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Syrian Cities

Over a million

Name Metro population (millions)1
حلب (Ḥalab)2 3.5
دمشق (Dimashq)3 2.8

Selected smaller cities or former cities of historical note; also castles and fortesses

Name Alternate names
Ebla Tel Mardikh
'Ugarit Ras Shamra
Mari Tell Hariri
Tudmur Tadmur, Tadmor, Palmyra
Bosra Busra ash-Sham, Nova Traiana Bostra, Nova Trajana Bostra
Ḥamāh Hama, Hamath
Qal'at al-ḤiṣnQal'at al-Hosn, Krak des Chevaliers, Crac des Chevaliers
Qal'at Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Qal'at Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn, Qal'at Salah el-Din, Qalaat Salah ed-Din, Sahyun, Saone, Fortress of Saladin

Footnotes

1. world-gazetteer.com, Iraq cities page, accessed 9/4/2010.
2. Or Aleppo.
3. Or Damascus or Δαμασκός (Damascós).