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Hejaz

The Hejaz covers the central Red Sea coast of . Home to both commercial hub and the Islamic holy cities of and , this is where the famous railway from led in its brief heyday, and while politically somewhat eclipsed by , Jeddah in particular remains the most cosmopolitan city in the country.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Mecca and Medina.

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, officially known as Makkah al-Mukarramah, is a city in and the holiest city in Islam. is the birthplace of Prophet Muhammed, the founder of Islam, and Muslims believe the Qur'an was first revealed to Muhammad here.

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

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is on the Red Sea in western . It is the kingdom's second largest city, with a population of approximately 3,400,000, and a major commercial center in the country.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Ta’if and Hegra.

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Ta'if is a city in the Mecca province of . With a population of 690,000 people, it is the sixth most populous city in Saudi Arabia. The city is at an elevation of 1,879 m and is therefore much cooler than any of the nearby larger cities: , and .

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, also known as Madaʾin Salih, is an archaeological site located in the area of Al-'Ula within Medina Province in the Hejaz region, . A majority of the remains date from the Nabataean Kingdom.

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al Bahr, commonly known as , is a city in the Hejaz on the western coast of , along the Red Sea. al Bahr offers a blend of industrial charm, cultural heritage, and natural beauty, making it an interesting destination for travelers.

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is an oasis in Medina Province, , situated some 153 kilometres north of the city of . Prior to the arrival of Islam in the 7th century, the area had been inhabited by Arabian Jewish tribes until it fell to Muslims under Muhammad during the Battle of in 628 CE.

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, officially AlUla, is an ancient Arabian oasis city and governorate located in Medina Province, Saudi Arabia, 350 kilometres northwest of the city of .

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is a planned city under construction since 2005 in the Hejaz region of , just north of .

