Vientiane Jamia Mosque

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Vientiane Jamia Mosque
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The mosque entrance in 2014
Religion
Affiliation Sunni Islam
Sect Hanafi school
Ecclesiastical or organisational status Mosque
StatusActive
Location
Location Vientiane
Country Laos
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Red pog.svg
Location of the mosque in Laos
Geographic coordinates 17°57′52.9″N102°36′32.5″E / 17.964694°N 102.609028°E / 17.964694; 102.609028
Architecture
Type Mosque architecture
Style Neo-Mughal
Specifications
Dome(s)One
Minaret(s)One

The Vientiane Jamia Mosque, also called Jamia Masjid or the Congregational Mosqu, is a Sunni Islamic mosque that worships in the Hanafi school tradition, located in a lane near the Nam Phu Fountain, in Vientiane, Laos. It is the oldest mosque in Laos. [1] [2]

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Architecture

The mosque is a two-story building, where the ground floor consists of the communal kitchen and the upper floor is the prayer hall. The minaret was constructed in the Neo-Mughal architectural style. [3] The mosque features an education room. [4]

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