MEDICAL REPORT 14 AUG 90

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Subject: MEDICAL REPORT  14 AUG 90                                       

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Folder Title: MEDICAL REPORTING-DIVISION SURGEON                                                              

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                                                                                                                        KUWATT



                   KUWAIT

                   CA.PrrAL*@OR CMF-S: Kuwait City' (29'20'N
                   48'00'E), Hawalli (29'17'N 48'00'E), Mina at
                   Ahmadi (29'00'N 48'00'E), at-Jahrah (29'20'N
                   47'49'E), nawr a]-Mufattah (29'21'N 4T55'E), at-
                   Shuaybah (29'03'N 48'08'E)

                   LocAL -n@. ZULU +3, EST +8
                   LANGUAGES: Arabic (oflicial), English widely spoken

                   ToroG@
                   General. 99% hot and desert land, 1% arable.
                   @or Features. Kuwait is located on a gradually
                   sloping plain that riscs westward from the Persian Gulf
                   and reaches a maximum elevation of 290 n)ctcrs at the
                   e@me western border. The country consists primar-
                   By of sandy, rivericss @riwith some @ and a
                   ferthe patches. Kuwait Bay extends approxi=tcly 19
                   im inland from Lk Persian Gulf on the ccntml-mtcrn                                      SAUDI @A
                   border.'Me Jal az-Zawr escarpment, which reaches art
                   elevation of 145 mctcrs, extends along the northwest.
                   crn shore of Kuwait Bay. The capital @ity of lcuwait
                   and a natural harbor are located on the southern shore
                   of Kuwait Bay, and urban/port concentrations extend          wATr-R SUMLY
                   southward along Kuwait's eastern border.                     Sources. Kuwait has no pctimtient     water sources.-
                   CUMATE                                                       @linat@ clqohntod @ water Is the principal
                   General. F-ssendally, Kuwait has a ho4 desert climate        water source for populated arms. Oydying areas rely
 pre-       on desert well waterholes, and Intermittent surface
                                                                                water sour=. These supplies generally are contaml-
                   cipiLaUon is nearly nonexistcn4 and temperatures often       nated.
                   reach 52'C and occasionally 74'C. Kuwait's annual            PotnbllliyltrtatmenL The municipal water supply in
                   100 mm of precipitation occurs almost exclusively in
                                                                                Kuwait City generally is considered safe for dd@g,
                   the winter (DcceLnbcr-January). Even in die )Olcst           @ut Stood water still is icrommendcd for consump-
                   winte@ months, temperatures average nearly 16@'C.            uon     all other parts of the country, only bottled or
                   Seasonal. Sand and dust stornis occur throughout the
                                                                                ircl,ctvatcr should be consumed.
                   year, but are especially comlnon from March througn
                   August.                                                      ELFcmcm/rLUcs (Tab A)
                                                                                AC 50 l@ 240/415 volts; plugs are types C, D, and 0.


                                                                         KUWArr
                   TEMPERATURE                 bn     Fab    Meir        Apr  Nby   Jin        V    Avg    Sep      Od     @'i
                   @rk d*Ry maxknvm CC)        I 9     21    .20         32     39    44       45    45      4i      Be     26        20
                        da@ mW=m CC)             a       a     13        is     23    27       20    27      23      la      13       9
                   PRECIPITA'NON
                   @ totw (@)                  20        a     Is        16     -cl     0      0       0       0      0       3       23
 LIGHT                 0618                       0458  0430 0421    0432    045i   MO$     0520    OrAt   Me
                   LAST LIGHT                 1737    1902   1020        I=  1050   1915    19t6    iSM    tell,   i74i    itig    i7it
                         oM @h@         @aed Ume)


                                                                         KU-1

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