Mecca
Mecca (/ˈmɛkə/), forby spelt Makkah (occasionally Bakkah) (/ˈmakə/; Arabic:مكة Makkah an in fou: Arabic:مكّة المكرمة transliteratit Makkah Al Mukarramah [mækːæt ælmukarːamæ]) is a ceety in Saudi Arabie, an the haliest meetin site in Islam, closely follaed bi Medina.[3][4][5]
Mecca مكة المكرمة Makkah al-Mukarramah Bakkah | |
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 Clockwise frae tap left: Minarets, the Kaaba, Mecca skyline, Abraj Al Bait, an Mina | |
| Eik-name(s): Umm al-Qurā (أم القرى, "Mother of All Settlements") | |
  Mecca Location o Mecca | |
| Coordinates: 21°25′N 39°49′E / 21.417°N 39.817°E 39°49′E / 21.417°N 39.817°E | |
| Country |  Saudi Arabie |
| Region | Makkah Region |
| Foondit bi | Prophet Ismā'īl, son o Abraham (Islamic tradeetion) |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Osama al-Bar |
| • Provincial Govrenor | Khalid bin Faisal Al Saud |
| Area | |
| • City | 760 km2 (290 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 850 km2 (330 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1200 km2 (500 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 277 m (909 ft) |
| Population (2010)[2] | |
| • City | 1,675,368 |
| • Density | 2,200/km2 (5,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (AST) |
| Area code(s) | (+966) 12 |
| Website | www |
Islamic tradeetion attributes the beginnin o Mecca tae Ishmael's descendants. In the 7t century, the Islamic prophet Muhammad proclaimed Islam in the ceety whilk wis bi then an important tred center. Efter 966, Mecca wis led bi local sharifs. Whan the owerins o the Ottoman Empire in the aurie foondert in 1916, the local rulers establisht the Hashemite Kinrick o Hejaz.[6] The Hejaz kinrick, includin Mecca, wis absorbit bi the Saudis in 1925. In its modren period, Mecca haes seen tremendous waxin in size an infrastructure.
The modren day ceety is the caipital o Saudi Arabie's Makkah Province, in the historic Hejaz region. Wi a population o 1.7 million (2008), the ceety is locatit 73 km (45 mi) inland frae Jeddah in a narra glen at a hicht o 277 m (909 ft) abuin sea level.
Ivery year, millions o Muslims perform the Hajj pilgrimage tae Mecca walkin seiven times aroond the Kaaba an mair nor 13 million fowk veisit Mecca annually.[7]
Etymology an uisage
Mecca is the oreeginal Inglis transliteration o the Arabic an is still maist commonly uised in Inglish dictionaries,[8] bi internaitional organisations in thair Inglis leid literature[9] an in academic writin.[10][11]
Notes
Freemit airtins
Travel guide tae Mecca frae Wikivoyage- Mecca in 3D See POI o Mecca in 360 Pano Pics
- Holy Mecca Municipality Archived 2013-08-05 at the Wayback Machine Offeecial wabsteid (in Arabic)
- Saudi Information Resource – Holy Mecca Archived 2006-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
- Personal Narrative o a Pilgrimage tae Al Madinah an Meccah Archived 2008-12-01 at the Wayback Machine, bi Richard Burton
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