Hajur
Hajur is a village in Makkah Province, in western Saudi Arabia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Saudi Arabia
- Also known as: “Ḩajur”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harrat Rahat.
Harrat Rahat
Locality
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Ḥarrat Rahāṭ is a volcanic lava field in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia. In 1256 CE, a 0.5 km3 lava flow erupted from six aligned scoria cones, and traveled 23 km to within 4 km of the Islamic holy city of Medina; this was its last eruption. Harrat Rahat is situated 8 km north of Hajur.
Hajur
- Categories: human settlement, center of Saudi Arabia, and locality
- Location: Mecca Region, Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
23.0137° or 23° 0′ 49″ northLongitude
39.73148° or 39° 43′ 53″ eastElevation
523 metres (1,716 feet)Open location code
7GMX2P7J+FHOpenStreetMap ID
node 9969319855OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Hajur” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حجر”
- Dutch: “Hajur”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حجر”
- Hausa: “Hajur”
- Irish: “Hajur”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hajur”
- Persian: “حجر، استان رابغ”
- Urdu: “حجر (رابغ)”
- Urdu: “حجر”
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