Ouémé Department
Porto-Novo
2ème Arrondissement

Great Mosque of Porto-Novo

The Great Mosque of Porto-Novo is a in , , .
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Photo: Léna, CC BY 4.0.
  • Type: Mosque
  • Description: mosque in Porto-Novo, Ouémé, Benin
  • Also known as: “Central mosque of Porto-Novo”, “Grande Mosquée de Porto-Novo”, and “great Mosque of Porto-Novo”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Royal Palace, Porto-Novo and Stade Charles de Gaulle.

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Royal Palace, also known as King Toffa's Palace and more recently Musée Honmé, is a former royal residence and today museum in , . It contains an example of an Alounloun and most displays are related to the King Toffa period. is situated 420 metres southwest of Great Mosque of Porto-Novo.

Stadium
Photo: Sdansou, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a multi-use in , Benin named after Charles de Gaulle. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is used as the home stadium of AS Dragons FC de l'Ouémé, Aiglons FC. is situated 1¼ km northwest of Great Mosque of Porto-Novo.

Museum
Photo: Ksperentos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a museum, which is situated 1 km west of Great Mosque of Porto-Novo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Djrègbè and Aglogbé.

Town
Djèrègbé is an arrondissement in the department of . It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of . According to the population census conducted by the Institut National de la Statistique Benin on February 15, 2002, the arrondissement had a total population of 10,527. is situated 5 km south of Great Mosque of Porto-Novo.

Town
is an arrondissement in the department of . It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of . According to the population census conducted by the Institut National de la Statistique Benin on February 15, 2002, the arrondissement had a total population of 6,759. is situated 5 km east of Great Mosque of Porto-Novo.

Town
is an arrondissement in the department of . It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of . According to the population census conducted by the Institut National de la Statistique Benin on February 15, 2002, the arrondissement had a total population of 17,652. is situated 6 km southeast of Great Mosque of Porto-Novo.

Great Mosque of Porto-Novo

Latitude
6.47174° or 6° 28′ 18″ north
Longitude
2.62811° or 2° 37′ 41″ east
Open location code
6FR4FJCH+M6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 821815072
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q94238736
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Great Mosque of Porto-Novo” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المسجد الكبير في بورتو نوفو”
  • Bengali: “পোর্তো-নোভোর বড় মসজিদ”
  • Fon: “Maslasì ɖaxó Xɔgbonu tɔ̀n”
  • French: “grande mosquée de Porto-Novo”
  • French: “Grande mosquée de Porto-Novo”
  • French: “mosquée centrale de Porto-Novo”
  • Igbo: “Central mosque of Porto-Novo”
  • Igbo: “nnukwu ụlọ alakụba nke Porto-Novo”
  • Igbo: “Nnukwu ụlọ alakụba nke Porto-Novo”
  • Uzbek: “Katta masjid (Porto-Novo)”
  • Uzbek: “Katta masjid”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Marché central de Porto-Novo and Temple méthodiste Salem.

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