. Gastronomi:<\/strong>\u00a0Det kuwaitiska k\u00f6ket k\u00e4nnetecknas s\u00e4rskilt av skaldjur (p\u00e5 grund av Kuwait Citys kustl\u00e4ge) i kombination med de m\u00e5nga lokala kryddorna<\/p>\n

5. \u00d6vervikt:<\/strong>\u00a0Cirka 42% av den kuwaitiska befolkningen \u00e4r \u00f6verviktig, vilket g\u00f6r Kuwait till #10 p\u00e5 listan \u00f6ver l\u00e4nder med h\u00f6gst koncentration av \u00f6verviktiga vuxna i befolkningen<\/p>\n

\"Fakta:
Upphovsr\u00e4tt: zaldz cayanan - Flickr.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fakta: Sandstormar \u00e4r ett vanligt fenomen i Kuwait - s\u00e4rskilt under sommarm\u00e5naderna<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

6. Emirat:<\/strong>\u00a0Kuwait \u00e4r ett emirat d\u00e4r statschefen \u00e4r en emir (Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah), \u00e4ven om det ocks\u00e5 finns en premi\u00e4rminister (Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah). Emirens makt g\u00f6r att han kan ben\u00e5da f\u00e5ngar fr\u00e5n f\u00e4ngelsestraff och till och med d\u00f6dsstraff. Emiren \u00e4r ocks\u00e5 den h\u00f6gste milit\u00e4re ledaren<\/p>\n

7. Olja:<\/strong>\u00a0Det uppskattas att Kuwait har omkring 10% av v\u00e4rldens oljereserver under jord. 90% av Kuwaits export \u00e4r olja (och derivat) och olja ger cirka 75% i statliga int\u00e4kter<\/p>\n

8. Historia:<\/strong>\u00a0Kuwait var en del av det ottomanska riket fram till 1:a v\u00e4rldskriget. F\u00f6rsta v\u00e4rldskriget, d\u00e5 landet blev en del av det brittiska imperiet. Det var inte f\u00f6rr\u00e4n 1961 som Kuwait f\u00f6rklarades sj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndigt fr\u00e5n Storbritannien<\/p>\n

9. Gulfkriget:<\/strong>\u00a0Kuwait invaderades och ockuperades av grannlandet Irak 1990. Detta var en del av den irakiske diktatorn Saddam Husseins plan f\u00f6r att s\u00e4kra fler oljek\u00e4llor. Amerikanska styrkor ingrep den 17 januari 1991 och kriget avslutades den 28 februari 1991.<\/p>\n

10. Oljebr\u00e4nder:<\/strong>\u00a0N\u00e4r de irakiska trupperna drog sig tillbaka i b\u00f6rjan av 1991 satte de eld p\u00e5 m\u00e5nga av oljek\u00e4llorna och l\u00e4mnade stora delar av de \u00f6stra och syd\u00f6stra delarna av Kuwait obeboeliga.<\/p>\n

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

Kuwait City \u00e4r huvudstad i Kuwait och landets st\u00f6rsta stad. De m\u00e5nga skyskraporna och h\u00f6ga tornen \u00e4r stadens mest utm\u00e4rkande drag<\/strong><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. Namn: Ordet \"kuwait\" betyder \"fort\" p\u00e5 arabiska. Staden Kuwait grundades 1613 i den nuvarande huvudstaden Kuwait City. 2. Livsl\u00e4ngd: Kuwait \u00e4r tillsammans med arablandet Qatar och \u00f6-nationerna Tonga och Tuvalu i Stilla havet de enda l\u00e4nderna i v\u00e4rlden d\u00e4r kvinnor har en l\u00e4gre genomsnittlig f\u00f6rv\u00e4ntad livsl\u00e4ngd ... L\u00e4s mer<\/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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