Arafed man walking down a sidewalk in front of a tall building

mecca（Arabic：مكة‎，Romanization：Makkah，Hijaz Arabic pronunciation：[makːa] （ⓘ），A rare translation in Chinese is Manke、Translated names such as Mo Ke），Officially known as Mecca Mukarrama（Arabic：مكة المكرمة‎，Romanization：Makkat al-Mukarramah，literal translation：Mecca of honor，Hijaz Arabic pronunciation：[makːa almʊkarːama]），The holiest city in Islam，The birthplace of Islam and the capital of Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia[3]。The city is 70 km from the Red Sea coast of Jeddah（43 mi），and is located at an altitude of 277 meters（909英尺）in the narrow valley。In 2015，The total population of Mecca is 1,578,722 people[4]。In 2020，The population of the Mecca metropolitan area is estimated to be approximately 204.20,000 people，After Riyadh and Jeddah，The third most populous city in Saudi Arabia。during the annual hajj，The influx of people was three times greater than the original population。