Mina (Arabic: مِنَى, romanized: Minā), dem nickname de "City of de Tents,"[1][2] be a valley wey locate 8 kilometres (5 miles) southeast of de city of Mecca, insyd de district of Masha'er, Province of Makkah insyd de Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia. Dey cover an area of approximately 20 km2 (7.7 sq mi), Mina dey incorporate de tents, de area of Jamarat, den de slaughterhouses just outsyd de tents.
Mina be most famous for ein role insyd de Hajj ("Pilgrimage"). To accommodate de pilgrims wey dey stay insyd Mina over multiple nights insyd de month of Dhu al-Hijjah, dem build more dan 100,000 air-conditioned tents insyd de area, wey dey give Mina de nickie "City of Tents." Plus a capacity of up to 3 million people, dem call Mina de largest tent city insyd de world.[1][3][4] De three Jamarat, wey locate insyd de Mina valley, be de location of de Jamarat, dem perform between sunrise den sunset insyd de final days of de Hajj. De stone throwing ritual dey commemorate de Islamic prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) ein stoning of the Devil, wey want to prevent am from carrying out de command of Allah to sacrifice ein son, Isma'il (Ishmael).[5]
Tents
A large crowd of pilgrims wey dey head to de Jamarat Bridge
A Haji wey dey participate insyd de ritual of Jamarat
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