Israeli, Lebanese, Jordanian and Palestinian Cities
Bāyrut, the capital of Lubnān (Lebanon), and Tel Aviv-Yafo, the largest city in Yisra'el (Israel), are both ports, while 'Ammān, the capital of al-Urdun (Jordan), sits on the ancient trade route between Egypt and Mesopotamia.
Over a million
Selected smaller cities or former cities of historical note
Name | Alternate names |
עכו ('Akko) | Saint-Jean-d'Acre, St. John d'Acre, Acre, عكا ('Akkā) |
al-'Aqabah | Aqaba |
البتراء (al-Batrā) | Batrā, Πέτρα (Pétra), Petra |
Ashdod | |
Ba'albak | Heliopolis, Baalbek |
Elat | 'Eylat, Eilat |
Hazor | |
Jaraṣ | Jarash, Gerasa |
Jubayl | Kapny, Gublu, Gebal, Býblos, Byblus, Gibelet, Byblos |
Καισάρεια (Kaisáreia) | Caesarea, قيسارية (Kaysārīa) |
Ṣūr | Ṣur, Týros, Tyrus, Tyre |
Footnotes
1. 2013 calculation in world-gazetteer.com, accessed 5/17/2013. The figure for Bāyrut is for the city proper.
2. In English: Beirut.
3. Or Ghazzah or, in English: Gaza.
4. Also Haifa.
5. In English: Tel Aviv-Jaffa.
6. Also called القدش (al-Quds) or, in English: Jerusalem. Formerly called Ιερουσαλήμ (Ierousalem), Hierosolima (or something close to that) and Aelia Capitolina.