Kano State
Kano Municipal
Shahuchi

Great Mosque of Kano

The Great Mosque of Kano is a general Jumaat in , the capital city of and the second most populous city in . The mosque is situated at around the Heart of the city around the Mandawari area of the state.
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Description: mosque in NIgeria
  • Also known as: “Babban Masallacin Juma’a (Kano Central Mosque)”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gidan Makama Museum Kano and Sani Abacha Stadium.

Museum
Photo: Sulemn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Kano Museum is a in , . This building served as temporary palace of Sarakunan Hausa of Kano before the current palace Gidan Rumfa was constructed in the 15th century The museum has a significant collections of arts, crafts and items of historic interest related to the Kano area. is situated 1 km southeast of Great Mosque of Kano.

Stadium
The is a multi-purpose stadium in , , . It is mostly used for football matches and athletics. The stadium is the home of Nigeria Professional Football League side Kano Pillars F.C. is situated 1½ km northeast of Great Mosque of Kano.

Peak
Photo: Anasskoko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hill in , , . It is 534 metres high and contains a stairway with 101 steps to the bottom to top. In the seventh century, the hill was the site of a community that engaged in iron-working.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kano.

Photo: shirazc, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the capital of . It has a population of around 3.6 million, giving it a busy atmosphere. It is an ancient trading city inhabited for well over a thousand years.

Great Mosque of Kano

Latitude
11.99486° or 11° 59′ 42″ north
Longitude
8.51764° or 8° 31′ 4″ east
Open location code
7F3CXGV9+W3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 290490441
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mosque
Wiki­data ID
Q683614
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Great Mosque of Kano” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مسجد كانو الكبير”
  • Bengali: “কানোর প্রধান মসজিদ”
  • French: “Grande Mosquée de Kano”
  • Fulah: “Great Mosque of Kano”
  • German: “Grosse Moschee von Kano”
  • German: “Große Moschee von Kano”
  • Hausa: “Babban Masallacin Kano”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti mukuru muri Kano”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den store moské i Kano”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den store moskeen i Kano”
  • Norwegian: “Den store moské i Kano”
  • Romanian: “Marea Moschee din Kano”
  • Russian: “Великая мечеть Кано”
  • Sindhi: “ڪانو جي عظیم الشان مسجد”
  • Uzbek: “Katta masjid (Kano)”
  • Uzbek: “Katta masjid”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kano Emir’s Palace and Kano Emir’s Palace.

Nearby Places

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Great Mosque of Kano”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.