Hawalli Governorate

Hawally حولي
Governorate
Dome of Al Othman Mosque in Hawalli
Map of Kuwait with Hawally highlighted
Coordinates (Hawally District): 29°19′59″N 48°01′44″E / 29.333°N 48.029°ECoordinates: 29°19′59″N 48°01′44″E / 29.333°N 48.029°E
Country	Kuwait
Capital	Hawally District
Districts	10
Area
• Total	82 km^2 (32 sq mi)
Population (June 2014)[1]
• Total	890,533
• Density	11,000/km^2 (28,000/sq mi)
Time zone	EAT (UTC+03)
ISO 3166 code	KW-HW

Hawally (Arabic: حولي‎) is one of the six governorates of Kuwait, consisting of the following areas:^[2]

• Hawalli
• Surra
• Bayan
• Mishref
• Jabriya
• Rumaithiya
• Salmiya
• Salwa
• Shaab

Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah become governor in 1962.^[3] The current governor of the Hawally governorate is Lt.Gen. (ret.) Sheikh Ahmad Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah.

A 2005 estimate reported the population of Hawally to be 393,861.^[4]

A December 31, 2007 estimate reported Hawally's population to be 714,876.^[5]

As of June 2014, the population of Hawally is estimated to be 890,533.^[1]

Sports

[Qadsia SC] and [Al-Salmiya SC] are situated in Hawalli governorate

Notable People from Hawally

• Abdallah Abdalrahman Alruwaished
• Dr. Kazem Abal
• Ibrahim Khraibut
• Dr. Abdulrasool Abdulreda Behbehani, former President of State Department for Legal Advice and Legislation.

References

1. http://stat.paci.gov.kw/englishreports/
2. Kuwait Map
3. Alan Rush (1987). Al-Sabah: History & Genealogy of Kuwait's Ruling Family, 1752-1987. London: Ithaca Press. ISBN 978-0-86372-081-9.
4. http://www.geohive.com/cd/link.php?xml=kw&xsl=neo1
5. http://www.paci.gov.kw/Sttc/tblanalis02.aspx?Page=tblpopbygovnatsex