Bneid Al-Gar

Bneid Al-Gar
Bneid Al-Gar ; بنيد القار
	District
	Bneid Al-Gar
	Coordinates: 29°22′N 48°0′E[1]
Country	Kuwait
Governorate	Capital Governorate
Elevation [2]	3 m (10 ft)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	13,171

Bneid Al-Gar (Arabic: بنيد القار‎, romanized: Bneid il-Gār) is a suburb of Kuwait City; it is located in Al Asimah Governorate in Kuwait covering an area of approximately 1,320,220 squared metres. Its population in 2018 was 34,710.[3]

Etymology

The word "Gar" in Arabic means Tar, and so it was thus named due to the natural discharge of oils. A variant of its transliteration is Bunayd Al-Qar.

References

"Geoportal for Kuwait Census 2011". Central Statistical Bureau of Kuwait. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
"Elevation of Bunayd al Qar, Kuwait Elevation Map, Topo, Contour". floodmap.net. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
"إحصاءات السكان" (in Arabic). Kuwaiti Government. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

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[geoportal2011-1] "Geoportal for Kuwait Census 2011". Central Statistical Bureau of Kuwait. Retrieved 26 November 2019.

[2] "Elevation of Bunayd al Qar, Kuwait Elevation Map, Topo, Contour". floodmap.net. Retrieved 27 November 2019.

[3] "إحصاءات السكان" (in Arabic). Kuwaiti Government. Retrieved 9 September 2019.