It is located in the southwestern city, including its land. Its soil embraced the glory of the “Badr Battle,” in which the Muslims recorded the most amazing feats of their nation. This governorate was distinguished from other Islamic sites. God Almighty mentioned its name in the Holy Qur’an. Angels descended on its mountains, and people lived in Her hadith is the beloved Chosen One Muhammad – may God bless him and grant him peace – and a group of his companions – may God be pleased with them all.
Badr Governorate receives its guests through four roads distributed in four directions. It is located between the four largest cities in the Kingdom (Mecca, Medina, Jeddah, and Yanbu Industrial City), and is 310 kilometers away from Mecca, heading to the southwest, about The city is (150 km) from Victoria to the south, from Jeddah (270 km) is Victoria New South, and from Yanbu (85 km) to the south-east.
Badr Governorate has been famous since the pre-Islamic era, due to the fame of its water, known as (Badr Water), and it was given a distinguished economic status due to its strategic location on the route of trade caravans heading to the Levant from Mecca, and the road coming from Medina to the old port of Medina on the Red Sea, and its land witnessed the establishment of one of the famous markets. among the Arabs at that time.
The Battle of Badr site is one of the most important destinations that visitors to the city of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, are keen to visit to commemorate the Muslims’ victory in the first and decisive historical battle in Islam, which is the Great Battle of Badr, which took place in the second year of the Hijra. The site contains the Badr Martyrs Cemetery, which includes the graves of the honorable companions who were martyrs of the battle, and highlights the areas of “Al-Adwa Al-Dunya”, which is the place of arrival of Muslims from Medina, and “Al-Adwa Al-Aqsa”, which is the place of arrival of polytheists from Mecca, which were mentioned in the Holy Qur’an. . The site is also adjacent to the Mount of Angels, which is the place where angels descended to help the Muslim army in this battle