{{short description|Town in Kuwait}} {{use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{infobox settlement | name = Mahboula | image_skyline = Mahboula Public Beach (cropped).jpg | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Kuwait | subdivision_type1 = Governate | subdivision_name1 = Ahmadi | settlement_type = District | native_name = المهبولة | native_name_lang = ar }}
'''Mahboula''' ({{langx |ar|text=المهبولة |lit=mad woman}})<!-- Arabic script copped from arwiki --><ref name="2016-02-06 Kuwait Times" /> is a Kuwaiti district on the Persian Gulf, {{convert|36|km}} south of Kuwait City.<ref name="2019-02-20 Construction Week" /> It is located in the Ahmadi Governorate between the areas of Fintās and Abu Halifa.<ref name="2016-02-06 Kuwait Times" />
In the mid-2000s, Mahboula was essentially "uninhabited, with a few old buildings and unsafe streets." In 2013, the Kuwait Oil Company announced plans to expand its business, which led to an explosion of residential development in adjacent areas—including Mahboula. By 2016, tens of apartment buildings had sprouted, though the construction quality, environmental impacts, and infrastructure demands were questioned by the ''Kuwait Times''. That newspaper also reported that renting {{convert|3|to|4|sqm|adj=on|spell=in}} apartments cost 170–{{currency|450|KWD|first=yes}} (equivalent to {{inflation|US|{{to USD|170|KWT|year=2016}}|2016}}–{{inflation|US|{{to USD|450|KWT|year=2016}}|2016|fmt=c}} United States dollars in {{inflation/year|US}}).<ref name="2016-02-06 Kuwait Times" />
In February 2019, a residential building caught fire, injuring 23 people and stranding over 100 on the floors above the extinguished fire.<ref name="2019-02-20 Construction Week" />
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<ref name="2016-02-06 Kuwait Times">{{cite news |last1=Al-Shuaibi |first1=Athoob |date=2016-02-06 |title=Mahboula: The Mad Area |url=https://news.kuwaittimes.net/website/26741-2/ |url-status=live |work=Kuwait Times |language=en |oclc=232118740 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170507014424/https://news.kuwaittimes.net/website/26741-2/ |archive-date=2017-05-07 |access-date=2019-08-30 |quote=Rents range between KD 170 dinars and KD 450, depending on number of rooms and the floor, which are high, considering the average room size is between 3 to 4 sqm, tiny bathrooms and the long distance from Kuwait City.}}</ref><!-- exhausted -->
<ref name="2019-02-20 Construction Week">{{cite magazine |last1=Bhatia |first1=Neha |date=2019-02-20 |title=Al-Mahboula fire south of Kuwait City injures, suffocates 23 occupants |url=https://www.constructionweekonline.com/projects-tenders/169509-fire-in-kuwait-city-al-mahboula-injures-suffocates-23-occupants |url-status=live |magazine=Construction Week |language=en |publisher=ITP Media Group |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220232223/https://www.constructionweekonline.com/projects-tenders/169509-fire-in-kuwait-city-al-mahboula-injures-suffocates-23-occupants |archive-date=2019-02-20 |access-date=2019-08-30 |quote=Blaze started in a laundry shop before spreading to a nearby residential building and store, fire service says}}</ref><!-- exhausted -->
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Category:districts of Ahmadi Governorate
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