Aziziyah

Aziziyah
Aziziyah; Little Pakistan
	Neighborhood
Country	Saudi Arabia
Province	Makkah Province
City	Mecca
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EAT)

Aziziyah is a neighborhood of Mecca in Makkah Province, in western Saudi Arabia.[1]

There are also neighborhoods in the cities of Jeddah and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by that name. Its nickname is "Mini Pakistan" as there are many Pakistani there having migrated from Pakistan in early 1980s.

References

"Makkah districts to have a bigger slice of the pie this time". ArabNews. Archived from the original on 10 November 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2011.

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[AN-1] "Makkah districts to have a bigger slice of the pie this time". ArabNews. Archived from the original on 10 November 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2011.