Rumaithiya

Rumaithiya الرميثية Rumaythiyah
City
Rumaithiya
Coordinates: 29°19′N 48°4′E / 29.317°N 48.067°E / 29.317; 48.067Coordinates: 29°19′N 48°4′E / 29.317°N 48.067°E / 29.317; 48.067
Country	Kuwait
Governorate	Hawalli
Government
• Type	Municipality
Area
• Metro	4.7 km2 (1.8 sq mi)
Population
• City	58,957
Time zone	GMT+3

Rumaithiya (Arabic: الرميثية Arabic:Ar-Rumaytheeyah Kuwaiti Arabic:Il-Irmeitheeyah  ) is a residential area in Hawalli governorate, Kuwait City, Kuwait. It's geographically divided into twelve blocks.

Blocks[]

Rumaithiya is officially divided into 12 blocks (قِطَع). Every block has a mosque and Rumaithiya Co-Op branch.

Landmarks[]

Masjids[]

Uqba Bin Nafe' Masjid (Block 8)

Rumaithiya was designed to make a space for a branch of the Co-op and the supermarket. Due to this, there are 12 government-built masjids in Rumaithiya, with one more government-built masjid near the main Co-op. The biggest masjid, Masjid Maqamis is in Block 11

Husayniyat[]

• Rumaithiya has the largest number of husayniyas in Kuwait with more than 70 Husayniya.

Rumaithiya Co-Op Society[]

Rumaithiya Co-Op Society is the official and only supermarket in the area.

• 12 Branches in every block, except the 7th block
• 15,144+ Contributors

Sports area[]

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Public Parks[]

• Large public park in block 6 with grass stadiums.
• Normal public park in block 8 with grass stadium, starbucks coffee shop.

Schools[]

• 13 schools (the largest number in Kuwait) excluding private schools and kindergartens

Religion[]

Most of Rumaithia's people are Shia Muslim.^[1][2] Due to this fact, there are a lot of husainiyas in the area.

References[]

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