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Medina, city located in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, about 100 miles (160 km) inland from the Red Sea and 275 miles (445 km) from Mecca by road. It is the second holiest city in Islam, after Mecca.
Medina, Saudi Arabia
Medina is celebrated as the place from which Muhammad established the Muslim community (ummah) after his flight from Mecca (622 CE) and is where his body is entombed. A pilgrimage is made to his tomb in the city’s chief mosque.
Mecca is the most important place in the Islamic religion as the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad. The nearby Medina is the second-most important place in Islam, due to the Prophet Muhammad's temporary exile there, and is also where the prophet was laid to rest at the time of his death.
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