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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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
Jannat al-Baqī is the oldest and first Islamic cemetery of Medina located in the Hejazi region of present-day Saudi Arabia. It is also known as Baqi al-Gharqad. Maqbara Al Baqeea is situated 4 km northeast of Urwah.
Hejaz Railway Museum
Museum
The Hejaz Railway Museum in Medina is a railway museum that was opened in 2006. It is on the grounds of the restored historic Ottoman railway station at Medina, locally called استسيون "Istasyōn", including a stretch of the historic track and a train shed<ref>Pictures of the shed restoration among others at the with originally four tracks. 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.
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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