Touba

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| official_name = Touba | other_name = توبا | native_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = City | motto = | image_skyline = Touba 034 (45718877585).jpg | image_caption = The Great Mosque of Touba | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_type = | blank_emblem_size = | image_map = | mapsize = 250px | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | image_dot_map = | dot_mapsize = | dot_map_caption = | dot_x = | dot_y = | pushpin_map = Senegal | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_caption = Location within Senegal | pushpin_mapsize = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Diourbel | subdivision_type2 = Department | subdivision_name2 = Mbacké | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = Governor | leader_name = Mountakha Mbacké | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | established_title = | established_date = | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | population_as_of = 2023 census | population_total = 1120824 | population_note = | population_footnotes = | population_density_km2 = | population_density_sq_mi = | timezone = Greenwich Mean Time | utc_offset = ±0 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = | elevation_footnotes = under a very modern apparent exterior, one thus finds an ancient form of Senegalese, indeed, West African, Islamic life: the constituting of “maraboutic villages”, enclaves which bring together the most keen devotees and which, through the force of the charisma of their directors, are able to escape from the exactions, pressures and constraints of the warrior and temporal authorities.During the Great Magal pilgrimage, official representatives of the Senegalese state make official delegations, recognising the distinctive status of Touba and the Mourides within Senegal.