15 Facts About Failaka Island

Failaka Island is a Kuwaiti Island in the Persian Gulf.

Failaka Island is located 50 km southeast of the spot where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers empty into the Persian Gulf.

Failaka Island has been a strategic location since the rise of the Sumerian city-state of Ur.

Failaka Island has been a strategic location since the rise of the Sumerian city-state of Ur during the third millennium BC.

Failaka Island was settled following 2000 BC after a drop in sea level.

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Studies indicate traces of human settlement can be found on Failaka Island dating back to as early as the end of the 3rd millennium BC, and extending until the 20th century AD.

Many of the artifacts found in Falaika are linked to Mesopotamian civilizations and seem to show that Failaka Island was gradually drawn toward the civilization based in Antioch.

Cuneiform documents found in Failaka indicate the presence of Babylonians in the island's population.

Failaka Island contained temples dedicated to the worship of Shamash, the Mesopotamian sun god in the Babylonian pantheon.

Failaka Island was a trading post of the kingdom of Characene.

At the Hellenistic fortress in Failaka Island, pigs represented 20 percent of the total population, but no pig remains were found in nearby Akkaz.

Failaka Island was located 15 kilometers from the mouth of the Euphrates river.

Nevertheless, Failaka Island is becoming a popular holiday destination from Kuwait City since the establishment of the "Wanasa Beach" resort including live music, horse-riding, canoeing, and kayaking activities.

Failaka Island is located in the northern part of the Persian Gulf.

Failaka Island has quite a different ecosystem than mainland Kuwait and its budding flowers and changing temperatures are much appreciated.