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|11||[[Ankara]]||[[File:Ankara and mosque wza.jpg|160x160px|center|none]]||align=right|5,045,083||{{TUR}}||Urban agglomeration<ref>Ankara includes Altindag, Cankaya, Etimesgut, Golbasi, Keçioren, Mamak, Sincan and Yenimahalle</ref>||2,516 |
|11||[[Ankara]]||[[File:Ankara and mosque wza.jpg|160x160px|center|none]]||align=right|5,045,083||{{TUR}}||Urban agglomeration<ref>Ankara includes Altindag, Cankaya, Etimesgut, Golbasi, Keçioren, Mamak, Sincan and Yenimahalle</ref>||2,516 |
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|12||[[Chittagong]]||[[File:PORT CTG TAZMEEM.JPG|160x160px|center|none]]||align=right|5,012,000||{{BGD}}|| |
|12||[[Chittagong]]||[[File:PORT CTG TAZMEEM.JPG|160x160px|center|none]]||align=right|5,012,000||{{BGD}}||Official metropolitan area||990 |
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|13||[[Riyadh]]||[[Image:Riyadh_02923.JPG|160x160px|center|none]]||align=right|4,856,000||{{SAU}}||City proper||1,550 |
|13||[[Riyadh]]||[[Image:Riyadh_02923.JPG|160x160px|center|none]]||align=right|4,856,000||{{SAU}}||City proper||1,550 |
Revision as of 19:50, 20 October 2014
This is a list of the largest cities in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member states, based on the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects report (2010 population estimates from the report's 2007 revision).[1]
17 largest agglomerations in the OIC
Rank | City | Images | Population | Country | Statistical concept [1] | Area (km²)[2] |
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1 | Jakarta | 20,000,000 | Indonesia | Metropolitan area[3] | 1,360 | |
2 | Karachi | 19,500,000 | Pakistan | Urban agglomeration | 3,530 | |
3 | Greater Cairo | 18,420,000 | Egypt | Official metropolitan area | 1,310 | |
4 | Dhaka | 17,000,000 | Bangladesh | Official metropolitan area | 1,600 | |
6 | Lagos | 10,572,000 | Nigeria | Urban agglomeration[4] | 640 | |
5 | Istanbul | 14,500,000 | Turkey | Metropolitan Municipality | 5,343 | |
8 | Lahore | 11,320,000 | Pakistan | Urban agglomeration | 1,770 | |
7 | Tehran | 8,221,000 | Iran | City proper | 660 | |
9 | Baghdad | 5,891,000 | Iraq | Metropolitan area | 730 | |
10 | Khartoum | 5,185,000 | Sudan | Urban agglomeration | 580 | |
11 | Ankara | 5,045,083 | Turkey | Urban agglomeration[5] | 2,516 | |
12 | Chittagong | 5,012,000 | Bangladesh | Official metropolitan area | 990 | |
13 | Riyadh | 4,856,000 | Saudi Arabia | City proper | 1,550 | |
14 | Alexandria | 4,421,000 | Egypt | City proper | 2,970 | |
15 | Abidjan | 4,175,000 | Ivory Coast | Urban agglomeration | 2,550 | |
16 | Kabul | 3,768,000 | Afghanistan | City proper | 275 | |
17 | Algiers | 3,574,000 | Algeria | Urban agglomeration[6] | 270 |
See also
- Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
- Islamic World
- Metropolitan areas
- Largest cities of the European Union
References and notes
- ^ World Urbanization Prospects, 2007 revision (online data)
- ^ The area figures are taken from individual national censuses according to the criteria and statistical concepts noted in the World Urbanization Prospects.
- ^ Data refer to the functional urban area, that is, contiguous areas which are consistently urban in character as indicated by levels of population density, economic functions and facilities.
- ^ Data refer to Lagos State
- ^ Ankara includes Altindag, Cankaya, Etimesgut, Golbasi, Keçioren, Mamak, Sincan and Yenimahalle
- ^ Data refer to the Governorate of Grand Algiers.