Agadez Mosque

Agadez Mosque is a prominent in , , . It was made of clay and is the tallest mud-brick structure in the world.
Wikipedia
Photo: Dan Lundberg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Mosque
  • Denomination: Sunni
  • Description: mosque in Agadez, Niger
  • Also known as: “Grand Mosque of Agadez in Niger”, “Grande Mosquée d’Agades;Grande Mosquée d’Agadez”, and “Great Mosque of Agadez”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mano Dayak International Airport.

Aerodrome
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is an airport in in the Sahara desert in . It is named after Mano Dayak, a Tuareg leader.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Agadez and Tassakantalam.

Photo: Dan Lundberg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, formerly spelled Agadès, is the fifth largest city in , with a population of 110,497 based on the 2012 census. The capital of the eponymous , the city lies in the Sahara desert, and is also the capital of Aïr, one of the traditional Tuareg–Berber federations.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 10 km southeast of Agadez Mosque.

Agadez Mosque

Latitude
16.97415° or 16° 58′ 27″ north
Longitude
7.98835° or 7° 59′ 18″ east
Inception
1844
Open location code
7F89XXFQ+M8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 322793854
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mosque
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­sunni
Wiki­data ID
Q3440333
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Satellite Map

Discover Agadez Mosque from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Agadez Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الجامع الكبير أغاديز”
  • Arabic: “مسجد أغاديس”
  • Bengali: “আগাদেজ মসজিদ”
  • Bosnian: “Velika džamija u Agadezu”
  • Croatian: “Velika džamija u Agadezu”
  • Dutch: “Agadez-moskee”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد اجاديس”
  • Finnish: “Agadezin moskeija”
  • French: “mosquée d’Agadez”
  • French: “Mosquée d’Agadez”
  • German: “Große Moschee von Agadez”
  • Hausa: “Masallacin Agadez”
  • Italian: “Moschea di Agadez”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Agadez”
  • Romanian: “Marea Moschee din Agadez”
  • Russian: “Большая мечеть Агадеса”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita de Agadez”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵜⵉⵎⵣⴳⵉⴷⴰ ⵏ ⵓⴳⴰⴷⴰⵣ”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵜⵉⵎⵣⴳⵉⵏⴰ ⵏ ⵓⴳⴰⴷⴰⵣ”
  • Urdu: “اغادیز جامع مسجد”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Boutique Bijoux Tuareg Emiskini and Sultanat d’Agadez.

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