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Bawan Tua Mosque

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the oldest mosques in indonesia located in nagari bawan”. Today it says “one of the oldest mosques in indonesia”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Mosque in West Sumatra, Indonesia”. It now reads “Mosque in Agam, West Sumatra, Indonesia”.
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Bawan Tuo Mosque , also known as Babussalam Mosque , is one of the oldest mosques in Indonesia, located in Nagari Bawan , Ampek Nagari Subdistrict , Agam Regency , West Sumatra . The mosque, which was first established in 1800, is a relic of Rajo Kaciak , in the territory of Lambah Bawan Kingdom , the last area in Minangkabau which was controlled by the Dutch East India Company . The mosque is 40 x 40 square meters and stands on one hectare of waqf (endowed) land.

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the oldest mosques in indonesia located in nagari bawan”. Today it says “one of the oldest mosques in indonesia”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Mosque in West Sumatra, Indonesia”. It now reads “Mosque in Agam, West Sumatra, Indonesia”. Read the current article and compare.
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one of the oldest mosques in indonesia located in nagari bawan

Now

one of the oldest mosques in indonesia

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