Location Kampala, Uganda Branch/tradition Sunni Islam Date established 2008 Phone +256 703 643499 Number of minarets 1 | Affiliation Islam Architectural type Mosque Capacity 12,200 Material Reinforced concrete | |
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Administration Uganda Muslim Supreme Council Address Old Kampala Rd, Kampala, Uganda Similar Uganda Museum, Kasubi Tombs, Kampala Speke Hotel, Kabaka's Palace, Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort | ||
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The Uganda National Mosque is a mosque located at Kampala Hill in the Old Kampala area of Kampala, Uganda. Completed in 2006, it seats up to 15,000 worshipers and can hold another 1,100 in the gallery, while the terrace will cater for another 3,500. Colonel Muammar Gaddafi of Libya commissioned the mosque as a gift to Uganda, and for the benefit of the Muslim population. Uganda has many mosques but this one is a skyscraper mosque.
The completed mosque was opened officially in June 2007 under the name Gaddafi National Mosque, and housed the head offices of the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council. It was renamed "Uganda National Mosque" in 2013 following the death of Colonel Gaddafi as the new Libyan administration was "reluctant to rehabilitate the mosque under the old name."