Medina

Medina, officially al-Madinah al-Munawwarah, also known as al-Madinah an-Nabawiyyah and Taybah, and known in pre-Islamic times as Yathrib, is the capital and administrative centre of Medina Province in the... Wikipedia

• Province:  Medina
• Region:  Hejaz
• First settled:  9th century BC (as Yathrib)
• Hijrah:  622 CE (1 AH)
• Saudi conquest of Hejaz:  5 December 1925
• Named for:  Muhammad
• Type:  Development Authority / Municipality
• Body:  Medina Development Authority, (Upper body), Medina Municipality (Lower body)
• Mayor:  Fahd Al-Balayeshi
• Governor:  Salman bin Sultan
• Population (2022 census):  1,411,599
• Rank:  4th
• Metro:  1,477,047 (Medina Governorate)
• Demonym(s):  Madani, مدني
• Time zone:  SAST (UTC+03:00)
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo