Larabanga Burial Ground
Larabanga Burial Ground is a cemetery in West Gonja Municipal District, Savannah Region. Larabanga Burial Ground is situated nearby to Mystic Stone, as well as near Community soccer pitch.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Larabanga Mosque.
Larabanga Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Sathyan.velumani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Larabanga Mosque is a mosque built in the Sudanese architectural style in the village of Larabanga, Ghana. It is the oldest mosque in the country and one of the oldest in West Africa, and has been referred to as the "Mecca of West Africa". Larabanga Mosque is situated 1 km east of Larabanga Burial Ground.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Larabanga.
Larabanga
Town
Photo: Haruna Mohammed, Public domain.
Larabanga is a town in West Gonja district, a district in the Savannah Region of Ghana. It is known for its whitewashed adobe Sahelian mosque, 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 mosque and houses a copy of the Qur'an almost as old.
Larabanga Burial Ground
- Type: Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: West Gonja Municipal District, Savannah Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
9.22247° or 9° 13′ 21″ northLongitude
-1.86824° or 1° 52′ 6″ westOpen location code
6CXW64CJ+XPOpenStreetMap ID
node 6549017922OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=grave_yard
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