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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

Gazzah, Gaza
Name Metro population (millions)1
عمأن ('Ammān) 1.256
بيروت (Bayrũt)2 1.452
غزة (Ghazzah)3 1.919
חיפה (Hefa)4 1.365
اربد (Irbid) 1.000
תל-אביב-יפו Tel-Aviv-Yafo5 3.651
ירושלים (Yerusalayim)6 2.077

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.