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Coordinates: 29°23′N 47°59′E / 29.383°N 47.983°E

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Sharq شرق
District
Sharq
Coordinates: 29°23′N 47°59′E / 29.383°N 47.983°E / 29.383; 47.983^[1]
Country	Kuwait
Governorate	Capital Governorate
Elevation ^[2]	9 m (30 ft)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	14,708

Sharq (Arabic: شرق, romanized: Šarq) is a historic waterfront district of Kuwait City. It is Kuwait City's oldest neighborhood although most pre-oil buildings were demolished in the 1960s and 1970s. It is now a modern business area and contains many buildings, skyscrapers and malls such as the Souq Sharq and Arraya Tower.

Embassies in Sharq

Australia

References

^ ^a ^b "Geoportal for Kuwait Census 2011". Central Statistical Bureau of Kuwait. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
^ "Sharq, Kuwait on the Elevation Map". elevationmap.net. Retrieved 27 November 2019.

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Kuwait City Metropolitan Area

Areas

Kuwait City
proper

Areas	Sharg Jibla Mirgāb Dasmān
Districts	Ṣawābir Waṣaṭ

Kuwait City
Metro
Area

Shuwaikh Quarters	Shuwaikh Residential Shuwaikh Port Shuwaikh Industrial Shuwaikh Educational Shuwaikh Health Shuwaikh Administrative
Metropolitan areas	300,000+ Sālmīya Jilīb il-Šyūkh 200,000+ Farwānīya Ḥawally 100,000+ Mahbūla Khaiṭān Mangaf Fḥēḥīl Ṣubāḥ il-Sālim 75,000+ Jabrīya South Surra (65K) ʿĀrḏ̣īya (65K)
Other areas	See Areas of Kuwait

Landmarks

Architecture & buildings	Kuwait Towers (Freedom Towers) Liberation Tower Kuwait National Assembly Kuwait Opera House (Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Cultural Centre) Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre Al Salam Palace Kuwait National Cultural District Al-Hashemi-II
Museums & Historical	Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre Kuwait National Cultural District Kuwait Scientific Center Bait Al-Othman Museum Al Salam Palace Al Shaheed Park Museums Dar al Athar al Islamiyyah Museum of Modern Arts Tareq Rajab Museum Science and Natural History Museum Bait Dickson Kuwait National Museum Historical, Vintage, and Classical Cars Museum Sadu House Al-Hashemi-II Fateh Al-Khayr
Recreation	Al Shaheed Park Kuwait Motor Town The Avenues Mall Sharg Market
Historical sougs	Sūg Al-Mubarakiya Sūg Al-Manakh Ṣafāt Square
Scientific centres	Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) Kuwait Institutte for Scientific Research (KISR) The Scientific Center of Kuwait (TSCK) Kuwait Science Club Dasman Diabetes Institute
Libraries	National Library of Kuwait Al-Babtain Library For Arabic Poetry
Universities	Kuwait University (Kuniv) Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET) Abdallah Al-Salem College American University of Kuwait American University of the Middle East Gulf University (GUST) Open Arab University
Historical palaces	Seif Palace Bayān Palace Kuwait Red Fort (in Jahra, Kuwait)
Others	Kuwait International Airport Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital Amiri Hospital

Events

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v t e Capital Governorate (Al-ʿĀṣima)
Capital: Kuwait City
Kuwait City districts	Sharg Ṣawābir Jibla Mirgāb Dasmān Wuṣṭa
Shuwaikh Quarter	Shuwaikh Shuwaikh Industrial Area Shuwaikh Port Shuwaikh Educational [ar] Shuwaikh Health [ar] Shuwaikh Administrative
Governorate areas	ʿAbdallah is-Sālīm ʿDēliya Bnēd il-Gār Diʿīya Dasma Doha Doha Port Faiha' Granada Jaber Al-Ahmad Kaifan Khaldiya Manṣūriya Nahdha Northwest Sulaibikhat (Jōn) Nizha Qadsiya Qurtuba Rawda Salhiya Shamiya Sulaibikhat Yarmūk
Islands	Failaka Island Umm in-Namil Island

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