“In these days, of the last month of the Islamic calendar, millions of pilgrims are gathering around the tent city of Mina for the pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca (Makkah). The Hajj, as the pilgrimage is called, is not only a challenging performance for the pilgrim, but also a complex infrastructural and logistical challenge. This year around 2-3 million people have traveled to perform the holy rituals, and the number is expected to grow in the coming years.
To accommodate the visitors, Mina now has 40,000 air-conditioned tents, creating a city in what was previous a dessert valley. Other tasks are to provide food, where a high capacity slaughterhouse has been constructed, which is able to put down hundred thousands of cows during the period. Temperature is another issue and areas of special heat resistant tiles have been installed. Further the area is home to one of the world’s largest air-condition units.” - Pop-Up City
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Source: popupcity.net
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