List of mosques in Tunisia

Last updated August 15, 2024

This is a list of mosques in Tunisia . According to the data by the Ministry of Religious Affairs in December 2015, there are 5,470 mosques in Tunisia as a whole, among which 4,299 are Jami Masjids which conduct Friday Prayer and 1,171 are smaller mosques.^[1] The city of Sfax has highest number of mosques, with 418 Jama Masjids and 88 smaller mosques.^[2] The city of Djerba contains 380 mosques, among which 20 are underground mosques.^[3]

List of mosques in Tunisia
Name	Year	City
Sidi Elyes Mosque جامع سيدي إلياس	uncertain, before 15th century	Sfax
Bab Bhar Mosque مسجد باب بحار	1282	Tunis
Bab Jazira Mosque مسجد باب جزيرة	1710	Tunis 36°47′31″N10°10′35″E / 36.7920°N 10.1765°E / 36.7920; 10.1765
Mosque of the Barber مسجد الحلاق	17th century	Kairouan
Bardo Mosque مسجد الباردو	19th century	Le Bardo
Great Mosque of Béja الجامع الكبير بباجة	944	Béja
Al Bey Mosque مسجد الباي	1683	Kairouan 35°40′34″N9°26′49″E / 35.67611°N 9.44694°E / 35.67611; 9.44694
The Bey's Mosque جامع مراد باي	1675	Béja
Bled el Hadhar Mosque مسجد بلد الحضر	1149	Tozeur
Bourgiba Mosque جامع برقويبة	1963	Monastir 35°46′28″N10°49′50″E / 35.7743848°N 10.8305025°E / 35.7743848; 10.8305025
Bu Ftata Mosque مسجد بؤ فتاتة	838-841	Sousse
Douar el Chott Mosque مسجد دوار الشط	?	Carthage
Dougga Mosque مسجد دوغا	?	Dougga
El Ahmadi Mosque مسجد الاحمدي	?	La Marsa
El Hilali Mosque مسجد الهلالي	?	Kairouan
El Jedid Mosque مسجد الجديد	1726	Tunis 36°47′41″N10°10′26″E / 36.7948°N 10.1738°E / 36.7948; 10.1738
El May Mosque مسجد الماي	?	Djerba
El Rabba Mosque مسجد الرباء	?	Sousse
Ennasr Mosque مسجد النصر	?	Ghomrassen
Ennour Mosque مسجد النور	?	Monastir
Essaidia Mosque مسجد السعيدية	?	Le Bardo
Djemaa Fadhloun جمامع فضلون	14th century	Djerba 33°49′29″N10°57′33″E / 33.82472°N 10.95917°E / 33.82472; 10.95917
Great Mosque of Gafsa الجامع الكبير بغفسا	?	Gafsa
Al Haliq Mosque مسجد حليق	14th century	Tunis 36°47′31″N10°10′14″E / 36.791953°N 10.170541°E / 36.791953; 10.170541
Great Mosque of Hammamet الجامع الكبير بحمامة	?	Hammamet
Hammouda Pacha Mosque مسجد حمودة باشا	1655	Tunis 36°47′54″N10°10′15″E / 36.79833°N 10.17083°E / 36.79833; 10.17083
Al Haoua Mosque مسجد الهواء	1252	Tunis 36°47′34″N10°09′55″E / 36.79278°N 10.16528°E / 36.79278; 10.16528
Ibn Abbas Mosque مسجد ابن عباس	?	Djerba
Jarah Mosque مسجد جراح	?	Gabès
Great Mosque of Kairouan الجامع الكبير قيروان	670	Kairouan 35°40′53″N10°06′14″E / 35.68139°N 10.10389°E / 35.68139; 10.10389
Kasbah Mosque مسجد قصبة	1230	Tunis 36°47′48″N10°10′04″E / 36.79667°N 10.16778°E / 36.79667; 10.16778
Ksar Mosque مسجد قصر	12th century	Tunis 36°47′43″N10°10′11″E / 36.79528°N 10.16972°E / 36.79528; 10.16972
Ksar Hadada Mosque مسجد قصر حدد	?	Ksar Hadada
Great Mosque of Medjez el Bab الجامع الكبير بمجز الباب	?	Béja
