BURJ KHALIFA

                                                                                        

BURJ KHALIFA

ASIA – UNITED ARAB AMIRATES- DUBAI –BURJ KHALIFA  

·        Location- BURJ KHALIFA    

·        Currency-UAE dirham [AED]

·        Official language- Arabic

·        Drives on the right

·        Calling code 971 

·        Time zone GMT+4 

·        Best time to go -September to april       

·        Construction  January 2004-January2010 

·        Cost-1.5milion usd 

·        Hight- 829.84 m 2,723 ft     

·        Tallest building in the world 

·        Tallest free-standing structure in the world 

·        Highest number of stories in the world-160 stories 

·        Highest occupied floor in the world 

·        Highest outdoor observation deck in the world  

·        Elevator with the longest travel distance in the world  Tallest service  elevator in the world 

·        Towers spire visible from 60 mile away 

·        Tallest skyscraper, Tallest skyscraper to top of antenna, Tallest structure ever built

·        Tallest extant structure, Tallest freestanding structure 

·        World's fastest elevators: 64 km/h (40 mph) or 18 m/s (59 ft/s) 

·        Highest vertical concrete pumping (for a building): 606 m (1,988 ft) 

·        First world’s tallest structure in history to include residential space  
   World's highest outdoor observation deck: 124th floor at 452 m (1,483 ft) 

·        World's highest installation of aluminium and glass facade: 512 m (1,680 ft) 

·        World's highest night club: 144th floor 

·        World's highest restaurant: 122nd floor at 442 m (1,450 ft)       

     

      

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