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Kampala Mosque

Kampala, Italy

Kampala Mosque

The Uganda National Mosque (Arabic: مسجد أوغندة الوطني), previously known as the Gaddafi National Mosque, is a mosque located at Kampala Hill in the Old Kampala area of Kampala, Uganda. It is the largest mosque in East Africa in a country where, as of 2014, 13.7% of the population was Muslim. Comple

ted in 2006, it accommodates up to 15,000 worshipers and can hold another 1,100 in the gallery, while the sahn caters for another 3,500 worshipers. Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi commissioned the mosque as a gift to Uganda, and for the benefit of the Muslim population. The mosque's 50.5-metre (166 ft) minaret defines the city's skyline.

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