Over 1.8 Million Pilgrims From 150 Countries Performed Haj
Riyadh/Hyderabad, June 28 (Maxim News): The Saudi Arabian government announced that more than 1.8 million pilgrims from over 150 countries have performed Haj so far this year.
The General Authority for Statistics said that the number of pilgrims from Arab countries has reached more than 346,000 or 21 percent of the total,
Among the pilgrims, more than 1 million are from Asian countries, making up 63.5 percent of the total, while nearly 223.000 others, or 13.4 percent, came from African countries excluding the Arab nations.
More than 36,500 pilgrims traveled from Europe, the US, Australia, and other unlisted countries to Saudi Arabia, representing 2.1 percent of the total, according to the General Authority for Statistics. (Maxim News)
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