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Medina, officially al-Madinah al-Munawwarah, also known as al-Madinah an-Nabawiyyah and Taybah, is the capital and administrative centre of Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
1,411,599 1
Area (sq km)
589 1
Founding Year
850 BCE 1
Population Estimate Year
2022 1
Elevation (m)
620 1
Latitude
24.47 degrees north 1
Longitude
39.61 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Highland 2
Climate Zone
Dry 3
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 2
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Associated With

Medina Province, States or Territories

Medina is the capital and administrative centre of Medina Province.

Source Medina (Wikipedia)
Saudi Arabia, Countries
Source Medina (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

Medina Province, States or Territories

Medina is the capital and administrative centre of Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia.

Source Medina (Wikipedia)
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Origin Of

Abu Jafar al-Madani

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Ibn Jammaz an Abu Jafar

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Ibn Wardan an Abu Jafar

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Nafi al-Madani

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Qalun an Nafi

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Warsh an Nafi

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Location Of

The Council of Six

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The Saqifah of Banu Sa'ida

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Site Of

Abd al-Haqq al-Dehlawi

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Abu Hanifa

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Abu Hurayra

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Al-Shafi'i

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Hasan al-Basri

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Source Hasan al-Basri (Wikipedia)Infobox: birth_place
Quote, Infobox: birth_place
Medina, Rashidun Caliphate
Ma'bad al-Juhani

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Source Ma'bad al-Juhani (Wikipedia)Lead, sentence beginning 'Ma'bad ibn Kalid al-Juhanī (Arabic: معبد'
Quote, Lead, sentence beginning 'Ma'bad ibn Kalid al-Juhanī (Arabic: معبد'
Ma'bad ibn Kalid al-Juhanī (Arabic: معبد الجهني; died 80 AH/ 699CE), was from the tribe of Juhaynah which lived and still live in around the city of Medinah in Arabia.
Sulaym ibn Qays

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Source Sulaym ibn Qays (Wikipedia)Article text
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It is documented that Sulaym moved to Medina during the caliphate of Umar.
Sources
1. Medina (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Medina, officially al-Madinah al-Munawwarah, also known as al-Madinah an-Nabawiyyah and Taybah, is the capital and administrative centre of Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia.
  • Infobox: population_total
    1,411,599
  • Infobox, Population year
    2022
  • Infobox, Area
    589
  • Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
    24.47, 39.61
  • Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
    24.47, 39.61
  • Infobox, Elevation
    620 m
  • Lead section, capital-of claim
    Medina...is the capital and administrative centre of Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia.
  • Wikipedia infobox field 'First settled' = '9th century BC (as Yathrib)' on the 'Medina' article, read and judged (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)
  • Associated With: Saudi Arabia, Infobox, Country
    saudi-arabia
  • Associated With: Medina Province, Infobox, Province field
    Medina
  • Capital Of: Medina Province, Infobox, Province field (capital-of support)
    Medina
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2. GeoNames: Madinah - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 109223
    24.46861 39.61417 P PPLA SA 05 1300000 603 Asia/Riyadh
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 603 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 24.25, 39.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 24.25, 39.75
24.25 39.75 BWh
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Wikidata: Medina
  • Wikidata Q35484, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).
  • In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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