Touba is a town and sub-prefecture in the Gaoual Prefecture in the Boké Region of north-western Guinea.[1] As of 2014,[update] it had a population of 26,260 people.[2]
Touba | |
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Sub-prefecture and town | |
  Touba Location in Guinea | |
| Coordinates: 11°36′00″N 13°02′00″W / 11.60000°N 13.03333°W | |
| Country |  Guinea |
| Region | Boké Region |
| Prefecture | Gaoual Prefecture |
| Population | |
• Total | 26,260 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
The city is a major center of Islam in the region, particularly the Qadiriyya Sufi order and the Jakhanke people.[3]
History
editTouba was founded in 1815 by al-Hajj Salimu Kasama, better known as Karamokho Ba, on the main axis between the Imamate of Futa Jallon and Kaabu.[4] By the late 1800s, it was one of the biggest slave markets of the region.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Subprefectures of Guinea". Statoids. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
- ^ "Guinea". Institut National de la Statistique, Guinea, accessed via Geohive. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ Jean Suret-Canale, « Touba in Guinea, holy place of Islam », in C. H. Allen and R. W. Johnson, African perspectives, Cambridge University Press, 1970, p. 53-81
- ^ Giesing & Vydrine 2007, p. 12, 185.
- ^ Giesing & Vydrine 2007, p. 185.
Sources
edit- Giesing, Cornelia; Vydrine, Valentin, eds. (2007). Ta:rikh Mandinka de Bijini (Guinée-Bissau): La mémoire des Mandinka et des Sòoninkee du Kaabu (in French). Boston: Leiden.
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