List of mosques in Algeria

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This is a list of mosques in Algeria. According to Algeria Press Service as of 2020, there were approximately 18,400 mosques in Algeria.[1]

List

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Name Images Location Year Notes
Sidi Okba Mosque Sidi Okba 686 [2]
Ghardaia Mosque Ghardaia 10th century
Sidi Bou Merouane Mosque [fr] Annaba 1033
Great Mosque of Algiers Algiers 1097 [3]
Sidi Ramadan Mosque Algiers 1097
Great Mosque of Tlemcen Tlemcen 1136 [4][5]
Great Mosque of Nedroma Nedroma 1145
Sidi Bellahsen Mosque Tlemcen 1296 Repurposed as an Islamic art museum
Mansourah Mosque Tlemcen 1302-1303
El Mechouar Mosque Tlemcen 1310
Sidi Boumediene Mosque Tlemcen 1339 Preserves the tomb of Abu Madyan, an influential Sufi
Sidi El Haloui Tlemcen 1353 Built by the Marinid Sultan Abou Inane Fares in honor of Abou Abdallah Echoudsy, a qadi of Seville accused of witchcraft and conspiring against the Zayyanid monarch under the Marinid occupation of the city.
Shrine of Sidi Abder Rahman Algiers 1471 Commemorates Sidi Abder Rahman El Thaelebi, a renowned Islamic scholar
El Kawthar Mosque Blida 1533 Renovated and expanded in 1981
Safir Mosque Algiers 1534
Ketchaoua Mosque Algiers 1612
Ali Bitchin Mosque Algiers 1622
Al-Qods Mosque [fr] Bouira 1652
El Barani Mosque Algiers 1653
Djama’a al-Djedid Algiers 1660 [6]
Mausoleum of Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine Algiers 1791 Preserves the tomb of Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine, the founder of Rahmaniyya Sufi order and one of the seven Patron Saints of Algiers.
Bey Mohamed el-Kebir Mosque Oran 1792
Salah Bey Mosque Annaba 1791-1792
Hassan Pasha Mosque Oran 1796
Imam al-Houari Mosque Oran 1792-1799 [7]
Ben Farès Mosque Algiers 1865 Built as a synagogue in 1865; converted to a mosque in 1962.
Al-Rahma Mosque, Algiers [ar] Algiers 1897
El Rahman Mosque Cherchell 19th century Built in the 19th century as a church; converted to a mosque in 1964.
Sidi Khaled Mosque Sidi Khaled, Biskra 1912 The current structure is a 1917 reconstruction. It is believed to contain the tomb of the pre-Islamic figure, Khalid bin Sinan, who is cited in local traditions as having moved to Algeria. It is currently in a state of disrepair but is still a popular spot for visits from locals.
Abdellah Ben Salem Mosque Oran 1918
Al-Umma Mosque Algiers 1951
Emir Abdelkader Mosque Constantine 1994
1st November of 1954 Great Mosque Batna 2003
20th August of 1956 Mosque Ouzellaguen 2011
Al-Aman Mosque Souk Ahras 2011
Abdelhamid Ben Badis Mosque Oran 2015
Jemma Al Djazair Algiers 2019 Houses the world's tallest minaret that is 265 metres (869 ft) high and is the third-largest mosque in the world,[8][9][10][11] capable of accommodating 120,000 worshippers.
Sidi Ghanim Mosque [fr] Mila

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "عدد المساجد بالجزائر تجاوز 18400 مسجد" [The number of mosques in Algeria has exceeded 18,400.]. Algeria Press Service (in Arabic). 8 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Sidi 'Uqba (mosque, minaret and tomb)". Museum With No Frontiers. Archived from the original on 19 December 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Fountain in Mosque of El Kebir, Algiers, Algeria". World Digital Library. 1899. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Qantara - Great Mosque of Tlemcen". www.qantara-med.org. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  5. ^ Marçais, Georges (1954). L'architecture musulmane d'Occident. Paris: Arts et métiers graphiques.
  6. ^ Lafer, Ali (2017). "Djamaʽa al-Djedid (New Mosque)". Discover Islamic Art. Museum with No Frontiers. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Sidi El-Houari Mosque". mosqpedia.org. Abdullatif Al Fozan Award for Mosque Architecture. 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  8. ^ "Algeria builds giant mosque with world's tallest minaret". The Guardian. 6 May 2016. Archived from the original on 5 July 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Bouteflika's mosque seen as monument to megalomania in Algeria". Arab News. 16 April 2019. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  10. ^ "La Grande Mosquée d'Alger, le chantier de trop du président déchu Abdelaziz Bouteflika". Le Monde.fr. Le Monde. 3 April 2019. Archived from the original on 14 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  11. ^ بطاقة فنية - جامع الجزائر (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 29 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
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