Touba, Boké Explained

Touba
Settlement Type:Sub-prefecture and town
Pushpin Map:Guinea
Pushpin Label Position:above
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Guinea
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Guinea
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Boké Region
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture
Subdivision Name2:Gaoual Prefecture
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Total:26260
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Utc Offset:+0
Coordinates:11.6°N -13.0333°W

Touba is a town and sub-prefecture in the Gaoual Prefecture in the Boké Region of north-western Guinea.[1] it had a population of 26,260 people.[2]

The city is a major center of Islam in the region, particularly the Qadiriyya Sufi order and the Jakhanke people.[3]

History

Touba 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. By the late 1800s, it was one of the biggest slave markets of the region.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Subprefectures of Guinea. Statoids. April 19, 2009.
  2. Web site: Guinea. Institut National de la Statistique, Guinea, accessed via Geohive. 27 August 2014.
  3. [Jean Suret-Canale]