A total of 172,562 pilgrims have arrived in Madinah until yesterday from several nationalities who arrived through air and land crossings to perform this year's Hajj. Statistics on arriving and departing pilgrims in Madinah, issued by the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, showed that 156,828 pilgrims have arrived through the Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah since receiving the first Hajj flights till yesterday night, while the land immigration center received 13,097 pilgrims who arrived in Madinah through land border crossings. The statistics also revealed the nationalities of pilgrims staying in Madinah, showing that Indonesian pilgrims are top residents of Madinah with 24,478, followed by Indians with 17,537, Bangladeshis with 8,626, and 70,40 pilgrims from Iraq and Iranians with 6,556 pilgrims. Statistics showed that 76,955 pilgrims left Madinah over the past few days on their way to the Holy Sites in Makkah, where the number of pilgrims staying in Madinah until yesterday totaled 75,589 pilgrims from various nationalities.
