Larabanga

Larabanga is a town in West Gonja district, a district in the of . It is known for its whitewashed adobe Sahelian and it is called , said to date from 1421, and which, having been built at the height of the trans-Saharan trade, is reputed to be Ghana's oldest and houses a copy of the Qur'an almost as old.
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Haruna Mohammed, Public domain.
  • Town with about 4,500 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 200 metres (650 feet)
  • …is also known as “Laribanga”
  • Description: human settlement in Ghana

Places of Interest

Highlights include Larabanga Mosque.
Sathyan.velumani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Larabanga

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Latitude
9.21938° or 9° 13′ 10″ north
Longitude
-1.85846° or 1° 51′ 31″ west
Open location code
6CXW649R+QJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5531915914
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2298453
Wiki­data ID
Q490731

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Larabanga” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “لارابانجا”
  • Chinese: “拉拉班加”
  • Dagbani: “Laabaŋa”
  • Dagbani: “Laribaŋa”
  • Danish: “Larabanga”
  • Dutch: “Larabanga”
  • Finnish: “Larabanga”
  • French: “Larabanga”
  • Georgian: “ლარაბანგას მეჩეთი”
  • German: “Larabanga”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Larabanga”
  • Hausa: “Larabanga”
  • Irish: “Larabanga”
  • Italian: “Larabanga”
  • Japanese: “ララバンガ”
  • Lithuanian: “Larabanga”
  • Malay: “Larabanga”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Larabanga”
  • Norwegian: “Larabanga”
  • Spanish: “Larabanga”
  • Turkish: “Larabanga”
  • Urdu: “لارابانگا”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Marketplace and Maria’s Sheabutter processing center.

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