Medina

Medina, officially al-Madinah al-Munawwarah, also known as al-Madinah an-Nabawiyyah and Taybah, and known in pre-Islamic times as Yathrib, is the capital and administrative centre of Medina Province in the... Wikipedia

  • Province:  Medina
  • Region:  Hejaz
  • First settled:  9th century BC (as Yathrib)
  • Hijrah:  622 CE (1 AH)
  • Saudi conquest of Hejaz:  5 December 1925
  • Named for:  Muhammad
  • Type:  Development Authority / Municipality
  • Body:  Medina Development Authority, (Upper body), Medina Municipality (Lower body)
  • Mayor:  Fahd Al-Balayeshi
  • Governor:  Salman bin Sultan
  • Population (2022 census):  1,411,599
  • Rank:  4th
  • Metro:  1,477,047 (Medina Governorate)
  • Demonym(s):  Madani, مدني
  • Time zone:  SAST (UTC+03:00)
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo