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Mecca Travel Guide

The city is revered by Muslims for containing the holiest site of Islam, the Grand Mosque of Mecca. A pilgrimage to Mecca is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, a sacred duty that is required of all able-bodied Muslims who can afford to go, at least once in their lifetime.

About Mecca

Mecca covers an area of 328.2 sq. miles (850 square Km) and is estimated to have a population of 1.7 million people being an Islamic holy city in Saudi Arabia's Makkah Province, in the historic Hejaz region. People of other faiths are officially forbidden from entering the city.

Attractions

Posted in Mecca by admin on May 10, 2008

The Kaaba is a large cube-shaped structure made of granite, and is the holiest place in Islam. Muslims from around the world face themselves toward the Kaaba during their daily prayers.

Jabal-al-noor (Mountain of Light)

Masjid Al Haram (Holy Mosque)

Well of Zamzam

Black Stone

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