List of largest cities by area


This is a list of the largest municipalities and urban areas in the world by area.

Cities/municipalities

This table shows all cities or municipalities with a total area of at least 50,000 km2. Administrative areas without city/municipality status like districts or prefectures are excluded.
City/municipalityMunicipality statusCountryTotal area
PopulationPopulation density
SermersooqMunicipality575,30024,1480.04
AvannaataMunicipality522,70010,9200.02
NagquPrefecture-level City353,010504,8381
Eeyou Istchee Baie-JamesRegional Government283,123.422,6380.009
HulunbuirPrefecture-level City234,5452,242,87510
ShigatsePrefecture-level City178,400798,1534
FderîckCommune169,68411,6230.06
JiuquanPrefecture-level City167,6801,055,7066
AltamiraMunicípio159,533126,2790.8
DjadoCommune156,0268760.005
HamiPrefecture-level City137,263673,3835
RegganeCommune124,71120,4020.2
BarcelosMunicípio122,46118,8340.2
Bordj Badji MokhtarCommune121,48616,4370.1
IferouaneCommune120,28813,6550.1
OuadaneCommune118,2103,8330.03
N'GourtiCommune113,48451,7670.5
ChamdoPrefecture-level City109,790760,9667
São Gabriel da CachoeiraMunicípio109,19351,7950.5
OriximináMunicípio107,61468,2940.6
In AmguelCommune101,3244,2080.04
KashgarPrefecture-level City100,5984,496,37745
QeqqataMunicipality97,0009,1910.1
Kalgoorlie–BoulderCity95,50030,9910.3
OualataCommune93,0924,7820.05
Oum El AsselCommune87,6833,1830.04
Bir MoghreinCommune87,4015,1260.06
OrdosPrefecture-level City87,0972,153,63825
ChifengPrefecture-level City87,0324,035,96746
TazroukCommune86,3664,0910.05
TapauáMunicípio84,94619,5990.2
Northern Rockies Regional MunicipalityRegional municipality84,759.313,9470.0
São Félix do XinguMunicípio84,21365,4180.8
Bordj Omar DrissCommune83,0305,7360.1
ChongqingProvince-level city82,40332,054,159389
AbalessaCommune80,3819,1630.1
Mackenzie CountySpecialized municipality79,629.2612,8400.2
NyingchiPrefecture-level City77,680238,9363
Atalaia do NorteMunicípio76,50815,3140.2
IlliziCommune76,02317,2520.2
HeihePrefecture-level City74,4151,286,40117
TindoufCommune73,88245,9660.6
AlmeirimMunicípio72,95572,9550.5
CharaguaMunicípio71,36040,4760.6
TurpanPrefecture-level City69,750693,98810
Hassi MessaoudCommune69,58245,1470.6
JutaíMunicípio69,45769,4570.4
TeskerCommune69,27837,1320.5
LábreaMunicípio68,26345,4480.7
CumariboMunicípio65,59779,1221
BayannurPrefecture-level City65,1431,538,71524
Foggaret EzzaouiaCommune64,5726,6490.1
CorumbáMunicípio64,43296,2681.5
Santa Isabel do Rio NegroMunicípio62,80014,1640.2
ItaitubaMunicípio62,042123,3142.0
QeqertalikMunicipality62,4006,0820.1
In-GallCommune61,17151,9030.8
Regional Municipality of Wood BuffaloSpecialized municipality60,843.8872,3261.1
TabelbalaCommune60,3905,1210.1
TichitCommune59,5753,3310.06
TongliaoPrefecture-level City58,8632,873,16849
IdlèsCommune58,3384,9450.1
CoariMunicípio57,97170,6160.2
DjanetCommune57,00814,6550.3
JapuráMunicípio55,8278,8580.2
ApuíMunicípio54,24120,6470.4
JacareacangaMunicípio53,30524,0420.5
HarbinSub-provincial city53,06910,009,854189
AderbissinatCommune51,35835,3200.7
In GuezzamCommune51,1227,0450.1
KujalleqMunicipality51,0006,2050.1

Urban areas

This table shows all cities or conurbations with a total urbanised area of at least 5000 km2, according to Demographia's annual World Urban Areas publication, that uses a consistent methodology between countries to provide comparable population and area figures.
Urban areaCountryBuilt-up land area
PopulationUrban population density
New York City United States