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| Guide to '''Kuwait ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
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| ==Information==
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| Kuwait is in the Middle East bordered by [[Iraq Genealogy|Iraq]] and [[Saudi Arabia Genealogy|Saudi Arabia]]. The official language is Arabic.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Kuwait," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait, accessed 27 April 2016.</ref>
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| The city of Kuwait dates back to the 18th century. After a brief period as a [[England Genealogy|British]] protectorate after World War I, Kuwait became an independent state in 1961.
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| ==Kuwait Map==
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| Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Kuwait.
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| [[File:Kuwait map.png]]
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| ==Governorates==
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| Kuwait is divided into the following governorates:<Br>
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| <li>Ahmadi Governorate</li>
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| <li>Al-Asimah Governorate</li>
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| <li>Farwaniya Governorate</li>
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| <li>Hawalli Governorate</li>
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| <li>Jahra Governorate</li>
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| <li>Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate</li>
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| </ul>
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:Kuwait]]
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