Makkah Al Mukarramah, Saudi Arabia

Makkah Al Mukarramah, Saudi Arabia
Makkah Al Mukarramah, Saudi Arabia

Mecca (pron.: /ˈmɛkə/; Arabic: مكة‎, Makkah, pronounced [ˈmækkæ]), also transliterated as Makkah, is a city in the Tihamah  and the capital of Makkah Province in Saudi Arabia. The city is located 70 km (43 mi) inland from Jeddah in a narrow valley at a height of 277 m (909 ft) above sea level. Its resident population in 2012 was 2 million, although visitors more than triple this number every year during Hajj period held in the twelfth Muslim lunar month of Dhu al-Hijjah.

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