Hejaz
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al-Hejaz, an aw Hijaz (Arabic: الحجاز al-Ḥiǧāz, literally "the barrier") is a region in the wast o present-day Saudi Arabie. Defined primarily bi its wastren mairch on the Reid Sea, it extends frae Haql on the Gulf o Aqaba tae Jizan. Its main ceety is Jeddah, but it is probably better kent for the Islamic holy ceety o Medina. As the steid o Islam's holy places the Hejaz haes significance in the Arab an Islamic historical an poleetical landscape. The region is sae cried as it separates the land o Najd in the east frae the land o Tihamah in the wast.