Mecca

E6835
city holy city

Mecca is the holiest city in Islam, located in present-day Saudi Arabia and home to the Kaaba, toward which Muslims around the world face in prayer and to which they undertake the Hajj pilgrimage.

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All labels observed (23)

Label Occurrences
Mecca canonical 546
Makkah 8
Mecca (probable) 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
holy city ⓘ
accessRestrictedFor non-Muslims ⓘ
alternativeName Mecca ⓘ
surface form: Makkah

Mecca ⓘ
surface form: Makkah al-Mukarramah
ArabicName Mecca self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: مكة
climateClassification BWh ⓘ
contains Kaaba ⓘ
Masjid al-Haram ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Saudi Arabia ⓘ
directionOfPrayerFor Muslims ⓘ
governingCountry Saudi Arabia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
governingCountryCapital Riyadh ⓘ
governorate Makkah Province ⓘ
surface form: Makkah Region
hasAirport Hajj Terminal, King Abdulaziz International Airport ⓘ
surface form: King Abdulaziz International Airport
hasAnnualEvent Hajj ⓘ
Ramadan Umrah peak ⓘ
hasClimate hot desert climate ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic population increases during Hajj ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Abraj Al Bait complex ⓘ
Masjid al-Haram ⓘ
hasReligiousSignificanceFor Ibadi Islam ⓘ
surface form: Ibadi Muslims

Shia Islam ⓘ
surface form: Shia Muslims

Sunni Islam ⓘ
surface form: Sunni Muslims
hasRole holiest city in Islam ⓘ
hasStatus closed to non-Muslims ⓘ
hasStructure Abraj Al Bait complex ⓘ
surface form: Abraj Al Bait Clock Tower
historicalRegion Tihamah ⓘ
isBirthplaceOf Muhammad ⓘ
surface form: Islamic prophet Muhammad

Muhammad ⓘ
surface form: Prophet Muhammad
isSiteOf Sa'i between Safa and Marwa ⓘ
Tawaf around the Kaaba ⓘ
key Hajj rituals ⓘ
locatedIn Hejaz ⓘ
western Saudi Arabia ⓘ
near Mina ⓘ
Mount Arafat ⓘ
Muzdalifah ⓘ
nearbyCity Jeddah ⓘ
officialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
pilgrimageDestinationFor Hajj ⓘ
Umrah ⓘ
qiblaFor Muslims ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
sacredTo Muslims ⓘ
servedBy Haramain high-speed railway ⓘ
timeZone East Africa Time ⓘ
surface form: Arabia Standard Time
UTCOffset +3 ⓘ

Referenced by (577)

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

Islam → originatedInCity → Mecca ⓘ
Muhammad → birthPlace → Mecca ⓘ
Muhammad → citizenship → Mecca ⓘ
Muhammad → firstRevelationNear → Mecca ⓘ
Muhammad → conqueredCity → Mecca ⓘ
Muhammad → associatedWithCity → Mecca ⓘ
Five Pillars of Islam → destination → Mecca ⓘ
subject surface form: Hajj
Masjid al-Haram → locatedIn → Mecca ⓘ
Arabs → notableHistoricalCenter → Mecca ⓘ
Arabian Peninsula → majorCityOn → Mecca ⓘ
Saudi Arabia → hasHolyCity → Mecca ⓘ
Saudi Arabia → majorCity → Mecca ⓘ
Mecca → ArabicName → Mecca self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: مكة
Mecca → alternativeName → Mecca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Makkah
Mecca → alternativeName → Mecca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Makkah al-Mukarramah
Kaaba → location → Mecca ⓘ
Hajj Terminal, King Abdulaziz International Airport → serves → Mecca ⓘ
Islamic world → hasCulturalCenter → Mecca ⓘ
Night Journey of Muhammad → startsFrom → Mecca ⓘ
Sunni Islam → holyCity → Mecca ⓘ
Hijazi Arabic → spokenIn → Mecca ⓘ
Hijazi Arabic → center → Mecca ⓘ
Hashemite dynasty → capitalDuringHejazRule → Mecca ⓘ
House of Hashim → historicalCapital → Mecca ⓘ
Talal of Jordan → birthPlace → Mecca ⓘ
Selim I → broughtUnderControl → Mecca ⓘ
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad → placeOfBirth → Mecca ⓘ
King Abdullah Expansion → locatedIn → Mecca ⓘ
Masaa gallery for Sa'i → locatedIn → Mecca ⓘ
Caliph Abu Bakr → birthPlace → Mecca ⓘ
subject surface form: Abu Bakr
Dhu al-Hijjah → hasPilgrimageLocation → Mecca ⓘ
General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques → headquartersLocation → Mecca ⓘ
Caliph Uthman ibn Affan → birthPlace → Mecca ⓘ
subject surface form: Uthman ibn Affan
Aminah bint Wahb → residence → Mecca ⓘ
Aminah bint Wahb → placeOfBirth → Mecca ⓘ
Aminah bint Wahb → associatedWith → Mecca ⓘ
Ibn Arabi → regionOfActivity → Mecca ⓘ
Ibn Arabi → travelledTo → Mecca ⓘ
Umrah → performedIn → Mecca ⓘ
Umrah → hasEconomicImpactOn → Mecca ⓘ
Khadijah bint Khuwaylid → placeOfBirth → Mecca ⓘ
Khadijah bint Khuwaylid → placeOfDeath → Mecca ⓘ
Khadijah bint Khuwaylid → residence → Mecca ⓘ
Cave of Hira → locatedNear → Mecca ⓘ
Cave of Hira → overlooks → Mecca ⓘ
Cave of Hira → nearbyCity → Mecca ⓘ
Conquest of Mecca → location → Mecca ⓘ
Aisha bint Abi Bakr → birthPlace → Mecca ⓘ
Aisha bint Abi Bakr → residence → Mecca ⓘ
al‑Hallaj → performedPilgrimageTo → Mecca ⓘ
subject surface form: al-Hallaj