Medina, officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (Arabic: المدينة المنورة , romanized: al-Madinat al-Munawwarah, lit. 'The Enlightened City'), commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah, is one of the three holiest cities in Islam and the capital of the Madinah Province of Saudi Arabia.The 2020 estimated population of the city is 1,488,782, making it the fourth-most populous city ...