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31874
Sun, 11/23/2008 - 19:14
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As many as 549,881 pilgrims reach Madinah

MADINAH, November 23, SPA -- According to a report released by the
Hajj Committee in Madinah, the number of the pilgrims who arrived in
Madinah up to yesterday amounted to 549, 881, while the number of the
pilgrims who left Madinah accounted for 289, 369.


The remaining pilgrims in Madinah totals 260, 425. These pilgrims
included 32, 043 Indonesians; 27, 705 Nigerians and 24, 040
Pakistanis.


The number of flights that arrived at Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz
International Airport up to yesterday amounted to 59 and these
flights carried 14, 812 pilgrims.


--SPA

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