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79,237 people from India will be able to perform Hajj in Saudi this year

Dhaka, April 23 (UNI) Saudi Arabia's Hajj and Umrah Ministry has approved the quotas for pilgrims from all the countries around the world for the Hajj of 2022.
Indonesia, the most populous Muslim country, has the highest number of Hajj pilgrims. The ministry has allotted a quota of 100,051 for Indonesia while Pakistan got the second largest number with 81,132 pilgrims and India came third with 79,237 pilgrims. Bangladesh will send the fourth largest number of pilgrims with a quota of 57,585.
The African country of Angola is at the bottom of the list with the lowest number of 23 pilgrims. As for the Arab countries, Egypt tops with 35,375 pilgrims for the forthcoming annual pilgrimage of Hajj. Among the African countries, Nigeria got the largest chunk of 43,008. The quota allotted for Iran stood at 38,481 while Turkey’s quota accounts for 37,770.
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