List of mosques in Algeria

This is a list of mosques in Algeria. According to the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowment in 2006, there are around 15,000 mosques in Algeria as a whole, of which 450 are in the capital city of Algiers. 90% of which are built after the independence of Algeria in 1962.^[1]

Name	Location	Year	Remarks
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.
Sidi Khaled Mosque	Town of Sidi Khaled in 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.
1st November of 1954 Great Mosque	Batna	2003
20th August of 1956 Mosque	Ouzellaguen	2011
Abdelhamid Ben Badis Mosque	Oran	2015
Abdellah Ben Salem Mosque	Oran	1918
Ben Farès Mosque	Algiers	1865
Al-Aman Mosque	Souk Ahras	2011
Ali Bitchin Mosque	Algiers	1622
Al-Qods Mosque [fr]	Bouira	1652
Al-Rahma Mosque, Algiers [ar]	Algiers	1897
El Barani Mosque	Algiers	1653
Bey Mohamed el-Kebir Mosque	Oran	1792
Djama’a al-Djedid	Algiers	1660
Great Mosque of Algiers	Algiers	1097^[2]
Emir Abdelkader Mosque	Constantine	1994
Ghardaia Mosque	Ghardaia	10th century
Hassan Pasha Mosque	Oran	1796
Imam el-Houari Mosque	Oran	1792-1799
Jemma Al Djazair	Algiers	2019
El Kawthar Mosque	Blida	1533	Renovated and expanded in 1981
Ketchaoua Mosque	Algiers	1612
Mansourah Mosque	Tlemcen	1302-1303
El Mechouar Mosque	Tlemcen	1310
Great Mosque of Nedroma	Nedroma	1145
El Rahman Mosque	Cherchell	1574
Safir Mosque	Algiers	1534
Salah Bey Mosque	Annaba	1791-1792
Shrine of Sidi Abder Rahman	Algiers	1471	Commemorates Sidi Abder Rahman El Thaelebi, a renowned Islamic scholar
Sidi Boumediene Mosque	Tlemcen	1339	Preserves the tomb of Abu Madyan, an influential Sufi
Sidi Ghanim Mosque [fr]	Mila	678^[3]	Probably the oldest Mosque in Algeria
Sidi Bellahsen Mosque	Tlemcen	1290
Sidi Bou Merouane Mosque [fr]	Annaba	1033
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.
Sidi Okba Mosque	Sidi Okba	686^[4]
Sidi Ramadan Mosque	Algiers	1097
Great Mosque of Tlemcen	Tlemcen	1136^[5]^[6]
Al-Umma Mosque	Algiers	1951

References

^ 15 ألف مسجد في الجزائر Archived 11 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Albayan. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
^ "Fountain in Mosque of El Kebir, Algiers, Algeria". World Digital Library. 1899. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
^ "Mois du patrimoine : La mosquée de Sidi Ghanem de Mila, une histoire à écrire". www.elmoudjahid.com. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
^ "Sidi 'Uqba (mosque, minaret and tomb)". Museum With No Frontiers. Archived from the original on 19 December 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
^ "Qantara - Great Mosque of Tlemcen". www.qantara-med.org. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
^ Marçais, Georges (1954). L'architecture musulmane d'Occident. Paris: Arts et métiers graphiques.

[1] 15 ألف مسجد في الجزائر Archived 11 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Albayan. Retrieved 11 January 2018.

[WDL-2] "Fountain in Mosque of El Kebir, Algiers, Algeria". World Digital Library. 1899. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013.

[:1-3] "Mois du patrimoine : La mosquée de Sidi Ghanem de Mila, une histoire à écrire". www.elmoudjahid.com. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.

[4] "Sidi 'Uqba (mosque, minaret and tomb)". Museum With No Frontiers. Archived from the original on 19 December 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2019.

[5] "Qantara - Great Mosque of Tlemcen". www.qantara-med.org. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2020.

[:02-6] Marçais, Georges (1954). L'architecture musulmane d'Occident. Paris: Arts et métiers graphiques.

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