Great Mosque of Niamey

The Grand Mosque of Niamey is a Sunni located in , that was built in the 1970s. The largest mosque in the city, it is located along Islam Avenue.
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Denomination: Sunni
  • Description: mosque in Niamey, Niger
  • Also known as: “Grand Mosque of Niamey”, “Grande mosquee de Niamey”, “Grande mosquée de Niamey”, “Mosquée Khaddafi”, and “Niamey Grand Mosque”
  • Address: Avenue de L’Islam, Kalley 1, 8000
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Oumarou Ganda Cultural Centre and Stade Général Seyni Kountché.

Arts center
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is an arts center, which is situated 490 metres east of Great Mosque of Niamey.

Stadium
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is a multi-purpose stadium in , . Used for football matches, it is home to the Niger national football team, as well as Niger Premier League clubs Sahel SC, Olympic FC de Niamey, Zumunta AC and JS du Ténéré, as well as club competitions such as the Niger Cup. is situated 2½ km west of Great Mosque of Niamey.

Museum
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Musée National Boubou Hama is the national museum of , located in . It was founded on December 18, 1959 as Musée National du Niger. Its first conservator, Pablo Toucet, designed the concept of the museum, according to which it was part of the Culture Valley of Niamey, proposed by Boubou Hama. is situated 3 km southwest of Great Mosque of Niamey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Madina and Bandabari.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Great Mosque of Niamey

Latitude
13.52212° or 13° 31′ 20″ north
Longitude
2.13289° or 2° 7′ 58″ east
Open location code
7F54G4CM+R5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 38758638
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mosque
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­sunni
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data ID
Q279545
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Uzbek—“Great Mosque of Niamey” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Xhamia e Madhe e Niamejit”
  • Arabic: “مسجد نيامي الكبير”
  • Bengali: “নিয়ামের বড় মসজিদ”
  • Dutch: “Grote Moskee van Niamey”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد نيامى الكبير”
  • French: “Grande mosquée de Niamey”
  • French: “Grande Mosquée de Niamey”
  • German: “Grande mosquée de Niamey”
  • German: “Große Moschee von Niamey”
  • Hausa: “Babban Masallacin Yamai”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Niamey”
  • Russian: “Большая мечеть Ниамея”
  • Uzbek: “Katta masjid (Niamey)”
  • Uzbek: “Katta masjid”

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