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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 official cities proper:[2][better source needed]

Rank Country City Population Founding date Image
1  Egypt Cairo 22,623,874 968 CE[3]
2  Iraq Baghdad 8,126,755 762 CE[4]
3  Saudi Arabia Riyadh 7,676,654 1746 CE[5]
4  Egypt Alexandria 5,381,000 332 BCE[6]
5  Jordan Amman 4,642,000 7250 BCE[7][8]
6  Algeria Algiers 4,515,000 944 CE[9]
7  Saudi Arabia Jeddah 4,276,000 522 BCE[10]
8  Morocco Casablanca 3,359,818 7th century[11]
9  Yemen Sana'a 3,292,497[12] ~500 BCE (possibly earlier)[13]
10  United Arab Emirates Dubai 3,287,007 1833 CE[14]
11  Sudan Khartoum 2,919,773 1824 CE[15]
12  Tunisia Tunis 2,800,000 814 BCE[16]
13  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 3,789,860[17] 1761 CE[18]
14  Somalia Mogadishu 2,726,815[19] 10th Century[20]
15  Syria Damascus 2,685,000[21] ~8,000–10,000 BCE[22]
16  Lebanon Beirut 2,600,000 ~3000 BCE (outer estimate)[23]
17  Kuwait Kuwait City 2,380,000 1613 CE[24]
18  Syria Aleppo 2,318,000 ~5,000 BCE[25]
19  Jordan Irbid 2,050,300 ~3,200 BCE (possibly earlier)
20  Qatar Doha 1,850,000 1823 CE[26]
21  Iraq Erbil 1,750,564 ~2300 BCE
22  Iraq Mosul 1,683,000 ~700 BCE
23  Oman Muscat 1,560,000 550 BCE

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Frishkopf, Michael (2010). Music and media in the Arab world. The American University in Cairo Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-977-416-293-0.
  2. ^ "Demographia World Urban Areas" (PDF). Demographia. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  3. ^ https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/cairo-population [bare URL]
  4. ^ Corzine, Phyllis (2005). The Islamic Empire. Thomson Gale. pp. 68–69.
  5. ^ Saud Al-Oteibi; Allen G. Noble; Frank J. Costa (February 1993). "The Impact of Planning on Growth and Development in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1970-1990". GeoJournal. 29 (2): 163. Bibcode:1993GeoJo..29..163A. doi:10.1007/BF00812813.
  6. ^ Reimer, Michael (2016). "Alexandria". Encyclopedia Britannica.
  7. ^ "Prehistoric Settlements of the Middle East". Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  8. ^ "The Old Testament Kingdoms of Jordan". kinghussein.gov.jo. Retrieved 2015-10-10.
  9. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Algiers" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 653–655.
  10. ^ "صحيفة عكاظ - جدة اليوم.. والعم وهيب". Okaz.com.sa. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
  11. ^ "Virtual Jewish World: Casablanca, Morocco". Jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  12. ^ "Sanaa Population 2023". worldpopulationreview.com. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  13. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sana" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 125–126.
  14. ^ "تاريخ دبي". حكومة دبي. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  15. ^ Abdel Salam Sidahmed; Alsir Sidahmed (2004). "Chronology". Sudan. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-47947-4.
  16. ^ Serge Lancel (1995). Carthage. Translated by Antonia Nevill. Oxford: Blackwell. pp. 20–23.
  17. ^ "Abu Dhabi Population 2023". census.scad.gov.ae. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  18. ^ Malcolm C. Peck (2007). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Gulf Arab States. USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6416-0.
  19. ^ Mogadishu Population 2024
  20. ^ https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/places-global-african-history/mogadishu-somalia-ca-950/ [bare URL]
  21. ^ https://www.macrotrends.net/cities/22610/damascus/population=January 1, 2023. {{cite web}}: External link in |author= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  22. ^ UNESCO World Heritage Centre. "Ancient City of Damascus".
  23. ^ "Under Beirut's Rubble, Remnants of 5,000 Years of Civilization". New York Times. 23 February 1997. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  24. ^ Al-Jassar, Mohammad Khalid A. (May 2009). Constancy and Change in Contemporary Kuwait City: The Socio-cultural Dimensions of the Kuwait Courtyard and Diwaniyya (PhD thesis). The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. p. 64. ISBN 978-1-109-22934-9.[permanent dead link‍]
  25. ^ [1], Sixth Edition (2010)
  26. ^ Dumper, Michael; Stanley, Bruce E.; Abu-Lughod, Janet L. (2007). Cities of the Middle East and North Africa: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-57607-919-5.
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