Kota Kinabalu City Mosque

Kota Kinabalu City Mosque is a prominent contemporary mosque located on Likas Bay in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. Known as the Floating Mosque for its reflection on a surrounding man-made lagoon, it is the largest mosque in the city with capacity for 12,000 worshippers. Completed in 2000 and inspired by the Nabawi Mosque in Medina, it features Islamic architecture with four minarets and a blue and gold dome, serving as a major religious and visitor landmark.

Visitors can expect a large white mosque with blue and gold dome and four minarets set on a man-made lagoon that creates a floating reflection, especially at high tide and sunset. The complex includes a main prayer hall, courtyard, and waterfront promenade. Non-Muslim visitors can join guided tours outside prayer times, view Islamic architecture and interiors, take photographs of the lagoon reflection, and explore the surrounding Likas Bay area.

Construction began in 1989 on a 14.83-acre site on Likas Bay and was completed in 2000. The mosque was officially opened on 2 February 2000. Its design was inspired by the Nabawi Mosque in Medina and it was built to serve the growing Muslim population of Kota Kinabalu as the city's main mosque.

The mosque is the largest mosque in Kota Kinabalu and a major Islamic religious centre for the local community, accommodating up to 12,000 worshippers. It serves as a venue for daily prayers, religious education and community gatherings, and is widely recognized as an architectural landmark and symbol of Islamic heritage in Sabah.