Tsingoni

Tsingoni
Commune
Tsingoni Mosque

Location of the commune (in red) within Mayotte
Coordinates: 12°47′09″S 45°06′41″E / 12.7858°S 45.1113°E / -12.7858; 45.1113Coordinates: 12°47′09″S 45°06′41″E / 12.7858°S 45.1113°E / -12.7858; 45.1113
Country France
Overseas region and department Mayotte
Canton Tsingoni
Government
 • Mayor Ali Souffou
Area 34.76 km2 (13.42 sq mi)
Population (2012 census)1 10,454
 • Density 300/km2 (780/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 97617 /97680
Elevation 0–477 m (0–1,565 ft)
1 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Tsingoni is a commune in the French overseas department of Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean.

Mosque

Tsingoni Mosque (French: Mosquée de Tsingoni), originally built in 1538, is the oldest active mosque in France.[1] However it is not the oldest mosque in France. There is archaeological evidence of an eighth-century mosque in Narbonne, France.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Pauly, Martial (10 February 2011). "La mosquée de Tsingoni, la plus ancienne mosquée en activité de France (Tsingoni Mosque, the oldest active mosque in France)". Archeologie Mayotte, Océan Indien (in French). Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Islam Outside the Arab World, David Westerlund, Ingvar Svanberg, Palgrave Macmillan, 1999, page 342
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