Cities Without A LDS Church Presence: February 2010

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Mexico - Yucatan

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

Hunucmá: 22,800

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Here is a list of the four cities in Veracruz (Mexico) that have over 20,000 inhabitants and no missionaries or congregation of the Church.

Perote: 34,700
Huatusco de Chiciéllar: 29,100
Alvarado: 22,300
Fortín de las Flores: 20,900

Mexico - Tabasco

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

Teapa: 26,100

Mexico - Puebla

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Here is a list of the 10 cities in Puebla (Mexico) that have over 20,000 inhabitants and no missionaries or congregation of the Church.

Amozoc de Mota: 60,500
Santa María Moyotzingo: 25,500
Tepeaca: 25,100

Mexico - Nuevo Leon

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

Santiago: 34,300

Mexico - Nayarit

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

Ixtlán del Río: 21,900

Mexico - Michoacan

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Here is a list of the five cities in Michoacan (Mexico) that have over 20,000 inhabitants and no missionaries or congregation of the Church.

Jacona de Plancarte: 53,900
Puruándiro: 29,100
Jiquilpan de Juárez: 23,100
Tacámbaro de Codallos: 22,700
Yurécuaro: 20,600

Mexico - Mexico Estaco

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Here is a list of the seven cities in Mexico Estaco (Mexico) that have over 20,000 inhabitants and no missionaries or congregation of the Church.

Tepexpan: 48,100
San Miguel Zinacantepec: 46,600
Ocoyoacac: 23,600
Coatlinchan: 21,200
Tequixquiac: 20,600
Los Reyes Acozac: 20,500
Tenango de Arista: 20,200

Mexico - Jalisco

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Here is a list of the 13 cities in Jalisco (Mexico) that have over 20,000 inhabitants and no missionaries or congregation of the Church.

Arandas: 46,200
San Juan de los Lagos: 43,000
La Barca: 33,700
Tequila: 26,800
Atotonilco el Alto: 26,000
Encarnación de Díaz: 22,900
San Agustín: 22,000
Teocaltiche: 21,700
Jalostotitlán: 21,700
Santa Cruz del Valle: 21,500
Zapotiltic: 21,400
Las Pintas: 21,200
San Miguel el Alto: 21,100

Mexico - Guerrero

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Here is a list of the 10 cities in Guerrero (Mexico) that have over 20,000 inhabitants and no missionaries or congregation of the Church.

Ometepec: 20,800
Petatlán: 20,700

Mexico - Guanajuato

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Here is a list of the 10 cities in Guanajuato (Mexico) that have over 20,000 inhabitants and no missionaries or congregation of the Church.

Santa Cruz de Juventino Rosas: 38,100
Pénjamo: 35,900
Abasolo: 25,400
Villagrán: 25,300
Apaseo el Alto: 25,000
San Felipe: 24,600
Apaseo el Grande: 23,900
Comonfort: 21,900
Yuriria: 21,700
San José Iturbide: 20,100

Mexico - Durango

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

El Salto: 21,800

Mexico - Distrito Federal

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Here is a list of the three cities in Distrito Federal (Mexico) that have over 20,000 inhabitants and no missionaries or congregation of the Church.

San Juan Ixtayopan: 22,700
San Antonio Tecómitl: 21,700
San Lorenzo Acopilco: 20,900

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