Makka
(Mecca se bheja gais)
مكّة المكرمة City of Makkah / Makkah Al Mukarrammah | |||
Masjid al-Haram, the center of Mecca, and the source of its prominence | |||
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Nickname: "Umm Al Qura (Mother of Villages)" | |||
Location of Mecca | |||
Country | ![]() | ||
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Province | Makkah Province | ||
History | |||
Construction of Kaaba | +2000 BC | ||
Established | Ibrahim | ||
Joined Saudi Arabia | 1924 | ||
Government | |||
- Mayor | Osama Al-Bar | ||
- Provincial Governor | Khalid al Faisal | ||
Population | |||
- City (2007) | 1,700,000 | ||
- Urban area | 2,053,912 | ||
- Metropolitan area | 2,500,000 | ||
Makkah Municipality estimate | |||
Time zone | East Africa Time (UTC+3) | ||
- Summer | East Africa Time (UTC+3) | ||
Postal Code | (5 digits) | ||
Website: Mecca Municipality |
Mecca (officially: Makkah al-Mukarramah; Arabic: مكة المكرمة), Saudi Arabia me ek city hae. Iske population 1,294,167 (2004 census) hae. Ii city Jeddah se 73 kilometres bhittar hae, Valley of Abraham me jon ki samundar se 277 metres uppar hae. Ii Red Sea se 81 kilometres duur hae.
Makkah, Islam ke sab se jaada holy city hae. Har saal million ke log hian pe hajj karne jaate hae.
Chapa ke gallery[badlo | source ke badlo]
Duusra websites[badlo | source ke badlo]
- Direction to Makkah
- The Emirate of Makkah
- Inside Mecca DVD National Geographic documentary about Makkah