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colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Areas_of_Kuwait" title="Areas of Kuwait">Area</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nasser_Al-Mubarak_Street_in_Rumaithiya.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Naṣir Al-Mbarak Street, the main street in Rumaithiya"><img alt="Naṣir Al-Mbarak Street, the main street in Rumaithiya" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Nasser_Al-Mubarak_Street_in_Rumaithiya.JPG/250px-Nasser_Al-Mubarak_Street_in_Rumaithiya.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="444" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Nasser_Al-Mubarak_Street_in_Rumaithiya.JPG/375px-Nasser_Al-Mubarak_Street_in_Rumaithiya.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Nasser_Al-Mubarak_Street_in_Rumaithiya.JPG/500px-Nasser_Al-Mubarak_Street_in_Rumaithiya.JPG 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="1136" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Naṣir Al-Mbarak Street, the main street in Rumaithiya</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Etymology: <a href="/wiki/Haloxylon" title="Haloxylon">Haloxylon</a> plant (<i>Rimth</i> in Arabic)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nickname(s): <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">الرميثية المقدسة <i>(Holy Rumaithiya)</i>; رميسيه (Rumaisīya)</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container floatright" style="width: 325px; height: 325px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="325" data-height="325" data-zoom="13" data-lat="29.316667" data-lon="48.072" data-overlays="["_63f161b86230657adedee8623812af2d2e910715"]" href="/wiki/Special:Map/13/29.316667/48.072/en"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,13,29.316667,48.072,325x325.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Rumaithiya&revid=1274879266&groups=_63f161b86230657adedee8623812af2d2e910715" width="325" height="325" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,13,29.316667,48.072,325x325@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Rumaithiya&revid=1274879266&groups=_63f161b86230657adedee8623812af2d2e910715 2x" alt="Map" /></a><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Interactive map outlining Rumaithiya</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Rumaithiya&params=29_19_N_48_4_E_region:KW_type:city(58127)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">29°19′N</span> <span class="longitude">48°4′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">29.317°N 48.067°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">29.317; 48.067</span></span></span></a></span></span><br /> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://gis.paci.gov.kw/Place/aa321880-9008-11eb-b90c-05f8343fe46f">Rumaithiya on Kuwait's Official GIS Maps</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Governorate</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hawalli_Governorate" title="Hawalli Governorate">Hawalli</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Block_(Kuwait)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Block (Kuwait) (page does not exist)">Blocks</a></th><td class="infobox-data">12</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">4.8 km<sup>2</sup> (1.9 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(June 2023)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">58,127</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">12,000/km<sup>2</sup> (31,000/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_the_National_Assembly_of_Kuwait" title="Constituencies of the National Assembly of Kuwait">Electoral Circle</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1st</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Representatives in the <a href="/wiki/Kuwait_National_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuwait National Assembly">National Assembly</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Vacant as of May 2024</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Co-Op_Society" title="Co-Op Society">Co-Op Society</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Rumaithiya Co-Op Society</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data">Block 7 & Block 9</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Chair</th><td class="infobox-data">ʿAbbās ʿAli l-Fīli</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Rumaithiya</b> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl"><span style="font-size:120%">الرميثية</span></span> <small><a href="/wiki/Gulf_Arabic" title="Gulf Arabic">Gulf Arabic</a>: l-iRmēθīya</small>) is a mainly-residential <a href="/wiki/Areas_of_Kuwait" title="Areas of Kuwait">area</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hawalli_governorate" class="mw-redirect" title="Hawalli governorate">Hawalli governorate</a> and a suburb of <a href="/wiki/Kuwait_City" title="Kuwait City">Kuwait City</a>. It is divided into twelve <a href="/w/index.php?title=Block_(Kuwait)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Block (Kuwait) (page does not exist)">blocks</a>. The population of Rumaithiya was 58,127, according to the June 2023 estimate by the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Public_Authority_for_Civil_Information&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Public Authority for Civil Information (page does not exist)">Public Authority for Civil Information</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%A6%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A9_%D9%84%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9" class="extiw" title="ar:الهيئة العامة للمعلومات المدنية">ar</a>]</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A significant proportion of Rumaithiya's residents are <a href="/wiki/Shia" class="mw-redirect" title="Shia">Shia</a> Muslims.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rumaithiya is a major and famous suburb of Kuwait City, and is often employed in jokes and references. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rumaithiya&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rumaithiya_Monument.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Rumaithiya_Monument.jpg/220px-Rumaithiya_Monument.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Rumaithiya_Monument.jpg/330px-Rumaithiya_Monument.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Rumaithiya_Monument.jpg/440px-Rumaithiya_Monument.