Rumaithiya
Rumaithiya
الرميثية Rumaythiyah | |
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City | |
  Rumaithiya | |
| Coordinates: 29°19′N 48°4′E / 29.317°N 48.067°ECoordinates: 29°19′N 48°4′E / 29.317°N 48.067°E | |
| Country | Kuwait |
| Governorate | Hawalli |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| Area | |
| • Metro | 4.7 km2 (1.8 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • City | 58,957 |
| Time zone | GMT+3 |
Rumaithiya (Arabic: الرميثية Arabic:Ar-Rumaytheeyah Kuwaiti Arabic:Il-Irmeitheeyah ) is a residential area in Hawalli governorate, Kuwait City, Kuwait. It's geographically divided into twelve blocks.
Blocks[edit]
Rumaithiya is officially divided into 12 blocks (قِطَع). Every block has a mosque and Rumaithiya Co-Op branch.
Landmarks[edit]
Masjids[edit]
Rumaithiya was designed to make a space for a branch of the Co-op and the supermarket. Due to this, there are 12 government-built masjids in Rumaithiya, with one more government-built masjid near the main Co-op. The biggest masjid, Masjid Maqamis is in Block 11
Husayniyat[edit]
- Rumaithiya has the largest number of husayniyas in Kuwait with more than 70 Husayniya.
Rumaithiya Co-Op Society[edit]
Rumaithiya Co-Op Society is the official and only supermarket in the area.
- 12 Branches in every block, except the 7th block
- 15,144+ Contributors
Sports area[edit]
![[icon]](/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (April 2013) |
Public Parks[edit]
- Large public park in block 6 with grass stadiums.
- Normal public park in block 8 with grass stadium, starbucks coffee shop.
Schools[edit]
- 13 schools (the largest number in Kuwait) excluding private schools and kindergartens
Religion[edit]
Most of Rumaithia's people are Shia Muslim.[1][2] Due to this fact, there are a lot of husainiyas in the area.
References[edit]
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2013-04-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ شيعة الكويت.. بين المشاركة والتمايز المذهبي Arabic CNN - 13 April 2007 - Access Date 30 January 2015.
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