In the annual Hajj season, this valley, which covers only 75% of the area of the Shanghai World Expo Park, will provide accommodation for 3 million pilgrims. So the largest tent in the world was built.
Mina tent city is not a simple pile of tents, but a complex urban system, which is remarkable in water, food, energy and disaster prevention.
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Mina has built the world's largest artificial reservoir and pipelines with a total length of more than 145 km to meet the drinking water problem of 3 million people; All tents have been electrified, and modern power generation and lighting equipment have been established; Mina established a scientific disaster prevention system to prevent tent city from being attacked by floods and falling rocks; A good sanitation system around the tent city ensures the cleanliness of the community, and the huge amount of garbage generated every day is transported away in time.
Mina model has many similarities with the World Expo, that is, it shows how to meet an unlimited number of people in a limited area and solve their problems such as accommodation, food, transportation, management, environment and safety.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Mina (tent city in Mecca, Saudi Arabia)