<P> Mecca ( / ˈmɛkə / ; Arabic : مكة ‎ Makkah ( Hejazi pronunciation : ( ˈmakːa , ˈmäkːä ) ) is a city in the Hejazi region of the Arabian Peninsula , and the plain of Tihamah in Saudi Arabia , and is also the capital and administrative headquarters of the Makkah Region . The city is located 70 km ( 43 mi ) inland from Jeddah in a narrow valley at a height of 277 m ( 909 ft ) above sea level , and 340 kilometres ( 210 mi ) south of Medina . Its resident population in 2012 was roughly 2 million , although visitors more than triple this number every year during the Ḥajj ( Arabic : حَـجّ ‎ , `` Pilgrimage '' ) period held in the twelfth Muslim lunar month of Dhūl - Ḥijjah ( Arabic : ذُو الْـحِـجَّـة ‎ ) . </P>
<P> Mecca ( / ˈmɛkə / ; Arabic : مكة ‎ Makkah ( Hejazi pronunciation : ( ˈmakːa , ˈmäkːä ) ) is a city in the Hejazi region of the Arabian Peninsula , and the plain of Tihamah in Saudi Arabia , and is also the capital and administrative headquarters of the Makkah Region . The city is located 70 km ( 43 mi ) inland from Jeddah in a narrow valley at a height of 277 m ( 909 ft ) above sea level , and 340 kilometres ( 210 mi ) south of Medina . Its resident population in 2012 was roughly 2 million , although visitors more than triple this number every year during the Ḥajj ( Arabic : حَـجّ ‎ , `` Pilgrimage '' ) period held in the twelfth Muslim lunar month of Dhūl - Ḥijjah ( Arabic : ذُو الْـحِـجَّـة ‎ ) . </P>
where is mecca located on the world map
where is mecca located on the world map
the Hejazi region of the Arabian Peninsula , and the plain of Tihamah in Saudi Arabia
the Hejazi region of the Arabian Peninsula , and the plain of Tihamah in Saudi Arabia