List of largest cities in the Arab world explained
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]
| Rank | Country | City | Population | Founding date | Image |
|---|
| 1 | | Cairo | 22,623,874 | 968 CE[3] | |
| 2 | | Baghdad | 8,126,755 | 762 CE[4] | |
| 3 | | Riyadh | 7,676,654 | 1746 CE[5] | |
| 4 | | Alexandria | 5,381,000 | 332 BCE[6] | |
| 5 | | Amman | 4,642,000 | 7250 BCE[7] [8] | |
| 6 | | Algiers | 4,515,000 | 944 CE[9] | |
| 7 | | Jeddah | 4,276,000 | 522 BCE[10] | |
| 8 | | Casablanca | 3,359,818 | 7th century[11] | |
| 9 | | Sana'a | 3,292,497[12] | ~500 BCE (possibly earlier)[13] | |
| 10 | | Dubai | 3,287,007 | 1833 CE[14] | |
| 11 | | Khartoum | 2,919,773 | 1824 CE[15] | |
| 12 | | Tunis | 2,800,000 | 814 BCE[16] | |
| 13 | | Abu Dhabi | 3,789,860[17] | 1761 CE[18] | |
| 14 | | Mogadishu | 2,726,815[19] | 10 Century[20] | |
| 15 | | Damascus | 2,685,000[21] | ~8,000–10,000 BCE[22] | |
| 16 | | Beirut | 2,600,000 | ~3000 BCE (outer estimate)[23] | |
| 17 | | Kuwait City | 2,380,000 | 1613 CE[24] | |
| 18 | | Aleppo | 2,318,000 | ~5,000 BCE[25] | |
| 19 | | Irbid | 2,050,300 | ~3,200 BCE (possibly earlier) | |
| 20 | | Doha | 1,850,000 | 1823 CE[26] | |
| 21 | | Erbil | 1,750,564 | ~2300 BCE (believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world) | |
| 22 | | Mosul | 1,683,000 | ~700 BCE | |
| 23 | | Muscat | 1,560,000 | 550 BCE | | |
See also
Notes and References
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- https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/cairo-population
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- The Impact of Planning on Growth and Development in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1970-1990 . Saud Al-Oteibi . Allen G. Noble . Frank J. Costa . GeoJournal . 29 . February 1993. 2 . 163 . 10.1007/BF00812813 . 1993GeoJo..29..163A .
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- Web site: The Old Testament Kingdoms of Jordan. 2015-10-10. kinghussein.gov.jo.
- Algiers . 24 . 653 - 655.
- Web site: صحيفة عكاظ - جدة اليوم.. والعم وهيب . Okaz.com.sa . 2011-04-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234958/http://www.okaz.com.sa/okaz/osf/20060510/Con2006051016179.htm . 2016-03-03 . dead .
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- Web site: تاريخ دبي. حكومة دبي. 9 April 2018.
- Book: Abdel Salam Sidahmed . Alsir Sidahmed. Sudan. 2004. Routledge. 978-1-134-47947-4 . Chronology .
- Book: Serge Lancel. Carthage. 20–23. Antonia Nevill. Oxford: Blackwell . 1995.
- Web site: Abu Dhabi Population 2023 . 2024-06-11 . census.scad.gov.ae.
- Book: Malcolm C. Peck. Historical Dictionary of the Gulf Arab States. 2007. Scarecrow Press . USA . 978-0-8108-6416-0 . Chronology .
- https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/mogadishu-population Mogadishu Population 2024
- https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/places-global-african-history/mogadishu-somalia-ca-950/
- Web site: https://www.macrotrends.net/cities/22610/damascus/population=January 1, 2023.
- Web site: UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Ancient City of Damascus.
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- Mohammad Khalid A. . Al-Jassar . PhD thesis . Constancy and Change in Contemporary Kuwait City: The Socio-cultural Dimensions of the Kuwait Courtyard and Diwaniyya . The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee . May 2009 . 64 . 978-1-109-22934-9 .
- https://www.macrotrends.net/cities/22608/aleppo/population#:~:text=The%20current%20metro%20area%20population,a%204.69%25%20increase%20from%202021., Sixth Edition (2010)
- Book: Cities of the Middle East and North Africa: A Historical Encyclopedia. Michael. Dumper. Bruce E.. Stanley. Janet L.. Abu-Lughod. ABC-CLIO. 2007. 978-1-57607-919-5.
