What the records say
- When
- 1969
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Where
- Kuwait
- Coordinates
- 29.41° N, 47.31° E
- Process
- cession
- Type
- Cession (part yielded to other entity)
- Pop
- 2080
- Area km2
- 2850
- Gaining
- Saudi Arabia
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Kuwait
Country in West Asia
Kuwait, officially the State of Kuwait, is a country in West Asia. With a coastline of approximately 500 km (311 mi), it is situated at the head of the Persian Gulf in the northeastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, bordering Iraq to the north and Saudi Arabia to the south. Kuwait is geographically the second closest Gulf country to mainland Iran after Iraq.
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The source
- COW Territorial Change v6Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War: free use with citation