26/04/2026
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26/04/2026
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KUWAIT CITY, April 26: In accordance with Cabinet Resolution No. 666, issued at its 19th meeting of 2025, Kuwait Municipality has begun removing street and road name signs and replacing them with numbers. The teams of Kuwait Municipality’s Construction Department are implementing the ministerial decision issued last November, following the approval of the Minister of State for Municipal Affairs and Minister of State for Housing Affairs, Abdul Latif Al-Mishari. The decision mandates the cancellation of the names of 591 main and secondary streets and roads, replacing them with numbers. The names of 66 streets and roads will remain unchanged, while the names of three streets will be modified.
The minister approved the Municipal Council’s decision during its extraordinary session held on October 19, in which the council approved the minutes of the meeting of the Committee for Studying Proposals and Requests Regarding the Naming of Cities, Suburbs, Districts, Streets, and Squares. This committee, formed by Ministerial Resolution No. 558/2023, decided to replace the names of 591 streets with numbers, retain 66 existing names, and amend the names of three streets to reflect the cities and capitals of Arab countries.
The decision stipulates amending Articles 4 and 5 of Municipal Council Resolution No. M.B./M. and Resolution No. 4/45/04/2023/D2, issued on September 18, 2023, concerning the regulations and rules for naming cities, suburbs, districts, streets, and squares, to align with Cabinet resolutions as follows:
■ Cities, suburbs, and districts may not be named after individuals, except for those who have held the position of Amir or Crown Prince in the State of Kuwait.
■ Streets, roads, and squares may be named after the rulers of the State of Kuwait, kings, sultans, rulers, Amirs, heads of state of sister and friendly nations, historical figures, and certain members of the ruling family.
■ Naming after countries, cities, and capitals is also permissible, based on the principle of reciprocity.
■ The names of certain roads, streets, and squares that do not bear the names of individuals
