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Hegra

Hegra, also known as Madaʾin Salih, is an archaeological site located in the area of Al-'Ula within Medina Province in the region, . A majority of the remains date from the Nabataean Kingdom.
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  • Type: Nature reserve
  • Description: Ancient settlement in Saudi Arabia
  • Also known as: “Al H̱egr”, “Al Ḩijr”, “Al-Hajar”, “Al-Hijr”, “Al-Hijr Archaeological Site”, “Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih)”, “el Hijr”, “Mada’in Saleh”, “Mada’in Salih”, “Madā’in Şāliḩ”, “Medain Saleh”, “Medâjen-Ṣâleḥ”, and “Nabataean ruins of Hegra”

Places of Interest

Highlights include قلعة الحجر and Qasr Al Fareed.

Castle
Photo: Imam Khairul Annas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a castle.

Photo: Alhasaam, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hegra, also known as Madaʾin Salih, is an archaeological site located in the area of Al-'Ula within Medina Province in the region, . A majority of the remains date from the Nabataean Kingdom.

Hegra

Latitude
26.7915° or 26° 47′ 30″ north
Longitude
37.9575° or 37° 57′ 27″ east
Elevation
773 metres (2,536 feet)
Open location code
7GRVQXR5+J2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 849621507
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­nature_reserve
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
104645
Wiki­data ID
Q27356
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Hegra” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Madain Saleh”
  • Arabic: “الحجر (مدائن صالح)”
  • Arabic: “الحجر”
  • Arabic: “مدائن صالح”
  • Arabic: “مداين صالح”
  • Arabic: “مدينة الحجر”
  • Avaric: “Мадаин-СалихӀ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mədain Saleh”
  • Basque: “Madain Saleh”
  • Belarusian: “Мадаін-Саліх”
  • Bengali: “মাদা’ইন সালেহ”
  • Bulgarian: “Мадаин Салих”
  • Catalan: “Al-Hidjr”
  • Catalan: “Egra”
  • Catalan: “Hegra”
  • Catalan: “Madaïn Salih”
  • Catalan: “Madaïn Sàlih”
  • Chinese: “瑪甸沙勒”
  • Chinese: “馬達因·撒立哈”
  • Croatian: “Mada’in Salih”
  • Czech: “Hegra”
  • Danish: “Madain Saleh”
  • Dutch: “Archeologisch gebied Al-Hijr (Madâin Sâlih)”
  • Dutch: “Hegra”
  • Dutch: “Madain Saleh”
  • Dutch: “Madayn Saleh”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مدائن صالح”
  • Finnish: “Madain Saleh”
  • French: “Al-Hijr”
  • French: “Hégra”
  • French: “Mada’in Saleh”
  • French: “Mada’in Salih”
  • French: “Madâ’in Sâlih”
  • French: “Madaen Saleh”
  • French: “Madain Saleh”
  • French: “Madaïn Saleh”
  • French: “Madain Salih”
  • French: “Madaïn Salih”
  • French: “Madâin Sâlih”
  • French: “Madayn Saleh”
  • French: “Site archéologique de Al-Hijr (Madain Salih)”
  • Galician: “Mada’in Saleh”
  • Georgian: “მადაინ-სალიჰი”
  • German: “Mada’in Salih”
  • Hebrew: “מדאא’ן סאלח”
  • Hebrew: “מדאאן סאלח”
  • Hindi: “मादाइन सालेह”
  • Hungarian: “Mada’in Salih”
  • Hungarian: “Madáin Szálih”
  • Indonesian: “Al-Hijr”
  • Indonesian: “Mada’in Salih”
  • Italian: “Al-Hijr”
  • Italian: “Hegra”
  • Italian: “Mada’in Saleh”
  • Italian: “Mada’in Salih”
  • Italian: “Madain Saleh”
  • Japanese: “アル-ヒジュル古代遺跡(マダイン・サーレハ)”
  • Japanese: “アル＝ヒジュルの考古遺跡”
  • Japanese: “アル＝ヒジュル古代遺跡（マダイン・サーレハ）”
  • Japanese: “マダイン・サーレハ”
  • Japanese: “マダインサーレ”
  • Javanese: “Madain Shaleh”
  • Kazakh: “Мадаин-Салих”
  • Korean: “마다인 살레”
  • Lithuanian: “Al Hidžras”
  • Macedonian: “Хегра (Мадаин Салих)”
  • Macedonian: “Хегра”
  • Malay: “Mada’in Saleh”
  • Malayalam: “Madain Salih”
  • Malayalam: “മദായിൻ സ്വാലിഹ്”
  • Maltese: “Al Hijr”
  • Maltese: “Al-Hijr”
  • Maltese: “Hegra”
  • Maltese: “Mada’in Salih”
  • Maltese: “Madain Saleh”
  • Maltese: “Madain Salih”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Madain Saleh”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Madain Saleh”
  • Norwegian: “Madain Saleh”
  • Panjabi: “ਮਾਦਾ‘ਇਨ ਸਾਲੇਹ”
  • Panjabi: “ਮਾਦਾ’ਇਨ ਸਾਲੇਹ”
  • Persian: “الهجر”
  • Persian: “مدائن صالح”
  • Persian: “مداین صالح”
  • Polish: “Hegra”
  • Polish: “Mada’in Salih”
  • Polish: “Madain Salih”
  • Portuguese: “Madaim Salé”
  • Portuguese: “Madain Saleh”
  • Romanian: “Mada’in Saleh”
  • Russian: “Археологический объект Аль-Хиджр”
  • Russian: “Мадаин-Салих”
  • Russian: “Хегра”
  • Santali: “ᱢᱟᱫᱟ’ᱤᱱ ᱥᱟᱞᱮᱦ”
  • Serbian: “Мада’ин Салих”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mada’in Salih”
  • Sindhi: “مداين صالح”
  • Slovenian: “Hegra”
  • Slovenian: “Mada’in Saleh”
  • Slovenian: “Madain Salih”
  • Spanish: “El sitio arqueológico de Al Hijr – Madain Salih”
  • Spanish: “Hegra”
  • Spanish: “Mada’in Saleh”
  • Spanish: “Mada’in Salih”
  • Swedish: “Al-Hijrs arkeologiska plats”
  • Swedish: “Madain Saleh”
  • Thai: “มะดาอินศอเลียะห์”
  • Thai: “อัลฮัจญร์”
  • Turkish: “Medain Salih”
  • Ukrainian: “Мадаїн-Саліх”
  • Urdu: “مدائن صالح”
  • Uzbek: “Madain Solih”
  • Vietnamese: “Mada’in Saleh”
  • Vietnamese: “Meda’in Saleh”
  • Western Panjabi: “مدائن صالح”

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