- 335 Total Temples
- 153 Announced by Nelson (46%)
- Savai’i, Samoa
- 2nd in Samoa (one in American Samoa)
- Separate Island from the Apia Temple
- 6 Stakes
- Prime Minister Visited with First Presidency on Thursday
- Cancún, Mexico
- 24th in Mexico (2nd on Yucatan Peninsula)
- Closest to the Merida Yucatan Temple
- Newish city in Quintana Roo that has grown to 1 million
- 6 Stakes
- Piura, Peru
- 8th in Peru
- Far Northwestern Peru near Ecuador
- 6 Stakes, one district
- Huancayo, Peru
- 9th in Peru
- Central Peru in the Highlands north of Lima
- Means “place of the rock” in the Quechua language
- 8-10 Stakes, one district
- Viña del Mar, Chile
- 5th in Chile
- Central coast of Chile
- Valparaíso/Viña Metro area was previously the metro area with the most stakes without a temple.
- Apostle Parley P Pratt resided in the area in 1851-1852
- His Son, Omer Pratt is buried in Valparaiso
- Returned without converts and without learning much Spanish.
- Missionaries didn’t return for 100 years.
- 12 stakes, 3 districts
- Goiânia, Brazil
- 21st in Brazil
- Capital of the State of Goiás (3 Hours from Brasilia)
- 5-8 stakes, 2 districts
- João Pessoa, Brazil
- 22nd in Brazil
- Northeastern Coastal Brazil
- 7 stakes, 2 districts
- Cape Coast, Ghana
- 3rd in Ghana
- Southwest coast of Ghana (historic sites)
- 7 stakes, 3 districts
- Calabar, Nigeria
- 5th in Nigeria
- Not too far from Eket or Aba, but separated by the Cross River
- 4 stakes, 1 district
- Luanda, Angola
- First in Angola
- Portuguese speaking country in Southwest Africa
- First mission organized in 2013
- 1 stake (2018), one district
- Mbuji-Mayi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 4th temple in the DRC (25 in Africa)
- In the Kasai Region, relatively close to the recently announced temple in Kananga
- 6 stakes
- Laoag, Philippines
- 13th in Philippines
- Northwest coast of Luzon
- 4 stakes, 2 districts
- Osaka, Japan
- 5th in Japan
- 2nd on Honshu
- 7 stakes, 2 districts
- Kahului, Hawaii (Maui)
- 3rd in Hawaii
- Church was first established in Maui
- George Q Cannon and first missionaries arrived in 1850
- First chapel in Pulehu
- Home to Jonathana Nepela, who translated the BOM into Hawaiian
- 2 stakes
- Fairbanks, Alaska
- 2nd in Alaska
- Most Northern temple in the World
- Two stakes (Fairbanks and North Pole)
- Vancouver, Washington
- 6th in Washington
- Second Portland area temple
- 7-9 stakes
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
- 4th in Colorado
- 9 stakes
- Tulsa, Oklahoma
- 2nd in Oklahoma
- 5 stakes (2 new in 2023)
- Roanoke, Virginia
- 3rd in Virginia
- 1 hour from South Virginia University in Buena Vista (YSA stake)
- 5 stakes
- Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- First in Mongolia
- Church arrived in 1992
- Landlocked between China and Russia (current travel to Hong Kong)
- 12,000 members in 25 congregations
- 2 stakes, one district (+ Russia?)
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