# Wafra

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{{for|the oil tanker accident|SS Wafra oil spill}}
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'''Wafra''' ({{langx|ar|links=no|الوفرة}}) is the southernmost [area](/source/Areas_of_Kuwait) in [Kuwait](/source/Kuwait), within the boundaries of the former [Saudi–Kuwaiti neutral zone](/source/Saudi%E2%80%93Kuwaiti_neutral_zone). It is part of [Ahmadi Governorate](/source/Ahmadi_Governorate), and is well known for its fertile soil and farms. It is parallel with the [Kuwait–Saudi Arabia border](/source/Kuwait%E2%80%93Saudi_Arabia_border). Wafra and [Abdali](/source/Abdali%2C_Kuwait) 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|date=August 2025}}

== History ==
In ancient times, water was extracted from the depths of its land, making the area reasonably important at the time of the extractions.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=الوفرة حديثا والوفراء قديما : إعداد: فرحان عبدالله الفرحان - تاريخ الكويت |url=https://www.kuwait-history.net/vb/showthread.php?p=74108 |access-date=2025-06-14 |website=www.kuwait-history.net}}</ref>

The place was first mentioned in a poem by [Al-A’sha](/source/Al-A'sha).<ref name=":0" />

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](/source/Banu_Tamim), namely [Banu Sa’d bin Zaid Manat bin Tamim](/source/Banu_Sa%E2%80%99d_bin_Zaid_Manat_bin_Tamim), lived.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Al-Jasser |first=Hamad |title=المعجم الجغرافي للبلاد العربية السعودية قسم المنطقة الشرقية (البحرين قديماً) تأليف حمد الجاسر 3 مجلدات |trans-title="The Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – Eastern Region Section (Historically Bahrain)"}}</ref>

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, [Texaco](/source/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](/source/Neutral_Zone_Agreement).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-15 |title=الوفرة بين التاريخ وعودة الإنتاج غدا - صحيفة درة الالكترونية |url=https://dora.sa/17063/ |access-date=2025-06-14 |language=ar}}</ref>

As of today, the Wafra field is operated by the [Kuwait Gulf Oil Company](/source/Kuwait_Gulf_Oil_Company), and the [Chevron](/source/Chevron_Corporation) company on behalf of [Saudi Arabia](/source/Saudi_Arabia).<ref>{{Cite web |title=الخفجي والوفرة تاريخ وعهد جديد |url=https://www.alanba.com.kw/942351 |access-date=2025-06-14 |website=جريدة الأنباء الكويتية |language=ar-kw}}</ref>

== Maps and images ==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:Al Ahmadi (Kuwait).png|Map of [Al Ahmadi Governorate](/source/Al_Ahmadi_Governorate)
File:Kuwait Veg.JPG|Wafra Market
File:Agriculture Desert.JPG|Land prepared for agriculture
File:ALwafra.jpg|Farm of ''Washingtonia robusta'' palm trees
</gallery>

{{Ahmadi Governorate}}
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==References==
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Category:Populated places in Kuwait
Category:Agriculture in Asia

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