List of largest cities in the Arab world
This is a List of largest cities in the Arab World.
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Khartoum, Overview
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Damascus, Umayyad Mosque
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Jeddah, Seaport
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Aleppo, Citadel of Aleppo
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Alexandria, Bibliotheca Alexandrina
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Algiers, Ketchaoua Mosque
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Amman, Jabal al-Qal'a
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Kuwait City, Overview
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Mosul City
Rank | Country | City | Population (est. 2007) |
Foundation date | Image |
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Cairo | 17,856,000 | 969 AD | ![]() |
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Baghdad | 9,028,636 | 762 AD | ![]() |
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Riyadh | 5,899,528 | 100–200 AD | ![]() |
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Jeddah | 5,318,636 | 600 BC | ![]() |
5 | ![]() |
Dammam | 5,118,636 | 1923 | ![]() |
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Casablanca | 4,750,000 | 768 AD | ![]() |
7 | ![]() |
Amman | 4,044,000 | 1948 AD | ![]() |
9 | ![]() |
Damascus | 3,780,000 | 2000 BC | ![]() |
10 | ![]() |
Alexandria | 3,500,000 | 331 BC | ![]() |
11 | ![]() |
Shubra al Khaymah | 3,510,000 | 1094 AD | |
12 | ![]() |
Algiers | 3,518,083 | 944 AD | ![]() |
13 | ![]() |
Mosul | 3,439,800 | 3000 BC | |
14 | ![]() |
Basra | 3,250,000 | 636 AD | ![]() |
15 | ![]() |
Mecca | 3,103,873 | ||
16 | ![]() |
Tripoli | 2,624,000 | 7th century BC | |
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Kuwait City | 2,380,000 | 1900 AD | ![]() |
18 | ![]() |
Beirut | 2,250,912 | 1000 BC | ![]() |
19 | ![]() |
Aleppo | 2,132,100 | 6300 BC | ![]() |
20 1.280.00 | ![]() |
Abu Dhabi | 921,000 | 1842 AD | |
21 | ![]() |
Rabat | 1,769,858 | 1146 AD | |
22 | ![]() |
Sana'a | 1,747,627 | Prehistoric; 6000 BC | |
23 | ![]() |
Arbil | 1,657,000 | 446 BC | |
24 | ![]() |
Hilla | 1,565,834 | 6000 BC | |
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Port Said | 1,500,000 | 1839 AD | |
26 | ![]() |
Dubai | 1,492,000 | 1891 AD | |
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Marrakech | 1,420,000 | 1070 AD | |
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Medina | 1,300,000 | 150 BC | |
29 | ![]() |
Al Hudaydah | 1,300,000 | 350 AD | |
30 | ![]() |
Omdurman | 1,208,000 | 1884 AD | |
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Damietta | 1,093,580 | ____ | |
32 | ![]() |
Homs | 1,033,000 | 2300 BC | |
33 | ![]() |
Kafr Dawar | 1,005,000 | ____ | |
34 | ![]()
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Benghazi | 990,000 | 12,000 BC | |
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Fez | 946,815 | 789 AD | |
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Bahri | 932,000 | ____ | |
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Nouakchott | 881,000 | 1958 AD | |
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Sulaymaniyah | 800,000 | 1784 AD | |
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Safi | 793,000 | ____ | |
40 | ![]() |
Zarqa | 792,665 | ____ | |
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Oran | 771,066 | 903 AD | |
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Kirkuk | 755,700 | 1360 BC | |
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Ismailia | 752,000 | ____ | |
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Dammam | 750,000 | 1923 | |
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Tunis | 750,000 | 1000 BC | |
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Agadir | 678,596 | Before the 2nd century AD | |
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Tangier | 669,680 | 400 BC | |
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Sharjah | 636,000 | 1905 AD | |
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Shibin El Kom | 630,000 | ____ | |
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Doha | 612,707 | 1850 AD | |
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Misrata | 601,112 | ||
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Muscat | 606,024 | 6000 BC[1] | |
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Matrah | 650,000 | ____ | |
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Aden | 590,000 | 5300 BC | |
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Najaf | 585,000 | 791 AD | |
56 | ![]() |
Karbala | 572,300 | 680 AD | |
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Latakia | 554,000 | 1200 BC | |
58 | ![]() |
Sousse | 540,000 | 1200 BC | |
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Meknes | 536,322 | 700 AD | |
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Tripoli | 533,000 | 1400 BC | |
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Asyut | 530,000 | 3100 BC | |
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Taif | 521,273 | ____ | |
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Oujda | 510,000 | 994 AD | |
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Constantine | 507,224 | 203 BC | |
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Buraydah | 505,000 | 969 AD | |
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Suez | 497,000 | 1859 AD | |
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Qatif | 475,573 | 3500 BC | |
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Port Sudan | 475,000 | 1905 AD | |
69 | ![]() |
El-Mahalla El-Kubra | 462,500 | 1923 | |
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Abha | 450,912 | 1660 | |
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Tabouk | 441,351 | 500 BC | |
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El Mansurah | 420,000 | 1219 AD | |
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Hama | 410,680 | 5000 BC | |
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Gaza | 449,221 | 3000 BC | |
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Derna | 400,300 | 12000 BC | |
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Al Kut | 400,200 | ____ | |
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Ramadi | 400,000 | ____ | |
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Annaba | 383,504 | ____ | |
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Fallujah | 350,000 | 258 BC | |
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Manama | 345,000 | 1345 | |
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Sfax | 340,000 | 849 AD | |
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Tanta | 335,000 | 1060 BC | |
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Irbid | 327,543 | 1000 BC | |
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Batna | 317,206 | ____ | |
85 | ![]() |
Aswan | 270,000 | 2000 BC | |
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Ha'il | 267,005 | 115 AD | |
87 | ![]() |
Sidon | 266,000 | 8000 BC | |
88 | ![]() |
Blida | 264,598 | ____ | |
89 | ![]() |
Sétif | 246,379 | 297 AD | |
90 | ![]() |
Kassala | 234,622 | 1840 | |
91 | ![]() |
Al-Ubayyid | 229,425 | 1821 | |
92 | ![]() |
Sohag | 209,419 | ____ | |
93 | ![]() |
Jounieh | 203,000 | 1000 BC | |
94 | ![]() |
Zahlé | 200,000 | 1700 |
References
- ↑ Rice (1994), p.255-256
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