Arak Al-Mukiman, Madinah

أرك المكيمن

Taking registrations · Outside the zones

The National Housing Company lists Arak Al-Mukiman as 850 units on 233,700 m² in Al Mukaiman. It sits between Imam Muslim and Prince Naif roads, near Taibah University and the Saudi German Hospital. It is outside every designated zone of Madinah, so a Muslim from abroad cannot own a home there in their own name; a stake there can only be held through a listed company or a licensed fund.

Updated 3 July 2026

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Official render of Arak Al-Mukiman, published by National Housing Company (NHC).

Render: National Housing Company (NHC) · Source

Project details

Open to you: Not in your own name
Stage: Taking registrations
What it is: Residential apartments
Price: Not published
Where: Outside the zonesAl Mukaiman, between Imam Muslim and Prince Naif roads
Developer: National Housing Company (NHC)
Sold through: nhc.sa

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Other ways to hold a stake

A non-Saudi individual may own only inside the designated zones of Madinah, so the deed here is not open to you, and neither is a Saudi company you set up: Article 8 admits that company inside the designated scope, and the article that governs everything outside it excludes Makkah and Madinah by name.

What still reaches a building here is the exchange. A Tadawul-listed company and a CMA-licensed fund may own real estate across the Kingdom, the two cities included, so you would hold a share of the asset through them, with no key and no deed in your name. Shares and funds lists the companies and funds that already own near the Haram. Every legal way to own sets all seven side by side.

Two different boundaries

The ownership zones

Mapped areas fixed by the Cabinet and published by REGA, inside which a non-Saudi may buy. In Makkah and Madinah a purchase is only possible inside one of them, so this line decides who may own.

The Haram boundary

The edge of the sacred precinct around Makkah, marked on the ground and followed by the ihram rules and, in Makkah, by the restriction of entry to Muslims. It is a religious and geographic line, and it says nothing about ownership.

"Outside the zones" does not mean "outside the Haram", and a development deep inside the precinct can still be closed to a buyer from abroad in their own name. Both terms, in the glossary.

Check before you pay

The project’s Wafi licence and escrow accountSearch the register for “Arak Al-Mukiman”.
The advertisement licenceAsk for the advertisement licence number, which every listing, brochure and post must carry.
Or paste the number here
The broker’s FAL licenceAsk for their ID number or their office’s establishment number (REGA’s enquiry cannot search by name).
The developer’s registration to sell to non-SaudisAsk for the developer’s unified commercial registration number.
The zone the property is inAsk for which zone the developer says the project is in.

What each check shows, and the patterns to recognise

Where the zones are

The Madinah Zone Plate · the whole of Madinah, a 40 km square centred on the Prophet's Mosque2026-09-19 edition

Within an hour on foot
Beyond an hour on foot
Residential building only
Sacred precinct, approximate

Arak Al-Mukiman lies outside every designated zone drawn here, the only places in Madinah where a non-Saudi individual may own.

The figure’s data as a table

Every designated zone on The Madinah Zone Plate, from the boundaries the Saudi Properties portal published on 19 Sep 2026. Distances are measured on the full boundary.
Zone	Register code	On the register	Area	Nearest edge	Farthest edge	On foot, at least	What may be built
Rua Al-Madinah	L048	Rua Al Madinah · رؤى المدينة	1.4 km²	650 m	1.8 km	10–11 min	Residential building only
Madinah Zone 1	L354	Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah – Zone (1) · المدينة المنورة – منطقة (1)	59 ha	710 m	1.7 km	10–12 min	All six property uses
Downtown Madinah	L200	Downtown Madinah · داون تاون المدينة	41 ha	3.0 km	4.2 km	42–51 min	All six property uses
Madinah Zone 2	L300	Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah – Zone (2) · المدينة المنورة – منطقة (2)	58 ha	3.1 km	4.4 km	44–53 min	All six property uses
Darat Al-Hijra	L011	Dar Al Hijrah · دار الهجرة	1.1 km²	3.2 km	5.1 km	44–53 min	All six property uses
Knowledge Economic City	L023	Knowledge Economic City · مدينة المعرفة الاقتصادية	6.8 km²	4.8 km	9.2 km	Beyond walking distance	All six property uses
Al-Mahwa	L316	Al-Mahwa · المهوى	30 ha	8.3 km	9.1 km	Beyond walking distance	All six property uses
Mishraf	L211	Mishraf · مشراف	47 ha	8.9 km	9.7 km	Beyond walking distance	All six property uses
Al-Ghurra	L311	Al-Ghurrah · الغرة	2.4 km²	10.8 km	13.3 km	Beyond walking distance	All six property uses
Diyar Al-Maqar	L312	Diyar Al-Muqarr · ديار المقر	19 ha	12.4 km	13.0 km	Beyond walking distance	All six property uses

The sacred precinct is drawn on this figure as a line, for orientation. No surveyed boundary for the haram of Madinah is published as open data, so this outline is traced from a circulated boundary map and fitted to the road network. It is approximate, to roughly 200 m. Nothing on this site is measured from it, and it decides nothing about ownership: the precinct and the designated zones are two different lines. Where it matters where the boundary runs, the signs on the ground are the authority. Zone boundaries: Saudi Properties portal, retrieved 19 Sep 2026, simplified to 10 m for drawing. Roads, rail, stations, landmarks and precinct signage: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0, retrieved 19 Sep 2026. Drawing © Zullfa, zullfa.com.

