Medina Province (Saudi Arabia)

The Medina Province (Arabic: مِنْطَقَة ٱلْمَدِيْنَة ٱلْمُنَوَّرَة, romanized: Minṭaqat Al-Madīnah Al-Munawarah) is a province (minṭaqah) of Saudi Arabia on the country's western side along the Red Sea coast.

It has an area of 151,990 km (94,440 mi) and a population of 2,389,452 (2022 Census)[1] subdivided into seven muḥafaẓat (governorates): The regional capital is Medina, the second-holiest city in Islam.

[2] Other cities in the province include Yanbu and Badr.

The province also contains Mada'in Salih, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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