Madinat al-Hareer

Madinat al-Hareer مدينة الحرير
Coordinates: 29°37′01″N 48°04′01″E / 29.617°N 48.067°E / 29.617; 48.067
Country	Kuwait
District	Jahra Governorate
Construction began	2019 (Phase I)[1]
Founded by	China[1][2]  Kuwait[1][2]
Time zone	UTC+3 (AST)

Silk City (Arabic: مدينة الحرير romanized: Madinat al-Hareer) is a large infrastructure project in northern Kuwait which is currently under development (Phase I).^{[1][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][2][excessive citations]} The project will be built in individual phases.^[1] In May 2019, the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Causeway opened as part of the Silk City project's first phase,^[1] the project's first phase also includes Mubarak Al Kabeer Port which is currently under construction.^{[9][10][11][12][1][2]} The Silk City project is part of China's Belt and Road Initiative.^[13][1][6]