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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
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.
Tripoli's Old City (el-Madina el-Qadima), situated in the city center, is the main historic quarter and an important tourist attraction. The city's old town, the Medina, mostly took on its current form and appearance during the Ottoman period (16th century and after) and in particular during the period of Karamanli rule.
Najaf. Najaf or An-Najaf or Al-Najaf (Arabic: ٱلنَّجَف) or An-Najaf al-Ashraf (Arabic: ٱلنَّجَف ٱلْأَشْرَف), is the capital city of Najaf Governorate in central Iraq about 160 km (99 mi) south of Baghdad. Its estimated population in 2024 is about 1.41 million people. [1]
Dubai [a] is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the country's seven emirates. [7] [8] [9] The city has a population of around 3.6 million (as of 2022), [10] more than 90% of which are expatriates.
Roman Temples of Baalbek, Lebanon. Casbah of Algiers, Algeria. Tourism in the Arab World encompasses a wide array of activities and tourist attractions in an area spanning more than 13 million square kilometers. The Arab World mainly consists of the Arabic-speaking countries and populations in North Africa and Western Asia.
The Arab world straddles two continents, Africa and Asia. It is mainly oriented along an east–west axis. [citation needed] The West Asian Arab region comprises the Arabian Peninsula, most of the Levant (excluding Cyprus and Israel), most of Mesopotamia (excluding parts of Turkey and Iran) and the Persian Gulf region.
Sanaa, [a][b] officially the Sanaa Municipality, [c] is the capital and largest city of Yemen. The city is the capital of the Sanaa Governorate but is not part of the Governorate as forms a separate administrative district. According to the Yemeni constitution, Sanaa is the capital of the country, [3] although the seat of the Yemeni government ...