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/municipality	Municipality status	Country	Total area (km2)	Population	Population density (per km2)
Sermersooq[1]	Municipality	Greenland	575,300	24,148	0.04
Avannaata[1]	Municipality	Greenland	522,700	10,920	0.02
Nagqu[2]	Prefecture-level City	China	353,010	504,838	1
Hulunbuir[3]	Prefecture-level City	China	234,545	2,242,875	10
Shigatse[4]	Prefecture-level City	China	178,400	798,153	4
Fderîck[5]	Commune	Mauritania	169,684	11,623	0.06
Jiuquan[6]	Prefecture-level City	China	167,680	1,055,706	6
Altamira[7]	Município	Brazil	159,533	126,279	0.8
Djado[8]	Commune	Niger	156,026	876	0.005
Hami[9]	Prefecture-level City	China	137,263	673,383	5
Reggane[10]	Commune	Algeria	124,711	20,402	0.2
Barcelos[11]	Município	Brazil	122,461	18,834	0.2
Bordj Badji Mokhtar[12]	Commune	Algeria	121,486	16,437	0.1
Iferouane[13]	Commune	Niger	120,288	13,655	0.1
Ouadane[14]	Commune	Mauritania	118,210	3,833	0.03
N'Gourti[15]	Commune	Niger	113,484	51,767	0.5
Chamdo[16]	Prefecture-level City	China	109,790	760,966	7
São Gabriel da Cachoeira[17]	Município	Brazil	109,193	51,795	0.5
Oriximiná[18]	Município	Brazil	107,614	68,294	0.6
In Amguel[19]	Commune	Algeria	101,324	4,208	0.04
Kashgar[20]	Prefecture-level City	China	100,598	4,496,377	45
Qeqqata[1]	Municipality	Greenland	97,000	9,191	0.1
Oualata[21]	Commune	Mauritania	93,092	4,782	0.05
Oum El Assel[22]	Commune	Algeria	87,683	3,183	0.04
Bir Moghrein[23]	Commune	Mauritania	87,401	5,126	0.06
Ordos[24]	Prefecture-level City	China	87,097	2,153,638	25
Chifeng[25]	Prefecture-level City	China	87,032	4,035,967	46
Tazrouk[26]	Commune	Algeria	86,366	4,091	0.05
Tapauá[27]	Município	Brazil	84,946	19,599	0.2
São Félix do Xingu[28]	Município	Brazil	84,213	65,418	0.8
Bordj Omar Driss[29]	Commune	Algeria	83,030	5,736	0.1
Chongqing[30]	Province-level city	China	82,403	32,054,159	389
Abalessa[31]	Commune	Algeria	80,381	9,163	0.1
Nyingchi[32]	Prefecture-level City	China	77,680	238,936	3
Atalaia do Norte[33]	Município	Brazil	76,508	15,314	0.2
Illizi[34]	Commune	Algeria	76,023	17,252	0.2
Heihe[35]	Prefecture-level City	China	74,415	1,286,401	17
Tindouf[36]	Commune	Algeria	73,882	45,966	0.6
Almeirim	Município	Brazil	72,955	72,955	0.5
Charagua[37]	Município	Bolivia	71,360	40,476	0.6
Turpan[38]	Prefecture-level City	China	69,750	693,988	10
Hassi Messaoud[39]	Commune	Algeria	69,582	45,147	0.6
Jutaí[40]	Município	Brazil	69,457	69,457	0.4
Tesker[41]	Commune	Niger	69,278	37,132	0.5
Lábrea[42]	Município	Brazil	68,263	45,448	0.7
Cumaribo[43]	Município	Colombia	65,597	79,122	1
Bayannur[44]	Prefecture-level City	China	65,143	1,538,715	24
Foggaret Ezzaouia[45]	Commune	Algeria	64,572	6,649	0.1
Corumbá[46]	Município	Brazil	64,432	96,268	1.5
Santa Isabel do Rio Negro[47]	Município	Brazil	62,800	14,164	0.2
Itaituba[48]	Município	Brazil	62,042	123,314	2.0
Qeqertalik[1]	Municipality	Greenland	62,400	6,082	0.1
In-Gall[49]	Commune	Niger	61,171	51,903	0.8
Tabelbala[50]	Commune	Algeria	60,390	5,121	0.1
Tichit[51]	Commune	Mauritania	59,575	3,331	0.06
Tongliao[52]	Prefecture-level City	China	58,863	2,873,168	49
Idlès[53]	Commune	Algeria	58,338	4,945	0.1
Coari[54]	Município	Brazil	57,971	70,616	0.2
Djanet[55]	Commune	Algeria	57,008	14,655	0.3
Japurá[56]	Município	Brazil	55,827	8,858	0.2
Apuí[57]	Município	Brazil	54,241	20,647	0.4
Jacareacanga[58]	Município	Brazil	53,305	24,042	0.5
Harbin[59]	Sub-provincial city	China	53,069	10,009,854	189
Aderbissinat[60]	Commune	Niger	51,358	35,320	0.7
In Guezzam[61]	Commune	Algeria	51,122	7,045	0.1
Kujalleq[1]	Municipality	Greenland	51,000	6,205	0.1

Urban areas

This table shows all cities or conurbations with a total urbanised area of at least 500 km², according to Demographia's annual World Urban Areas^[62] publication, that uses a consistent methodology between countries to provide comparable population and area figures.

Urban area	Country	Built-up land area (km2)	Population	Urban population density (per km2)
Greater Los Angeles	United States	87,940	18,316,743	541.1
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose (Bay Area)	United States	26,390	9,710,000	953
New York City (New York City Metropolitan Area)	United States	12,093	20,902,000	1,728
Boston–Providence	United States	9,539	7,340,000	769
Tokyo–Yokohama	Japan	8,231	39,105,000	4,751
Atlanta	United States	7,400	5,434,000	734
Chicago	United States	7,006	9,013,000	1,286
Moscow	Russia	5,879	17,693,000	3,009
Washington, D.C.–Baltimore	United States	5,501	7,583,000	1,378
Philadelphia	United States	5,429	5,697,000	1,049

See also

• List of largest cities
• List of United States cities by area