Rumaithiya
Rumaithiya is a mainly-residential area in Hawalli governorate and a suburb of Kuwait City.
Rumaithiya is a mainly-residential area in Hawalli governorate and a suburb of Kuwait City. It is divided into twelve blocks. The population of Rumaithiya was 58,127, according to the June 2023 estimate by the Public Authority for Civil Information. A significant proportion of Rumaithiya's residents are Shia Muslims.
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Worth seeing in and around Rumaithiya
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Thamir Stadium
Thamir Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Al Salmiya, Kuwait. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Al Salmiya Club.
3.4 km · stadium · Wikipedia - 02Bayan Palace
Bayan Palace is the main palace of the Emir of Kuwait. It is located in the Bayan area.
3.8 km · main palace of the Emir of Kuwait · Wikipedia - 03American University of Kuwait
The American University of Kuwait is a private liberal arts institution located in Salmiya, Kuwait. Established in 2003 by Amiri decree, AUK is affiliated with Dartmouth College.
3.4 km · university in Kuwait · Wikipedia
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Getting to Rumaithiya
- Airports
- Kuwait (KWI), 14 km · Abadan Ayatollah Jami (ABD), 118 km · Basra (BSR), 142 km
- Abadan → Rumaithiya116 km · quickest by road, 4h 12m · $18–25
- Basra → Rumaithiya134 km · quickest by road, 3h 4m · $14–19
- Qaisumah → Rumaithiya220 km · quickest by road, 3h 56m · SAR75–95
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No local-transport research exists yet for Rumaithiya
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Rumaithiya. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inScheduled ferries to and from Iran are handled by Kuwait-Iran Shipping Company, phone +965 2410498, fax +965 2429508.
- Get inThe ferries go three times a week from Ash Shuwayk in Kuwait to Bushehr in Iran.
- Get inSpeedboats also go between Ash Shuwayk and Manama in Bahrain.
- Get aroundExpect to pay KD 2-3 for the shared taxi with 3-4 other passengers.
- Get aroundKD 10 for a small two door Japanese made car, 4WD and American made sports cars may cost around KD 25.
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Next door to Rumaithiya
Rumaithiya is 27 km from Al Aḩmadī, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Hawallycity in Kuwait3.7 km
- Salmiyacity in Hawalli Governorate, Kuwait2.5 km
- SalwaArea of Kuwait2.5 km
- Midan Hawallyhuman settlement in Kuwait3.2 km