Huancayo Peru Temple

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On October 1, 2023, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct a temple in Huancayo, Peru.[1]

The Huancayo Peru Temple will be the first house of the Lord in the region and the ninth in the country. Huancayo’s name means “place of the rock” in the Quechua language. Huancayo is located in the Peruvian highlands about 190 miles east of Lima and is the capital of the Junín Region.[2]

The first missionaries arrived in the country in 1956. The country is home to approximately 625,000 Latter-day Saints spread throughout more than 775 congregations. More than 32 million people live in Peru.[3]

Location

The Huancayo Peru Temple is currently in the planning stages. No location has been announced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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