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Ankang North Mosque

安康清真北寺
📍 Ankang · Hanbin District 🏛️ 1502 (Ming Hongzhi 15) 👥 several hundred worshippers

📜 About & history

Ankang North Mosque was founded in 1502 (Ming Hongzhi 15) on Nanzheng Street in the old city. Like the other Ankang mosques it was destroyed in the great July 1983 flood; reconstruction began in 1984 and was completed in 1994.

🕌 Prayer & visiting

TraditionSunni (Hui Muslim, Gedimu / old teaching)

Five daily prayers and Friday Jumu'ah, Chinese-language khutbah. Ablution facilities on site.

📍 Address

Nanzheng Street, Hanbin District, Ankang, Shaanxi
Address in Chinese (for taxis): 陕西省安康市汉滨区南正街清真北寺

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🚇 How to reach the mosque

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Bus

Old city of Hanbin District on Nanzheng Street; central city buses nearby.

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From the Arab districts

No Arab trader quarter; visitors usually come from Xi'an by rail.

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From downtown

No metro. From Ankang Railway Station take a taxi into the old city (Nanzheng Street), about 10-15 minutes.

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Useful tip

Within the Ankang old-city Hui quarter, close to the Inner City Mosque; halal food nearby. Languages: Mandarin, local dialect.