Great Mosque of Touba

The Great Mosque of Touba is a in , . It was founded by Ahmadou Bamba in 1887 and completed in 1963. Bamba died in 1927 and was interred inside the mosque.
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  • Type: Hospital
  • Denomination: Sunni
  • Description: mosque in Touba, Diourbel, Senegal
  • Also known as: “Grande Mosquee de Touba”, “Grande mosquée de touba”, “Grande Mosquée De Touba”, and “Mosquée de Touba”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Touba.

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Ṭouba is a city in central , part of Diourbel Region and district. With a population of 1,120,824 in 2023, it is the second most populated Senegalese city after .

Great Mosque of Touba

Latitude
14.8632° or 14° 51′ 48″ north
Longitude
-15.87556° or 15° 52′ 32″ west
Open location code
7C66V47F+7Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 362222045
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­hospital
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­batiment
Open­Street­Map feature
healthcare=­hospital
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­sunni
Wiki­data 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 mosquée de Touba”
  • French: “Grande Mosquée de Touba”
  • German: “Große Moschee von Touba”
  • Hebrew: “המסגד הגדול של טובה”
  • Hindi: “तूबा बड़ी मस्जिद”
  • 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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