List of largest cities by area

List of largest cities by area

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

Cities/municipalities

List of largest cities by area

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.

<table><thead><tr><th>City/municipality</th><th>Municipality status</th><th>Country</th><th>Total area (km2)</th><th>Population</th><th>Population density (per km2)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Sermersooq</td><td>Municipality</td><td> Greenland</td><td>575,300</td><td>24,148</td><td>0.04</td></tr><tr><td>Avannaata</td><td>Municipality</td><td> Greenland</td><td>522,700</td><td>10,920</td><td>0.02</td></tr><tr><td>Nagqu</td><td>Prefecture-level City</td><td> China</td><td>353,010</td><td>504,838</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Eeyou Istchee Baie-James</td><td>Regional Government</td><td> Canada</td><td>283,123.42</td><td>2,638</td><td>0.009</td></tr><tr><td>Hulunbuir</td><td>Prefecture-level City</td><td> China</td><td>234,545</td><td>2,242,875</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Shigatse</td><td>Prefecture-level City</td><td> China</td><td>178,400</td><td>798,153</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Fderîck</td><td>Commune</td><td> Mauritania</td><td>169,684</td><td>11,623</td><td>0.06</td></tr><tr><td>Jiuquan</td><td>Prefecture-level City</td><td> China</td><td>167,680</td><td>1,055,706</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Altamira</td><td>Município</td><td> Brazil</td><td>159,533</td><td>126,279</td><td>0.8</td></tr><tr><td>Djado</td><td>Commune</td><td> Niger</td><td>156,026</td><td>876</td><td>0.005</td></tr><tr><td>Hami</td><td>Prefecture-level City</td><td> China</td><td>137,263</td><td>673,383</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Reggane</td><td>Commune</td><td> Algeria</td><td>124,711</td><td>20,402</td><td>0.2</td></tr><tr><td>Barcelos</td><td>Município</td><td> Brazil</td><td>122,461</td><td>18,834</td><td>0.2</td></tr><tr><td>Bordj Badji Mokhtar</td><td>Commune</td><td> Algeria</td><td>121,486</td><td>16,437</td><td>0.1</td></tr><tr><td>Iferouane</td><td>Commune</td><td> Niger</td><td>120,288</td><td>13,655</td><td>0.1</td></tr><tr><td>Ouadane</td><td>Commune</td><td> Mauritania</td><td>118,210</td><td>3,833</td><td>0.03</td></tr><tr><td>N'Gourti</td><td>Commune</td><td> Niger</td><td>113,484</td><td>51,767</td><td>0.5</td></tr><tr><td>Chamdo</td><td>Prefecture-level City</td><td> China</td><td>109,790</td><td>760,966</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>São Gabriel da Cachoeira</td><td>Município</td><td> Brazil</td><td>109,193</td><td>51,795</td><td>0.5</td></tr><tr><td>Oriximiná</td><td>Município</td><td> Brazil</td><td>107,614</td><td>68,294</td><td>0.6</td></tr><tr><td>In Amguel</td><td>Commune</td><td> Algeria</td><td>101,324</td><td>4,208</td><td>0.04</td></tr><tr><td>Kashgar</td><td>Prefecture-level City</td><td> China</td><td>100,598</td><td>4,496,377</td><td>45</td></tr><tr><td>Qeqqata</td><td>Municipality</td><td> Greenland</td><td>97,000</td><td>9,191</td><td>0.1</td></tr><tr><td>Kalgoorlie–Boulder</td><td>City</td><td> Australia</td><td>95,500</td><td>30,991</td><td>0.3</td></tr><tr><td>Oualata</td><td>Commune</td><td> Mauritania</td><td>93,092</td><td>4,782</td><td>0.05</td></tr><tr><td>Oum El Assel</td><td>Commune</td><td> Algeria</td><td>87,683</td><td>3,183</td><td>0.04</td></tr><tr><td>Bir Moghrein</td><td>Commune</td><td> Mauritania</td><td>87,401</td><td>5,126</td><td>0.06</td></tr><tr><td>Ordos</td><td>Prefecture-level City</td><td> China</td><td>87,097</td><td>2,153,638</td><td>25</td></tr><tr><td>Chifeng</td><td>Prefecture-level City</td><td> China</td><td>87,032</td><td>4,035,967</td><td>46</td></tr><tr><td>Tazrouk</td><td>Commune</td><td> Algeria</td><td>86,366</td><td>4,091</td><td>0.05</td></tr><tr><td>Tapauá</td><td>Município</td><td> Brazil</td><td>84,946</td><td>19,599</td><td>0.2</td></tr><tr><td>Northern Rockies Regional Municipality</td><td>Regional municipality</td><td> Canada</td><td>84,759.31</td><td>3,947</td><td>0.0</td></tr><tr><td>São Félix do Xingu</td><td>Município</td><td> Brazil</td><td>84,213</td><td>65,418</td><td>0.8</td></tr><tr><td>Bordj Omar Driss</td><td>Commune</td><td> Algeria</td><td>83,030</td><td>5,736</td><td>0.1</td></tr><tr><td>Chongqing</td><td>Province-level city</td><td> China</td><td>82,403</td><td>32,054,159</td><td>389</td></tr><tr><td>Abalessa</td><td>Commune</td><td> Algeria</td><td>80,381</td><td>9,163</td><td>0.1</td></tr><tr><td>Mackenzie County</td><td>Specialized