After the city of Ta'if at third place, , , Turbah and are other populous cities and towns in the region | It is located in the historic region, and has an extended coastline on the |
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During pre-Islamic times the region was ruled by a series of Yemeni tribes | Since the late 20th century, however, some scholarship has called the identification of Macoraba with Mecca into question |
of the school of is the predominant religion overall in the country, with smaller numbers of , and.
10Part of the , the province has seen several exchanges of power between many Islamic realms within a short period of time | I Most of the population is concentrated in three cities: Jeddah, Mecca and |
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The region receives Muslim of the and the around the year and its population increases by up to 2 million during the Hajj | Divided by gender, 4,864,584 were males and 3,693,182 were females |
, Splendid Arabia: A travel site with photos and routes• 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.
17The was approximately 132 males per 100 females | The province has an extended that is approximately 700 kilometers 430 mi long, with many cities spread out across the coastline |
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Historically, the area was inhabited by the , the and the , among other tribes |