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Time zone
  
GMT+3

Province
  
Hawalli Governorate

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Neighborhoods
  
Block 6, Block 1, Block 3, Block 12, Block 8, Block 11, Block 9, Block 2, Block 4, Block 5, Block 7, Block 10

Rumaithiya (Arabic: الرميثية‎‎ Arabic:Ar-Rumaytheeyah Kuwaiti Arabic:Il-Irmeitheeyah  ) is a residential area in Hawalli governorate, Kuwait, it's geographically divided into twelve blocks.

Contents

Map of Rumaithiya, Kuwait

Blocks

Rumaithiya is officially divided into 12 blocks (قِطَع). Every block has a mosque and Rumaithiya Co-Op branch.

Masjids

Rumaithiya was designed to make a space for a branch of the Co-op and the supermarket. Due to this, there are 12 government-built masjids in Rumaithiya, with one more government-built masjid near the main Co-op. The biggest masjid, Masjid Maqamis is in Block 6.

Husayniyat

  • Rumaithiya has the largest number of husayniyas in Kuwait with more than 70 Husayniya.

    • Rumaithiya Co-Op Society

    Rumaithiya Co-Op Society is the official and only supermarket in the area.

  • 12 Branches in every block
  • 15,144+ Contributors

    • Public park

  • Large public park in block 6
  • Normal public park in block 8 with grass stadium

    • Schools

  • 13 schools (the largest number in Kuwait) excluding private schools and kindergartens

    • Religion

    Most of Rumaithia's people are Shia Muslim. Due to this fact, there are a lot of husainiyas in the area.

    References

    Rumaithiya Wikipedia
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