Hejaz

Latitude of center
23.5036° or 23° 30′ 13″ north
Longitude of center
40.8597° or 40° 51′ 35″ east
Wiki­data ID
Q169977
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Hejaz” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Hijaz”
  • Albanian: “Hixhazi”
  • Arabic: “الحجاز”
  • Arabic: “حجاز”
  • Arabic: “منطقة الحجاز”
  • Armenian: “Հիջազ”
  • Asturian: “Hiyaz”
  • Azerbaijani: “Hicaz”
  • Bashkir: “Хиджаз, Хиджәз”
  • Bashkir: “Хижәз”
  • Basque: “Al-Hijaz”
  • Basque: “Hijaz”
  • Basque: “Hiyaz”
  • Belarusian: “Гіджаз”
  • Belarusian: “Хіджаз”
  • Bengali: “হেজাজ”
  • Bosnian: “Hidžaz”
  • Bulgarian: “Хиджаз”
  • Catalan: “Al-Higāz”
  • Catalan: “Hedjaz”
  • Catalan: “Hejaz”
  • Catalan: “Hidjaz”
  • Catalan: “Hijaz”
  • Catalan: “Hiyaz”
  • Central Kurdish: “حیجاز”
  • Chechen: “Хьижаз”
  • Chinese: “Hejaz”
  • Chinese: “希贾兹”
  • Chinese: “汉志”
  • Chinese: “漢志”
  • Croatian: “Hedžas”
  • Croatian: “Hedžaz”
  • Croatian: “Hidžas”
  • Croatian: “Hidžaz”
  • Czech: “Hedžáz”
  • Czech: “Hidžáz”
  • Czech: “Hídžaz”
  • Czech: “Hídžáz”
  • Danish: “Hejaz”
  • Danish: “Hijaz”
  • Dhivehi: “ޙިޖާޒު”
  • Dutch: “Hedjaz”
  • Dutch: “Hedzjaz”
  • Dutch: “Hejaz”
  • Dutch: “Hidjaz”
  • Dutch: “Hijaz”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الحجاز”
  • Esperanto: “Heĝazo”
  • Esperanto: “Hiĝazo”
  • Estonian: “Al-Hijaz”
  • Estonian: “Al-Ḩijāz”
  • Estonian: “Hidžaz”
  • Finnish: “Hejaz”
  • Finnish: “Hijas”
  • Finnish: “Hijaz”
  • French: “Hedjaz”
  • French: “Hejaz”
  • French: “Hijaz”
  • Georgian: “ჰიჯაზი”
  • German: “Al-Ḥijāz”
  • German: “Hedjas”
  • German: “Hedschas”
  • German: “Hedschaz”
  • German: “Hidschaz”
  • German: “Hidschāz”
  • German: “Ḥijāz”
  • Greek: “Χετζάζ”
  • Greek: “Χετζάζη”
  • Hausa: “Hijaz”
  • Hebrew: “חג’אז”
  • Hebrew: “חיג’אז”
  • Hebrew: “חיג’ז”
  • Hindi: “हिजाज़”
  • Hindi: “हेजाज़”
  • Hungarian: “Hidzsáz”
  • Icelandic: “Hejaz”
  • Indonesian: “Hejaz”
  • Indonesian: “Hijaz”
  • Italian: “Hegiaz”
  • Italian: “Hejaz”
  • Italian: “Higaz”
  • Italian: “Higiaz”
  • Italian: “Hijaz”
  • Italian: “Hijàz”
  • Japanese: “ヒジャーズ”
  • Japanese: “ヒジャーズ地方”
  • Japanese: “ヒジャズ”
  • Japanese: “ヘジャズ”
  • Kashmiri: “حِجاز”
  • Kazakh: “Xïdjaz”
  • Kazakh: “Хиджаз”
  • Kazakh: “حىيدجاز”
  • Korean: “헤자즈”
  • Korean: “히자즈”
  • Kurdish: “Hîcaz”
  • Latin: “Hegiazum”
  • Latin: “Hidiazum”
  • Latvian: “Hidžāzs”
  • Lithuanian: “Chidžazas”
  • Lithuanian: “Hidžazas”
  • Macedonian: “Хиџаз”
  • Malagasy: “Hejaz”
  • Malay: “Hijaz”
  • Malay: “حجاز”
  • Malayalam: “ഹിജാസ്”
  • Manx: “Hejaz”
  • Manx: “Hijaz”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hejaz”
  • Mongolian: “Хижаз”
  • N'Ko: “ߤߌߖߊߖ߭”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hedsjas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hejaz”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hejjaz-fjellene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hejjaz”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hijaz-fjellene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hijaz”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hijjaz”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hedsjas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hejaz”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hijaz”
  • Norwegian: “Hedsjas”
  • Ossetian: “Хиджаз”
  • Panjabi: “ਹਿਜਾਜ਼”
  • Persian: “حجاز”
  • Polish: “Al-Hidżaz”
  • Polish: “Hedżaz”
  • Polish: “Hidżaz”
  • Portuguese: “Hejaz”
  • Portuguese: “Hijaz”
  • Pushto: “حجاز”
  • Romanian: “Hidjaz”
  • Russian: “Хиджаз”
  • Saraiki: “حجاز”
  • Scots: “Hejaz”
  • Serbian: “Hidžaz”
  • Serbian: “Хејаз”
  • Serbian: “Хеџас”
  • Serbian: “Хиџаз”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hedjaz”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hedžaz”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hejaz”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hidžaz”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Vilajet Hidžaz”
  • Sindhi: “حجاز”
  • Slovenian: “Hedžas”
  • Slovenian: “Hidžaz”
  • Somali: “Xijaas”
  • South Azerbaijani: “حجاز”
  • Spanish: “Al Hijaz”
  • Spanish: “Al Ḩijaz”
  • Spanish: “Al Ḩijāz”
  • Spanish: “Al-Hijaz”
  • Spanish: “Al-Ḩijaz”
  • Spanish: “Al-Ḩijāz”
  • Spanish: “Hedjaz”
  • Spanish: “Hejaz”
  • Spanish: “Hijaz”
  • Spanish: “Hiyaz”
  • Sundanese: “Hijaz”
  • Swedish: “Al-Hidjaz”
  • Swedish: “Hedjas”
  • Swedish: “Hedjaz”
  • Swedish: “Hejaz”
  • Swedish: “Hijaz”
  • Tagalog: “Hejaz”
  • Tajik: “Ҳиҷоз”
  • Talysh: “Hicaz”
  • Talysh: “Hičaz”
  • Tamil: “ஹெஜாஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Хиҗаз”
  • Telugu: “హిజాజ్”
  • Thai: “ฮิญาซ”
  • Turkish: “Hicaz”
  • Ukrainian: “Хіджаз”
  • Urdu: “حجاز”
  • Uzbek: “Hijoz”
  • Venetian: “Heziaz”
  • Vietnamese: “Hejaz”
  • Volapük: “Häcavän”
  • Welsh: “Hejaz”
  • Welsh: “Hijaz”
  • Western Armenian: “Հիժազ”
  • Western Frisian: “Hidjas”
  • Western Panjabi: “حجاز”
  • Wu Chinese: “汉志”
  • Yue Chinese: “漢志”
  • “Hejaz”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Hejaz”. Photo: amruessam, CC BY 2.0.