Al Noor Mosque
The Al Noor Mosque is a Sunni mosque in the Christchurch suburb of Riccarton in New Zealand. It was built between 1983 and 1985 by the Muslim Association of Canterbury, an organisation founded in 1977 that also manages the mosque building.Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Angulidayaaluta, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Mosque
- Denomination: Sunni
- Description: mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Al Noor Mosque, Christchurch”, “Al-Noor Mosque”, and “Masjid Al Noor”
- Address: 101 Deans Avenue, Riccarton, Christchurch, 8011
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hagley Oval and Christchurch Botanic Gardens.
Hagley Oval
Stadium
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hagley Oval is a cricket ground in Hagley Park in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1867, when Canterbury cricket team hosted Otago cricket team. Hagley Oval is situated 580 metres east of Al Noor Mosque.
Christchurch Botanic Gardens
Garden
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Christchurch Botanic Gardens, located in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand, were founded in 1863 when an English oak was planted to commemorate the solemnisation of the marriage of Prince Albert and Princess Alexandra of Denmark.
Christchurch railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Christchurch railway station is in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It is on the Main North Line at Addington junction, and is the only remaining passenger railway station in the city: suburban passenger trains were cancelled due to lack of demand in the 1970s. Christchurch railway station is situated 1 km south of Al Noor Mosque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Addington and Riccarton.
Addington
Suburb
Addington is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is sited 2.5 kilometres south-west of the city centre. As an inner city suburb, Addington has a mix of residential, retail and light industrial properties.
Riccarton
Suburb
Photo: Iainf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Riccarton is a suburb of Christchurch. It is due west of the city centre, separated from it by Hagley Park. Upper Riccarton is to the west of Riccarton.
Al Noor Mosque
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Christchurch City, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-43.53295° or 43° 31′ 59″ southLongitude
172.61173° or 172° 36′ 42″ eastOpen location code
4V8JFJ86+RMOpenStreetMap ID
way 102298567OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=mosqueOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=sunniWikidata ID
Q62066735
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Al Noor Mosque” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مسجد النور (نيوزيلندا)”
- Arabic: “مسجد النور”
- Armenian: “Ալ Նուր մզկիթ”
- Azerbaijani: “Əl Nur məscidi”
- Azerbaijani: “Əl-Nur məscidi”
- Bavarian: “Al-Noor-Moschee”
- Bengali: “আল নূর মসজিদ”
- Catalan: “mesquita Al Noor”
- Chinese: “努尔清真寺 (基督城)”
- Chinese: “努尔清真寺”
- Danish: “Al Noor Mosque”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد النور”
- French: “mosquée Al Noor”
- French: “Mosquée Al Noor”
- German: “Al-Noor-Moschee”
- Hebrew: “מסגד אל-נור”
- Indonesian: “Masjid Al Noor, Christchurch”
- Italian: “Moschea di Al Noor”
- Japanese: “ヌール・モスク”
- Kurdish: “Mizgefta El Nur”
- Malay: “Masjid Al Noor, Christchurch”
- Malay: “Masjid Al Noor”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Al-Noor-moskéen i Christchurch”
- Norwegian: “Al-Noor-moskéen i Christchurch”
- Persian: “مسجد النور کرایستچرچ”
- Persian: “مسجد النور”
- Persian: “مسجد نور”
- Russian: “мечеть ан-Нур”
- Serbian: “Џамија Ел Нур (Нови Зеланд)”
- Serbian: “Џамија Ел Нур”
- Sindhi: “النور مسجد، ڪرائسٽ چرچ”
- Spanish: “Mezquita Al Noor”
- Swiss German: “Al-Noor-Moschee”
- Tajik: “Масҷиди Алнур”
- Tajik: “масҷиди Нур”
- Thai: “มัสยิดอันนูร (ไครสต์เชิร์ช)”
- Thai: “มัสยิดอันนูร”
- Turkish: “Al Noor Mosque”
- Turkish: “El Nur Camii, Christchurch”
- Turkish: “El Nur Camii”
- Urdu: “النور مسجد”
- Urdu: “مسجد النور”
- Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ Hồi giáo Al Noor, Christchurch”
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