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ALGIERS, Feb 28 (KUNA) -- The construction of Grand Mosque of Algiers
started at Al-Muhammadia district, east Algiers, Tuesday after signing a Euro
one billion-worth contract with a Chinese company.
The contract was signed by Director General of the Algerian National Agency
for the Implementation and Management of the Grand Mosque of Algiers
(ANAGERMA) Olwi Mohammad Al-Ghedr and the China State Construction Engineering
Corporation (CSCEC) director general in the presence of Algerian Minister of
Religious Affairs Bouabdellah Ghlamallah and presidential advisor Mohammad Ali
Bu-Ghazi.
Under the deal, the construction works are scheduled to complete in 42
months and the mosque will be opened in August, 2015.
The project, to cover a total area of 400,000 sq meters, will create 17,000
new jobs including 10,000 for the Algerians.
It will consist of 12 buildings including a large library and a 300 m high
minaret. The designed mosque can provide room for up to 12,000 worshipers.
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