Seoul Central Mosque built

1976 CE.

Shown on the map at 37.533°, 126.998°.

The Seoul Central Mosque (Korean: 서울중앙성원; Arabic: مسجد سول المركزي) is a mosque opened in 1976 in Itaewon, Seoul, South Korea. It is located in Hannam-dong, Yongsan District. It holds lectures in English, Arabic, and Korean. Friday prayers regularly attract between four hundred and five hundred worshipers in the afternoon, though regular attendance has sometimes been known to climb as high as eight hundred people.

Text from the Wikipedia article Seoul Central Mosque, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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