Hejaz (Saudi Arabia)
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Name (Hebrew)
חיג'אז (ערב הסעודית)
Name (Latin)
Hejaz (Saudi Arabia)
Other forms of name
al-Ḥijāz (Saudi Arabia)
Hedjaz (Saudi Arabia)
Ḥiḏjāz (Saudi Arabia)
Ḥijāz (Saudi Arabia)
Coordinates
40.8597 40.8597 23.5036 23.5036 (gooearth )
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q169977
Library of congress:
sh 00003133
Sources of Information
- Web. geog.(Hejaz also Hedjaz or Arab. Al-Hijaz, W. region of Saudi Arabia; history: seat of Mecca and Medina, original centers of Islam; as province of Arabia, fell under Egyptian domination 1258; became Ottoman dependency after conquest of Egypt 1517; restored to order 1811-20 after Wahhabi revolt; revolted and proclaimed independence; Ibn Saud proclaimed king 1926; united with Nejd 1926 as dual kingdom which became Saudi Arabia 1932)
- Britannica Micro.:v. 5, p. 809 (Hejaz, also spelled Hedjaz, Arabic Al-Ḥijāz, region of western Saudi Arabia, along the mountainous Red Sea coast of the Arabian peninsula from Jordan on the north to Asir region on the south.)
- GEOnet, Nov. 23, 1999(Al Ḥijāz [Arabic]; Hejaz [conventional]; variant: Hijaz, rgn, 24⁰30ʹ00ʺN 38⁰30ʹ00ʺE)