Dondoli Mosque
The Dondoli Mosque is a mosque located in the village of Dondoli in Wa in the Upper West region in Ghana. Built in the 19th century in the Sudano-Sahelian architectural style, the mosque is in partial ruins.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: mosque in Ghana
- Also known as: “Dondoli Historic Mosque”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wa Municipal District and Wa Airport.
Wa Municipal District
Government office
Photo: Rtevels, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wa Municipal District is one of the eleven districts in Upper West Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Wa District, until two parts of the district were later split off by a decree of president John… Wa Municipal District is situated 730 metres south of Dondoli Mosque.
Wa Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Sm105, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wa Airport is an airport serving Wa, a city in the Upper West Region of Ghana which is also its capital. The airport is operated by Ghana Airports Company Limited.
Nusrat Jahan Ahmadiyya College of Education
College
Photo: Zakaria Tunsung, CC0.
Nusrat Jahan Ahmadiyya College of Education is a teacher education college in Wa established in 1982. The college is located in Northern Zone. It is one of the 46 colleges of education in Ghana. Nusrat Jahan Ahmadiyya College of Education is situated 1½ km east of Dondoli Mosque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wa and Nakore.
Wa
Photo: Rtevels, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wa is a town and the capital of the Wa Metropolitan Assembly and the Upper West Region of Ghana. It has a population of 200,672 people according to the 2021 census.
Nakore
Village
Photo: Virtutepetens, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nakore is a village, which is situated 8 km southwest of Dondoli Mosque.
Dondoli Mosque
- Categories: mosque and historic site
- Location: Wa Municipal District, Upper West Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
10.06873° or 10° 4′ 7″ northLongitude
-2.4958° or 2° 29′ 45″ westOpen location code
7C2V3G93+FMOpenStreetMap ID
way 1106416592OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q42432905
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In Other Languages
From Akan to Uzbek—“Dondoli Mosque” goes by many names.
- Akan: “Dondoli Nkramosombea”
- Arabic: “مسجد دوندولي”
- Bengali: “ডোন্ডোলি মসজিদ”
- Bengali: “দোন্দোলি মসজিদ”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Dondoli Mosque”
- Hausa: “Masallacin Dondoli”
- Igbo: “Dondoli Mosque”
- Twi: “Dondoli Nkramosombea”
- Uzbek: “Dondoli masjidi”
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