Medina

For ither uises, see Medina (disambiguation).

Medina (Inglis pronunciation: /mɛˈdiːnə/; Arabic: المدينة المنورة‎, al-Madīnah l-Munawwarah, “the radiant ceety” (offeecially), or المدينة al-Madīnah; an aa transliteratit as Madinah) is a ceety in the Hejaz region o wastren Saudi Arabie, an serves as the caipital o the Al Madinah Province. It is the seicont holiest ceety in Islam, an the burial place o the Islamic Prophet Muhammad an it is historically significant for being his hame efter the Hijrah.

Medina المدينة المنورة
Ceety
Al Madinah Al Munawwarah al-Madinat al-Nabi
Muhammad's tomb is locatit unner the Green Dome o Al-Masjid al-Nabawi.
Medina Location in the Kinrick o Saudi Arabie
Coordinates: 24°28′N 39°36′E
Kintra	Saudi Arabie
Province	Al Madinah Province
Govrenment
• Mayor	Abdulaziz Bin Majid (عبدالعزيز بن ماجد)
Area
• Total	589 km2 (227 sq mi)
Elevation	608 m (1995 ft)
Population  (2006)
• Total	1,300,000
Time zone	UTC+3 (Arabie Staundart Time)

The significance o Medina stems frae the presence o the historically significant an auldest mosques in Islam, namely; Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (The Prophet's Mosque), Quba Mosque (the first mosque in Islam's history), an Masjid al-Qiblatain (the mosque whaur the qibla wis switched tae Mecca).

The Islamic calendar is based on the emigration o Muhammad an his follaers tae the ceety o Medina, which marks the stairt o the Hijri year in 622 CE, cawed Hijra (هجرة).

Similarly tae Mecca, entrance tae Medina is restrictit tae Muslims anerlie; non-Muslims are neither permittit tae enter nor travel through the ceety. Muslims believe that the latter verses o the Quran wur revealed in Medina an its surroondin ootskirts, cried the medinan suras.