Malakan

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Malakan
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Malakan
Location in Saudi Arabia
Coordinates: 21°12′57″N39°57′01″E / 21.21583°N 39.95028°E / 21.21583; 39.95028 Coordinates: 21°12′57″N39°57′01″E / 21.21583°N 39.95028°E / 21.21583; 39.95028
Country Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
Province Makkah Province
Time zone UTC+3 (EAT)
  Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EAT)

Malakan is a village in Makkah Province, in western Saudi Arabia. [1]

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  1. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. GeoNames database entry. (search) Accessed 13 May 2011.