Medina - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Medina (Arabic: المدينة المنورة‎ or المدينة; also transliterated into English as Madinah) is a city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia. It currently has a population of 918,889 (2004 census).

Its importance as a religious site derives from the presence there of the shrine of Muhammad by Masjid al-Nabawi (or the Mosque of the Prophet) containing Muhammad's tomb, famously known as Qubbat al-Nabi, Prophet's Dome or Green Dome, which was built on a site adjacent to Muhammad's home. His home later became part of the mosque when it was expanded by the Umayyad caliph al-Waleed ibn AbdelMalek. The first mosque of Islam is also located in Medinah and is known as Masjid Quba, (the Quba Mosque).