Located at the core of the Medina Province in the western reaches of the country, the city is distributed over 589 km 2 (227 sq mi), of which 293 km 2 (113 sq mi) constitutes the city's urban area, while the rest is occupied by the Hejaz Mountains, empty valleys, agricultural spaces and older dormant volcanoes.
One of the most sacred cities in Islam, the estimated population as of 2020 is 1,488,782, making it the fifth-most populous city in the country. Medina, officially Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah ( Arabic: المدينة المنورة, romanized: al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, lit.'The Enlightened City', Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: ) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah ( المدينة, al-Madina, Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: ), is the capital of Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia.
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