The province accounts for 26 | takes place in the region's many and , with the most commonly-grown crops being and , alongside other and |
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With an estimated population of 4,076,000 as of 2019, is the most populous city in the province and the second-most populous city in the country | The province is divided into 11 governorates, of which 5 have been classified Category A and the rest, Category B, with Mecca serving as the administrative headquarters and capital of the province |
It is located in the historic region, and has an extended coastline on the.
More recently, the province was modernized under the and the after the oil boom | As for females, from the 1,765,666 residents above the age of 10, 77 |
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The city of Jeddah is believed to have been a occupied by early Yemeni tribes | It has approximately 700 kilometres 430 mi of coastline on the Red Sea and hosts oil refineries in , port and oil export facilities in , the and the |
Education [ ] From 1,823,598 Saudi male residents above the age of 10, 87.
25In 1269, the region came under the control of the Egyptian sultans | Other minor sanctuaries in the province include the Saiysad Natural Reserve in the city of Ta'if and the Eastern Forest near Jeddah |
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The province gains its significance as it contains the city of , the birthplace of Muhammad, and several other historic Islamic sites, such as the village of Hudaybiyyah, where the is said to have been agreed upon | The central point of pilgrimage in Mecca before the advent of in the 7th century, the cube-shaped stone building has been destroyed and rebuilt several times |
Since the late 20th century, however, some scholarship has called the identification of Macoraba with Mecca into question.