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[[File:Downtown Burj Dubai and Business Bay, seen from Safa Park.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|[[Dubai]], the most populous city in the [[United Arab Emirates]]]]

[[File:Tc-map.png|thumb|upright=2.0|right|Map of the United Arab Emirates]]
The table below shows a list of every [[city]] in the [[United Arab Emirates|UAE]] with a population of at least 10,000, listed in descending order. The capitals are shown in bold. The population numbers are of the cities, and not the emirates, often with the same name. There is also an additional list of the rest of the populated settlements in the UAE under 10,000'' (not listed in descending order)''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=United Arab Emirates Cities Database {{!}} Simplemaps.com |url=https://simplemaps.com/data/ae-cities |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=simplemaps.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=List of Cities in United Arab Emirates: Area, Population and Cost of Living |url=https://www.godigit.com/international-travel-insurance/city-list/list-of-cities-in-united-arab-emirates |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=Digit Insurance |language=en-IN}}</ref>

== Largest cities == 
{| class="wikitable"
|style="background:#ccff99; width:1em"|
|'''''Emirate capital and largest city'''''
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|style="background:#ff9999; width:1em"|
|'''''Federal Capital'''''
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!width="5px"| Nº
!width="110px"| City
!wid1th="50px"| Population
!width="150px"| [[Emirates of the United Arab Emirates|Emirate]]
!width="150px"| Location 
|- 
|'''1'''||style="text-align:left;background-color:#ccff99"|'''[[Dubai]]'''||align = right|3,564,931<!-- Note that this is the figure for the city, and not for the emirate of the same name --> ||{{flag|Dubai}}||<small>{{coord|25.263056|N|55.297222|E|name=Dubai}}</small>
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|'''2'''||style="text-align:left;background-color:#ff9999"|'''[[Abu Dhabi]]'''||align =right|2,189,860||{{flag|Abu Dhabi}}<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Abu Dhabi Population 2023 |url=https://census.scad.gov.ae/home/population?tab=info&lang=en&fid=0 |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=census.scad.gov.ae}}</ref>||<small>{{coord|24.466667|N|54.366667|E|name=Abu Dhabi}}</small>
|- 
|'''3'''||style="text-align:left;background-color:#ccff99"|'''[[Sharjah]]'''||align = right|1,405,000||{{flag|Sharjah}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gdnonline.com/Details/155636/Sharjah-population-tops-1405-million|title=UAE: Sharjah population tops 1.405 million|last=WAM|website=www.gdnonline.com}}</ref>||<small>{{coord|25.3575|N|55.390833|E|name=Sharjah}}</small>
|- 
|'''4'''||[[Al Ain]]||align = right|846,747||{{flag|Abu Dhabi}}||<small>{{coord|24.2075|N|55.744722|E|name=Al Ain}}</small>
