For other uses, see Medina (disambiguation). Medina المدينة The Prophet's City مدينة النبي The Prophetic City المدينة النبوية The Pure طيبة The Purest of Pure طيبة الطيبة City Al Madinat Al Munawwarah المدينة المنورة From top, left to right: Al-Masjid an-Nabawi interior, Al-Masjid an-Nabawi, Medina skyline from Jannat al-Baqīʿ, Mount Uhud, Quba Mosque, Mosque of the Prophet Skyline at Night, Exterior entrance of Masjid an-Nabawi. From top, left to right: Al-Masjid an-Nabawi interior, Al-Masjid an-Nabawi, Medina skyline from Jannat al-Baqīʿ, Mount Uhud, Quba Mosque, Mosque of the Prophet Skyline at Night, Exterior entrance of Masjid an-Nabawi. Medina is located in Saudi ArabiaMedinaMedina Location of Medina Show map of Saudi Arabia Show map of Asia Show all Coordinates: 24°28′12″N 39°36′36″ECoordinates: 24°28′12″N 39°36′36″E Country Saudi Arabia Province Medina Province First settled 9th century BCE Hijrah 622 CE (1 AH) Saudi conquest of Hejaz 5 December 1925 Named for Muhammad Districts Urban Al Haram Quba'a Uhud Al 'Awali Al 'Uqaiq Al 'Uyoon Al Baidaa' Suburban Al 'Aqul Al Mulayleeh Al Mandasah Abyar Al Mashi Al Fareesh Government • Type Municipality • Body Madinah Regional Municipality • Mayor Fahad Al-Belaihshi[1] • Provincial Governor Prince Faisal bin Salman Area • City 589 km2 (227 sq mi) • Urban 293 km2 (117 sq mi) • Rural 296 km2 (114 sq mi) Elevation 620 m (2,030 ft) Highest elevation (Mount Uhud) 1,077 m (3,533 ft) Population (2010) • City 1,183,205 • Rank 4th • Density 2,009/km2 (5,212/sq mi) • Urban 785,204 • Urban density 2,680/km2 (6,949/sq mi) • Rural 398,001 Demonym(s) Madani مدني Time zone UTC+3 (Arabia Standard Time) Website amana-md.gov.sa/En/ Medina,[a] officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (Arabic: المدينة المنورة, romanized: al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, lit. 'The Enlightened City', Hejazi pronunciation: [almadiːna almʊnawːara]) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (المدينة, al-Madina, Hejazi pronunciation: [almadiːna]), is the second-holiest city in Islam, and the capital of the Medina Province of Saudi Arabia. As of 2020, the estimated population of the city is 1,488,782,[2] making it the fourth-most populous city in the country.[3] Located at the core of the Medina Province in the western reaches of the country, the city is distributed over 589 km2 (227 sq mi), of which 293 km2 (113 sq mi) constitutes the city's urban area, while the rest is occupied by the Hejaz Mountains, empty valleys, agricultural spaces and older dormant volcanoes. Medina is generally considered to be the "cradle of Islamic culture and civilization".[4] The city is considered to be the second-holiest of three key cities in Islamic tradition, with Mecca and Jerusalem serving as the holiest and third-holiest cities respectively. Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (lit. 'The Prophet's Mosque') is of exceptional importance in Islam and serves as burial site of the last Islamic prophet, Muhammad, by whom the mosque was built in 622 CE. Observant Muslims usually visit his tomb, or Rawdhah, at least once in their lifetime during a pilgrimage known as Ziyarat, although this is not obligatory.[5] The original name of the city before the advent of Islam was Yathrib (Hebrew: יתריב; Arabic: يَثْرِب), and it is referred to by this name in Chapter 33 (Al-Ahab, lit. 'The Confederates') of the Quran. It was renamed to madina an-Nabi (lit. 'City of the Prophet' or 'The Prophet's City') after Muhammad's death and later to al-Madinah al-Munawwarah (lit. 'The Enlightened City') before being simplified and shortened to its modern name, Madinah (lit. 'The City'), from which the English-language spelling of "Medina" is derived. Saudi road signage uses Madinah and al-Madinah al-Munawwarah interchangeably.[5] The city existed for over 1,500 years before Muhammad's migration from Mecca,[6] known as the Hijrah. Medina was the capital of a rapidly-increasing Muslim caliphate under Muhammad's leadership, serving as its base of operations and as the cradle of Islam, where Muhammad's Ummah (lit. '[Muslim] Community')—composed of Medinan citizens (Ansar) as well as those who immigrated with Muhammad (Muhajirun), who were collectively known as the Sahabah—gained huge influence. Medina is home to three prominent mosques, namely al-Masjid an-Nabawi, Masjid Qubaʽa, and Masjid al-Qiblatayn, with the Masjid Quba'a being the oldest in Islam. A larger portion of the Qur'an was revealed in Medina in contrast to the earlier Meccan surahs.[7][8] Much like most of the Hejaz, Medina has seen numerous exchanges of power within its comparatively short existence. The region has been controlled by Jewish-Arabian tribes (up until the 5th century CE), the ʽAws and Khazraj (up until Muhammad's arrival), Muhammad and the Rashidun (622–660), the Umayyads (660–749), the Abbasids (749–1254), the Mamluks of Egypt (1254–1517), the Ottomans (1517–1805), the First Saudi State (1805–1811), Muhammad Ali Pasha (1811–1840), the Ottomans for a second time l

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