Kuwait country profile

Country Profile
Physical Geography
Official Name of Country:
State of Kuwait.
Climate:
Dry desert; intensely hot summers; short, cool winters
Map:
29 30 N, 45 45 E
Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
Political Geography:
1. Type of government, names of the officials, and major political parties:
Constitutional emirate0.
2. Capital:
Kuwait City.
3. International Organization participation:
ABEDA, AfDB (no regional member), AFESD, AMF, BDEAC, CAEU, FAO, G-77, GCC, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAS, MIGA, NAM, OAPEC, OIC, OPCW, OPEC, Paris Club (associate), PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
G-77, FAO, WTO, OPEC,
We don’t sign the Kyoto Protocol, but we had changed the rules.
They aren’t in the IMF and NATO.
Cultural Geography
1. Official language, and other languages spoken, ethnic composition, and major religions:
Arabic (official), English widely spoken
2. Population, population growth rate, and population distribution:
2,692,526.
3. Major cities:
Kuwait
4. Infant mortality rate and average life expectancy
Birth rate: 21.79 births/1,000 population
Death rate: 2.31 deaths/1,000 population
Economic Geography
1. GNP (Gross National Product) and GDP (Gross Domestic Product):
$150.2 billion
2. Percent of arable land used for agriculture
0.3
3. Natural resources
Kuwait just use the oil
4. Major agricultural and industrial products
Petroleum, petrochemicals, cement, shipbuilding and repair, water desalination, food processing, construction materials

5. Major exports and imports
$49.52 billion
$20.8 billion
6. Currency (include exchange rate vs. TWD)
1KWD=111.23TWD.
7. Balance of trade (include amounts in TWD currency of total exports and imports)
Trade with Kuwait : 2009
NOTE: All figures are in millions of U.S. dollars, and not seasonally adjusted unless otherwise specified.
Month
Exports
Imports
Balance
January 2009
141.5
392.9
-251.4
February 2009
141.6
219.1
-77.5
March 2009
195.6
123.1
72.4
April 2009
132.6
255.7
-123.1
May 2009
130.4
162.3
-31.9
June 2009
128.6
385.2
-256.6
July 2009
124.8
318.7
-193.8
August 2009
160.2
276.6
-116.4
September 2009
193.7
472.6
-279.0
October 2009
162.0
290.6
-128.6
November 2009
181.8
226.2
-44.4
TOTAL
1,692.8
3,123.0
-1,430.2

8. Historical events (Timeline format from 1980 to present; give your teacher 10 major events)