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Medina, [a] officially Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah (Arabic: المدينة المنورة, romanized: al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, lit. 'The Luminous City', Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [al.maˈdiːna al.mʊˈnawːara]) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (المدينة, al-Madina), is the capital of Medina Province (formerly known as Yathrib) in the Hejaz region of western Saudi ...
The Medina Province (Arabic: مِنْطَقَة ٱلْمَدِيْنَة ٱلْمُنَوَّرَة, romanized: Minṭaqat Al-Madīnah Al-Munawarah) is a province of Saudi Arabia on the country's western side along the Red Sea coast.
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Medina: 1,477,023: Capital of Medina Province, ... Map showing the major cities in Saudi Arabia. City Population [1] Comments Abha: 334,290 (2022) Capital city of Asir
Khaybar [note 1] (Arabic: خَيْبَر, IPA:) is an oasis in Medina Province, Saudi Arabia, situated some 153 kilometres (95 mi) north of the city of Medina.Prior to the arrival of Islam in the 7th century, the area had been inhabited by Arabian Jewish tribes until it fell to Muslim invaders under Muhammad during the Battle of Khaybar in 628 CE.
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.
From 106 AD to 630 AD northwestern Arabia was under the control of the Roman Empire, which renamed it Arabia Petraea. [55] Central Arabia was the location of the Kingdom of Kinda in the 4th, 5th and early 6th centuries. Eastern Arabia was home to the Dilmun civilization. The earliest known events in Arabian history are migrations from the ...
'Valley of the Jinns'), is a valley and an anti-gravity hill in al-Baida Park [1] [2] located approximately 30 kilometers northwest of Medina in the Medina Province of Saudi Arabia. [3]