- List of largest cities in the Arab World
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This is a List of largest cities in the Arab World.
Rank Country City Population
(est. 2007)Foundation Date 1 Egypt Cairo 17,856,000 969 AD 2 Iraq Baghdad 8,092,000 762 AD 3 Sudan Khartoum 4,969,000 1821 AD 4 Egypt Giza 4,779,000 4500 BC 5 Syria Damascus 4,500,000 8000 BC 6 Saudi Arabia Riyadh 4,260,000 100–200 AD 7 Morocco Casablanca 3,859,858 768 8 Saudi Arabia Jeddah 3,855,912 500 BC 9 Syria Aleppo 3,780,000 8000 BC 10 Egypt Alexandria 3,500,000 331 BC 11 Egypt Shubra al Khaymah 3,510,000 1094 AD 12 Algeria Algiers 3,518,083 944 AD 13 Iraq Basra 2,600,000 636 AD 14 Jordan Amman 2,525,000 6500 BC 15 Kuwait Kuwait City 2,380,000 1600 AD 16 Lebanon Beirut 2,250,912 8000 BC 17 Saudi Arabia Mecca 2,053,873 18 Somalia Mogadishu 2,037,734 19 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 1,850,230 2000 BC 20 Morocco Rabat 1,769,858 250 AD 21 Yemen Sana'a 1,747,627 Prehistoric; 600 BC 22 Iraq Mosul 1,739,800 8000 BC 23 Libya Tripoli 1,680,000 700 BC 24 Egypt Port Said 1,500,000 1839 AD 25 United Arab Emirates Dubai 1,492,000 1821 AD 26 Morocco Marrakech 1,420,000 1070 AD 27 Saudi Arabia Medina 1,300,000 150 BC 28 Yemen Al Hudaydah 1,236,000 ____ 29 Sudan Omdurman 1,208,000 1884 AD 30 Egypt Damietta 1,093,580 ____ 31 Syria Homs 1,033,000 2300 BC 32 Egypt Kafr Dawar 1,005,000 ____ 33 Iraq Arbil 990,000 10,000 BC 34 Libya Benghazi 957,000 446 BC 35 Morocco Fez 946,815 789 AD 36 Sudan Bahri 932,000 ____ 37 Somalia Hargeisa 890,000 ____ 38 Mauritania Nouakchott 881,000 1958 AD 39 Iraq Sulaymaniyah 800,000 1784 AD 40 Morocco Safi 793,000 ____ 41 Jordan Zarqa 792,665 ____ 42 Algeria Oran 771,066 903 AD 43 Iraq Kirkuk 755,700 1360 BC 44 Egypt Ismailia 752,000 ____ 45 Saudi Arabia Dammam 750,000 1923 46 Tunisia Tunis 728,453 2000 BC 47 Morocco Agadir 678,596 1505 AD 48 Morocco Tangier 669,680 400 BC 49 United Arab Emirates Sharjah 636,000 3000 BC 50 Egypt Shibin El Kom 630,000 ____ 51 Qatar Doha 612,707 1850 BC 52 Libya Bayda 601,112 414 BC 53 Oman Muscat 606,024 200 AD 54 Oman Matrah 650,000 ____ 55 Yemen Aden 590,000 100 BC 56 Iraq Najaf 585,000 791 AD 57 Iraq Karbala 572,300 680 AD 58 Syria Latakia 554,000 1200 BC 59 Tunisia Sousse 540,000 1200 BC 60 Morocco Meknes 536,322 700 AD 61 Lebanon Tripoli 533,000 1400 BC 62 Egypt Asyut 530,000 3100 BC 63 Saudi Arabia Taif 521,273 ____ 64 Morocco Oujda 510,000 994 AD 65 Algeria Constantine 507,224 203 BC 66 Saudi Arabia Buraydah 505,000 969 AD 67 Egypt Suez 497,000 1859 AD 68 Saudi Arabia Qatif 475,573 3500 BC 69 Sudan Port Sudan 475,000 1905 AD 70 Egypt El-Mahalla El-Kubra 462,500 1923 71 Saudi Arabia Abha 450,912 1660 72 Saudi Arabia Tabouk 441,351 500 BC 73 Egypt El Mansurah 420,000 1219 AD 74 Syria Hama 410,680 5000 BC 75 Palestinian Authority Gaza 449,221 3000 BC 76 Djibouti Djibouti 402,700 1888 BC 77 Libya Misrata 400,300 1000 BC 78 Iraq Al Kut 400,200 ____ 79 Iraq Ramadi 400,000 ____ 80 Algeria Annaba 383,504 ____ 81 Iraq Fallujah 350,000 258 BC 82 Bahrain Manama 345,000 1345 83 Tunisia Sfax 340,000 849 AD 84 Egypt Tanta 335,000 1060 BC 85 Jordan Irbid 327,543 4000 BC 86 Algeria Batna 317,206 ____ 87 Egypt Aswan 270,000 1000 BC 88 Saudi Arabia Ha'il 267,005 1836 AD 89 Lebanon Sidon 266,000 8000 BC 90 Algeria Blida 264,598 ____ 91 Somalia Kismaayo 256,000 1825 AD 92 Algeria Sétif 246,379 297 AD 93 Sudan Kassala 234,622 1840 94 Sudan Al-Ubayyid 229,425 1821 95 Somalia Berbera 209,425 1518 95 Egypt Sohag 209,419 ____ 96 Lebanon Jounieh 203,000 1000 BC Categories:- Arab League
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- Geography of the Arab League
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