Medina
Medina, officially al-Madinah al-Munawwarah, also known as al-Madinah an-Nabawiyyah and Taybah, and known in pre-Islamic times as Yathrib, is the capital and administrative centre of Medina Province in the... Wikipedia
- Province: Medina
- Region: Hejaz
- First settled: 9th century BC (as Yathrib)
- Hijrah: 622 CE (1 AH)
- Saudi conquest of Hejaz: 5 December 1925
- Named for: Muhammad
- Type: Development Authority / Municipality
- Body: Medina Development Authority, (Upper body), Medina Municipality (Lower body)
- Mayor: Fahd Al-Balayeshi
- Governor: Salman bin Sultan
- Population (2022 census): 1,411,599
- Rank: 4th
- Metro: 1,477,047 (Medina Governorate)
- Demonym(s): Madani, مدني
- Time zone: SAST (UTC+03:00)
- Data source: DuckDuckGo