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    Kuwait is a country located in Western Asia, situated between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. It has a population of over 4 million people, with Kuwaitis making up about 1.3 million and expatriates accounting for the remaining 2.9 million. Kuwait discovered oil reserves commercially in 1938, which drove large scale modernization between 1946-1982. However, Kuwait experienced instability in the 1980s due to an economic crisis and stock market crash, and was invaded and annexed by Iraq in 1990 before being liberated in 1991 with help from a coalition. Kuwait now has a constitutional monarchy with a semi-democratic political system and high income economy backed by large oil reserves.

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    Kuwait is a country located in Western Asia, situated between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. It has a population of over 4 million people, with Kuwaitis making up about 1.3 million and expatriates accounting for the remaining 2.9 million. Kuwait discovered oil reserves commercially in 1938, which drove large scale modernization between 1946-1982. However, Kuwait experienced instability in the 1980s due to an economic crisis and stock market crash, and was invaded and annexed by Iraq in 1990 before being liberated in 1991 with help from a coalition. Kuwait now has a constitutional monarchy with a semi-democratic political system and high income economy backed by large oil reserves.

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    Kuwait is a country located in Western Asia, situated between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. It has a population of over 4 million people, with Kuwaitis making up about 1.3 million and expatriates accounting for the remaining 2.9 million. Kuwait discovered oil reserves commercially in 1938, which drove large scale modernization between 1946-1982. However, Kuwait experienced instability in the 1980s due to an economic crisis and stock market crash, and was invaded and annexed by Iraq in 1990 before being liberated in 1991 with help from a coalition. Kuwait now has a constitutional monarchy with a semi-democratic political system and high income economy backed by large oil reserves.

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    Kuwait (/kʊˈweɪt/ ( listen);[5][6] Arabic: ‫ الكويت‬al-Kuwait, Gulf Arabic pronunciation: [ɪl‿ ɪkweːt] or

    [lɪkweːt]), officially the State of Kuwait (Arabic: ‫ دولة الكويت‬Dawlat al-Kuwait), is a country in
    Western Asia. Situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, it
    shares borders with Iraq and Saudi Arabia. As of 2016, Kuwait has a population of 4.2 million
    people; 1.3 million are Kuwaitis and 2.9 million are expatriates.[7] Expatriates account for 70%
    of the population.[8]

    Oil reserves were discovered in commercial quantities in 1938. From 1946 to 1982, the country
    underwent large-scale modernization. In the 1980s, Kuwait experienced a period of geopolitical
    instability and an economic crisis following the stock market crash. In 1990, Kuwait was
    invaded, and later annexed, by Saddam’s Iraq. The Iraqi occupation came to an end in 1991 after
    military intervention by coalition forces. At the end of the war, there were extensive efforts to
    revive the economy and rebuild national infrastructure.

    Kuwait is a constitutional state with a semi-democratic political system. It has a high income
    economy backed by the world's sixth largest oil reserves. The Kuwaiti dinar is the highest valued
    currency in the world.[9] According to the World Bank, the country has the fourth highest per
    capita income in the world. The Constitution was promulgated in 1962.[10][11][12] The Kuwait
    National Cultural District is a member of the Global Cultural Districts Network

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