Medina

Summary

Medina is a big city^[1]. Medina draws 2,076 Wikipedia views per month (big_city category, ranking #39 of 300).^[2]

Key Facts

• Medina is located in Medina Province^[3].
• Medina is in the country of Saudi Arabia^[4].
• Medina is in the country of Ottoman Empire^[5].
• Medina's instance of is recorded as big city^[6].
• Medina's instance of is recorded as holy city of Islam^[7].
• Medina's twinned administrative body is recorded as Mecca^[8].
• Medina's Commons category is recorded as Medina^[9].
• Medina's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[10].
• Medina's said to be the same as is recorded as Yathrib^[11].
• -0900-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Medina^[12].
• Medina's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 24.47, 'lon': 39.61}^[13].
• Medina's significant event is recorded as Siege of Medina^[14].
• Medina's official website is recorded as https://www.amana-md.gov.sa/^[15].
• Medina's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Medina^[16].
• Medina's Commons gallery is recorded as Medina, Saudi Arabia.^[17].
• Medina has a population of {'amount': '+1180770'}^[18].
• Medina has a population of {'amount': '+1100093'}^[19].
• Medina has a population of {'amount': '+384535'}^[20].
• Medina has a population of {'amount': '+715558'}^[21].
• Medina has a population of {'amount': '+1411599'}^[22].
• Medina's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Q42351309^[23].
• Medina's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[24].
• Medina's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron^[25].
• Medina's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• Medina's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Saudi Arabia^[4], a sovereign state^[28], in Saudi Arabia^[29], founded in 1727^[30] and Ottoman Empire^[5], an empire^[31], in Ottoman Empire^[32], founded in 1299^[33]. Medina is located in Medina Province^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Medina covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+589'}^[34]. Medina sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+608'}^[35]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1180770'}^[18], {'amount': '+1100093'}^[19], {'amount': '+384535'}^[20], {'amount': '+715558'}^[21], and {'amount': '+1411599'}^[22].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include big city^[6] and holy city of Islam^[7].

History and Context

-0900-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Medina^[12].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Medina include Constitution of Medina^[36], a social contract^[37], in Rashidun^[38]; Medina County^[39], a county of Ohio^[40], in United States^[41], founded in 1812^[42]; Dracunculus medinensis^[43], a taxon^[44]; and Medinan surah^[45].

Why It Matters

Medina draws 2,076 Wikipedia views per month (big_city category, ranking #39 of 300).^[2] Medina has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[46] Medina is known by 87 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[47]

Entities named for Medina include Constitution of Medina^[36], a social contract^[37], in Rashidun^[38]; Medina County^[39], a county of Ohio^[40], in United States^[41], founded in 1812^[42]; Dracunculus medinensis^[43], a taxon^[44]; and Medinan surah^[45].