Individual #Mecca  joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia; located in western Saudi Arabia; as the birthplace of Mohammed it is the holiest city of Islam
  instance of:  national_capital
  part of:  Saudi_Arabia__Kingdom_of_Saudi_Arabia  a kingdom occupying most of the Arabian Peninsula in southwest Asia; vast oil reserves dominate the economy
     part of:  Middle_East__Near_East  the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to North Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; "the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization"
     part of:  Arabian_Peninsula__Arabia  a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources
        part of:  Asia  the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
           part of:  Eurasia  the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia
              part of:  eastern_hemisphere__easternhemisphere__orient  the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia
              part of:  northern_hemisphere  the hemisphere north of the equator
        part of:  Mediterranean_region

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