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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
The city is one of the New 7 Wonders of the World and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [6] The area around Petra has been inhabited from as early as 7000 BC, [7] and was settled by the Nabataeans, a nomadic Arab people, in the 4th century BC. Petra would later become the capital city of the Nabataean Kingdom in the second century BC.
Medina, [a] officially Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah (Arabic: المدينة المنورة, romanized: al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, lit. 'The Luminous City', Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [al.maˈdiːna al.mʊˈnawːara]) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (المدينة, al-Madina), is the capital of Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia.
Al Ain is known as the "Garden City" (Arabic: مَدِيْنَة ٱلْحَدِيْقَة, romanized: Madīnat Al-Ḥadīqah, lit. 'City of The Garden') [ 1 ] of Abu Dhabi, [ 3 ] the UAE [ 4 ] or the Gulf , [ 5 ] [ 6 ] due to its greenery, particularly with regard to the city's oases, [ 2 ] parks, tree-lined avenues and decorative roundabouts ...
Located in the western part of Bahrain Island, Dilmun Burial Mounds date back to the Dilmun, the Umm al-Nar culture. They were built between 2050 and 1750 BCE include 21 archaeological sites with more than 11 K burial mounds and 17 royal mounds built as 2-storeyed funeral towers. [9] Qal'at al-Bahrain.
Damascus (/ dəˈmæskəs / də-MAS-kəs, UK also / dəˈmɑːskəs / də-MAH-skəs; Arabic: دِمَشق, romanized: Dimašq) is the capital and largest city of Syria, the oldest current capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam. [10][11][12] Known colloquially in Syria as aš-Šām (الشَّام) and ...
Jeddah (English: / ˈdʒɛdə / JED-ə), alternatively transliterated as Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda (/ ˈdʒɪdə / JID-ə; Arabic: جِدَّة, romanized: Jidda, Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [ˈ (d)ʒɪd.da]), is a port city in Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia, located along the Red Sea coast in the Hejaz region. Jeddah is the commercial center ...
Cairo (/ ˈkaɪroʊ / ⓘ KY-roh; Arabic: القاهرة, romanized:al-Qāhirah, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [el.qɑ (ː)ˈheɾɑ] ⓘ) is the capital of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, and is the country's largest city, being home to more than 10 million people. [ 6 ]