Mecca

Mecca
Mecca; مكة المكرمة; Makkah al-Mukarramah; Bakkah
	Clockwise frae tap left:Minarets,theKaaba,Mecca skyline,Abraj Al Bait,anMina
	Eik-name(s): Umm al-Qurā(أم القرى,"Mother of All Settlements" )
	Mecca Location o Mecca
	Coordinates:21°25′N39°49′E/ 21.417°N 39.817°ECoordinates:21°25′N39°49′E/ 21.417°N 39.817°E
Country	Saudi Arabie
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)
• 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.holymakkah.gov.sa

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 prophet Muhammadproclaimed 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 theHashemite Kinrick 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

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

↑Mecca Municipality Archived2013-08-05 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|deadurl=ignored (help)
↑Peters, Francis E. (1994).The Hajj: The Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca and the Holy Places.Princeton University Press. p.206.ISBN 0-691-02619-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.
↑Mecca Archived2009-10-28 at theWayback MachineatMicrosoft Encarta.( 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 Nations website^{[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

Travel guide taeMeccafrae Wikivoyage
Mecca in 3DSee POI o Mecca in 360 Pano Pics
Holy Mecca Municipality Archived2013-08-05 at theWayback MachineOffeecial wabsteid(in Arabic)
Saudi Information Resource – Holy Mecca Archived2006-08-21 at theWayback Machine
Personal Narrative o a Pilgrimage tae Al Madinah an Meccah Archived2008-12-01 at theWayback Machine,biRichard Burton

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[1] Mecca Municipality Archived2013-08-05 at theWayback Machine.Holymakkah.gov.sa. Retrieved 3 Februar 2013.

[syb-2] "Population".Statistical Yearbook 47 (2011).Central Department Of Statistics & Information. Archived fraethe originalon 1 December 2013.Retrieved15 November2013.Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (help)

[peters_206-3] Peters, Francis E. (1994).The Hajj: The Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca and the Holy Places.Princeton University Press. p.206.ISBN 0-691-02619-X.

[4] Hoyle, Ben. "British architects to change the face of Mecca,"The Times.November 29, 2008.

[5] Fattah, Hassan M.Islamic Pilgrims Bring Cosmopolitan Air to Unlikely City,New York Times.January 20, 2005.

[encarta-6] Mecca Archived2009-10-28 at theWayback MachineatMicrosoft Encarta.( 2009-11-01.

[7] A Saudi tower: Mecca versus Las Vegas: Taller, holier and even more popular than (almost) anywhere else,The Economist,dated Jun 24th 2010, Cairo.

[oed-mecca-8] 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.

[9] For example theUnited Nations website^{[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.

[10] Wehr, Hans: "Arabic-English Dictionary", fourth edition (compact version), page 85.

[11] Penrice, John: "A Dictionary and Glossary of the Koran", page 19.

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