Sheikh Zayed Mosque :
Location : Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.
Ownership : Government
Capacity :40,000
Dome(s): 82 domes of seven different sizes
Dome height (outer): 75 m (246 ft)
Dome dia. (outer): 32.2 m (106 ft)
Minaret(s): 4
Minaret height: 107 m (351 ft)
Construction cost: 2 billion dirhams ($545 million)
Sheikh Zayed Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الشيخ زايد) in Abu Dhabi is the largest mosque in the United Arab Emirates and the eighth largest mosque in the world.
It is named after Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founder and the first President of the United Arab Emirates, who is also buried there.
The mosque was officially opened in the Islamic month of Ramadan in 2007.
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