Mina near Mecca

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Mina near Mecca is a valley outside the holy city that serves as a major pilgrimage site during Hajj, especially known for the ritual stoning of the pillars symbolizing the devil.

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Label Occurrences
Mina near Mecca canonical 1
Sarif near Mecca 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic holy site
valley
administrativeRegion Hejaz
associatedEvent Eid al-Adha
Hajj
associatedWith Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) narrative
story of Ibrahim rejecting Satan
climate arid desert climate
contains Jamarat Bridge
surface form: Jamarat Bridge complex

Jamarat pillars
surface form: Jamarat pillars (now walls)
country Saudi Arabia
countryCapital Riyadh
surface form: Riyadh (for Saudi Arabia)
distanceFromMecca approximately 8 kilometers east of Mecca
governedBy Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah
historicalSignificance site of repeated Hajj stampedes in the past
infrastructure fire-resistant tents
large tent city for pilgrims
knownFor ritual stoning of the Jamarat
site of the Stoning of the Devil ritual
language Arabic
locatedIn Makkah Province
surface form: Mecca Province
locatedNear Mecca
nearbySite Mount Arafat
Muzdalifah
partOf Hajj
surface form: Hajj rituals
pilgrimageType obligatory for able Muslims as part of Hajj
pilgrimCapacity several million pilgrims
reforms expanded Jamarat Bridge to improve safety
religion Islam
religiousLaw Sharia
ritual overnight camping in tents
throwing pebbles at three Jamarat
safetyMeasures crowd control systems at Jamarat
significance major pilgrimage site during Hajj
timeOfMainUse 8th to 13th of Dhul Hijjah
Dhu al-Hijjah
surface form: Dhul Hijjah
timezone Arabia Standard Time
transport connected by roads to Mecca
served by Hajj metro line
usedFor animal sacrifice during Eid al-Adha
overnight stay by pilgrims during Hajj
utcOffset +3

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Prophet Ismail commemoratedAt Mina near Mecca
Barrah bint al-Harith marriageToMuhammadPlace Mina near Mecca
this entity surface form: Sarif near Mecca