Hajj season 2024 in numbers

Weather of Arabia - Congratulations continue to Saudi Arabia on the success of the 2024 Hajj season, at a time when pilgrims began to leave the holy sites after completing their rituals.

With tears of joy and reverence, the pilgrims bid farewell to Mecca after performing the Farewell Tawaf, expressing their thanks to Saudi Arabia and its leadership for their services to the guests of the Most Merciful and facilitating the performance of rituals. They prayed to God that their Hajj would be justified and their sins forgiven, hoping that this would not be their last visit to the Sacred House of God.

The Farewell Tawaf is the last of the Hajj duties and rituals, after completing the stoning of the Jamarat on the second day of Tashreeq (12 Dhul-Hijjah) for those in a hurry, or the last day of Tashreeq (13 Dhul-Hijjah) for those who are not in a hurry.

Saudi Minister of Health Fahd Al-Jalajel announced the success of the health system’s plans for the Hajj season 1445 AH and that it was free of any outbreaks or threats to public health.

The success of the 2024 Hajj season

The Hajj season achieved success on various religious, security and health levels, as confirmed by the language of numbers and the new services and technologies provided to facilitate pilgrims.

The Saudi Ministry of Transport employed 32 technologies during the 2024 Hajj season to facilitate the Hajj for about 1,833,000 pilgrims from 200 countries, including 17 new technologies.

The most prominent of these technologies are the “flying taxi,” “rubber asphalt,” and “inspection glasses,” in addition to the expansion of previous technologies such as refrigerated roads, the use of drones, and the Hajj service without a bag. The project of translating the Arafa sermon also achieved a new record by reaching... 621 million beneficiaries and listeners, which is the largest in the history of the Presidency of Religious Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques.

Regarding the security of pilgrims, the Public Prosecution used the “Tarjuman” device for the first time this year to translate the accused’s statements simultaneously with complete accuracy.

While the Saudi leadership was congratulated by a number of leaders of Arab and Islamic countries on the success of the Hajj season, including Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, and King of Bahrain, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.

The most prominent figures that highlight Saudi Arabia’s efforts in the success of the 2024 Hajj season

Key points for the 2024 Hajj season

• Numbers of pilgrims

1. Number of pilgrims: About 1.8 million pilgrims from 200 countries performed the Hajj this year.
2. General Authority statistics: The total number of pilgrims reached (1,833,164) pilgrims, of whom (1,611,310) came from outside the Kingdom, while the number of domestic pilgrims reached (221,854) pilgrims, both citizens and residents.

• Hajj leaders and officials

The most prominent figures who participated in Hajj this year include:

1. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi
2. Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov
3. Vice President of the Republic of The Gambia, Mohammed Jallow
4. Prime Minister of the Republic of Niger, Ali Mohamed El Amin Zein
5. Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak
6. Former Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed
7. Former Malaysian Prime Minister Dato' Seri Ismail Sabri

• Health Services

The Ministry of Health announced the success of its health plans for the Hajj season 1445 AH and that it was free of any outbreaks or threats to public health.
Services provided:

1. Equipping 189 hospitals, health centers and mobile clinics
2. Clinical capacity exceeds 6,500 beds
3. More than 40 thousand medical, technical, administrative and volunteer staff
4. More than 370 ambulances, 7 ambulance aircraft, 12 laboratories, and 60 trucks
5. Serving more than 390,000 pilgrims, performing 28 open-heart surgeries, 720 cardiac catheterizations, and 1,169 dialysis sessions.
6. Providing virtual services to more than 5,800 pilgrims

• modern techniques

The Ministry of Transport used 32 modern technologies, including 17 technologies used for the first time, such as:

1. Air taxi
2. Flexible rubber roads
3. Expansion of road cooling technology through white paint to an area of 40,000 square metres

• Transport and logistics statistics

Transportation capabilities:

1. Mobilizing 47,000 specialized staff and receiving pilgrims through 6 airports, allocating 21,000 staff to serve them.
2. Providing 27 thousand buses to transport the pilgrims
3. Participation of 170,000 field staff in serving pilgrims

• A project to translate the sermon of Arafa

The Presidency of Religious Affairs confirmed the success of the project of simultaneous translation of the Arafa sermon into 20 international languages, and that it reached 621 million beneficiaries and listeners.

• Public Prosecution

Judicial services:

1. Preparing 40 judicial prosecutors, including two mobile ones
2. Developing the “Tarjoman” device for simultaneous translation into more than 140 languages and dialects

• Security and order

“No Hajj without a permit” campaign:

1. 160 fake campaigns were seized
2. Return of 135,000 vehicles and 250 non-residents
3. About 256 thousand people who did not have a Hajj visa were returned
4. Launching the “Nusk Digital Identification Card” for pilgrims to ensure the speed and efficiency of security services

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