Other projects outside the zones in Madinah

Sources

REGA — system enters into force · 22 Jan 2026
In Makkah and Madinah, non-Saudi ownership and real rights are limited to Muslim natural persons (Law Art. 2(4)); REGA states this applies whether residing inside or outside the Kingdom.
REGA — law text, Art. 2(3) · 25 Jul 2025
In Makkah and Madinah, non-Saudi purchases are only possible inside the designated geographic zones; the 'one residence outside zones' right for residents does not apply to the two holy cities.
Saudi Properties portal — zone boundaries
Zone areas and distances on this site come from the boundaries the Saudi Properties portal publishes for each zone; a distance is the straight line from the nearest point of that boundary to the Grand Mosque or the Prophet's Mosque, so the walk is always longer.
FHWA — Capacity Analysis of Pedestrian and Bicycle Facilities (FHWA-HRT-98-107) · 1 Feb 1998
The US Federal Highway Administration's pedestrian capacity study recommends a walking speed of 1.2 metres per second for most conditions, and 1.0 metres per second where more than a fifth of the people using a facility are aged 65 or over.
REGA — law text · 25 Jul 2025
Tadawul-listed companies, licensed funds and SPVs may own real estate Kingdom-wide including Makkah and Madinah under CMA rules (Law Art. 4).
Umm Al-Qura — Executive Regulations, Art. 8(1)–(2) · 3 Jul 2026
Outside the designated scope, Executive Regulations Art. 8(1)–(2) let a non-listed Saudi company with non-Saudi shareholders own property only to carry on its activities or to house its workers, and only with prior Ministry of Investment approval — a purpose test that does not apply to its purchases inside the zones.
REGA — enquiries about projects licensed in off-plan sales and leases
REGA's public off-plan enquiry lists each Wafi-licensed project's licence number and type, licence start and end dates, the escrow bank and account number, the developer, unit types and the construction completion rate — with no login.
REGA — inquiry about a real estate advertisement licence
REGA's public advertisement-licence enquiry takes the advertisement number and reports whether a licence exists and its status, with no login.
REGA — enquiring about the FAL licence
REGA's public FAL-licence enquiry has two search fields, the licence holder's ID number and the establishment number, so checking a broker needs one of those and cannot be done by name or by licence number.
Saudi Properties portal — developers
The Saudi Properties portal publishes a public developer register giving each developer's name, unified commercial registration number, establishment type and contact details, with no login.
REGA — inquiry about a real estate advertisement licence (result and details pages)
A found advertisement licence on REGA's enquiry shows its status and issue and expiry dates, and its details page names the advertiser with their FAL licence number, the advertisement type, the deed type and number, the property type and the price on the licence.
NHC — Arak Al-Mukiman project page
Arak Al-Mukiman is listed by NHC as 850 units on 233,700 m² in its Al Mukaiman destination in Madinah, between Imam Muslim and Prince Naif roads, near Taibah University and the Saudi German Hospital.
SPA — "رحاب بوابة مكة" مشروع نوعي من NHC بالعاصمة المقدسة · 17 Feb 2026
NHC's Rihab Makkah Gate is described by the Saudi Press Agency as the company's first integrated residential destination inside the Haram boundary, in the Makkah Gate destination on Prince Mohammed bin Salman Road, with 1,900 units on more than 217,000 m² and apartments of up to 164 m².
NHC — Al-Nada project page
NHC's Al-Nada in Makkah is listed by the company as 684 residential units on 166,781 m² inside its Makkah Gate destination.
NHC — El Bayet project page
El Bayet (Al Bait Abr Al Mamlaka) in Makkah is listed by NHC as 554 units on 148,524 m², an NHC Destinations partner project by Pan Kingdom Real Estate bookable off-plan through Sakani.
NHC — Jawharat Makkah project page
Jawharat Makkah is listed by NHC as 510 residential units on 127,898 m² in Makkah, an NHC Destinations partner project by Alrashed Company bookable through Sakani.
NHC — Jadan Alsadan project page
Jadan Alsadan is listed by NHC as 851 units on 202,058 m² in Makkah, an NHC Destinations partner project by Inovest bookable through Sakani.
NHC — Jeera project page
Jeera is listed by NHC as 400 units on 134,234 m² in Makkah, an NHC Destinations partner project by Altahaluf Real Estate Development.
NHC — Shams project page
Shams is listed by NHC as a 1,500-unit residential project inside its Al Ghoroub community in west Madinah, on more than 414,957 m², near the main roads and the Prophet's Mosque.
NHC — Daniat Al-Ghroub project page
Daniat Al-Ghroub is listed by NHC as 1,606 units on 209,341 m² inside its Al Ghoroub community in west Madinah.
Reported by بوابة تعظيم البلد الحرام
بوابة تعظيم البلد الحرام — حدود الحرم المكّي الشريف
The boundary of the sacred precinct of Makkah (the Haram) runs along the rainwater divide on the surrounding ridges and is marked on the ground by boundary markers; the nearest marker is at Al-Tan‘eem to the north, about 5.2 km from the Kaaba, and the farthest is on Jabal al-Muwashshah on the western boundary, about 21.2 km away.

Where each fact above comes from, with the source’s own date where it gives one.