The total number of pilgrims who arrived in Saudi Arabia for this year’s Hajj reached 1. 85 million till date, authorities said on Wednesday.
Of this, as many as 1.66 million came from outside the Kingdom, according to data released by the Saudi General Authority for Statistics.
The Authority said the number of male pilgrims this year amounted to 969,694) pilgrims, while the number of female pilgrims amounted to 875,351.
The statistics also showed that the number of pilgrims coming from Arab countries reached 346,214 or 21 percent of the total arrivals.
As many as 1.59 million pilgrims arrived through air ports, while 60,813 pilgrims arrived through land ports and another 6,831 pilgrims arrived through sea ports.
The authority also indicated that the number of countries benefiting from the Makkah Road initiative reached 7 countries, and the number of beneficiaries from this initiative reached 242,272 pilgrims.
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