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Medina Province (Saudi Arabia)
Administrative region of Saudi Arabia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Medina Province also known as Medina Region, officially spelled as Madinah. (Arabic: مِنْطَقَة ٱلْمَدِيْنَة ٱلْمُنَوَّرَة, romanized: Minṭaqat Al-Madīnah Al-Munawarah) is a province of Saudi Arabia in the Hejaz region along the Red Sea coast. It has an area of 151,990 km (94,440 mi) and a population of 2,389,452 (2022 Census)[1]
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The provincial capital and administrative center is Medina, the second-holiest city in Islam.[2] Other cities in the province include Yanbu and Badr. The province also contains Hegra (Mada'in Salih), a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[3]
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Population
Governorates
Medina Province oversees eight governorates, four in Category A and four in Category B.[5] The central part of the province—including the city of Medina, which serves as the provincial capital and administrative center, as well as suburbs such as al-Uqul—is directly administered by the province and is not part of any governorate. This central part of the province had a population of 1,477,047 according to the 2022 Saudi census.[6]
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Air
Medina is served by the Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport located off Highway 340. It handles domestic flights, while it has scheduled international services to regional destinations in the Middle East. It is the fourth-busiest airport in Saudi Arabia, handling 8,144,790 passengers in 2018.[7] The airport project was announced as the world's best by Engineering News-Record's 3rd Annual Global Best Projects Competition held on 10 September 2015.[8][9] The airport also received the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold certificate in the Middle East and North Africa region.[10] The airport receives higher numbers of passengers during the Hajj.
Roads
In 2015, the MDA announced Darb as-Sunnah (Sunnah Path) Project, which aims to develop and transform the 3 km (1.9 mi) Quba'a Road connecting the Quba'a Mosque to the al-Masjid an-Nabawi to an avenue, paving the whole road for pedestrians and providing service facilities to the visitors. The project also aims to revive the Sunnah where Prophet Muhammed used to walk from his house (Prophet's Mosque) to Quba'a every Saturday afternoon.[11]
The city of Medina lies at the junction of two of the most important Saudi highways, Highway 60 and Highway 15. Highway 15 connects Medina to Mecca in the south and onward and Tabuk and Jordan in the north. Highway 60 connects the city with Yanbu, a port city on the Red Sea in the west and Qassim in the east. The city is served by three ring roads: King Faisal Road, a 5 km ring road that surrounds Prophet's Mosque and the downtown area, King Abdullah Road, a 27 km road that surrounds most of urban Medina and King Khalid Road is the biggest ring road that surrounds the whole city and some rural areas with 60 km of roads.
Bus and rapid transit
The bus transport system in Medina was established in 2012 by the MDA and is operated by SAPTCO. The newly established bus system includes 10 lines connecting different regions of the city to Prophet's Mosque and the downtown area, and serves around 20,000 passengers on a daily basis.[12][13] In 2017, the MDA launched the Madinah Sightseeing Bus service. Open top buses take passengers on sightseeing trips throughout the day with two lines and 11 destinations, including Prophet's Mosque, Quba'a Mosque and Masjid al-Qiblatayn and offers audio tour guidance with eight different languages.[14] By the end of 2019, the MDA announced its plan to expand the bus network with 15 BRT lines. The project was set to be done in 2023.[15] In 2015, the MDA announced a three-line metro project in extension to the public transportation master plan in Medina.[16]
Rail
The historic Ottoman Hejaz railway was abandoned following World War One and the Medina railway station was converted into a museum by the Saudi government. The Haramain High Speed Railway (HHR) came into operation in 2018, linking Medina and Mecca, and passes through three stations: Jeddah, King Abdulaziz International Airport, and King Abdullah Economic City.[17] It runs along 444 kilometers (276 miles) with a speed of 300 km/h, and has an annual capacity of 60 million passengers.[18]
Services at Medina station
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Sports
Football is the most popular sport in Medina Province, with several clubs representing different governorates across the province. These clubs include:
- Al-Ansar FC – Based in the provincial capital, Medina.
- Ohod Club – Also located in Medina.
- Al-Ula FC – Represents al-Ula.
- Al-Dahab Club – Based in Mahd adh Dhahab.
- Radwa Club – Located in Yanbu.
- Al-Ghazwa Club – Based in Badr.
- Al-Aqiq Club – based also in Yanbu.
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List of governors
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