Masjid Omar Kampong Melaka
Masjid Omar Kampong Melaka is a historic mosque located along Keng Cheow Street and off Havelock Road in Chinatown, Singapore. Built in 1820 by Syed Omar Aljunied, it holds historical significance as the very first mosque to be established in the country, predating even Masjid Sultan.
Sengkang, Copyrighted free use.- Sunni mosque
- …is also known as “Masjid Omar Kampung Melaka”
- …is operated by Major (retd) Malik Asif Hayat
- …dates from 1820
- …stands 35 metres (115 feet) tall
- Description: mosque in Singapore
- Address: 10 Keng Cheow Street, Singapore, 059607
- Email: masjidomar@kgmelaka.mosque.org.sg
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Masjid Omar Kampong Melaka
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Latitude
1.28783° or 1° 17′ 16″ north
Longitude
103.84434° or 103° 50′ 40″ east
Open location code
6PH57RQV+4P
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OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
OpenStreetMap feature
building=mosque
OpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=sunni
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Masjid Omar Kampong Melaka” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مسجد عمر كامبونغ ميلاكا”
- Dutch: “Masjid Omar Kampong Melaka”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد عمر كامبونج ميلاكا”
- Finnish: “Masjid Omar Kampong Melaka”
- Kazakh: “Omar (Kampong Melaka) meşiti”
- Kazakh: “Омар (Кампонг Мелака) мешіті”
- Kazakh: “Омар мешіті”
- Kazakh: “ومار (كامپونگ مەلاكا) مەشىتى”
- Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Omar Kampong Melaka”
- Malay: “Masjid Omar Kampong Melaka”
- Russian: “Мечеть Омара”
- Urdu: “مسجد عمر کامپونگ ملاکا”
- Western Panjabi: “مسجد عمر کامپونگ ملاکا”
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