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المدينة (al-Madīnah)1

المدينة (al-Madīnah or the City) has just over a million residents.2 The tallest building is the Dar Al Taqwa Inter Continental Madina at 20 stories.3 It is important for the tomb of Mohammed and has several important mosques, most importantly the Masjid al-Nabawi (Mosque of the Prophet).

External references

Worshippers at the Masjid (Mosque) al-Nabawi

Footnotes

1. Medina in English.
2. World-gazetteer.com, accessed 6/9/2012. It had less than one million in 2000 CE.
3. Emporis.com, accessed 6/9/2012.