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The Best Attractions In Makkah Province

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The Makkah Region or Mecca Region is the most populous region in Saudi Arabia. It is located in western Saudi Arabia, and has an extended coastline. It has an area of 153,128 km², and a population of 6,915,006 . Its capital is Mecca , the holiest city in Islam, and its largest city is Jeddah, which is also Saudi Arabia's main port city. The third major city is Taif. This region also contains Rabigh, roughly the present-day area where the Islamic Nabî Muhammad gave his famous sermon at the event of Ghadir Khumm.
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The Best Attractions In Makkah Province

  • 1. Kaaba Mecca
    The Kaaba , also referred as al-Kaʿbah al-Musharrafah , is a building at the center of Islam's most important mosque, that is Al-Masjid Al-Ḥarām , in the Hejazi city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is the most sacred site in Islam. It is considered by Muslims to be the Bayṫ Allāh , and has a similar role to the Tabernacle and Holy of Holies in Judaism. Its location determines the qiblah . Wherever they are in the world, Muslims are expected to face the Kaaba when performing Ṣalâṫ . One of the Five Pillars of Islam requires every Muslim who is able to do so to perform the Hajj at least once in their lifetime. Multiple parts of the hajj require pilgrims to make Tawaf seven times around the Kaaba in a counter-clockwise direction. Tawaf is also performed by pilgrims during the ‘Umrah ...
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  • 2. Balad Jeddah
    Al-Balad is the historical area of Jeddah, the second largest city of Saudi Arabia. Balad can literally be translated as The Town. Balad is the historic center of the City of Jeddah.Al-Balad was founded in the 7th century and historically served as the centre of Jeddah. Al-Balad's defensive walls were torn down in the 1940s. In the 1970s and 1980s, when Jeddah began to become wealthier due to the oil boom, many Jeddawis moved north, away from Al-Balad, as it reminded them of less prosperous times. Al-Balad had insufficient parking space for large cars. Its stores did not sell expensive designer clothing. Poor immigrants moved in place of the Saudi population. The municipality of Jeddah began historical preservation efforts in the 1970s. In 1991 the Municipality of Jeddah founded the Jeddah...
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  • 3. Jeddah Corniche Jeddah
    Jeddah is a city in the Tihamah region of the Hejaz on the coast of the Red Sea and is the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia. It is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest seaport on the Red Sea, and with a population of about four million people , the second-largest city in Saudi Arabia after the capital city, Riyadh. Jeddah is Saudi Arabia's commercial capital.Jeddah is the principal gateway to Mecca and Medina, two of the holiest cities in Islam and popular tourist attractions. Economically, Jeddah is focusing on further developing capital investment in scientific and engineering leadership within Saudi Arabia, and the Middle East. Jeddah was independently ranked fourth in the Africa – Mid-East region in terms of innovation in 2009 in the Innovation Cities Index.Jedd...
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  • 4. Red Sea Mall Jeddah
    The Red Sea Mall is a shopping mall located in the northern suburb of Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The mall is located on the western side of the King Abdulaziz Road between the King Abdulaziz International Airport and the Red Sea coast. It covers approximately 242,200 square meters of built area. There's a hotel attached to it called Elaf Jeddah. Main facilities are a Danube supermarket, Sparky's Games City and the Virgin Megastore. On opening it had both the biggest indoor water fountain and the largest glass covered area in Saudi Arabia. Some restaurants inside the mall include Applebee's, Steakhouse, McDonald's, Burger King, KFC and Al Baik Express.
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  • 6. Al Wahbah crater Taif
    The Al Wahbah crater is a volcanic crater, which is about 250 kilometres away from Taif, Saudi Arabia, on the western edge of the Harrat Kishb basalt plateau. The Harrat Kishb plateau contains many volcanic cones. It is 250 m deep and 2 km in diameter. The bottom of the crater is covered with white sodium phosphate crystals.
