3D print the Uganda National Mosque
A free, printable model of the Uganda National Mosque, a square building with a large central dome, four smaller domes and a tall arch, among Kampala's low buildings, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About the Uganda National Mosque
The Uganda National Mosque, which used to be called the Gaddafi National Mosque, stands on Kampala Hill, in the Old Kampala part of the city, in Uganda. It ranks as East Africa's largest mosque. Finished in 2006, it takes up to 15,000 worshipers, with another 1,100 in the gallery and 3,500 more in the sahn. Its 50.5-meter (166 ft) minaret shapes the city's skyline, and 272 stairs lead to the top.
Idi Amin began construction in 1972, and the mosque was first called the Old Kampala National Mosque. Work stopped in 1976, a time of heightened political instability, and when Amin was deposed in 1979 it seemed the mosque might never be finished. In 2001 the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi offered to help finish it, presenting it as a gift for the Islamic faith in Uganda.
It officially opened in June 2007 as the Gaddafi National Mosque, and the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council kept its head offices there. In 2013, after Colonel Gaddafi died, it was renamed the Uganda National Mosque, because Libya's new administration was hesitant to restore it under the old name.
How it prints
Make this print opens the generator on a 600 m square around the landmark. Buildings print at close to true scale, so the landmark grows with the print size.
| Print size | Landmark height | Scale |
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| 160 mm default | 9 mm | 1:3,750 |
| 200 mm | 12 mm | 1:3,000 |
| 256 mm | 15 mm | 1:2,344 |
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- A large dome with small ones
- One large dome sits among four smaller domes, each with a thin finial. Layers of 0.12 to 0.16 mm keep the curves smooth, and printing slowly helps the finials.
- Arched windows and a tall arch
- Rows of small arched windows run along the walls, and a tall arch stands at one end of the building. Print friendly adapts them to the print scale; Full detail keeps them, which suits a larger print.
- One piece with the ground
- The Uganda National Mosque is joined to the ground in the exported file, and the four-side check found no floating parts, so nothing needs gluing.
- Pick the detail for your nozzle
- In the Buildings settings, set Landmark detail to Print friendly to adapt thin parts and small details to the print scale. Full detail keeps every modeled feature, for larger prints or a finer nozzle.
- Colors
- Buildings, roads, water and ground arrive as separate filament slots in the 3MF. The Uganda National Mosque takes the building color.
- File format
- You get a 3MF for Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Any of them can save it as STL if you need one.
About this model
The Uganda National Mosque is one of more than 2,300 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
Common questions
Is there an Uganda National Mosque STL I can download?
Mini Skyline builds the file for you in your browser and exports 3MF, which every major slicer opens. If you need an STL, open the 3MF in your slicer and export it from there.
How big can I print it?
Any print size from 40 mm across. The Uganda National Mosque grows with the print: about 9 mm tall on the default 160 mm print. For a model larger than your printer bed, Project Mode splits the area into tiles.
Is it free?
Yes. Generation runs in your browser, with no account and nothing behind a paywall.
