Ishola Akere’s post

Size: One million (1,000,000) square meters Capacity;
Can accommodate two (2) million people at a time;
Receives twenty (20) million visitors annually;
Open twenty-four (24) hours daily. It has never been completely closed in over 1400 years;
Has 1800 cleaners, & 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 40,000 carpets (longer than the distance between Jeddah and Makkah (79km));
13,000 toilets, cleaned four (4) times/6 hours daily;
25,000 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 shows 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 of fast every day, throughout Ramadan;
5,000,000 dates (seed discarded) are distributed in the mosque area every day during Ramadan
After breaking fast, it takes 2 minutes to clean the place for Maghrib prayer (Sallah)!
SUBHANALLAH …
Categories: Arab World, Saudi Arabia
I have been there 1970, 1975, 1978, 2005 and 2006 …. saw a lot of development and there was a lot more since my last visit ….
,,, and that is why Allah gave the hosts that oil wealth… (not for wars!!!)