Wafra

For the oil tanker accident, see SS Wafra oil spill.

Wafra (Arabic: الوفرة) is the southernmost area in Kuwait, within the boundaries of the former Saudi–Kuwaiti neutral zone. It is part of Ahmadi Governorate, and is well known for its fertile soil and farms. It is parallel with the Kuwait–Saudi Arabia border. Wafra and Abdali to the north are the only two cities in Kuwait known for farming and livestock. Farms in Wafra are fed by groundwater. The farms have a very original cone-shaped mud dovecotes with hundreds of birds. People tend to visit the Wafra Market to buy fresh vegetables.^{[citation needed]}

Wafra الوفرة Al Wafra'h
Area
Vegetable farm in Wafrah
Wafra
Coordinates: 28°33′30″N 48°2′36″E
Country	Kuwait
Governorate	Al Ahmadi
Time zone	UTC+3 (AST)

History

In ancient times, water was extracted from the depths of its land, making the area reasonably important at the time of the extractions.^[1]

The place was first mentioned in a poem by Al-A’sha.^[1]

In a volume of "The Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – Eastern Region Section (Historically Bahrain)" mentions "Wafra" as being the place where a branch of the Banu Tamim tribe, namely Banu Sa’d bin Zaid Manat bin Tamim, lived.^[1][2]

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Texaco started to blend in with the locals and inhabit the area, in an optic of profit, after the signing of the Neutral Zone Agreement.^[3]

As of today, the Wafra field is operated by the Kuwait Gulf Oil Company, and the Chevron company on behalf of Saudi Arabia.^[4]

Maps and images

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  Map of Al Ahmadi Governorate
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  Wafra Market
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  Land prepared for agriculture
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  Farm of Washingtonia robusta palm trees