Al Jahra
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![Al Jahra oasis](/Images/godic/202412/18/Jahra_Oasis_1960s1732.jpg")
![Al Jahra camel market, 1961](/Images/godic/202412/18/Jahra_camel_market1732.jpg")
Al Jahra (Arabic:جهراء) is a town located 32 kilometres (20 mi) west of Kuwait City in Kuwait. Al Jahra is the capital of the Al Jahra Governorate of Kuwait as well as the surrounding Al Jahra District which is agriculturally based. Encyclopædia Britannica recorded the population in 1980 as 67,311.