List of largest cities in the Levant region by population
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This is a list of cities in the Levant with a population of 500,000 or more. For the purposes of this list, the region includes the Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and the Hatay Province of Turkey. All figures refer to the metropolitan area if applicable.
Rank | City | Country | Population | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Amman | Jordan | 4,536,500 | [1] |
2 | Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area | Israel | 3,900,000 | [2] |
3 | Beirut | Lebanon | 2,200,000 | [3] |
4 | Damascus | Syria | 2,079,000 | [4] |
5 | Irbid | Jordan | 2,003,800 | [5] |
6 | Aleppo | Syria | 1,850,000 | [6] |
7 | Jerusalem | Administered by Israel |
1,253,900 | [7] |
8 | Haifa | Israel | 936,800 | [8] |
9 | Zarqa | Jordan | 908,200 | [9] |
10 | Homs | Syria | 775,404 | [10] |
11 | Gaza City | Palestine | 590,481 | [11] |
12 | Russeifa | Jordan | 545,530 | [12] |
See also[]
- Largest metropolitan areas of the Middle East
- List of cities of the ancient Near East
- List of largest cities in the Arab world
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- ^ http://dosweb.dos.gov.jo/DataBank/Population_Estimares/PopulationEstimatesbyLocality.pdf
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- ^ "Localities, Popuplation and Density Per Sq. Km., by Metropolitan Area and Selected Localities" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2018. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
- ^ http://dosweb.dos.gov.jo/DataBank/Population_Estimares/PopulationEstimatesbyLocality.pdf
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- ^ http://dosweb.dos.gov.jo/DataBank/Population_Estimares/PopulationEstimatesbyLocality.pdf
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