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>A Monument dedicated to the <i>martyrs</i> of the <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_invasion_of_Kuwait" title="Iraqi invasion of Kuwait">Iraqi invasion of Kuwait</a> in 1990–1991 at Rumaithiya Co-Op in Block 7.</figcaption></figure> <p>The general area of Rumaithiya was already known by the time Syrian traveller Faisal Al-Adhama visited Kuwait in 1942 and wrote about it in his 1945 book <i>In The Pearl Country</i> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">في بلاد اللؤلؤ</span>), where he describes it as a "beautiful place neighboring Dimna." (nowadays <a href="/wiki/Salmiya" title="Salmiya">Salmiya</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the area of modern Rumaihiya was officially drawn in 1964,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it had 13 blocks. However, the 13th block was completely separated from the rest of the area by Kuwait's <a href="/wiki/5th_Ring_Road" title="5th Ring Road">5th Ring Road</a>, a major highway, and its location was more fit as part of <a href="/wiki/Geographic_contiguity" title="Geographic contiguity">contiguous</a> <a href="/wiki/Salmiya" title="Salmiya">Salmiya</a>. </p><p>Rumaithiya was a prominent area during the <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_invasion_of_Kuwait" title="Iraqi invasion of Kuwait">Iraqi invasion of Kuwait</a> in 1990–1991. The area participated in repeated protests, raised the Kuwaiti flag and refused to acknowledge Iraqi claims and puppet government. Many of the area's residents participated in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kuwaiti_Resistance&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kuwaiti Resistance (page does not exist)">Kuwaiti Resistance</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A9" class="extiw" title="ar:المقاومة الكويتية">ar</a>]</span> and many were executed. A monument dedicated to the memory of the fallen was gifted by a Rumaithiya residents and erected in the main Co-Op square. The bullet impacts from the time can still be seen on some homes. The youngest captive, Zahrāʾ l-iQdēḥi, who was the grandchild of Aḥmad is-Sayyāfi, was captured with her grandfather and his resistance group in Block 11. Is-Sayyāfi's residence housed telecommunication equipment used for communicating with the allied forces, but this was neutralized in January before the <a href="/wiki/Coalition_of_the_Gulf_War" title="Coalition of the Gulf War">coalition's</a> airstrikes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Places_and_services">Places and services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rumaithiya&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Places and services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Uqba_ibn_Nafi_mosque,_ar_Rumaithiya.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Uqba_ibn_Nafi_mosque%2C_ar_Rumaithiya.jpg/220px-Uqba_ibn_Nafi_mosque%2C_ar_Rumaithiya.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Uqba_ibn_Nafi_mosque%2C_ar_Rumaithiya.jpg/330px-Uqba_ibn_Nafi_mosque%2C_ar_Rumaithiya.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Uqba_ibn_Nafi_mosque%2C_ar_Rumaithiya.jpg/440px-Uqba_ibn_Nafi_mosque%2C_ar_Rumaithiya.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>ʿUqba ibn Nāfiʿ mosque in Block 8</figcaption></figure> <p>Each block of the area is served by the publicly-run Rumaithiya Co-Op Society for groceries and other basic food and retail services with the main market and mall in blocks 7 and 9. More than 15,000 people are registered shareholders of the Co-Op<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>. </p><p>Two public <a href="/wiki/Parks" class="mw-redirect" title="Parks">parks</a> are located in the area, a large one in Block 6 with grass <a href="/wiki/Pitch_(sports_field)" title="Pitch (sports field)">pitches</a>, and a smaller one in Block 8 with grass pitches as well as <a href="/wiki/Starbucks" title="Starbucks">Starbucks</a> <a href="/wiki/Coffeehouse" title="Coffeehouse">coffee shop</a>. In addition, Rumaithiya is home to an exceptionally high number of <a href="/wiki/School" title="School">schools</a> (13 schools, not including <a href="/wiki/Private_school" title="Private school">private schools</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kindergarten" title="Kindergarten">kindergartens</a>). However, due to the buildings' age, many of them are <a href="/wiki/Out_of_service" title="Out of service">out of service</a>. </p><p>With the exception of Maqāmis Mosque, Each block is served by a publicly-funded mosque. Rumaithiya is also home to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Masjid_Maqamis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Masjid Maqamis (page does not exist)">Masjid Maqamis</a>, which serves the Shi'ite community, as well as numerous other <a href="/wiki/Husainiya" class="mw-redirect" title="Husainiya">husainiyas</a> which become especially active during the Islamic month of <a href="/wiki/Muharram" title="Muharram">Muharram</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rumaithiya&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rumaithiya is located within Kuwait's <a href="/wiki/Kuwait%27s_First_Constituency" title="Kuwait's First Constituency">1st Electoral Circle</a>. Rumaithiya usually elects several Shi'ites to the <a href="/wiki/Kuwait_National_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuwait National Assembly">parliament</a>. Some former and current members of parliament from Rumaithiya include <a href="/w/index.php?title=Salah_Khorshid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Salah Khorshid (page does not exist)">Ṣaḷāḥ Khōrshīd</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD_%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AF" class="extiw" title="ar:صلاح خورشيد">ar</a>]</span> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hani_Shams&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hani Shams (page does not exist)">Hāni Shams</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%B3" class="extiw" title="ar:هاني شمس">ar</a>]</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rumaithiya&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://stat.paci.gov.kw/arabicreports/#DataTabPlace:ColumnChartGendrRegion">Unknown</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged February 2025">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131019130212/https://theses.ncl.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/10443/730/1/Taqi10.pdf">"Two ethnicities, three generations: Phonological variation and change in Kuwait"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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