Cities Without A LDS Church Presence: August 2009

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Mexico - Aguascalientes

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Here is a list of the one city in Aguascalientes (Mexico) that has over 20,000 inhabitants and no missionaries or congregation of the Church.

Rincón de Romos: 25,800

Monday, August 17, 2009

Brazil - Tocantins

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Here is a list of all the cities in Tocantins (Brazil) with over 20,000 inhabitants without missionaries or a congregation:

Araguaína: 109,500
Colinas do Tocantins: 27,900

Brazil - Sergipe

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Here is a list of cities in Sergipe (Brazil) with over 20,000 inhabitants without missionaries or a congregation.

São Cristóvão : 70,200
Tobias Barreto: 30,100
Propriá: 23,700
Laranjeiras: 21,500

Brazil - Sao Paulo

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Here is a list of the cities in the state of Sao Paulo (Brazil) with over 20,000 inhabitants without a branch or missionaries.

Caieiras: 78,100
Fernandópolis: 58,900
Cajamar: 55,500
Andradina: 51,000
Taquaritinga: 48,700
Ibitinga: 47,700
Olímpia: 45,300
Jales: 44,700
São José do Rio Pardo: 44,400
Monte Alto: 42,500
Vargem Grande Paulista: 40,200
Paraguaçu Paulista: 38,200
Dracena: 38,100
Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo: 37,800
Pedreira: 37,300
Presidente Epitácio: 36,800
Ituverava: 36,200
Serrana: 36,200
Aparecida: 35,500
Orlândia: 35,400
Presidente Venceslau: 35,400
Vargem Grande do Sul: 35,000
Pontal: 34,900
Itápolis: 34,600
Guaíra: 34,500
Barra Bonita: 34,400
Santa Isabel: 34,200
Tremembé: 33,500
Cabreúva: 32,500
Guariba: 32,000
Pitangueiras: 31,900
Novo Horizonte: 31,800
Adamantina: 31,200
Tietê: 31,100
Bariri: 29,500
Santa Cruz das Palmeiras: 29,400
Promissão: 29,200
Cravinhos: 28,100
Louveira: 27,800
Cândido Mota: 27,700
Aguaí: 27,400
Ibaté: 27,100
Osvaldo Cruz: 26,800
Guararapes: 26,600
Santa Fé do Sul: 26,500
Barrinha: 25,300
Piraju: 25,300
Igarapava: 25,200
Rancharia: 25,100
Rio das Pedras: 25,100
Descalvado: 23,900
Biritiba-Mirim: 23,800
Morro Agudo: 23,700
Santa Rita do Passa Quatro: 23,600
Dois Córregos: 23,100
Igaraçu do Tietê: 23,000
Ilha Solteira: 22,800
Pereira Barreto: 22,700
Mirandópolis: 22,600
Pirapozinho: 22,500
Casa Branca: 22,400
Laranjal Paulista: 22,400
Piracaia: 22,300
Santa Rosa de Viterbo: 21,700
Serra Negra: 21,300
Álvares Machado: 20,700
Cajuru: 20,300
Cajati: 20,000

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Brazil - Santa Catarina

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Here is a list of the 10 cities in the state of Santa Catarina (Brazil) with over 20,000 inhabitants without a branch or missionaries.

Indaial: 45,500
Rio Negrinho: 36,600
Imbituba: 35,000
Gaspar: 33,400
Itapema: 32,300
Timbó: 30,400
Fraiburgo: 29,300
São Miguel do Oeste: 28,600
Pomerode: 21,400
Braço do Norte: 20,000

Brazil - Rondonia

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Here is a list of the six cities in the state of Rondonia (Brazil) with over 20,000 inhabitants without a branch or missionaries.

Cacoal: 53,200
Rolim de Moura: 35,500
Guajará-Mirim: 34,300
Jaru: 29,000
Pimenta Bueno: 27,400
Ouro Preto do Oeste: 23,400

Brazil - Rio Grande Do Sul

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Here is a list of the eight cities in the state of Rio Grande Do Sul (Brazil) with over 20,000 inhabitants without a branch or missionaries.

Igrejinha: 29,700
Santa Vitória do Palmar: 26,200
Dois Irmãos: 24,700
Santo Antônio da Patrulha: 24,000
Soledade: 23,500
Frederico Westphalen: 20,900
Taquari: 20,700
Três Coroas: 20,100

Brazil - Rio Grande Do Norte

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Here is a list of the four cities in the state of Rio Grande Do Norte (Brazil) with over 20,000 inhabitants without a branch or missionaries.

Santa Cruz: 27,600
Pau dos Ferros: 24,100
Nova Cruz: 22,500
João Câmara: 20,700

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Brazil - Rio de Janeiro

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Here is a list of the 21 cities in the state of Pernambuco (Brazil) with over 20,000 inhabitants without a branch or missionaries.

Magé: 218,700
Barra do Piraí: 92,400
Japeri: 89,300
Araruama: 89,200
São Pedro da Aldeia: 62,600
Valença: 61,200
Saquarema: 59,800
Seropédica: 56,400
Paracambi: 38,900
Santo Antônio de Pádua: 30,500
Guapimirim: 28,700
Bom Jesus do Itabapoana: 27,600
São Fidélis: 27,000
Arraial do Cabo: 25,200
Búzios: 24,600
Tanguá: 24,400
Mangaratiba: 23,300
Miracema: 23,300
Miguel Pereira: 20,700
São João da Barra: 20,500

Brazil - Piaui

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Here is a list of the five cities in the state of Piaui (Brazil) with over 20,000 inhabitants without a branch or missionaries.

Picos: 53,600
Esperantina: 22,000
Pedro II: 21,200
Oeiras: 20,400
Barras: 20,000

Purpose and Introduction

Most of the people of the world do not have access to Church representatives or worship services in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Besides countries that do not have an official Church presence with millions of inhabitants, nations like India and Nigeria have vast areas not penetrated by the Gospel yet have the Church established elsewhere. I will provide lists of cities from around the world by country with over 100,000 people that do not have missionaries or at least one congregation in them. For countries where the Church has been well established, I will provide a list of the 10 largest cities which do not have the Church's presence in them. In some countries, data is not available for villages and cities below a certain population. In that case, I will not be able to generate a list of at least 10 cities. Some of the city populations might be out of date due to the difficulty of gathering data from unstable areas of the world. The majority of the data I will use to compile these lists can be found at http://www.citypopulation.de/cities.html . If you have any information about a city opening for missionary work or receiving its first branch, please leave your comment with the corresponding country.

Countries listed in capital letters do not have a current congregations of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints or missionaries from the Church in any of the cities in the country.

Cites Defined

A problem I have come across making these lists is that many cities without an organized Church unit or missionaries are not far away from cities which do have a congregation or missionaries. I have addressed this problem by considering cities in developed countries over 10 miles away from any other city with a Church unit as not having the presence of the Church in it. Granted many strong members can reside in these cities along with missionaries visiting them, but I want to articulate the opportunity for people not in the Church to attend Church meetings and learn about the Gospel. If people live over 10 miles away from a meetinghouse or where missionaries work and reside, it makes it much less likely and more difficult for them to join the Church. As for developing or undeveloped countries, I have used a buffer of five miles instead of 10 miles since many travel on foot or bicycle to attend Church meetings.

Cities Without A LDS Church Presence