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| Name | Metro population (millions) |
| الإسكندريه (al-Iskandarīyah) | 4.7 |
| al-Jizāh (Giza or Gizeh), see القاهرة (al-Qāhirah) | n/a |
| القاهرة (al-Qāhirah) | 16.8 |
| Shubrā al-Khaymah (Shubra el-Kheyma), see القاهرة (al-Qāhirah) | n/a |
The metropolitan area of غزة (Ghazzah or Gazzah or Gaza), which has 1.9 million residents, extends into northeastern مصر (Miṣr or Egypt). It is centered beyond Egypt in the غزة (Ghazzah) Strip.
The two largest cities are القاهرة (al-Qāhirah)--with over ten million metropolitan residents--and الإسكندريه (al-Iskandarīiyah). The metropolitan area of القاهرة (al-Qāhirah) includes two other cities with more than a million residents: al-Jizāh and Shubrā al-Khaymah. الإسكندريه (al-Iskandarīiyah), facing the sea in a 'C', is just northwest of the Nile's westernmost distributary.
| Name | Alternate names |
| Akhetaten | Horizon of the Sun Disk, el-Amarna, Tell el-Amarna |
| أسيوط ('Asyūṭ) | Sʒwty (Zawty), Siâut, Λυκούπολις (Lykoúpolis or Lykopolis or Lycopolis) |
| ḥw.t wr.t | Hut-waret or Avaris |
| ỉnbw-hḏ | Inebu-Hedju (White Walls), Μέμφις (Mémphis), Mennefer, Ḥwt-kʒ-ptḥ (Hut-ka-Ptah |
| Nn(w)-nswt | Nen-nesut, Hnn-nswt (Henen-nesut), Ηρακλεούπολις (Ērakleoúpolis), Heracleopolis Magna, House of the Royal Child |
| صا الحجر (Ṣā al-Ḥajar) | Sa el-Hagar, Sʒw (Zau), Sai, Σάϊς (Sáïs), Sais |
| الأقصر (al-Uqṣur) | Wɜ.st, Waset, Nut, Ni', Θηβαι (Thēbai), Thebes, City of the Sceptor, Diospolis Magna |
| ʒbḏw | Abdju, Abydos, Hill of the Reliquary |
1. world-gazetteer.com, 2012 calculations, accessed 1/2/2012.
2. Formerly Αλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia), Alexandria and Alexandrie.
3. Formerly called Le Caire (French) and Cairo (English). The Arabic name means Mars. The former city of ỉwnw (Pillar), later called Ηλιούπολις (Ēlioúpolis or Heliopolis), was in what is now the al-Matarīyah district of al-Qāhirah. The original Arab settlement within the current city limits was الفسطاط (al-Fūsṭaṭ or Fostat).
4. That is, Enclosure of the Soul of Ptah.