Mecca
Mecca مكة المكرمة Makkah al-Mukarramah Bakkah | |
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Eik-name(s): Umm al-Qurā(أم القرى,"Mother of All Settlements" ) | |
Coordinates:21°25′N39°49′E/ 21.417°N 39.817°ECoordinates:21°25′N39°49′E/ 21.417°N 39.817°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Makkah Region |
Foondit bi | ProphetIsmā'īl,son oAbraham(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 |
Mecca(/ˈmɛkə/), forby speltMakkah(occasionallyBakkah) (/ˈmakə/;Arabic:مكةMakkahan in fou:Arabic:مكّة المكرمةtransliteratitMakkah Al Mukarramah[mækːæt ælmukarːamæ]) is a ceety inSaudi Arabie,an the haliest meetin site inIslam,closely follaed biMedina.[3][4][5]
Islamic tradeetion attributes the beginnin o Mecca taeIshmael's descendants. In the 7t century, theIslamic prophetMuhammadproclaimed Islam in the ceety whilk wis bi then an important tred center. Efter 966, Mecca wis led bi localsharifs.Whan the owerins o theOttoman Empirein the aurie foondert in 1916, the local rulers establisht theHashemiteKinrick o Hejaz.[6]The Hejaz kinrick, includin Mecca, wis absorbit bi theSaudisin 1925. In its modren period, Mecca haes seen tremendous waxin in size an infrastructure.
The modren day ceety is the caipital o Saudi Arabie'sMakkah Province,in the historicHejazregion. 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 theHajjpilgrimage tae Mecca walkin seiven times aroond theKaabaan mair nor 13 million fowk veisit Mecca annually.[7]
Etymology an uisage
[eedit|eedit soorce]Meccais the oreeginal Inglistransliterationo 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
[eedit|eedit soorce]- ↑Mecca MunicipalityArchived2013-08-05 at theWayback Machine.Holymakkah.gov.sa. Retrieved 3 Februar 2013.
- ↑"Population".Statistical Yearbook 47 (2011).Central Department Of Statistics & Information. Archived fraethe originalon 1 December 2013.Retrieved15 November2013.Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑Peters, Francis E. (1994).The Hajj: The Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca and the Holy Places.Princeton University Press. p.206.ISBN0-691-02619-X.
- ↑Hoyle, Ben. "British architects to change the face of Mecca,"The Times.November 29, 2008.
- ↑Fattah, Hassan M.Islamic Pilgrims Bring Cosmopolitan Air to Unlikely City,New York Times.January 20, 2005.
- ↑MeccaArchived2009-10-28 at theWayback MachineatMicrosoftEncarta.( 2009-11-01.
- ↑A Saudi tower: Mecca versus Las Vegas: Taller, holier and even more popular than (almost) anywhere else,The Economist,dated Jun 24th 2010, Cairo.
- ↑Oxford English Dictionary[deid airtin](retrieved on 2009-09-24) indicates Mecca is the proper English language form and demonstrates the generic use of Mecca as in eg "a Mecca for holidaymakers"; there is no entry for Makkah as of 2009-09-24.
- ↑For example theUnited Nationswebsite[deid airtin],the US State Departmentwebsite[deid airtin](e.g. "The Islamic juristic school known as Salafiyyah"and the British FCOwebsite (example only as search can not be linked);all retrieved 2009-09-24.
- ↑Wehr, Hans: "Arabic-English Dictionary", fourth edition (compact version), page 85.
- ↑Penrice, John: "A Dictionary and Glossary of the Koran", page 19.
Freemit airtins
[eedit|eedit soorce]Travel guide taeMeccafrae Wikivoyage
- Mecca in 3DSee POI o Mecca in 360 Pano Pics
- Holy Mecca MunicipalityArchived2013-08-05 at theWayback MachineOffeecial wabsteid(in Arabic)
- Saudi Information Resource – Holy MeccaArchived2006-08-21 at theWayback Machine
- Personal Narrative o a Pilgrimage tae Al Madinah an MeccahArchived2008-12-01 at theWayback Machine,biRichard Burton
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