Lists of mosques in South America

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This is a list of lists of mosques in South America, including mosques, Islamic centers, individual buildings, and congregations and administrative organizations, sorted by country in South America. ^[a]

Argentina

Main article: List of mosques in Argentina

Bolivia

Name	Images	Location	Year	Remarks
As-Salam Mosque		La Paz		[1]
Bolivian Islamic Center		Calle San Joaquin, Santa Cruz,		[2] [3]
Yebel An Nur Mosque				[4]

Brazil

Main article: List of mosques in Brazil

Chile

Name	Images	Location	Year	Remarks
Mezquita As-Salam		Santiago	1989	[5]
Mohammed VI Mosque		Coquimbo	2007	[6]
Bilal Mosque  [ es ]		Iquique	1997	[7] [8]
Mezquita La Huayca		La Huayca		[9] [10]

Colombia

Name	Images	Location	Year	Remarks
Mosque of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab		Maicao	1997	[11]
Othman Ben Affan Mosque		Barranquilla	2005	[12]
Abou Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque		Bogotá	2012	[13]
Mezquita de As-Salam Medellin				[14]
Mezquita de Muhammad				[15]
Mezquita Bilal Al Habashi				[16]
Islamic Center Al-Qurtubi				[17]
Ahlul Bayt Mosque				[18]

Paraguay

Main article: List of mosques in Paraguay

Peru

Name	Images	Location	Year	Remarks
Bab al-Islam Mosque		Tacna	2000	[19]
Mosque of Lima		Lima	1986

Suriname

Name	Images	Location	Year	Remarks
Mosque Keizerstraat		Paramaribo	1984	[20]
		Wanica District	1906	First known mosque established in South America. [21]
Nabawi Suriname Mosque		Paramaribo	1933	[22]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Nasir Mosque		Paramaribo	1971	[23]

Uruguay

Name	Image	Location	Year	Remarks
Egyptian Center of Islamic Culture		Montevideo
Islamic Center Uruguay				[24]
Musallah Al Haazimi

Venezuela

Name	Images	Location	Year	Remarks
		Caracas	1968	First purpose-built mosque in Venezuela. [25]
Mosque of Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim		Caracas	1993	Second largest mosque in South America at 5,000 m2 (54,000 sq ft). Possesses the tallest minaret in the Americas at 113 m (371 ft) tall. [26]
Punto Fijo Mosque		Punto Fijo, Falcón	2008
Al-Rauda Mosque		Maracaibo, Zulia
Islamic Association of the Palestine Mosque		El Limón, Aragua
Honorable Association of the Jerusalem Mosque		Margarita, Nueva Esparta
Honorable Association of the Omar ben al-Khattab Mosque		San Felipe
Mezquita en el Tigre		Anzoátegui

See also

• Islam portal
• South America portal

• Islam in American Continent
• Lists of mosques (worldwide)
• Lists of mosques in North America
• List of the oldest mosques in the world

Notes

1. Mosques in Central America can be found in the Lists of mosques in North America.

References

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23. "Ahmadiyya Muslim Nasir Mosque – Mosqpedia" . Retrieved 29 August 2025.
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