Prince Faisal bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Madinah Region and Chairman of Madinah Development Commission, inaugurated here yesterday evening the project of Dar Al-Hijrah Company owned by Public Investment Fund of Ministry of Finance, in the presence of Minister of Finance Dr. Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf and Minister of Hajj Dr. Bandar bin Mohammed Hajjar. The Ministry of Finance said in a press statement that this giant project is one of wide ranges of proposed projects for the development of Madinah and a compensation for the facilities removed from their location after entering in the project of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz for the grand expansion of the Prophet's Mosque and its precincts aiming to serve visitors of the Prophet's Mosque after performing Hajj and Umrah rituals. The project is located on an area of one million six hundred thousand square meters, three kilometers southwest of the Prophet's Mosque, about 3 kilometers from Miqat, and 900 meters from Qiba Mosque. The project includes about one hundred administrative and residential towers that can accommodate more than 120,000 guests distributed to 40,000 rooms of grade four and five-stars. Each hotel has a wide reception lounge, waiting halls, restaurants, cafes and business centers. The project also includes a building of Ministry of Hajj and Central Hajj Committee in Madinah; administrative offices of Hajj missions; Guides National Foundation; Tawafah (Circumambulation) Foundation; Motor General Syndicate; Travel and Tourism Agency, and medical missions. The offices can accommodate 31,000 employees. --More 13:01 LOCAL TIME 10:01 GMT تغريد
