Shuʿaybah, ash-

Shuʿaybah, ash-

Kuwait
also spelled  Shuaiba,  

      town and port in southern Kuwait. Located on the Persian Gulf, it is the country's second most important port. Its industries include an oil refinery, a seafood-packing plant, and a petrochemical plant producing fertilizers. Ash-Shuʿaybah has one of Kuwait's largest electric-power stations, as well as one of the world's largest seawater desalinization plants. The town was damaged during Iraq's occupation of Kuwait in 1990–91. Pop. (1980) 2,141.

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