area around 1890. It is now known as the "Masjid Daerah Papar" (Papar District Mosque). Other mosques in the district include the "Masjid Pekan Bongawan" (Bongawan Town Mosque) and "Masjid Haji Mohammad Yaakob" (Haji Mohammad Yaakob Mosque), located in Bongawan and Beringgis respectively. Beside the Muslim population, the Christian population has been estimated to have grown to about half of the total population in 2016. There are three Catholic churches and one Eastern Orthodox church in the town centre, namely, St. Joseph which is located in Papar town, The Holy Rosary Church in Limbahau, St. Paul Parish in Jalan Kelatuan Gadong and St. Patrick Kinuta together with other Christian denominations such as Basel, Anglican, Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) and Borneo Evangelical Church ("Sidang Injil Borneo" - SIB). A number of Chinese temples are also located around the district and town centre with the presence of many Chinese population there.