Mina (Arabic: مِنَى, romanized: Minā), nicknamed the "City of the Tents,"[1][2] is a valley located 8 kilometres (5 miles) southeast of the city of Mecca, in the district of Masha'er, Province of Makkah in the Hejazi region Saudi Arabia.

With a capacity of up to 3 million people, Mina has been called the largest tent city in the world.

[5] In Islamic tradition, Ibrahim left his wife, Hajar (Hagar) and their infant son, Isma'il, in the valley of Mecca.

Upon one of his visits to his family in Mecca, he was ordered by God in a dream to sacrifice his son in the Mina valley.

[5] Mina is also believed to be the location of the pledges in Al-Aqabah of the Ansar to the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Running northwest, it starts in 'Arafat, going through Muzdalifah, before reaching Mina Station 1, near the Armed Forces Hospital.