El Lawlib Mosque مسجد اللولب	?	Kairouan
Al Malek Mosque مسجد الملك	18th century	Kairouan 35°40′34″N10°06′01″E / 35.67611°N 10.10028°E / 35.67611; 10.10028
Malik ibn Anas Mosque مسجد مالك ابن أنس	2003	Carthage 36°51′34″N10°19′44″E / 36.85944°N 10.32889°E / 36.85944; 10.32889
Great Mosque of Mahdia الجامع الكبير بمهدية	916	Mahdia 35°30′14″N11°04′19″E / 35.503896°N 11.072054°E / 35.503896; 11.072054
Great Mosque of Monastir الجامع الكبير بمنستير	9th century	Monastir 35°40′12″N10°53′33″E / 35.67000°N 10.89250°E / 35.67000; 10.89250
Mosque of Muhammad ibn Khairun مسجد ابن خيرون	866	Kairouan 35°24′13″N10°03′40″E / 35.4037°N 10.0610°E / 35.4037; 10.0610
Mustapha Hamza Mosque مسجد مسطفى حمزة الخضر	1778^[4]	Mahdia
Great Mosque of Nabeul الجامع الكبير نباول	?	Nabeul
Negra Mosque مسجد نغر	?	Kairouan
Mosque of the Ouled Majed مسجد الوالد مجد	?	Degache
Saheb Ettabaâ Mosque مسجد صاحب الطابع	1814	Tunis 36°48′28″N10°10′00″E / 36.80778°N 10.16667°E / 36.80778; 10.16667
Sedouikech Underground Mosque مسجد سدويكش	?	Djerba
Mosque of the Seven Sleepers مسجد الرقود السبع	?	Chenini
Great Mosque of Sfax الجامع الكبير بسفاكس	850	Sfax 34°44′10″N10°45′39″E / 34.73611°N 10.76083°E / 34.73611; 10.76083
Sidi Abdel Jaoued Mosque مسجد سيدي عبدالجواد	?	Jugurtha Tableland
Sidi Achor Mosque مسجد سيدي أشور	?	Nabeul
Sidi Amor Kammoun Mosque مسجد سيدي عمر فنون	?	Sfax
Sidi Bou Makhlouf Mosque مسجد سيدي بؤ مخلوف	17th century^[5]	Le Kef
Sidi Bou Said Mosque مسجد سيدي بو سعيد	?	Sidi Bou Said
Sidi Mahrez Mosque مسجد سيدي محرز	1692	Tunis 36°48′15″N10°10′06″E / 36.80417°N 10.16833°E / 36.80417; 10.16833
Sidi Mtir Mosque مسجد سيدي متير	?	Mahdia
Sidi Reis Mosque مسجد سيدي رئيس	?	Sfax
Slimane Hamza Mosque مسجد سليمان حمزة	1826^[4]	Mahdia
Great Mosque of Sousse الجامع الكبير بسوسة	851	Sousse 35°49′37″N10°38′23″E / 35.82694°N 10.63972°E / 35.82694; 10.63972
Mosque of the Strangers مسجد الاجانب	15th century	Houmt El Souk 33°52′36″N10°51′38″E / 33.87667°N 10.86056°E / 33.87667; 10.86056
Tabbanine Mosque مسجد التبانين	1487	Tunis
Great Mosque of Testour الجامع الكبير بتستور	1631	Testour 36°33′14″N09°26′49″E / 36.55389°N 9.44694°E / 36.55389; 9.44694
Mosque of the Turks مسجد الأتراك	16th century	Houmt El Souk 33°31′27″N10°30′48″E / 33.5242°N 10.5133°E / 33.5242; 10.5133
Youssef Dey Mosque مسجد يوسف دي	1631	Tunis 36°47′49″N10°10′10″E / 36.79694°N 10.16944°E / 36.79694; 10.16944
Al-Zaytuna Mosque مسجد الزيتون	698	Tunis 36°47′50″N10°10′16″E / 36.7972°N 10.1711°E / 36.7972; 10.1711
Zawiya al-Zouqaq زوية الزوقاق	?	Tunis

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[1] عدد الجوامع والمساجد المصادق على ترسيمها ضمن قائمة المعالم الدينية إلى حدود شهر ديسمبر 2015، وزارة الشؤون الدينية، ديسمبر 2015

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