Friday, June 11, 2010

911 and 909 Mecca (Makkah)

Officially, Mecca isn't listed as 911 feet above sea level, its 909'. However, the land elevation in Saudi_Arabia varies well above & below the 911' elevation point. http://www.panoramio.com/photo/34652951
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"The modern day city is the capital of Saudi Arabia's Makkah Province, in the historic Hejaz region. With a population of 1.7 million (2008), the city is located 73 km (45 mi) inland from Jeddah in a narrow valley at a height of 277 m (909 ft) above sea level.

Every year, millions of Muslims perform the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca walking seven times around the Kaaba. During Hajj the city of Mecca possibly becomes more diverse than New York City." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecca
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2015 http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=201
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=129985&page=27
2010 http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=202
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Names_of_God#More_names
http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/crcc/engagement/resources/texts/muslim/quran/