Wafra
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Wafra () is the southernmost area in Kuwait, within the boundaries of the former Saudi–Kuwaiti neutral zone. It is part of Ahmadi Governorate, and is well known for its fertile soil and farms. It is parallel with the Kuwait–Saudi Arabia border. Wafra and Abdali to the north are the only two cities in Kuwait known for farming and livestock. Farms in Wafra are fed by groundwater. The farms have a very original cone-shaped mud dovecotes with hundreds of birds. People tend to visit the Wafra Market to buy fresh vegetables.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Wafra is referenced by 12 other articles, and connects out to UTC+03:00, Al Ahmadi Governorate and Saudi Arabia.
The entry is geolocated on the map in KW, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Agriculture in Asia and Populated places in Kuwait.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality
- Country
- Kuwait
- Located in
- Al Ahmadi Governorate
- Population
- 10017
- Elevation
- 164
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Image
- Wafrafarms.jpg
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Wafra () is the southernmost area in Kuwait, within the boundaries of the former Saudi–Kuwaiti neutral zone. It is part of Ahmadi Governorate, and is well known for its fertile soil and farms. It is parallel with the Kuwait–Saudi Arabia border. Wafra and Abdali to the north are the only two cities in Kuwait known for farming and livestock. Farms in Wafra are fed by groundwater. The farms have a very original cone-shaped mud dovecotes with hundreds of birds. People tend to visit the Wafra Market to buy fresh vegetables.
== History == In ancient times, water was extracted from the depths of its land, making the area reasonably important at the time of the extractions.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wafra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations