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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
Largest cities in the Arab world by official cities proper:
[2] [
better source needed ]
Rank
Country
City
Population
Founding date
Image
1
Egypt
Cairo
10,025,657
[3]
968
CE
[4]
2
Iraq
Baghdad
8,126,755
762 CE
[5]
3
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
7,676,654
1746 CE
[6]
4
Egypt
Alexandria
5,381,000
332 BCE
[7]
5
Jordan
Amman
4,642,000
7250
BCE
[8]
[9]
6
Algeria
Algiers
4,515,000
944 CE
[10]
7
Saudi Arabia
Jeddah
4,276,000
522
BCE
[11]
8
Morocco
Casablanca
3,359,818
7th century
[12]
9
Yemen
Sana'a
3,292,497
[13]
~500 BCE (possibly earlier)
[14]
10
United Arab Emirates
Dubai
3,287,007
1833 CE
[15]
11
Sudan
Khartoum
2,919,773
1824 CE
[16]
12
Tunisia
Tunis
2,800,000
814 BCE
[17]
13
United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
2,784,490
1761 CE
[18]
14
Syria
Damascus
2,685,000
[19]
~8,000–10,000 BCE (believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world)
[20]
15
Lebanon
Beirut
2,600,000
~3000 BCE (outer estimate)
[21]
15
Kuwait
Kuwait City
2,380,000
1613 CE
[22]
16
Syria
Aleppo
2,318,000
~5,000 BCE
[23]
18
Jordan
Irbid
2,050,300
~3,200 BCE (possibly earlier)
19
Qatar
Doha
1,850,000
1823 CE
[24]
20
Iraq
Erbil
1,750,564
~2300 BCE
21
Iraq
Mosul
1,683,000
~700 BCE
22
Oman
Muscat
1,560,000
550 BCE
23
Palestine
Hebron
1,004,510
1727 BCE
See also
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