🇰🇼 Kuwait 6 administrative divisions
6 first-level administrative divisions — states, provinces, regions or counties, depending on the country — and 36 cities and towns, each with latitude and longitude. Public domain, free to download, no API key.
The country
- ISO 3166-1
- KW · KWT · 414
- Capital
- Kuwait City
- Continent
- Asia
- Currency
- KWD — Kuwaiti dinar
- Calling code
- +965
- Internet domain
- .kw
- Divisions
- 6
- Cities and towns
- 36
Divisions
The 6 divisions of Kuwait
6 of them carry an ISO 3166-2 code. Counts are cities and towns inside each division.
| Division | ISO 3166-2 | Cities and towns | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Governorate | KW-KU | 13 | — |
| Al Ahmadi Governorate | KW-AH | 11 | 682,582 |
| Farwaniya Governorate | KW-FA | 5 | — |
| Hawalli | KW-HA | 4 | — |
| Al Jahra Governorate | KW-JA | 2 | — |
| Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate | KW-MU | 0 | — |
A further 1 places could not be matched to a
division and are listed separately in the API as
"unassigned": true.
Get it
Both files, in one request each
# every division of Kuwait
curl -s https://api.placedb.org/v1/regions/KW.json
# the cities and towns of one division (id from the file above)
curl -s https://api.placedb.org/v1/cities/KW/<id>.jsonNo key, no account, no rate limit. The endpoints · try it live.