The Mosque of Omar Ibn Al-Jattab (Майкао)
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The Mosque of Omar Ibn Al-Jattab built in September 1997 is the second-largest mosques in South America. Although Colombia is predominantly a Roman Catholic country, the region around Maicao has a large Lebanese migrant population who funded and built the mosque. Maicao is a city and municipality in the Department of La Guajira, northern Republic of Colombia. Along with the Dar Alarkan School, they are the centers for the Islamic faith and culture in the region. The mosque named after the second Sunni caliph Omar Ibn Al-Khattab. It can easily house over 1,000 people.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque_of_Omar_Ibn_Al-Khattab
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Coordinates: 11°22'41"N 72°14'3"W
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- Jorge Isaacs Airport (La Mina Airport) 32 km
- La Guajira Wind Farm 41 km
- Cabo de la Vela 93 km
- Guajira Peninsula 95 km
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- Jepirachi Wind Farm 98 km
- Honda Bay, Colombia 122 km
- Papillon's Guajira Tribe 131 km
- Gulf of Venezuela 151 km
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