Urwah
Urwah is a neighborhood in Medina Region, Saudi Arabia. Urwah is situated nearby to the neighborhood Al Dhahirah, as well as near Al Qaswa.Places of Interest
Highlights include Prophet’s Mosque and Maqbara Al Baqeea.
Prophet’s Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Bluemangoa2z, Public domain.
The Prophet's Mosque is the second mosque built by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in Medina, after the Quba Mosque, as well as the second largest mosque and holiest site in Islam, after the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, in the Saudi region of the Hejaz. Prophet’s Mosque is situated 3½ km northeast of Urwah.
Maqbara Al Baqeea
Cemetery
Al-Baqi Cemetery, also known as Jannat al-Baqi or Baqi al-Gharqad, is the first and oldest Islamic cemetery in Medina, located southeast of the Prophet's Mosque, in the Hejaz region of present-day Saudi Arabia. Maqbara Al Baqeea is situated 4 km northeast of Urwah.
Hejaz Railway Museum
Museum
Photo: Imam Khairul Annas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Hejaz Railway Museum is a railway museum in Medina, Saudi Arabia. It opened in 2006 and is located on the grounds of the restored Ottoman railway station in Medina. Hejaz Railway Museum is situated 2½ km northeast of Urwah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Medina.
Medina
Photo: Medineli, Public domain.
Medina, officially known as Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah, is a city in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia. Commonly referred to as the "cradle of Islamic culture and civilisation", it is Islam's second holiest city.
Urwah
- Type: Neighborhood
- Also known as: “‘Arwa”, “‘Arwah”, “‘Urwah”, “`Urwah”, and “Arwa, Arwah”
- Category: locality
- Location: Medina Region, Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
24.44369° or 24° 26′ 37″ northLongitude
39.58732° or 39° 35′ 14″ eastElevation
636 metres (2,087 feet)Open location code
7GPXCHVP+FWOpenStreetMap ID
node 1236692220OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
100696
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Urwah” goes by many names.
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