Hajj Terminal, King Abdulaziz International Airport
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Hajj Terminal at King Abdulaziz International Airport is a vast, tent-like airport terminal in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, designed to handle millions of Muslim pilgrims traveling to Mecca for the annual Hajj.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T94718 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Hajj Terminal, King Abdulaziz International Airport Context triple: [Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, notableWork, Hajj Terminal, King Abdulaziz International Airport]
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A.
Orly Airport
Orly Airport is a major international airport serving Paris, France, located south of the city and handling a large share of its domestic and European flights.
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B.
Riyadh
Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia, serving as a major political, economic, and cultural center in the Arab world.
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C.
Terminal 5
Terminal 5 is a major passenger terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, known for serving as the primary hub for JetBlue Airways.
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Mecca
Mecca is the holiest city in Islam, located in present-day Saudi Arabia and home to the Kaaba, toward which Muslims around the world face in prayer and to which they undertake the Hajj pilgrimage.
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E.
Masjid al-Haram
Masjid al-Haram is the Grand Mosque in Mecca that surrounds the Kaaba and serves as the holiest site in Islam and the focal point of the Hajj pilgrimage.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hajj Terminal, King Abdulaziz International Airport Target entity description: Hajj Terminal at King Abdulaziz International Airport is a vast, tent-like airport terminal in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, designed to handle millions of Muslim pilgrims traveling to Mecca for the annual Hajj.
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A.
Orly Airport
Orly Airport is a major international airport serving Paris, France, located south of the city and handling a large share of its domestic and European flights.
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B.
Riyadh
Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia, serving as a major political, economic, and cultural center in the Arab world.
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C.
Terminal 5
Terminal 5 is a major passenger terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, known for serving as the primary hub for JetBlue Airways.
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D.
Mecca
Mecca is the holiest city in Islam, located in present-day Saudi Arabia and home to the Kaaba, toward which Muslims around the world face in prayer and to which they undertake the Hajj pilgrimage.
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E.
Masjid al-Haram
Masjid al-Haram is the Grand Mosque in Mecca that surrounds the Kaaba and serves as the holiest site in Islam and the focal point of the Hajj pilgrimage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airport terminal
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transport infrastructure ⓘ |
| annualCapacity | millions of pilgrims per Hajj season ⓘ |
| architect |
Fazlur Rahman Khan
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Gordon Bunshaft ⓘ |
| area | approximately 465000 square meters ⓘ |
| award | Aga Khan Award for Architecture ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| capacity | approximately 80000 passengers at a time ⓘ |
| climateAdaptation | designed for hot desert climate ⓘ |
| connectedTo | runways of King Abdulaziz International Airport ⓘ |
| coolingStrategy | passive cooling through shade and airflow ⓘ |
| country | Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| designedBy | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill ⓘ |
| designedFor | annual Hajj season ⓘ |
| hasDesign | tent-like roof ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
baggage handling systems
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bus staging areas for transport to Mecca and Medina ⓘ customs and immigration facilities ⓘ health and quarantine facilities ⓘ large shaded plazas ⓘ modular tent units ⓘ mosque and prayer areas ⓘ open-air design with natural ventilation ⓘ pilgrim support facilities ⓘ separate processing areas for arrivals and departures ⓘ service roads for ground vehicles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Jeddah
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King Abdulaziz International Airport ⓘ Makkah Province ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Red Sea coast
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linked to:
Red Sea
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| numberOfTents | 210 ⓘ |
| opened | 1981 ⓘ |
| operator | General Authority of Civil Aviation of Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| partOf | King Abdulaziz International Airport ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
handling Hajj pilgrims
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handling Umrah pilgrims ⓘ |
| recognizedFor |
innovative tensile structure
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large-scale accommodation of pilgrims ⓘ |
| roofMaterial | Teflon-coated fiberglass fabric ⓘ |
| roofType | tensile fabric roof ⓘ |
| serves |
Mecca
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Muslim pilgrims ⓘ |
| structuralEngineer | Fazlur Rahman Khan ⓘ |
| transportLinks |
road connections to Mecca
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road connections to Medina ⓘ |
| usagePattern |
peak use during Hajj season
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used for charter and seasonal flights ⓘ |
| yearCompleted | 1981 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Hajj Terminal, King Abdulaziz International Airport Description of subject: Hajj Terminal at King Abdulaziz International Airport is a vast, tent-like airport terminal in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, designed to handle millions of Muslim pilgrims traveling to Mecca for the annual Hajj.
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