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List of largest cities in the Arab world

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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

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Largest cities in the Arab world by population:[2][3]

Rank Country City Population Founding date Image
1 Egypt Cairo 23,200,000 968 CE[4]
2 Iraq Baghdad 8,000,000 762 CE[5]
3 Saudi Arabia Riyadh 7,900,000 1746 CE[6]
4 Sudan Khartoum 7,400,000 1824 CE[7]
5 United Arab Emirates Dubai 6,650,000 1833 CE[8]
6 Egypt Alexandria 6,350,000 332 BCE[9]
7 Jordan Amman 6,300,000 7250 BCE[10][11]
8 Kuwait Kuwait City 4,825,000 1613 CE[12]
9 Morocco Casablanca 4,500,000 7th century[13]
10 Algeria Algiers 4,400,000 944 CE[14]
11 Syria Damascus 4,050,000 ~8,000–10,000 BCE[15]
12 Saudi Arabia Jeddah 4,000,000 522 BCE[16]
13 Yemen Sanaa 3,400,000 ~500 BCE (possibly earlier)[17]
14 Saudi Arabia Dammam 3,000,000 1923
15 Tunisia Tunis 2,775,000 814 BCE[18]
16 Saudi Arabia Mecca 2,775,000 2nd century CE[19]
17 Qatar Doha 2,700,000 1823 CE[20]
18 Somalia Mogadishu 2,325,000 10th Century[21]
19 Morocco Rabat 2,150,000 10th century[22]
20 Syria Aleppo 2,025,000 ~5,000 BCE[23]
21 Palestine Gaza City 1,990,000 15th century BC
22 Lebanon Beirut 1,970,000 ~3000 BCE (outer estimate)[24]
23 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 1,960,000 1761 CE[25]
24 Libya Tripoli 1,930,000 7th century BC
25 Iraq Basra 1,750,000 636 AD
26 Oman Muscat 1,700,000 550 BCE
27 Algeria Oran 1,670,000 AD 944
28 Bahrain Manama 1,580,000 1345 or earlier
29 Iraq Mosul 1,580,000 ~700 BCE
30 Saudi Arabia Medina 1,560,000 9th century BC
31 Mauritania Nouakchott 1,550,000 1903[26]
32 Morocco Tangier 1,460,000 10th century BCE[27][28]
33 Somalia Hargeisa 1,401,000 1860[29][30][31]
34 Morocco Fez 1,330,000 789
35 Morocco Agadir 1,300,000 12th century
36 Yemen Taiz 1,276,000 first half of the 12th century CE[32]
37 Iraq Erbil 1,240,000 ~2300 BCE
38 Tunisia Sousse 1,200,000 800–909[33]
39 Iraq Kirkuk 1,190,000 2335 BC[34]
40 Morocco Marrakesh 1,150,000 1070
41 Jordan Irbid 1,090,000 ~3,200 BCE (possibly earlier)
42 Saudi Arabia Hofuf 1,070,000 1871[35]
43 Iraq Najaf 1,070,000 791 AD[36]
44 United Arab Emirates Al Ain 1,060,000 985 CE[37]
45 Saudi Arabia Khamis Mushait 1,050,000 1760s[38][39]
46 Yemen Aden 1,021,000 8th century BC[40]
47 Egypt Mansoura 993,000 1219

See also

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