Makkah

Related Category: Arabian Peninsula Political Geography

see Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

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Mecca - city capital of the Hejaz, W Saudi Arabia. The birthplace c.A.D. 570 of Muhammad the Prophet, it is the holiest city of Islam, and the goal of the annual Muslim hajj. It is c.45 mi (70 km) from its ...