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  • 8. Masjid Taneem Mecca
    Masjid e Taneem is a mosque in the Al-Hil area about 5 miles away from the Holy Kaaba, in Taneem, which is near Mecca, it is boundary of Haram therefoe pilgrims can put on Ihram.Kindly note that it is not Miqat so it is not compulsory to wear Ihram. This mosque is also known as Masjid -e- Ayesha since Muhammad's wife Ayesha had put her Ihram from this place once. This was allowed by the prophet as a special case when Ayesha could not complete her umra on account of being in an impure state due to menstrual period. It is also to be noted that Ayesha's brother who accompanied her to Taneem and back did not perform another umra along with his sister, understanding that it was a special allowance made for Ayesha or any woman who happens to becoming impure due to her menstrual period. Nowadays ...
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  • 9. Mall of Arabia Jeddah
    The Mall of Arabia is a shopping mall located in Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The mall is located on the eastern side of the Medina Road and south of Makkah Road, near the King Abdulaziz International Airport. The mall has an area of 261,000 square meters. It also contains Kidzania Jeddah.
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  • 10. Al Salam Mall Jeddah
    Jeddah is a city in the Tihamah region of the Hejaz on the coast of the Red Sea and is the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia. It is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest seaport on the Red Sea, and with a population of about four million people , the second-largest city in Saudi Arabia after the capital city, Riyadh. Jeddah is Saudi Arabia's commercial capital.Jeddah is the principal gateway to Mecca and Medina, two of the holiest cities in Islam and popular tourist attractions. Economically, Jeddah is focusing on further developing capital investment in scientific and engineering leadership within Saudi Arabia, and the Middle East. Jeddah was independently ranked fourth in the Africa – Mid-East region in terms of innovation in 2009 in the Innovation Cities Index.Jedd...
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  • 12. The Secret Room Jeddah
    Human rights in Saudi Arabia are intended to be based on the Hanbali Islamic religious laws under absolute rule of the Saudi royal family.The strict regime ruling the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is consistently ranking among the worst of the worst in Freedom House's annual survey of political and civil rights.Qorvis MSLGroup, a US subsidiary of Publicis Groupe, amid the execution of political protesters and opponents, has been working with Saudi Arabia for more than a decade to whitewash its record of human rights abuses.
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  • 13. Abraj Al-Bait Towers Mecca
    The Abraj Al-Bait is a government-owned megatall complex of seven skyscraper hotels in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. These towers are a part of the King Abdulaziz Endowment Project that strives to modernize the city in catering to its pilgrims. The central hotel tower, the Makkah Royal Clock Tower, A Fairmont Hotel, has the world's largest clock face and is the third-tallest building and fifth-tallest freestanding structure in the world. The building complex is metres away from the world's largest mosque and Islam's most sacred site, the Great Mosque of Mecca. The developer and contractor of the complex is the Saudi Binladin Group, the Kingdom's largest construction company. It is the world's most expensive building with the total cost of construction equaling US$15 billion. The complex was built a...
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  • 14. Mount Arafat Mecca
    Mount Arafat or Mount Arafah is a granite hill east of Mecca in the plain of Arafat. Arafat is a plain about 20 km southeast of Mecca. Mount Arafat reaches about 70 m in height and is also known as the Mount of Mercy . According to Islamic tradition, the hill is the place where the Islamic prophet Muhammed stood and delivered the Farewell Sermon to the Muslims who had accompanied him for the Hajj towards the end of his life. Muslims also say that it is also the place where Adam and Eve reunited on earth after falling from Heaven. It is the place where Adam was forgiven, hence it is also known as Jabl-ar-Rahmah . A pillar is erected to show the place where the aforementioned took place. On the 9th of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah pilgrims go to Arafat from Mina, for the most important part of ...
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  • 15. Aziz Mall Jeddah
    King Abdulaziz International Airport is an airport located 19 km to the north of Jeddah. Named after King Abdulaziz Al Saud and inaugurated in 1981, the airport is the busiest airport of Saudi Arabia and the third-largest airport in the kingdom. The airport is known for its Hajj terminal, which is specially built for Muslim pilgrims going to Mecca annually and can handle 80,000 passengers at the same time. It can accommodate more aircraft than any other airport in the world. It is claimed that the new phase of the airport will make it the largest airport in the world and the busiest of all airports during the Hajj.
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