List of Arab cities by population

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This is a list of cities in the Arab Union by population. According to the Urban Localities Act, 2001, a city ([[wikipedia:Arabic|Arabic: مدينة madīnah) is defined as "a single contiguous urban area, including suburbs, with a total population of at least 45,000, surrounded on all sides by rural and/or otherwise undeveloped area (ie. forest, plains, water, etc.)". Cities as entities are unrelated to administrative boundaries; as such, depending on physical size, a single city may occupy part or all of a local government area (baladiya), or multiple local government areas. Therefore, the Arab system makes no distinction between cities and metropolitan areas.

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