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2. Mecca - Wikipedia

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   Mecca (/ ˈ m ɛ k ə /; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, [a] commonly shortened to Makkah [b]) is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia and the holiest city according to Islam. [4] It is 70 km (43 mi) inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow valley 277 m (909 ft) above sea level. Its last recorded ...

3. 2002 Mecca girls' school fire - Wikipedia

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   The 2002 Mecca girls' school fire occurred on 11 March 2002 at a girls' school in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and killed fifteen people, all young girls.Complaints were made that Saudi Arabia's "religious police", specifically the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, had prevented schoolgirls from leaving the burning building and hindered emergency services personnel ...

4. Africanews - Wikipedia

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   Africanews (styled as africanews) is a 24/7 pan-African multilingual news network located in Lyon, France previously headquartered in Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo. The news channel began broadcasting online, and via TV and satellite on 20 April 2016. [ 1] The newsroom has 30 journalists and around 55 technical staffers. [citation needed]

5. Muzdalifah - Wikipedia

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   UTC+3 (Arabia Standard Time) Muzdalifah ( Arabic : مُزْدَلِفَة ) is an open and level area near Mecca in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia that is associated with the Ḥajj (" Pilgrimage ").

6. Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia

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   السعودية. Saudi Arabia, [ e] officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ( KSA ), [ f] is a country in West Asia and the Middle East. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about 2,150,000 km 2 (830,000 sq mi), making it the fifth-largest country in Asia and the largest in the Middle East.

7. 2023 Makkah hotel fire - Wikipedia

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   2023 Makkah Hotel Fire. The 2023 Makkah hotel fire occurred on May 19, 2023, when a fire took place in a hotel in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. There were many Pakistani Umrah pilgrims who were among the victims of the hotel fire that killed eight people and injured six others.

8. Mecca crane collapse - Wikipedia

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   A crawler crane collapsed over the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, around 5:10 p.m. on 11 September 2015, killing 111 people and injuring 394 others. [ 3][ 4][ 5] The city was preparing for the Hajj pilgrimage. [ 6][ 7] The collapse has been cited as the deadliest crane collapse in history, with the previous most deadly incident being ...

9. Masjid al-Haram - Wikipedia

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   Masjid al-Haram ( Arabic: ٱَلْمَسْجِدُ ٱلْحَرَام‎, romanized : al-Masjid al-Ḥarām, lit. 'The Sacred Mosque'), [ 4] also known as the Sacred Mosque or the Great Mosque of Mecca, [ 5] is considered to be the most significant mosque in Islam. [ 6][ 7] It encloses the vicinity of the Kaaba in Mecca, in the Mecca Province ...