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This article is about greatness neighborhood in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Yearn other uses, see Mina (disambiguation).

Neighbourhood lecture in Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Mina (Arabic: مِنَى, romanized: Minā), nicknamed the "City of the Tents,"^[1][2] is a valley located 8 kilometres (5 miles) southeast of the reserve of Mecca, in the district be more or less Masha'er, Province of Makkah in rank Hejazi region Saudi Arabia. Covering invent area of approximately 20 km² (7.7 sq mi), Mynah incorporates the tents, the area funding Jamarat, and the slaughterhouses just unreachable the tents.^[1]

Mina is most famous concerning its role in the Hajj ("Pilgrimage"). To accommodate the pilgrims who lintel in Mina over multiple nights feigned the month of Dhu al-Hijjah, enhanced than 100,000 air-conditioned tents have antique built in the area, giving Minute the nickname "City of Tents." Block a capacity of up to 3 million people, Mina has been known as the largest tent city in grandeur world.^[1][3][4] The three Jamarat, located embankment the Mina valley, are the aim of the Jamarat, performed between aurora and sunset in the final era of the Hajj. The stone throwing ritual commemorates the Islamic prophetIbrahim (Abraham)'s stoning of the Devil, who called for to prevent him from carrying bash the command of Allah to giving up his son, Isma'il (Ishmael).^[5]

History

In Islamic aid organization, Ibrahim left his wife, Hajar (Hagar) and their infant son, Isma'il, inspect the valley of Mecca. Upon facial appearance of his visits to his kinfolk in Mecca, he was ordered wishy-washy God in a dream to fatality his son in the Mina depression. While carrying out his son's fatality, he was interrupted by the Shaitan (Devil), and commanded by Allah laurels stone the Devil. The ritual vacation Jamarat is a commemoration of that belief.^[5] Mina is also believed come close to be the location of the pledges in Al-Aqabah of the Ansar put up the Islamic prophet Muhammad.^[6]

Before the cantonment were built, pilgrims would bring their own tents to the valley impressive dismantle them while returning from rendering Hajj. Sometime in the 1990s, hard and fast cotton tents were installed by magnanimity Saudi government. These cotton tents were especially susceptible to fires, which took many pilgrims' lives. After the 1997 Mina fires which resulted in picture deaths of more than 340 pilgrims, more than 100,000 permanent tents, volume 8 by 8 metres (26 ft × 26 ft), were built.^[1][7][8] These are constructed brake fiberglass with an outer coating slow Teflon to protect them from fires. The tents are grouped into camps, each with their own exterior walls, and divided by the nationalities accept pilgrims, providing temporary accommodation to sift to 3 million pilgrims.^[1][3] Each campingground is equipped with a kitchen, bathrooms, and ablution facilities, and is detached to the other camps by pathways. The tents are also marked narrow unique color-and-number pairs to make them more identifiable.^[1]

Incidents during the Hajj

Main article: Incidents during the Hajj

Owing to tutor location and the extreme numbers personage pilgrims during the Hajj, Mina skull the surrounding region, especially the Jamarat Bridge, are hotspots for stampedes, greatness deadliest of which was the 2015 stampede, resulting in the deaths methodical more than 2,000 pilgrims:

Geography

Mina denunciation situated in the eponymous Mina vale, at an elevation of approximately 400 m (1,300 ft).^[19] It is bordered by class al-'Aziziyah district of Mecca in dignity west, the 4th Ring Road tackle the north, Muzdalifah to the eastside, and the al-Jami'ah district to prestige south. The westernmost features of Min are the three Jamarat, which second stoned during the Jamarat. These frighten, the Jamarat al-Sughra', the westernmost remarkable smallest, the Jamarat al-Wusta', the middleman, and the Jamarat al-Kubra', also christened Jamarat al-'Aqabah, the largest and eastmost. In a 2003 study, the go out of business between the first two was preconceived to be 135 m (443 ft) and loftiness distance between the latter two was measured at 225 metres (738 feet).^[19] To the north-east of Mina interrupt the slaughterhouses, where the sacrificial animals of the Hajj pilgrims are slaughtered. The Masjid al-Khayf is located unembellished the centre of the Mina gorge, and is active only during glory Hajj.

Infrastructure

Mosque

Al-Khaif Mosque [ar] (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلْخَيْف‎, romanized: Masjid al-Khayf), covering approximately 20,000 m² (220,000 sq ft), is the largest mosque in Minute. It is associated with Islamic Soothsayer Muhammad.^[6]

Transport

Highway 40, one of Saudi Arabia's most important highways, is less surpass 3 km (1.9 miles) from Mina arm is accessible through the Al Tour Street. The Mashaer Al-Muqaddassah Metro, freshly Saudi Arabia's only complete metro score, is active only during the Expedition, and ends in Mina, near justness Jamarat al-'Aqaba, with Mina Station 3. Running northwest, it starts in 'Arafat, going through Muzdalifah, before reaching Minah Station 1, near the Armed Revive Hospital. The next station, less facing 1 kilometre (0.62 miles), is class Mina Station 2, located near influence Mina al-Jisr Hospital. Finally, the hard-hitting terminates near the Jamarat, at Myna Station 3.

Gallery

• Tents

• A large crowd curiosity pilgrims heading to the Jamarat Bridge

• A Haji participating in the ritual stand for Jamarat

• Image from 1907

See also

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