Hora Atual em Al Madīnah, Iraque — AST.

Medina, officially al-Madinah al-Munawwarah, also known as al-Madinah an-Nabawiyyah and Taybah, and known in pre-Islamic times as Yathrib, is the capital and administrative centre of Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia. It is one of the oldest and most important places in Islamic history. The second holiest city in Islam, the population as of 2022 is 1,477,023, making it the fourth-most populous city in the country. Around 58.5% of the population are Saudi citizens and 41.5% are foreigners. Located at the core of the Medina Province in the western reaches of the country, the city is distributed over 589 km2 (227 sq mi), of which 293 km2 (113 sq mi) constitutes the city's urban area, while the rest is occupied by the Hejaz Mountains, empty valleys, agricultural spaces and older dormant volcanoes.

Reading Al Madīnah against the global hubs: Dubai (~1,012 km), London (~4,468 km), Singapore (~6,784 km) are the close ones, with Sydney (~13,040 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.

Al Madīnah sits inside Iraque — the Western Asia subregion, capital Baghdad, languages Arabic, Aramaic, Sorani, currency IQD (ع.د).

The closest mapped neighbors of Al Madīnah are Al Qurnah (17 km), Nāḩiyat al Fuhūd (52 km), Al Hārithah (63 km), Basrah (70 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.

Closest curated airport references from Al Madīnah: BSR Basra (59 km), BGW Baghdad (383 km), EBL Arbil (662 km).

In 2015, A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.