Great Mosque of Touba
The Great Mosque of Touba is a mosque in Touba, Senegal. It was founded by Ahmad Bamba in 1887 and completed in 1963. Bamba died in 1927 and was interred inside the mosque.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hospital
- Denomination: Sunni
- Description: mosque in Touba, Diourbel, Senegal
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Touba.
Touba
Photo: John Crane, CC BY 2.0.
Touba is a city in central Senegal, part of Diourbel Region and Mbacké district. With a population of 1,120,824 in 2023, it is the second most populated Senegalese city after Dakar.
Great Mosque of Touba
- Categories: mosque, health care, and building
- Location: Diourbel Region, Senegal, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
14.8632° or 14° 51′ 48″ northLongitude
-15.87556° or 15° 52′ 32″ westOpen location code
7C66V47F+7QOpenStreetMap ID
way 362222045OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=hospitalOpenStreetMap feature
building=batimentOpenStreetMap feature
healthcare=hospitalOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=sunniWikidata ID
Q3114987
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Slovenian—“Great Mosque of Touba” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الجامع الكبير في توبا”
- Arabic: “مسجد طوبى الكبير”
- Bengali: “তৌবার মহান মসজিদ”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد توبا الكبير”
- French: “Grande Mosquee de Touba”
- French: “Grande mosquée de touba”
- French: “Grande mosquée de Touba”
- French: “Grande Mosquée de Touba”
- French: “Grande Mosquée De Touba”
- French: “Mosquée de Touba”
- German: “Große Moschee von Touba”
- Hebrew: “המסגד הגדול של טובה”
- Indonesian: “Masjid Agung Touba”
- Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti mukuru muri Touba”
- Portuguese: “Grande Mesquita de Tuba”
- Romanian: “Marea Moschee din Touba”
- Slovenian: “Velika mošeja, Touba”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Daaray Kamil (Bibliothèque Cheikhoul Khadim) and Bureau de Poste de Touba (Annexe Darrou Khoudoss).
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