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Umm al Haram Destination Guide

Discover Umm al Haram in Saudi Arabia

Umm al Haram in the region of Makkah is a town located in Saudi Arabia - some 499 mi or ( 803 km ) West of Riyadh , the country's capital .

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Local time in Umm al Haram is now 01:10 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Riyadh " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Zamrat 'Aqabah, Jeddah, Medina, and Port Sudan. When in this area, you might want to check out Zamrat 'Aqabah . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Umm al Haram ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Wadi Rabigh

For a discussion on the incident at Ghadeer Khumm, see Hadith of Ghadeer Khum For a discussion on Eid-e-Ghadeer, see Eid al-Ghadeer See also: Wikisource:The Last Sermon of Muhammad Wadi Rabigh is a wadi situated inland of the town of Rabigh, extending along the border of the Al Madinah and Makkah provinces of Saudi Arabia.

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Located at 22.83 39.08 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Geography of Saudi Arabia, Islam in Saudi Arabia, Wadi

Hadith of the pond of Khumm

The Hadith of the pond of Khumm is a hadith which refers to a historical event in Islamic history. It has been interpreted in different ways by the two main sects of Islam, the Sunni and the Shia, where the Shias maintain that the Prophet Muhammad appointed Ali ibn Abi Talib as his 'heir and successor', although these words were not used.

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Located at 22.83 39.08 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Ali, Hadith

Rabigh

Rabigh is an ancient town on the western coast of Saudi Arabia. It is in Makkah Province. It used to be named "Al-Johfa" until the early years of the 17th century. In some ancient stories the town had been completely destroyed through a sea water. When it was rebuilt it was renamed as "Rabigh".

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Located at 22.80 39.03 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Populated places in Makkah Province

Petro Rabigh

Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Company (Petro Rabigh) is a Saudi Arabia-based company which produces and markets refined hydrocarbon and petrochemicals. The company was a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical which is now publicly held. It is traded on the Saudi Stock Exchange . Petro Rabigh's operates a 400,000-barrel capacity refinery located in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia, which produces naphtha, kerosene, gasoline, diesel and fuel oil.

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Located at 22.71 39.02 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Companies listed on Tadawul, Companies of Saudi Arabia, Petrochemical companies, Saudi Aramco

Al Harrah, Saudi Arabia

Al Harrah is a large basaltic volcanic field in northwestern Saudi Arabia near the Jordanian border. It covers an area of 15,200 km. The volcanic field forms the southern third of the massive Harrat Ash Shamah (also known as Harrat Ash Shaam) volcanic field, which extends from Syria through Jordan into northern Saudi Arabia.

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Located at 23.02 39.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Volcanic fields, Volcanoes of Saudi Arabia