Larabanga
Larabanga is a city in Ghana with a population of about 4,500.
GhanaSmall town🏆 #113 most populated in Ghana🕐 Africa/Accra
Larabanga is a town in West Gonja district, a district in the Savannah Region of Ghana. It is known for its whitewashed adobe Sahelian mosque and it is called Larabanga Mosque, said to date from 1421, and which, having been built at the height of the trans-Saharan trade, is reputed to be Ghana's oldest mosque and houses a copy of the Qur'an almost as old. The Larabanga Mosque is also referred to as 'Mecca of West Africa'
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About Larabanga
| Country | Ghana |
| Continent | Africa |
| Explore | 17 |
| Population | 4,500 |
| Local currency | GHS |
| Coordinates | 9.2189, -1.8596 |
| Time zone | Africa/Accra |
🧭 Facts & curiosities
| Settlement type | Small town |
| Distance to the capital | 447 km · Accra |
| Population (Ghana) | #113 most populated in Ghana |
| Where on Earth | 9°13′8″N · 1°51′35″W |
| Hemisphere | N · W |
| Distance to the equator | 1,026 km |
| Distance to the North Pole | 8,993 km |
| Did you know | More populous than 99% of all places |
| Same latitude as | Yola (Nigeria) |
| Antipode (other side of Earth) | -9.22, 178.14 |
✈️ Distance to major cities
| Cairo | 4,142 km |
| Paris | 4,425 km |
| London | 4,705 km |
| São Paulo | 6,079 km |
| Moscow | 6,212 km |
| Dubai | 6,275 km |