Gaddafi National Mosque

Uganda National Mosque
مسجد أوغندا الوطني
Location in Kampala
Basic information
Location	Kampala, Uganda
Geographic coordinates	0°18′56″N 32°34′07″E / 0.315539°N 32.568591°E / 0.315539; 32.568591Coordinates: 0°18′56″N 32°34′07″E / 0.315539°N 32.568591°E / 0.315539; 32.568591
Affiliation	Islam
Branch/tradition	Sunni Islam
Administration	Uganda Muslim Supreme Council
Architectural description
Architectural type	Mosque
Date established	2008
Specifications
Capacity	12,200
Interior area	12 acres (4.9 ha)
Dome(s)	5
Minaret(s)	1
Minaret height	50.5 metres (166 ft)
Materials	Reinforced concrete

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."

Interior view

View from the front

Minaret

Dome