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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 km. Administrative areas without city/municipality status like districts or prefectures are excluded.

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

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