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Fun facts about grand mosque of Mecca

 The Grand Mosque of Mecca tops the list of the most expensive buildings on Earth built at a cost of $100 Billion. Size: One million (1,000,...

Precious John ELIJAH
Precious John ELIJAH December 28, 2022
Updated December 28, 2022 at 5:16 AM
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 The Grand Mosque of Mecca tops the list of the most expensive buildings on Earth built at a cost of $100 Billion.

Size: One million (1,000,000) square meters 

Fun facts:

 🕋Can accommodate two (2) million people

 🕋Receives twenty (20) million visitors annually

 🕋Open twenty -four (24) hours.It has never been completely closed in over 1400 years

 🕋Has 1800 cleanersHas 40 electric sanitary cleaning cars

 🕋Has 60 electric sanitary machines to clean open courtyards

 🕋Has 2000 Sanitary barrels spread throughout the premises

 🕋Floor covered with 40000 carpets (longer than the distance between Jeddah and Makkah (79km))

 🕋13000 toilets, cleaned four (4) times/6 hours daily

 🕋25000 water dispensers (one of the largest water dispensing systems in the world)

 🕋100 random samples of drinking water are inspected daily

 🕋Excess water from Zamzam Well is stored in storage tanks with a capacity of 1,700,000 (1.7 million), water bottles (capacity 10 liters)

 🕋HARAMAIN recitation service: broadcast recitation of the Quran; 24/7; recitation using all ten (10) recognized methods of recitation of the Qur'an; more than 500,000 (half a million) episodes in 180 countries have been aired in three (3) years.

 🕋More than 2,000 safety deposit boxes (to keep personal belongings safe)

 🕋Hundreds of air conditioning units (for cooling) are scattered inside the Mosque.

 🕋The floor of the Mosque reflects light and heat thus improving the regulation of heat in the premises.

 🕋Electronic Tour guide application that can show the location of any part of the Mosque.

 🕋Detailed and highly efficient audio system:

 🕋The sound system in the Grand Mosque is one of the largest and most complex sound systems in the world,

      • Audio system error margin: 0%

      • 6000 speakers

      • Four (4) different audio systems

      • Fifty (50) sound engineering personnel

 🕋Copies of the Quran are translated into 65 different languages

 🕋Translation of each Friday sermon into five (5) different languages

 🕋Services/facilities for the disabled

 🕋10,000 regular wheelchairs available for use, free of charge, 400 electronically guided wheelchairs available, Automatic wheelchairs (2 wheels and 3 wheels)

 🕋RAMADAN special services

 🕋4 million free meals for breaking fast every day, throughout Ramadan

 🕋5,000,000 dates (seed discarded) are distributed in the mosque area every day during Ramadan

 🕋After breaking fast, remove food and equipment to clean the place of Maghrib prayer (Shalah) is done in two (2) minutes only

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