Ain Hussain عين حسين
Village
Ain Hussain عين حسين Location in Saudi Arabia
Coordinates: 24°23′00″N 38°28′25″E / 24.38324°N 38.47365°E / 24.38324; 38.47365
State	Saudi Arabia
Subdivision	Yanbu
Region	Al Madinah Region
Population  (2006)
• Total	5,756
Time zone	UTC+3 (AST)

Ain Hussain (Arabic: عين حسين) is one of Yanbu Al-Nakhil (Arabic: ينبع النخل) villages, located in Yanbu, Al Madinah Region, Saudi Arabia.

The village is southwest of Medina, and north of Yanbu Al-Nakhil village.

Etymology[edit]

The word "Ain" (Arabic: عين) has different meanings in ِArabic.^[1] It would refer to: eye, threading hole, essence, substance, spy, guard, lookout, watch(man), interest, usury, spring or water well and more.

Ain Hussain refers to a spring named after Husayn ibn Ali (His name also spelled as "Husain", "Hussain" or "Hussein"), the grandson of Islamic Nabi, Muhammad.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• موقع إمارة المدينة المنورة Medina Homepage
• موقع أمانة المدينة المنورة - البلديات - بلديات المحافظات - ينبع Medina Municipality