Al-ʽAwali

Al-ʽAwali is a village in Al Madinah Province, in western Saudi Arabia.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Locality
  • Description: human settlement in Saudi Arabia
  • Also known as: “‘Awali”, “Al ‘Awālī”, and “Al `Awali”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Prophet’s Mosque and Maqbara Al Baqeea.

Mosque
Photo: Bluemangoa2z, Public domain.
The Prophet's Mosque is the second mosque built by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in , after the Quba Mosque, as well as the second largest mosque and holiest site in Islam, after the in , in the region of the .

Cemetery
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.
Al-Baqi Cemetery, also known as Jannat al-Baqi or Baqi al-Gharqad, is the oldest and first Islamic cemetery, located southeast of the in in the region of .

Building
Photo: Abdul Hafeez Bakhsh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a green-coloured dome built above the Sacred Prophetic Chamber enclosing the burial tombs of the Prophet Muhammad and the first two Rashidun caliphs, Abu Bakr and Umar.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Medina.

Photo: Medineli, Public domain.
, officially known as Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah, is a city in the region of . Commonly referred to as the "cradle of Islamic culture and civilisation", it is Islam's second holiest city.

Al-ʽAwali

Latitude
24.45567° or 24° 27′ 20″ north
Longitude
39.62468° or 39° 37′ 29″ east
Elevation
613 metres (2,011 feet)
Open location code
7GPXFJ4F+7V
Geo­Names ID
109999
Wiki­data ID
Q4705033
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Satellite Map

Discover Al-ʽAwali from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Al-ʽAwali” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “العوالي (المدينة المنورة)”
  • Arabic: “العوالي”
  • Dutch: “Al `Awali”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “العوالى”
  • Indonesian: “Al-‘Awali, Madinah”
  • Indonesian: “Al-’Awali, Madinah”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al `Awali”
  • Persian: “ال اولی”
  • Persian: “الاولی”
  • Urdu: “العوالی”
  • Uzbek: “Al ʼAvali”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Al Bagi and Jabal Sila.

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