Its main city is the capital Kuwait City, one of the largest cities in the Gulf. The state is split into six administrative governorates - Ahmadi, Farwaniyah, Capital, Jahra, Hawalli and Mubarak al-Kabeer. The result has been delays to major infrastructure development projects and increasing frustration among ordinary Kuwaitis. Over the last six years, Kuwait has seen 10 governments formed and then later dissolved as they face growing challenges from the National Assembly to the power of the ruling Al-Sabah family. In recent years, this has resulted in increasing political turbulence. Although the emir has the final say in all political matters, Kuwaiti rulers generally have much less influence than their regional counterparts thanks to the increasingly influential National Assembly (parliament). It is governed by Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, ruler and head of state since January 2006. A constitutional monarchy, it was also the first Gulf state to have an elected parliament and until the Iraqi invasion, was considered to be the most politically and economically progressive of all its neighbours in the region. Kuwait was the first of the colonised Gulf states to gain independence from the UK in 1961. Opec, OIC, UN, WTO, Arab League, GCC, IAEA Muslim 85% (Sunni 70%, Shia 30%), other (includes Christian, Hindu, Parsi) 15% Emir Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah (since 29 January 2006)
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