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The length of the Burj Khalifa
The Burj Khalifa, located in the United Arab Emirates, is the tallest man-made tower, with a length of approximately 829.6 meters above the ground. This building was opened on the date of January 9, 2010 AD. In addition to being the tallest building in the world, it is the tallest building Self-supporting as it beats the Tokyo Sky Tree Tower, and the Burj Khalifa was built of steel and concrete and was designed with the aim of promoting tourism and diversifying the economy based on the oil industry, Burj Khalifa includes approximately 30,000 housing and industrial lake area of 121405.6 square meters and a car park and nineteen residential towers and nine Hotels and shopping center.
Burj Khalifa
The construction of the Burj Khalifa started in the year 2004 AD, and this building occupies an area of 557418.24 square meters and contains approximately 1,044 apartments. The tower contains the highest mosque in the world on the 158th floor in addition to the highest observation platform in the world on the 124th floor and the highest swimming pool on the 76th floor It is expected that the tower consumes approximately 946,000 liters of water per day, and electricity consumption is expected to reach about 50 MVA, and the tower contains 54 elevators that can work at a speed of 65 km per hour, and the name of the Burj Dubai has begun to be used to refer to the tower but The name was changed to Burj Khalifa in honor of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the ruler of Abu Dhabi, The cost of the tower has been estimated at approximately $ 1.5 billion, which is part of the redevelopment program, which will cost $ 20 billion in downtown Dubai, the tower was opened in 2010.
Facts about Burj Khalifa
Burj Khalifa holds many records as it is the tallest building in the world and the tallest freestanding structure, the highest observation deck in the open air and the longest travel distance in the world and has the longest elevator service in the world, the tower is supported by a thick curved concrete plug with an estimated thickness of 4 meters and backed by concrete piles in diameter 1.5 meters, and its platform consists of three floors that hold the tower in its place, which is the platform and the two-story basement, measured by approximately 1866.000 square meters. The outer cladding of the tower consists of aluminum panels, stainless steel and vertical tube fins made of stainless steel, in addition to what is below. Arab 28,000 Manual Glass Log.
