Sidi Hamzah
Sidi Hamzah is a village in Al Madinah Province, in western Saudi Arabia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Saudi Arabia
- Also known as: “Sīdī Ḩamzah”
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 south of Sidi Hamzah.
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 3½ km south of Sidi Hamzah.
Mount Uhud
Photo: Adiput, Public domain.
Mount Uhud is a mountain north of Medina, in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia. It is 1,077 m high and 7.5 km long. It was the site of the second battle between the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the polytheists of his tribe of Quraysh. Mount Uhud is situated 2½ km north of Sidi Hamzah.
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.
Sidi Hamzah
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Medina Region, Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
24.5° or 24° 30′ northLongitude
39.61667° or 39° 37′ eastElevation
604 metres (1,982 feet)Open location code
7GPXGJ28+2MOpenStreetMap ID
node 1236691920OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Sidi Hamzah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سيدي حمزة”
- Dutch: “Sidi Hamzah”
- French: “Sidi Hamzah”
- German: “Sidi Hamzah”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sidi Hamzah”
- Persian: “سیدی حمزه”
- Urdu: “سیدی حمزہ”
- Uzbek: “Sidi Hamzah”
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