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Of all the oil-producing Arab countries of the Middle East, Kuwait was the first one whose entire population came to benefit from its vast petroleum reserves. Many of these reserves lie along its border with Iraq. Kuwait lies at the northeastern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, on the shore of the Persian Gulf. Like Iraq, which borders it on the north and northwest, and Saudi Arabia, on the south and southwest, Kuwait has a Muslim Arab cultural heritage. Kuwait is a good example of a traditional society that advanced rapidly into the 20th century because of its oil wealth. In the early 1950s the nation's capital, Kuwait City, was a fortified town surrounded by a mud wall for protection against raiding tribes. Today, the city has high-rise buildings, a busy port, stores that sell the latest products, and an extensive petrochemical industry. The state of Kuwait covers only 6,880 square miles (17,820 square kilometers). The country is largely desert, but it has 120 miles (190 kilometers) of coastline. A number of small offshore islands, includi
ng Faylakah, Bubiyan, and Warbah, belong to Kuwait. About 75 percent of Kuwait's people are literate, a high rate for a Middle Eastern country. Since the 1950s, education has been patterned on Western systems. Women as well as men receive a free education through the university level. Most urban dwellers live in Kuwait City and its suburbs Al Jahra and Hawalli because of the harsh desert climate farther inland. Maximum temperatures in the desert region usually range between 108 degrees F (42 degrees C) and 115 degrees F (46 degrees C) during the day in summer and drop close to freezing at night in winter. There are occasional dust storms, some accompanied by thunder and light rain. Along the Persian Gulf, the humidity is high, making the summer months very unpleasant. Kuwait's average annual rainfall of less than 6 inches (15 centimeters) occurs almost entirely between November and May. The nomadic Bedouins of Kuwait have virtually disappeared since the early 1960s because of housing built by the government for the rural population
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