Central Mosque (Almaty) built

1999 CE.

Shown on the map at 43.268°, 76.953°.

Almaty Central Mosque (Kazakh: Almaty ortalyq meshiti/Алматы орталық мешіті, Russian: Centralnaya mechet Almaty/Центральная мечеть Алматы) is one of the largest mosques in Almaty, and in Kazakhstan. Designed to accommodate 7,000 worshippers, it was built on the site of the old mosque that dated to 1890 and caught fire in 1987.

Text from the Wikipedia article Central Mosque Almaty, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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