Medina
Medina

Medina

Medina (??????? ???????, or ???????; also transliterated as Madinah; officially al-Mad?nah al-Munawwarah), the city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, and serves as the capital of the Al Madinah Province

geographical area, settlement, city, town or city, populated place, university city

Location
Saudi Arabia, Al Madinah, Ottoman Empire
Location of
Battle of Uhud, Islamic University of Madinah, Rashidun army, Siege of Medina, Battle of Al-Safra,  …
Population
1,300,000
Area
589 square kilometres; 173,000 square kilometres
Births
Husayn ibn Ali, Hasan ibn Ali, Bobby Rahal, Ja'far al-Sadiq, Ibn Ishaq,  …
Capital of
Rashidun Caliphate
Elevation
1,995 feet (608.1 metres)
Wikipedia Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medina
Closest Airport
Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport
Deaths
Muhammad, Aisha, Abu Bakr, Umar, Hasan ibn Ali,  …
Coordinates
24°28'008.4"N, 24°27'60"N, 24°28'01"N, 39°36'36"E
Residents
Abu Bakr
Class
settlement, city, town or city, populated place, university city,  …
Gns Unique Feature Identifier
"-3092186"
Freebase ID
"/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000004934d"
Related Websites
http://www.flickr.com/photos/noushadali, http://www.madinahvision.com/index.html, http://www.splendidarabia.com/location/madinah, http://www.fullviewdesign.co.uk/prophetsmosque.html, http://www.splendidarabia.com,  …
Open Calais URI
http://d.opencalais.com/er/geo/city/ralg-geo1/493057db-edf6-3d9d-d3f9-f2b95a4c14c3
Buried
Chupan
GeoNames URL
http://sws.geonames.org/109223/
DBPedia URI
http://dbpedia.org/resource/Medina
Rare Terms
"almadinah almunawwarah"; "madinah"; "madina"; "al-madinah al-munawwarah"; "al madinah in saudi arabia";  …
Freebase Primary MID
"/m/094vf"

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