Sawabir Explained

Official Name:Sawaber
Other Name:Sawabir, Sawaabir, Al-Sawaber
Native Name:الصوابر
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Kuwait
Subdivision Name:Kuwait
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Capital Governorate
Subdivision Type2:Area
Subdivision Name2:Sharq
Population Total:16,000

Sawabir (Arabic: الصوابر|aṣ-Ṣawābir) is in an old district in Sharq area in Capital Governorate in Kuwait. It is a large, mainly residential district of Kuwait City. Sharq's total population stood at about 16,000[1]

The city is home to the Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq Mosque, one of the country's oldest Shiite mosque's, which was the target of a terrorist attack in 2015.

Notes and References

  1. http://stat.paci.gov.kw/arabicgs/#DataTabPlace:MapSelcfamily