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The Mecca Province (Arabic: مِنْطَقَة مَكَّة, romanized: Minṭaqat Makka, [a] Arabic pronunciation: [ˈmin.tˤa.qat ˈmak.ka]), officially Makkah Province, [2] is one of the 13 provinces of Saudi Arabia. It is the third-largest province by area at 153,128 km 2 (59,123 sq mi) and the most populous with a population of 8,557,766 ...
Mecca (/ ˈmɛkə /; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, [a] commonly shortened to Makkah[b]) is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia and the holiest city according to Islam. [4] It is 70 km (43 mi) inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow valley 277 m (909 ft) above sea level.
The Islamic prophet Muhammad was born in Mecca in about 570 and first began preaching in the city in 610, but migrated to Medina in 622. From there he and his companions united the tribes of Arabia under the banner of Islam and created the First Islamic State - a single Arab Muslim religious polity in the Arabian Peninsula.
Largest city of Mecca Province: Mecca: 2,385,509: Capital of Mecca Province, holiest city of Islam: Medina: ... Map showing the major cities in Saudi Arabia. City ...
List. Map showing some vassal states of the Ottoman Empire in 1683. Byzantine Empire 1371–20 February 1403, 1424–6 April 1453. Despotate of the Morea (1422–1470) Empire of Trebizond (1456–1461) Lordship of Prilep (1371–1395) Dejanović noble family (1371–1395) Principality of Wallachia (Eflâk Prensliği), 1396–1397, 1417–1861 ...
In Salah Province: In Salah Algeria: 131,220 km² 50,392 6th 0.38/km² 221 N/A: N/A: Sipaliwini: N/A: Kwamalasamutu Suriname: 130,567 km² 37,065 1st 0.28/km² 222 Tamil Nadu: Chennai India: 130,058 km² 72,147,030 10th 550/km² 223 Free State: Bloemfontein South Africa: 129,825 km² 2,921,611 3rd 22.5/km² 224 Western Cape: Cape Town South ...
P. People from Mecca Province (5 C, 4 P) Populated places in Mecca Province (3 C, 171 P)
'The Sacred Mosque'), [4] also known as the Sacred Mosque or the Great Mosque of Mecca, [5] is considered to be the most significant mosque in Islam. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] It encloses the vicinity of the Kaaba in Mecca , in the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia .