Touba (t
`bä), town (1988 pop. 23,751), Diourbel prov., W Senegal. The terminus of a branch line from main Dakar-Niger RR, it is located in peanut-growing region. Touba is the religious center of the Mourides, an African Islamic Sufi brotherhood founded (1887) by Sheik Amadou Bamba Mbacke, and is the site of an annual pilgrimage commemorating his exile. The Mourides' great mosque dominates the town.
`bä), town (1988 pop. 23,751), Diourbel prov., W Senegal. The terminus of a branch line from main Dakar-Niger RR, it is located in peanut-growing region. Touba is the religious center of the Mourides, an African Islamic Sufi brotherhood founded (1887) by Sheik Amadou Bamba Mbacke, and is the site of an annual pilgrimage commemorating his exile. The Mourides' great mosque dominates the town.Touba
in full Touba Mosquéetown (pop., 2004 est.: 451,344), west-central Senegal. The town takes its name from the Grand Mosquée of the Mourides (Muridiyyah), a large and influential Muslim sect in Senegal, and is the site of the sect's annual Grand Magal pilgrimage. The mosque houses the tomb of Amadou Bamba (d. 1927), who founded the sect. The cooperative efforts of the Mourides have made Touba an economic force and a regional business centre. The town is located in an agricultural (peanuts and millet) and pastoral (zebu cattle and goats) area of the Senegalese Sahel. Most of the sect's members are peanut farmers. Touba has a library, a school, and several marketplaces.
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