Mahd Al-Dhahab
The Mahd adh-Dhahab, is a small gold mining area in the Arabian Peninsula. It is located in the Medina Province in the Ḥijāz in Saudi Arabia. Gold was first mined in Arabia c.- Type: Town with 15,900 residents
- Description: gold mining area in the Arabian Peninsula
- Also known as: “Cradle of Gold”, “Mahad Dhahab”, “Mahd adh Dhahab”, “Mahd Dhahab”, and “Mahd el-Dahab”
Mahd Al-Dhahab
- Categories: human settlement, city, and locality
- Location: Medina Region, Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
23.49959° or 23° 29′ 59″ north
Longitude
40.87916° or 40° 52′ 45″ east
Population
15,900
Elevation
1,039 metres (3,409 feet)
Open location code
7HM2FVXH+RM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Mahd Al-Dhahab” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مهد الذهب”
- Asturian: “Mahd adh Dhahab”
- French: “Mahd adh Dhahab”
- German: “Mahd adh Dhahab”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mahd adh Dhahab”
- Slovenian: “Mahd adh-Dhahab”
- Urdu: “مہد الذہب”
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