Madrakah
Madrakah | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 21°58′47″N 39°59′15″E / 21.97972°N 39.98750°E | |
Country | Saudi Arabia |
Province | Makkah Province |
Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Madrakah is a village in Makkah Province, in western Saudi Arabia.[1] It is noted as being the first Saudi municipality to elect a woman, Salma bint Hizab al-Oteibi, to its respective Municipal council.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. GeoNames database entry. (search) Accessed 13 May 2011.
- ^ "Saudi Arabia: First women councillors elected". BBC News. 2015-12-13. Retrieved 2021-02-15.