Mount Arafat

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Hajj site Islamic holy site mountain

Mount Arafat is a granite hill near Mecca in Saudi Arabia that is central to the Hajj pilgrimage, where pilgrims gather for the pivotal ritual of standing (wuquf) on the 9th day of Dhu al-Hijjah.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Mount Arafat canonical	12
Plain of Arafat	9
Wuquf at Arafat	2
Jabal Arafat	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hajj site ⓘ Islamic holy site ⓘ mountain ⓘ
associatedEvent	Farewell Sermon of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
associatedWith	Day of Arafah ⓘ Muhammad ⓘ surface form: Prophet Muhammad
category	Hajj sites ⓘ Islamic holy places ⓘ Mountains of Saudi Arabia ⓘ
centralRitual	standing at Arafat ⓘ wuquf ⓘ
climate	arid desert climate ⓘ
country	Saudi Arabia ⓘ
distanceFromMecca	approximately 20 kilometers east ⓘ
elevation	about 454 meters above sea level ⓘ about 70 meters above surrounding plain ⓘ
governedBy	Saudi Arabia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
hasAlternativeName	Mount Arafat ⓘ surface form: Jabal Arafat جبل عرفة ⓘ surface form: Jabal ʿArafah Mount of Mercy ⓘ
hasAnnualEvent	Day of Arafah ⓘ surface form: Day of Arafah gathering
hasArabicName	جبل عرفة ⓘ
hasNearbySite	Masjid Namirah ⓘ Mina ⓘ Muzdalifah ⓘ surface form: Plain of Muzdalifah
hasReligiousStatus	place of forgiveness in Islamic belief ⓘ
hasStructure	pillar marking the place of standing ⓘ
importanceInHajj	wuquf at Arafat is essential for validity of Hajj ⓘ
languageOfToponym	Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn	Hejaz ⓘ Makkah Province ⓘ Mount Arafat self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Plain of Arafat
locatedNear	Mecca ⓘ
material	granite ⓘ
nearbyCity	Mecca ⓘ
overseenBy	Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah ⓘ
partOf	Islamic pilgrimage route ⓘ
peakType	rocky hill ⓘ
pilgrimageSeason	Dhu al-Hijjah ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
ritualDate	9th day of Dhu al-Hijjah ⓘ
significanceIn	Hajj ⓘ
timeZone	Arabia Standard Time ⓘ
transportAccess	Hajj transport routes from Mecca ⓘ
usedFor	sermons during Hajj ⓘ supplication during Hajj ⓘ
visitedBy	millions of pilgrims annually ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mecca → near → Mount Arafat ⓘ

Makkah Province → containsReligiousSite → Mount Arafat ⓘ

Hajj → keyRite → Mount Arafat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wuquf at Arafat

Hajj → associatedPlain → Mount Arafat ⓘ