List of mosques in Egypt

This is a list of mosques in Egypt.

There are 114,000 mosques in Egypt as of 2016, of which 83,000 are affiliated with the Ministry of Endowments. ^[1] This list includes notable mosques within Egypt; however, it excludes mosques in Alexandria and Cairo, as there are separate lists for mosques in these cities.

List of mosques

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In Alexandria

Main article: List of mosques in Alexandria

In Cairo

Main article: List of mosques in Cairo

Elsewhere in Egypt

Name	Images	Location	Year	Remarks
Sadat Quraish Mosque		Bilbeis 30°25′5.45″N31°33′48.15″E / 30.4181806°N 31.5633750°E / 30.4181806; 31.5633750	639	Oldest mosque in North Africa
Amr ibn al-As Mosque (Damietta)		Damietta	642	The third oldest mosque in Egypt
Ibrahim El Desouki Mosque		Desouk 31°07′43″N30°38′47″E / 31.12849°N 30.64630°E / 31.12849; 30.64630	1277	Contains a shrine which entombs the remains of Shaykh al-Islam and mystic Ibrahim al-Dasuqi and his brother Sharaf al-Din Musa
Abu Haggag Mosque		Luxor 25°42′00″N32°38′22″E / 25.70000°N 32.63944°E / 25.70000; 32.63944	1286
Ahmad Al-Badawi Mosque		Tanta 30°47′01″N30°59′56″E / 30.78361°N 30.99889°E / 30.78361; 30.99889	13th century	Renovated in 1975 and in 2005
Mausoleum of Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili		Humaithara	13th century	Originally built as a Mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili, founder of the Shadhili order.
El-Tabia Mosque		Aswan 24°05′20″N32°53′59″E / 24.0890°N 32.8998°E / 24.0890; 32.8998	early-19th century
Sidi Arif Mosque		Sohag 26°32′54″N31°42′05″E / 26.54833°N 31.70139°E / 26.54833; 31.70139	1968
Al-Fattah Al-Aleem Mosque		New Administrative Capital 30°01′39″N31°45′54″E / 30.02750°N 31.76500°E / 30.02750; 31.76500	2019	The biggest mosque in Egypt
Egypt’s Islamic Cultural Center		New Administrative Capital	2023	The largest mosque in Africa

See also

• Islam portal
• Egypt portal

• Islam in Egypt
• Lists of mosques

References

1. "Egypt installs prepaid electric meters for mosques". al-monitor.com. 2016-09-04. Retrieved 2016-09-06.

External links

Media related to Mosques in Egypt at Wikimedia Commons