municipality</td><td> Canada</td><td>79,629.26</td><td>12,840</td><td>0.2</td></tr><tr><td>Nyingchi</td><td>Prefecture-level City</td><td> China</td><td>77,680</td><td>238,936</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Atalaia do Norte</td><td>Município</td><td> Brazil</td><td>76,508</td><td>15,314</td><td>0.2</td></tr><tr><td>Illizi</td><td>Commune</td><td> Algeria</td><td>76,023</td><td>17,252</td><td>0.2</td></tr><tr><td>Heihe</td><td>Prefecture-level City</td><td> China</td><td>74,415</td><td>1,286,401</td><td>17</td></tr><tr><td>Tindouf</td><td>Commune</td><td> Algeria</td><td>73,882</td><td>45,966</td><td>0.6</td></tr><tr><td>Almeirim</td><td>Município</td><td> Brazil</td><td>72,955</td><td>72,955</td><td>0.5</td></tr><tr><td>Charagua</td><td>Município</td><td> Bolivia</td><td>71,360</td><td>40,476</td><td>0.6</td></tr><tr><td>Turpan</td><td>Prefecture-level City</td><td> China</td><td>69,750</td><td>693,988</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Hassi Messaoud</td><td>Commune</td><td> Algeria</td><td>69,582</td><td>45,147</td><td>0.6</td></tr><tr><td>Jutaí</td><td>Município</td><td> Brazil</td><td>69,457</td><td>69,457</td><td>0.4</td></tr><tr><td>Tesker</td><td>Commune</td><td> Niger</td><td>69,278</td><td>37,132</td><td>0.5</td></tr><tr><td>Lábrea</td><td>Município</td><td> Brazil</td><td>68,263</td><td>45,448</td><td>0.7</td></tr><tr><td>Cumaribo</td><td>Município</td><td> Colombia</td><td>65,597</td><td>79,122</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Bayannur</td><td>Prefecture-level City</td><td> China</td><td>65,143</td><td>1,538,715</td><td>24</td></tr><tr><td>Foggaret Ezzaouia</td><td>Commune</td><td> Algeria</td><td>64,572</td><td>6,649</td><td>0.1</td></tr><tr><td>Corumbá</td><td>Município</td><td> Brazil</td><td>64,432</td><td>96,268</td><td>1.5</td></tr><tr><td>Santa Isabel do Rio Negro</td><td>Município</td><td> Brazil</td><td>62,800</td><td>14,164</td><td>0.2</td></tr><tr><td>Itaituba</td><td>Município</td><td> Brazil</td><td>62,042</td><td>123,314</td><td>2.0</td></tr><tr><td>Qeqertalik</td><td>Municipality</td><td> Greenland</td><td>62,400</td><td>6,082</td><td>0.1</td></tr><tr><td>In-Gall</td><td>Commune</td><td> Niger</td><td>61,171</td><td>51,903</td><td>0.8</td></tr><tr><td>Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo</td><td>Specialized municipality</td><td> Canada</td><td>60,843.88</td><td>72,326</td><td>1.1</td></tr><tr><td>Tabelbala</td><td>Commune</td><td> Algeria</td><td>60,390</td><td>5,121</td><td>0.1</td></tr><tr><td>Tichit</td><td>Commune</td><td> Mauritania</td><td>59,575</td><td>3,331</td><td>0.06</td></tr><tr><td>Tongliao</td><td>Prefecture-level City</td><td> China</td><td>58,863</td><td>2,873,168</td><td>49</td></tr><tr><td>Idlès</td><td>Commune</td><td> Algeria</td><td>58,338</td><td>4,945</td><td>0.1</td></tr><tr><td>Coari</td><td>Município</td><td> Brazil</td><td>57,971</td><td>70,616</td><td>0.2</td></tr><tr><td>Djanet</td><td>Commune</td><td> Algeria</td><td>57,008</td><td>14,655</td><td>0.3</td></tr><tr><td>Japurá</td><td>Município</td><td> Brazil</td><td>55,827</td><td>8,858</td><td>0.2</td></tr><tr><td>Apuí</td><td>Município</td><td> Brazil</td><td>54,241</td><td>20,647</td><td>0.4</td></tr><tr><td>Jacareacanga</td><td>Município</td><td> Brazil</td><td>53,305</td><td>24,042</td><td>0.5</td></tr><tr><td>Harbin</td><td>Sub-provincial city</td><td> China</td><td>53,069</td><td>10,009,854</td><td>189</td></tr><tr><td>Aderbissinat</td><td>Commune</td><td> Niger</td><td>51,358</td><td>35,320</td><td>0.7</td></tr><tr><td>In Guezzam</td><td>Commune</td><td> Algeria</td><td>51,122</td><td>7,045</td><td>0.1</td></tr><tr><td>Kujalleq</td><td>Municipality</td><td> Greenland</td><td>51,000</td><td>6,205</td><td>0.1</td></tr></tbody></table>

Urban areas

List of largest cities by area

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 area	Country	Built-up land area (km2)	Population	Urban population density (per km2)
Greater Brisbane	Australia	15,842	2,706,966	171
Greater Sydney	Australia	12,369	5,557,233	449.3
New York City (New York City Metropolitan Area)	United States	11,344	20,892,000	1,842
Guangzhou–Shenzhen	China	10,635	69,562,000	6,541
Greater Melbourne	Australia	9,993	5,350,705	536
Shanghai–Changzhou	China	9,731	45,115,000	4,636
Boston–Providence	United States	8,847	7,375,000	834
Tokyo–Yokohama	Japan	8,775	37,325,000	4,254
Atlanta	United States	7,151	5,495,000	768
Greater Los Angeles	United States	6,918	15,582,000	2,252
Moscow	Russia	6,643	18,509,000	2,786
Chicago	United States	6,532	8,790,000	1,346
Greater Perth	Australia	6,417	2,384,371	371.6
Washington, D.C.–Baltimore	United States	5,600	7,636,000	1,364