|-
|'''5'''||style="text-align:left;background-color:#ccff99"|'''[[Ajman]]'''||align = right|490,035||{{flag|Ajman}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scc.ajman.ae/sites/default/files/publications/Census2017_Flipbook/mobile/index.html|title = 190320BR_Ajman Statistic Report_V16_For Print}}</ref>||<small>{{coord|25.413611|N|55.445556|E|name=Ajman}}</small>
|- 
|'''6'''||style="text-align:left;background-color:#ccff99"|'''[[Ras Al Khaimah]]'''||align = right|191,753||{{flag|Ras Al Khaimah}}||<small>{{coord|25.783333|N|55.95|E|name=Ras Al Khaimah}}</small>
|- 
|'''7'''||style="text-align:left;background-color:#ccff99"|'''[[Fujairah]]'''||align = right|118,933||{{flag|Fujairah}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uae|title=United Arab Emirates: Emirates & Major Cities – Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information}}</ref>||<small>{{coord|25.121927|N|56.346876|E|name=Fujairah}}</small>
|- 
|'''8'''||style="text-align:left;background-color:#ccff99"|'''[[Umm al-Quwain (city)|Umm Al Quwain]]'''||align = right|59,098||{{flag|Umm al-Quwain}}||<small>{{coord|25.544095|N|55.553305|E|name=Umm Al Quwain}}</small>
|- 
|'''9'''||[[Kalba]]||align = right|51,000||{{flag|Sharjah}}<ref name="auto"/>||<small>{{coord|25.074167|N|56.355278|E|name=Kalba}}</small>
|- 
|'''10'''||[[Dibba Al-Fujairah]]||align = right|49,333||{{flag|Fujairah}}||<small>{{coord|25.591|N|56.26|E|name=Dibba Al-Fujairah}}</small>
|- 
|'''11'''||[[Madinat Zayed]]||align = right|46,862||{{flag|Abu Dhabi}}<ref name="google.ae">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f9l90XsF5-sC&pg=PA167|title=The Report: Abu Dhabi 2010|date=21 March 2019|publisher=Oxford Business Group|isbn=9781907065217|via=Google Books}}</ref>||<small>{{coord|23.652222|N|53.653611|E|name=Madinat Zayed}}</small>
|- 
|'''12'''||[[Khor Fakkan]]||align = right|43,223||{{flag|Sharjah}}<ref name="auto"/>||<small>{{coord|25.333333|N|56.35|E|name=Khor Fakkan}}</small>
|- 
|'''13'''||[[Al Dhannah]]||align = right|38,740||{{flag|Abu Dhabi}}||<small>{{coord|24.103333|N|52.583611|E|name=Ruwais}}</small>
|- 
|'''14'''||[[Ghayathi]]||align = right|34,333||{{flag|Abu Dhabi}}||<small>{{coord|23.8425|N|52.81|E|name=Ghayathi}}</small>
|- 
|'''15'''||[[Dhaid]]||align = right|33,000||{{flag|Sharjah}}<ref name="auto"/>||<small>{{coord|25.283333|N|55.883333|E|name=Dhaid}}</small>
|- 
|'''16'''||[[Jebel Ali]]||align = right|31,634||{{flag|Dubai}}||<small>{{coord|25.01126|N|55.06116|E|name=Jebel Ali}}</small>
|-
|'''17'''||[[Liwa Oasis]]||align = right|20,192||{{flag|Abu Dhabi}}<ref name="google.ae"/>||<small>{{coord|23.133333|N|53.766667|E|name=Liwa Oasis}}</small>
|- 
|'''18'''||[[Hatta, United Arab Emirates|Hatta]]||align = right|13,295||{{flag|Dubai}}||<small>{{coord|24.796667|N|56.1175|E|name=Hatta}}</small>
|- 
|'''19'''||[[Ar-Rams]]||align = right|13,000||{{flag|Ras Al Khaimah}}||<small>{{coord|25.878889|N|56.023611|E|name=Ar-Rams}}</small>
|- 
