Hejaz (sau)

Hejaz

Hejaz ranks 1,382nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Muscat, Pistoia, and Chichester. Memorable people born in Hejaz include Uthman, Rayhana bint Zayd, and Abu Dhar al-Ghifari. Memorable people who died in Hejaz include Musa ibn Nusayr. Hejaz has been the birth place of many religious figures, and politicians and the death place of many politicians. Hejaz is located in Saudi Arabia.

Hejaz is a historical region of the Arabian Peninsula that includes the majority of the western region of Saudi Arabia, covering the cities of Mecca, Medina, Jeddah, Tabuk, Yanbu, Taif and Al-Bahah. It is thus known as the "Western Province", and it is bordered in the west by the Red Sea, in the north by Jordan, in the east by the Najd, and in the south by Yemen. Its largest city is Jeddah, which is the second-largest city in Saudi Arabia, with Mecca and Medina, respectively, being the third- and fourth-largest cities in the country. Read more on Wikipedia