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Over 1.7 Million Pilgrims Perform Hajj - Saudi Arabia
(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency)
Amman, May 26 (Petra)-- Saudi Arabia's General Authority for Statistics announced on Tuesday that the total number of pilgrims performing Hajj this year reached 1,707,301 pilgrims.
According to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the authority said that 1,546,655 pilgrims arrived from outside the Kingdom through various entry points, while the number of domestic pilgrims, including Saudi citizens and residents, stood at 160,646.
The statistics also showed that male pilgrims accounted for 893,396 of the total number of pilgrims, while female pilgrims numbered 813,905.
Regarding pilgrims arriving from abroad, the authority said that 1,485,729 pilgrims entered Saudi Arabia through air ports, 54,429 arrived via land crossings, and 6,497 pilgrims entered through sea ports.
//Petra// MF
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