|'''20'''||[[Dibba Al-Hisn]]||align = right|12,573||{{flag|Sharjah}}<ref name="auto"/>||<small>{{coord|25.618889|N|56.273333|E|name=Dibba Al-Hisn}}</small>
|- 
|'''21'''||[[Al Jazirah Al Hamra]]||align = right|10,190||{{flag|Ras Al Khaimah}}||<small>{{coord|25.6832|N|55.8200|E|name=Al Jazirah Al Hamra}}</small>
|}

== Other towns and settlements ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!width="150px"| City
!width="50px"| Population
!width="250px"| [[Emirates of the United Arab Emirates|Emirate]]
|- 
|[[Abu al Abyad]]||||{{flag|Abu Dhabi}}
|- 
|[[Adhen, Ras Al Khaimah|Adhen]]||4,516||{{flag|Ras Al Khaimah}}
|- 
|[[Al Ajban]]||||{{flag|Abu Dhabi}}
|- 
|[[Al-Aryam Island|Al Aryam]]||||{{flag|Abu Dhabi}}
|- 
|[[Al Awir]]||8,457||{{flag|Dubai}}
|- 
|[[Al Badiyah]]||7,153||{{flag|Fujairah}}
|- 
|[[Al Bataeh]]||3,958||{{flag|Sharjah}}
|- 
|[[Al Bithnah]]||||{{flag|Fujairah}}
|- 
|[[Al Faqa]]||2,291||{{flag|Abu Dhabi}} and {{flag|Dubai}}
|- 
|[[Al Halah]]||||{{flag|Fujairah}}
|- 
|[[Al Hamraniyah]]||||{{flag|Ras Al Khaimah}}
|- 
|[[Al Hamriyah]]||3,297||{{flag|Sharjah}}
|- 
|[[Al Jeer]]||5,111||{{flag|Ras Al Khaimah}}
|- 
|[[Al Khawaneej]]||8,222||{{flag|Dubai}}
|- 
|[[Al Lisaili]]||2,514||{{flag|Dubai}}
|- 
|[[Al Madam]]||8,652||{{flag|Sharjah}}
|- 
|[[Manama, Ajman|Al Manama]]||5,823||{{flag|Ajman}}
|- 
|[[Al Mirfa]]||9,111||{{flag|Abu Dhabi}}
|- 
|[[Al Qusaidat]]||||{{flag|Ras Al Khaimah}}
|- 
|[[Al Qor]]||||{{flag|Ras Al Khaimah}}
|- 
|[[Al Salamah, Umm Al Quwain|Al Salamah]]||||{{flag|Umm al-Quwain}}
|- 
|[[Al Shuwaib]]||||{{flag|Abu Dhabi}}
|- 
|[[Al Rafaah]]||2,704||{{flag|Umm al-Quwain}}
|- 
|[[Al Rashidya]]||||{{flag|Umm al-Quwain}}
|- 
|[[Al Ruwayyah]]||6,984||{{flag|Dubai}}
|- 
|[[Al Yahar]]||||{{flag|Abu Dhabi}}
|- 
|[[Asimah]]||||{{flag|Ras Al Khaimah}}
|- 
|[[Dalma (island)|Dalma]]||5,000||{{flag|Abu Dhabi}}
|- 
|[[Dadna]]||||{{flag|Fujairah}}
|- 
|[[Digdaga]]||||{{flag|Ras Al Khaimah}}
|- 
|[[Falaj Al Mualla]]||4,253||{{flag|Umm al-Quwain}}
|- 
|[[Ghalilah]]||||{{flag|Ras Al Khaimah}}
|- 
|[[Ghayl]]||4,792||{{flag|Ras Al Khaimah}}
|- 
|[[Ghub]]||||{{flag|Fujairah}}
|- 
|[[Habshan]]||||{{flag|Abu Dhabi}}
|- 
|[[Huwaylat]]||||{{flag|Ras Al Khaimah}}
|- 
|[[Khatt]]||||{{flag|Ras Al Khaimah}}
|- 
|[[Khor Khwair]]||||{{flag|Ras Al Khaimah}}
|- 
|[[Lahbab]]||4,490||{{flag|Dubai}}
|-
|[[Manama]]||5,823||{{flag|Ajman}}
|- 
|[[Marawah Island|Marawah]]||||{{flag|Abu Dhabi}}
|- 
|[[Masafi]]||7,637||{{flag|Ras Al Khaimah}} and {{flag|Fujairah}}
|- 
|[[Masfut]]||8,988||{{flag|Ajman}}
|- 
|[[Mirbah]]||||{{flag|Fujairah}}
|- 
|[[Mleiha]]||4,768||{{flag|Sharjah}}
|- 
|[[Nahil]]||||{{flag|Abu Dhabi}}
|- 
|[[Qidfa]]||||{{flag|Fujairah}}
|- 
|[[Sha'am]]||1,550||{{flag|Ras Al Khaimah}}
|- 
|[[Sila, Abu Dhabi|Sila]]||7,900||{{flag|Abu Dhabi}}
|- 
|[[Sweihan]]||5,403||{{flag|Abu Dhabi}}
|- 
|[[Wadi Shah, Ras al-Khaimah|Wadi Shah]]||||{{flag|Ras Al Khaimah}}
|- 
|[[Zubarah, Sharjah|Zubarah]]||3,779||{{flag|Sharjah}}
|}

==References==
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