Larabanga Tourism Office
Larabanga Tourism Office is a tourism office in West Gonja Municipal District, Savannah Region. Larabanga Tourism Office is situated nearby to Larabanga Mosque, as well as near Tour Briefing Point.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, Savanna Region of 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".
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 and it is called Larabanga 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 Tourism Office
- Type: Tourism office
- Categories: information and tourism
- Location: West Gonja Municipal District, Savannah Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
9.2203° or 9° 13′ 13″ northLongitude
-1.85978° or 1° 51′ 35″ westOpen location code
6CXW64CR+43OpenStreetMap ID
node 6562628938OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=information
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