KUWAIT AND THE MIDDLE EAST
Geography
Kuwait is located in the Northeast corner of the Arabian Gulf. To the south and southeast it shares a border with Saudi Arabia. To the north and west is Iraq. The distance between the northern southern borders is about 200 kilometers (124 miles) and between the eastern and
western borders about 170 kilometers (106 miles). The total area of the State of Kuwait is 17,818 square kilometers (6,969 miles).