BPS data for 2022 records 13,372 mushola across the province — more than double the number of mosques. Kelenteng (Chinese temples) count zero, while a

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In the rice-growing hamlets of the Minangkabau highlands, a mushola — a small community prayer room — is rarely farther than a bend in the road.

BPS data for 2022 shows exactly how many dot the province: 13,372 units , a number that not only outstrips West Sumatra’s 5,558 formal mosques but also draws a sharp line between the province’s ubiquitous Islamic infrastructure and the near-invisible facilities of its minority faiths.

Mushola outnumber mosques more than two to one The 13,372 mushola total — recorded as the province‑level figure — is mirrored in every regency.

Padang Pariaman alone hosts 2,367 , the densest concentration outside the provincial sum. Agam regency follows with 1,433, while even sparsely populated Mentawai Islands count 23.

The pattern reflects a vernacular tradition: a mushola can be a modest room above a shop or a simple concrete floor beneath a zinc roof, far cheaper and faster to build than a full‑scale mosque.

That more‑than‑two‑to‑one ratio means that for West Sumatra’s roughly 5.6 million residents, a Muslim place of worship is almost never out of reach.

But the data also exposes how thin the ground is for anyone who does not pray in a mushola or mosque.

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