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.

al-Safa → locatedIn → Mecca ⓘ
Surah Al-An'am → placeOfRevelation → Mecca ⓘ
Sawda bint Zamʿa → residence → Mecca ⓘ
Surah Al-A'raf → revealedIn → Mecca ⓘ
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib → residence → Mecca ⓘ
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib → placeOfBirth → Mecca ⓘ
Hafsa bint Umar → birthPlace → Mecca ⓘ
Qasim ibn Muhammad → placeOfBirth → Mecca ⓘ
Qasim ibn Muhammad → placeOfDeath → Mecca ⓘ
Qasim ibn Muhammad → burialPlace → Mecca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mecca (traditional attribution)
Surah Hud → placeOfRevelation → Mecca ⓘ
Umm Habiba → placeOfBirth → Mecca ⓘ
Abd al-Muttalib → placeOfResidence → Mecca ⓘ
Abd al-Muttalib → placeOfDeath → Mecca ⓘ
Zaynab bint Jahsh → placeOfBirth → Mecca ⓘ
Abdullah ibn Muhammad → diedIn → Mecca ⓘ
Abdullah ibn Muhammad → burialPlace → Mecca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mecca (traditional Islamic reports)
Makkah Province → contains → Mecca ⓘ
Makkah Province → capital → Mecca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Makkah
Makkah Province → capital → Mecca ⓘ
Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib → birthPlace → Mecca ⓘ
Muslims → holyCity → Mecca ⓘ
Surah Yusuf → placeOfRevelation → Mecca ⓘ
Meccan surahs → hasLocationOfRevelation → Mecca ⓘ
Zamzam Well → city → Mecca ⓘ
Maymunah bint al-Harith → associatedWith → Mecca ⓘ
King Abdulaziz Gate → locatedIn → Mecca ⓘ
Surah Ibrahim → revealedIn → Mecca ⓘ
Zaynab bint Muhammad → birthPlace → Mecca ⓘ
Zaynab bint Muhammad → associatedWith → Mecca ⓘ
King Fahd Gate → locatedIn → Mecca ⓘ
King Fahd Gate → near → Mecca ⓘ
this entity surface form: centralAreasOfMecca
Quraysh → locatedIn → Mecca ⓘ
Hijra → tookPlaceFrom → Mecca ⓘ
Hajj → performedAt → Mecca ⓘ
Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib → birthPlace → Mecca ⓘ
Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib → residence → Mecca ⓘ
Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib → deathPlace → Mecca ⓘ
Umm Salama → placeOfOrigin → Mecca ⓘ
Surah Al-Hijr → placeOfRevelation → Mecca ⓘ
Ruqayyah bint Muhammad → placeOfBirth → Mecca ⓘ
Surah Al-Isra → hasPlaceOfRevelation → Mecca ⓘ
Fatimah bint Muhammad → birthPlace → Mecca ⓘ
Surah Al-Kahf → placeOfRevelation → Mecca ⓘ
Surah Maryam → placeOfRevelation → Mecca ⓘ
Surah Ta-Ha → revealedIn → Mecca ⓘ
Surah Al-Mu'minun → revealedIn → Mecca ⓘ
Surah Al-Furqan → placeOfRevelation → Mecca ⓘ
Surah Ash-Shu'ara → locationOfRevelation → Mecca ⓘ
Surah An-Naml → placeOfRevelation → Mecca ⓘ