Mecca
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Mecca (officially: Makkah al-Mukarramah; Arabic: مكة المكرمة) is a city in Saudi Arabia. It has a population of 1,294,167 (2004 census). The city is located 73 kilometres inland from Jeddah, in the narrow sandy Valley of Abraham, 277 metres above sea level. It is located 80 kilometres from the Red Sea.
Mecca is the holiest city in the Islamic world. Every year, millions of Muslims walk a pilgrimage to Mecca. This is called the Hajj, where they follow in the footsteps of Muhammad. The Kaaba and Masjid al-Haram, the holiest mosque in Islam is situated here. Mecca is closed to non-Muslims.
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The Kaaba, the small cubical building which Muslims pray towards is believed to have been built by Abraham and has been a religious center ever since. Muslims believed that the God commanded Abraham to send his second wife Hajar and her son Ishmael there 14:37. They found the Zamzam Well which led to people settling nearby, and thus Mecca was born. When Ishmael was big enough, he helped his father to build the Kaaba 2:217.
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