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List of neighbourhoods in Mecca

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ6822400 ↗
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This is a list of neighbourhoods in the city and province of Mecca in western Saudi Arabia.

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Al Faisaliyyah

Ajyad

Al Adl

Al Buhayrat, which is located near At-Tanʽim

Al Ghassalah

Al Hindawiyyah — commercial center south of the Al Haram District.

Al Iskan — includes the King Fahd Housing complex, A residential district.

Al Jumaizah

Al Maabda

Al Muaisem

Al Nuzha

Al Rasaifah

Al Shoqiyah

Al Shubaikah

Al Sulaimaniyyah

At-Tan'im, which contains Masjid ʿAʾishah, which is used as a miqat for people living in Makkah, who want to perform the pilgrimages of Ḥajj and ʿUmrah

Al Tundobawi

Al Utaibiyyah

Al Zahir

Al Zahra

Al-Khalidiya

Aziziyah

Gazza

Jabal Al Nour

Jabal Omar

Jarwal (Mecca neighborhood)

Jurhum (Mecca neighborhood)

Mina — incorporates the tents, the Jamarat area, and the slaughterhouses just outside the tent city.

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