Kampala Mosque
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Kampala Mosque or National Mosque is a mosque
in Kampala
, Uganda
. Completed in 2006, it can hold up to 5,000 worshippers. Libya
built the mosque as a gift to Uganda.But mostly to the muslim's in Uganda. Uganda has many mosques but this one is a skyscraper mosque.
Mosque
A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. The word is likely to have entered the English language through French , from Portuguese , from Spanish , and from Berber , ultimately originating in — . The Arabic word masjid literally means a place of prostration...
in Kampala
Kampala
Kampala is the largest city and capital of Uganda. The city is divided into five boroughs that oversee local planning: Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division and Lubaga Division. The city is coterminous with Kampala District.-History: of Buganda, had chosen...
, Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
. Completed in 2006, it can hold up to 5,000 worshippers. Libya
Libya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
built the mosque as a gift to Uganda.But mostly to the muslim's in Uganda. Uganda has many mosques but this one is a skyscraper mosque.