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This is a list of largest cities in the Arab world. The Arab world is here defined as the 22 member states of the Arab League.[1]

Largest cities

Largest cities in the Arab world by official cities proper:[2][better source needed]

Rank Country City Population Founding date Image
1  Egypt Cairo 9,500,000

[3]

968 CE[4]
2  Saudi Arabia Riyadh 7,676,654 1746 CE[5]
3  Iraq Baghdad 6,719,500 762 CE[6]
4  Egypt Alexandria 4,984,387 332 BCE[7]
5  Saudi Arabia Jeddah 4,276,000 522 BCE[8]
6  Jordan Amman 4,007,526 7250 BCE[9][10]
7  Algeria Algiers 3,915,811 944 CE[11]
8  Morocco Casablanca 3,359,818 7th century BCE[12]
9  United Arab Emirates Dubai 3,287,007 1833 CE[13]
10  Sudan Khartoum 2,919,773 1824 CE[14]
11  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 2,784,490 1761 CE[15]
12  Kuwait Kuwait City 2,380,000 1613 CE[16]
13  Lebanon Beirut 2,200,000 500 BCE[17]
14  Tunisia Tunis 1,993,000 814 BCE[18]
15  Yemen Sana'a 1,937,451 ~500 BCE (possibly earlier)[19]
16  Qatar Doha 1,850,000 1823 CE[20]
17  Syria Aleppo 1,800,000 ~5,000 BCE[21]

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  10. ^ "The Old Testament Kingdoms of Jordan". kinghussein.gov.jo. kinghussein.gov.jo. Retrieved 2015-10-10.
  11. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Algiers" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 653–655.
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  19. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sana" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 125–126.
  20. ^ Dumper, Michael; Stanley, Bruce E.; Abu-Lughod, Janet L. (2007). Cities of the Middle East and North Africa: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 1-57607-919-8.
  21. ^ Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition (2010)
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