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 in the Arab world by official cities proper: [2] [ better source needed ]
Rank | Country | City | Population | Founding date | Image |
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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 | 2,784,490 | 1761 CE [17] | |
14 | Somalia | Mogadishu | 2,726,815 [18] | 10 Century [19] | |
15 | Syria | Damascus | 2,685,000 [20] | ~8,000–10,000 BCE (believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world) [21] | |
16 | Lebanon | Beirut | 2,600,000 | ~3000 BCE (outer estimate) [22] | |
17 | Kuwait | Kuwait City | 2,380,000 | 1613 CE [23] | |
18 | Syria | Aleppo | 2,318,000 | ~5,000 BCE [24] | |
19 | Jordan | Irbid | 2,050,300 | ~3,200 BCE (possibly earlier) | |
20 | Qatar | Doha | 1,850,000 | 1823 CE [25] | |
21 | Iraq | Erbil | 1,750,564 | ~2300 BCE | |
22 | Iraq | Mosul | 1,683,000 | ~700 BCE | |
23 | Oman | Muscat | 1,560,000 | 550 BCE | |
24 | Palestine | Hebron | 1,004,510 | 1727 BCE |
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Cairo, Egypt.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Algiers, Algeria.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Khartoum, Sudan.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Medina, Saudi Arabia.
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