Kuwait City

Kuwait

Kuwait City is the capital and largest city of Kuwait. Located at the heart of the country on the south shore of Kuwait Bay on the Persian Gulf, it is the political, cultural and economic primate city of the emirate, being home to the headquarters of most Kuwaiti corporations and the entirety of its banking system.

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Country: Kuwait
Population: 2,063,000
Latitude: 29.37° N
Longitude: 47.98° E

Which way is Kuwait City from…

From Paris, Kuwait City lies at 102° to the east, 4,405 km as the crow flies.

Paris	102° east	4,405 km
London	103° east	4,642 km
New York	48° north-east	10,198 km
Madrid	88° east	4,800 km
Rome	102° east	3,465 km
Montreal	48° north-east	9,814 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	352° north	5,645 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Kuwait City has two easy landmarks: Baghdad, 557 km to the north-west, and Riyadh, 539 km to the south. From London, the compass reads 103°, east, for 4,642 km, while a flat map would say 122°, south-east. From New York the gap is far wider: 96° on the map, 48° on the compass, north-east, as the shortest route crosses Germany and the Black Sea.