Touba

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Touba توبا
City
The Great Mosque of Touba
Touba Location within Senegal
Coordinates: 14°52′N 15°53′W / 14.867°N 15.883°W / 14.867; -15.883
Country	Senegal
Region	Diourbel
Department	Mbacké
Government
• Governor	Mountakha Mbacké
Elevation	35 m (115 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Total	529,176[1]
Time zone	UTC±0 (Greenwich Mean Time)

Touba (Hassaniya Arabic: توبا, 'Felicity'; Wolof: Tuubaa) is a city in central Senegal, part of Diourbel Region and Mbacké district. With a population of 529,176^[1] in 2010, it is the second most populated Senegalese city after Dakar. It is the holy city of Mouridism and the burial place of its founder, Shaikh Ahmadou Bàmba Mbàcke. Next to his tomb stands a large mosque, completed in 1963.