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    Mecca is an unincorporated community located in Riverside County, California, United States. The desert community lies on the north shore of the Salton...
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  • city Mecca, California, a town in Riverside County, California, United States Mecca, Indiana, a town in Parke County, Indiana, United States Mecca, Missouri...
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    California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east...
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  • Mecca for Moderns is the sixth studio album by the Manhattan Transfer. It was released in 1981 by Atlantic Records. This album was the highest-charting...
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    Hajj (redirect from Pilgrimage to mecca)
    romanized: Ḥajj; also spelled Hadj, Haj or Haji) is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims. Hajj is a mandatory religious...
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    Islam's most important mosque and holiest site, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is considered by Muslims to be the Bayt Allah (Arabic:...
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    Great Mosque of Mecca, is considered to be the most significant mosque in Islam. It encloses the vicinity of the Kaaba in Mecca, in the Mecca Province of...
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    of the Kaaba, the ancient building in the center of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is revered by Muslims as an Islamic relic which, according...
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    Banu Qatadah branch of the Banu Hashim clan who was the Sharif and Emir of Mecca from 1908 and, after proclaiming the Great Arab Revolt against the Ottoman...
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    historical landmark. The Salton Sea History Museum was relocated to Mecca, California in February 2012. North Shore is accessible via State Route 111 at...
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    The Mecca Hills are a low mountain range located in Riverside County, southern California, in the United States. The Mecca Hills are in the Colorado Desert...
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  • The Wild Angels (category Films shot in California)
    motorcycle engines, bongo drums and fights, the Angels ride out to Mecca, California in the desert to look for the motorcycle. One of the Angels finds...
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  • After Dark, My Sweet (category Films set in Palm Springs, California)
    Rocky Giordani as Bert Corey Carrier as Jack Filming took place in Mecca, California, part of the Coachella Valley. Film critic Roger Ebert put this on...
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    Muhammad (category People from Mecca)
    Islamic religious belief. Muhammad was born in approximately 570 CE in Mecca. He was the son of Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib and Amina bint Wahb. His...
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    Eastern Coachella Valley (category Regions of California)
    and unincorporated communities. These communities include Thermal, Oasis, Mecca, and North Shore. These communities are home to predominantly Latino or...
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    having the highest degree of holiness, in descending order: Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem. Mecca's Al-Masjid al-Haram (including the Kaaba), Al-Masjid an-Nabawi...
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    North Shore Beach and Yacht Club (category Historical society museums in California)
    Riverside County, which made the decision to relocate the museum to Mecca, California and the property is now reserved for community events. Several prominent...
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    Homestead. Valencia Pride is also grown in the Coachella Desert in Mecca California. The fruit has a sigmoid shape that is long and slender, with a rounded...
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  • KVPW (category Radio stations in California)
    KVPW (97.7 MHz) is a radio station licensed to serve Mecca, California, broadcasting to the Coachella Valley area. The transmitter is in a mountain range...
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    caravan to Mecca. Musa's generosity continued as he traveled onward to Mecca, and he gave gifts to fellow pilgrims and the people of Medina and Mecca. While...
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    The Battle of Mecca was an armed skirmish fought in 883 between the forces of the Tulunid ruler of Egypt and Syria, Ahmad ibn Tulun, and those of the...
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    A black mecca, in the United States, is a city to which African Americans, particularly singles, professionals, and middle-class families, are drawn to...
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    (Arabic: كسوة الكعبة, kiswat al-ka'bah) is the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is draped annually on the 9th day of the month of Dhu...
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    known by the common names Mecca-aster and Mecca woodyaster. The shrub is endemic to the Colorado Desert within southern California, in Riverside County and...
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    were suffocated or crushed, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mina, Mecca, Saudi Arabia, making it the deadliest Hajj disaster in history. Estimates...
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  • killing three and injuring several. 8 September – United States – In Mecca, California, near the Salton Sea, a Union Pacific Train crashed into another Union...
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    International Banana Museum (category Museums in Riverside County, California)
    The International Banana Museum was a museum located in Mecca, California, dedicated to the banana. The one-room museum contained more than 20,000 items...
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  • KRCK may refer to: KVPW, a radio station (97.7 FM) licensed to serve Mecca, California, United States, which held the call sign KRCK-FM from 1999 to 2024...
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  • Stone Mecca, also known as Tru James and James "Tre" Rabb, is an American multi-genre instrumentalist, singer/songwriter, producer, recording engineer...
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    This is a list of power stations in the U.S. state of California that are used for utility-scale electricity generation. This includes baseload, peaking...
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