Rumaithiya
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Rumaithiya الرميثية Rumaythiyah |
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 Rumaithiya
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| Coordinates: 29°19′N 48°4′E / 29.317°N 48.067°ECoordinates: 29°19′N 48°4′E / 29.317°N 48.067°E | |
| Province | Hawalli Governorate |
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| • Type | Municipality |
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| • Metro | 4.7 km2 (1.8 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • City | 58,957 |
| Time zone | GMT+3 |
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.
Rumaithiya is officially divided into 12 blocks (قِطَع). Every block has a mosque and Rumaithiya Co-Op branch.
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 10.
Rumaithiya Co-Op Society is the official and only supermarket in the area.
Most of Rumaithia's people are Shia Muslim. Due to this fact, there are a lot of husainiyas in the area.
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