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Largest city of Mecca Province: Dammam: ... Map showing the major cities in Saudi Arabia. City Population [1] Comments Abha: 334,290 (2022) Capital city of Asir
The Mecca Province is the most populous province of Saudi Arabia and it has a population even larger than that of the Riyadh Region. With an estimated population of 4,076,000 as of 2019, Jeddah is the most populous city in the province and the second-most populous city in the country. 1.233 The governorate with the largest population is the ...
Mecca (/ ˈ m ɛ k ə /; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, [a] commonly shortened to Makkah [b]) is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia; it is 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.
Population (2004) Total Population Makkah Province: ... City of Makkah: 1,338,341 Ta'if Governorate 885,474 Qunfudhah Governorate 240,938 Laith Governorate 110,449
The population of Mecca governorate is 2,427,924 people according to the 2022 census, growing around 3.1% per year. [1] Year Population 2004 1,402,944 2010
The Hejaz is the most populated region in Saudi Arabia, [8] containing 35% of the population of Saudi Arabia. [70] Most people of Hejaz are Sunnis with a Shia minority in the cities of Medina, Mecca and Jeddah.
Rank City Country Metropolitan Population City Population Image 1 Cairo Egypt 20,439,541: 9,500,000: 2 Tehran Iran 17,672,000: 9,134,000: 3 Istanbul Turkey 15,519,267
After the unification of Saudi Arabia, the kingdom was divided into four provinces: the 'Asir Province, Al Hasa' Province, the Hejaz Province and the Najd Province. [1]King Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud issued Royal Order A/92 on March 2, 1992, known as Law of the Provinces, [4] which provided for the division of the kingdom into 13 provinces.