MEDICAL REPORTING 14 AUG 90

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Subject: MEDICAL REPORTING  14 AUG 90                                    

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                 K'UWAIT

                 CArrrALO/MMOR CMRS: Kuwait City* (29*20'N
                 48'00'E), Hawalli (29'17'N 48'00'E), Mina at
                 Abmadi (29'00'N 48'00'E), al-Jabrah (29'20'N
                 47'49'E), Khawr &I-Mufattah (29'21'N 4T55'E), &I-
                 Shuaybah (29'03'N 48'08'E)

                 LocALTimF- ZULU
                                       +3, EST +8
                 LANGUAGES: Arabic (offlcial), P-nglish widely spoken

                 TOPOG@
                 General. 99% hot and desert land, 1% arable.
                 Major Features. Kuwait is located on a gradually                                                                            .41
                 sloping plain that @ wcstwar@ from the Persian Gulf
                 and reaches a maximum elevation of 290 rwters at the
                 extreme western border. 'nc country consists primar-
                 Uy of sandy, rivcrlcss desert with somc oases and a
                 fcrffle patches. Kuwait Bay extends appro)dniatcly 19
                 Ian inland from @ Persian Gulf on the ccniral-mstcm
                                                                                                                SAUDI ARABIA
                 border. The Jal az-Zawr escarpmcn4 which reac
                                                                    hes an
                 elevation or 145 meters, extends along the northww-
                 ern shore of Kuwait Bay. The capital @ity of Kuwait
                 and a natural harbor are located on the southern shore
                 of Kuwait Bay, and urban/port concentrations extend
                                                                                 WATER SUTTLY
                 southward along Kuwait's eastern border.                        Sources. Kuwait has no permanent water sotirces.,
               CUMATE                                                          Dcsalinsicl cidorinatod @ water Is the principal
                 General. Essentially, Kuwait has a ho@ desert climate           water source for populated arm. 0       'udylng areas rely
                 with minimal rainfaU.Insummcr (April-Oclobcr), prc-             on dcsert wcll% watciholes, and lntem-Attent surface
                                                                                 water sour=. nesc supplies generally are contami-
                 cipita6on is nearly nonexistcn4 and tcmperalumsoftrn            natcd.
                 reach 52'C and @ionally 74'C. Kuwait's annual                   Potability/Wmtmcnt.'Mc municipal water supply La
                 100 @-i of prccipitatioa occurs almost exclusively in           Kuwait City generally is tonsldcred safe for drinking,
                 the winter (Dccember-January). Ev@n in die coolest              but bottled water still is rceoramended for consump-
                 winter months, temperatures average nearly 16-C.                don. In all other parts of the country, only bottlcd or
                 Seasonal. Sand and dust sto,= occur throughout the              treated water should be consutuod,
                 year, but arc especially common from March through
                 August.                                                         @cMcrrYAILUGS (rab A)
                                                                                 AC 50 @ 240/415 volts; plugs are types C, D, an             d 0.


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                 PRECIPITATION
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                 FIRST UG@fr                  0618    OW3             0468       0430   0421    OM      0451             0520    0546        OWS
                 LAST LIGHT                   1737    1002     1020   108        1559   II)IB   1915   1 &r.4    1811,   J?4i    1119        1TIB
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