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The Hijaz Mountains (Arabic: جِبَال ٱلْحِجَاز, romanized: Jibāl al-Ḥijāz (Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [dʒɪˈbaːl alħɪˈdʒaːz]) or "Hejaz Range" is a mountain range located in the Hejazi region of western Saudi Arabia.
Mar 8, 2024 · The three main routes to Hijaz originated from Damascus in the north, Basra in the northeast and Sanaa and Aden in the south. As the capitals of the Islamic world shifted outside of Hijaz to ...
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Hijaz is divided into three parts from a natural perspective: Coastal plains of Red Sea by the name of Tihama. The mountainous region which brings the highest degree of precipitation to Hijaz. The mountain ranges in this region are the most important mountains of Saudi Arabia and the Arabian Peninsula.
Located at an elevation of 1,879 m (6,165 ft) in the slopes of the Hijaz Mountains, which themselves are part of the Sarat Mountains, the city has a population of 563,282 people in 2022, making it one of the most populous cities in the kingdom.
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HIJAZ. An arid, mountainous region in western Saudi Arabia, and site of Mecca and Medina. The Hijaz region is the cradle of Islam and home to the faith's two Holy Cities. Hijaz reached the peak of its political importance after the rise of Islam, when Mecca was the seat of the first four caliphs (rulers) of the Muslim community.
The stretch from the Gulf of Aqaba to the middle of the Peninsula’s coastline, a few kilometres south of Makkah, is called the Hijaz Mountains (Al-Ḥijāz, meaning “the barrier”), the more elevated basaltic stretch southwards to the southern tip of Yemen is known as As-Sarawat (the chain in Arabic).
