Editing Arab world (section)

===Largest cities===
{{Main|List of largest cities in the Arab world}}
Table of largest cities in the Arab world by official [[city proper]]s:<ref>{{cite web|title=Demographia World Urban Areas|url=http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf|publisher=Demographia|access-date=20 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040330085700/http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf|archive-date=30 March 2004|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Rank
!Country
!City
!Population
!Founding date
!Image
|-
| 1
| {{Flag|Egypt}}
| [[Cairo]]
| 22,623,874
| 968 [[Common Era|CE]]
| [[File:مصر العظيمة.jpg|150px]]
|-
| 2
| {{Flag|Iraq}}
| [[Baghdad]]
| 8,126,755
| 762 CE<ref>{{cite book|last=Corzine|first=Phyllis|title=The Islamic Empire|year=2005|publisher=Thomson Gale|pages=68–69}}</ref>
| [[File:5628442718 b10fc2c47f o.jpg|150x150px]]
|-
| 3
 |{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|[[Riyadh]]
| 7,676,654
| 1746 CE<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Impact of Planning on Growth and Development in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1970-1990 |author1= Saud Al-Oteibi |author2=Allen G. Noble |author3=Frank J. Costa |journal= GeoJournal |volume=29 |date=February 1993|issue= 2 |page= 163 |doi= 10.1007/BF00812813 |bibcode= 1993GeoJo..29..163A }}</ref>
|[[File:Masmak castle.jpg|150px]]
|-
| 4
| {{Flag|Egypt}}
| [[Alexandria]]
| 5,381,000
| 332 BCE<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Alexandria |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica |last=Reimer |first=Michael |date=2016 |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Alexandria-Egypt}}</ref>
| [[File:Citadel of Qaitbay - Sea View.jpg|150px]]
|-
| 5
| {{Flag|Jordan}}
| [[Amman]]
| 4,642,000
| 7250 [[BCE]]<ref name="Docslide">{{cite web|url=https://docslide.us/documents/prehistoric-settlements-of-the-middle-east.html|title=Prehistoric Settlements of the Middle East|access-date=12 October 2018|archive-date=17 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617132924/https://docslide.us/documents/prehistoric-settlements-of-the-middle-east.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/his_testament.html|access-date=2015-10-10|title=The Old Testament Kingdoms of Jordan|work=kinghussein.gov.jo}}</ref>
| [[File:New_Abdali_2024.png|150px]]
|-
| 6
| {{Flag|Algeria}}
| [[Algiers]]
| 4,515,000
| 944 CE<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Algiers |volume=24 |pages=653&ndash;655}}</ref>
|[[File:Alger Grande-Poste IMG 0875.JPG|150x150px]]
|-
| 7
| {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
| [[Jeddah]]
| 4,276,000
| 522 [[BCE]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.okaz.com.sa/okaz/osf/20060510/Con2006051016179.htm |title=صحيفة عكاظ - جدة اليوم.. والعم وهيب |publisher=Okaz.com.sa |access-date=2011-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234958/http://www.okaz.com.sa/okaz/osf/20060510/Con2006051016179.htm |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| [[File:Historical Jeddah.jpg|150px]]
|-
| 8
| {{Flag|Morocco}}
| [[Casablanca]]
| 3,359,818
| 7th century<ref name=JVL>{{cite web|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/casablanca-morocco-jewish-history-tour |title=Virtual Jewish World: Casablanca, Morocco |publisher=Jewishvirtuallibrary.org |access-date=17 April 2011}}</ref>
| [[File:Old Medina, Casablanca, a view from United Nations square.JPG|150px]]
|-
| 9
| {{Flag|Yemen}}
| [[Sana'a]]
| 3,292,497<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sanaa Population 2023 |url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/sanaa-population |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=worldpopulationreview.com}}</ref>
| ~500 BCE (possibly earlier)<ref name="EB">{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Sana |volume=24 |pages=125&ndash;126}}</ref>
| [[File:Sana'a, Yemen (14667934933).jpg|150px]]
|-
| 10
| {{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
| [[Dubai]]
| 3,287,007
| 1833 CE<ref>{{cite web|title=تاريخ دبي|url=http://www.dubai.ae/ar/aboutdubai/Pages/DubaiHistory.aspx|website=حكومة دبي|access-date=9 April 2018}}</ref>
| [[File:DubaiSkyline.JPG|150x150px]]
|}