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 . Administrative areas without city/municipality status like districts or prefectures are excluded. City/municipalityMunicipality status Country Total area(km2) Population Population density(per km2)SermersooqMunicipality575,30024,1480.04AvannaataMunicipality522,70010,9200.02NagquPrefecture-level City353,010 504,838 1.43 Eeyou Istchee Baie-JamesRegional Government 283,123.42 2,638 0.009HulunbuirPrefecture-level City 234,545 2,242,875 10ShigatsePrefecture-level City178,400 798,1534FderîckCommune169,684 11,6230.06JiuquanPrefecture-level City167,6801,055,7066AltamiraMunicípio 159,533 126,279 0.8DjadoCommune156,026 8760.005HamiPrefecture-level City137,263 673,3835RegganeCommune124,71120,402 0.2BarcelosMunicípio 122,461 18,834 0.2Bordj Badji MokhtarCommune121,486 16,437 0.1IferouaneCommune120,288 13,655 0.1OuadaneCommune118,210 3,833 0.03N'GourtiCommune113,484 51,7670.5ChamdoPrefecture-level City109,790 760,966 7São Gabriel da CachoeiraMunicípio 109,193 51,795 0.5OriximináMunicípio 107,614 68,2940.6In AmguelCommune101,324 4,208 0.04KashgarPrefecture-level City100,598 4,496,377 45QeqqataMunicipality97,000 9,1910.1Kalgoorlie–BoulderCity95,500 30,9910.3OualataCommune93,092 4,782 0.05Oum El AsselCommune87,683 3,1830.04Bir MoghreinCommune87,401 5,1260.06OrdosPrefecture-level City87,097 2,153,63825ChifengPrefecture-level City 87,032 4,035,967 46TazroukCommune86,366 4,091 0.05TapauáMunicípio 84,946 19,5990.2Northern Rockies Regional MunicipalityRegional municipality84,759.313,9470.0São Félix do XinguMunicípio 84,213 65,418 0.8Bordj Omar DrissCommune83,030 5,736 0.1ChongqingProvince-level city 82,403 32,054,159 389AbalessaCommune80,381 9,163 0.1Mackenzie County Specialized municipality79,629.2612,8400.2NyingchiPrefecture-level City77,680 238,936 3Atalaia do NorteMunicípio 76,508 15,314 0.2IlliziCommune76,023 17,252 0.2HeihePrefecture-level City74,415 1,286,40117TindoufCommune73,882 45,9660.6AlmeirimMunicípio 72,955 72,955 0.5CharaguaMunicípio 71,360 40,476 0.6TurpanPrefecture-level City69,750 693,98810Hassi MessaoudCommune69,582 45,147 0.6JutaíMunicípio 69,457 69,457 0.4TeskerCommune69,278 37,132 0.5LábreaMunicípio 68,263 45,448 0.7CumariboMunicípio 65,597 79,1221BayannurPrefecture-level City65,143 1,538,715 24Foggaret EzzaouiaCommune64,572 6,649 0.1CorumbáMunicípio 64,432 96,268 1.5Santa Isabel do Rio NegroMunicípio 62,800 14,164 0.2ItaitubaMunicípio 62,042 123,314 2.0QeqertalikMunicipality62,4006,082 0.1In-GallCommune61,171 51,9030.8Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Specialized municipality60,843.8872,3261.1TabelbalaCommune60,390 5,1210.1TichitCommune59,575 3,331 0.06TongliaoPrefecture-level City58,863 2,873,168 49IdlèsCommune58,338 4,945 0.1CoariMunicípio 57,971 70,616 0.2DjanetCommune57,008 14,655 0.3JapuráMunicípio 55,827 8,858 0.2ApuíMunicípio 54,241 20,6470.4JacareacangaMunicípio 53,305 24,042 0.5HarbinSub-provincial city53,069 10,009,854189AderbissinatCommune51,358 35,3200.7In GuezzamCommune51,122 7,045 0.1KujalleqMunicipality51,0006,205 0.1

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

Rank Urban area Country Built-up land area(km2) Population Urban population density(per km2)1New York11,34420,892,0001,8422Guangzhou–Shenzhen10,63569,562,0006,5413Shanghai9,73145,115,0004,6364Boston–Providence8,8477,375,0008345Tokyo–Yokohama8,77537,325,0004,2546Atlanta7,1515,495,0007687Greater Los Angeles6,91815,582,0002,2528Moscow6,64318,509,0002,7869Chicago6,5328,790,0001,34610Washington, D.C.–Baltimore5,6007,636,0001,36411Greater Houston5,3906,804,0001,26212Dallas–Fort Worth5,3076,980,0001,31513Philadelphia4,9165,697,0001,15914Beijing4,28422,363,0005,22015Detroit4,0824,143,0001,01516Johannesburg–Pretoria4,04015,026,0003,71917Nagoya3,7049,617,0002,59718São Paulo3,64921,747,0005,95919San Francisco Bay Area3,6346,376,0001,75520Charlotte3,6312,214,00061021Cleveland3,6082,642,00073222Jakarta3,54636,877,00010,40023Buenos Aires3,43715,933,0004,63624Phoenix3,2354,600,0001,42225Miami3,2226,129,0001,90226Bangkok3,19920,284,0006,34127Orlando3,1443,204,0001,01928Seattle3,1313,952,0001,26229Osaka–Kobe–Kyoto3,02014,998,0004,96630Tampa–St. Petersburg2,9973,180,0001,06131Melbourne2,9825,435,0001,80032Paris2,85411,282,0003,95333Tianjin2,81312,095,0004,30034Seoul–Incheon2,76923,825,0008,60535Cairo2,69622,684,0008,41336Essen–Düsseldorf2,6836,874,0002,56237Brisbane–Gold Coast2,6473,039,0001,14838Minneapolis–Saint Paul2,6292,904,0001,105

See also List of largest cities List of United States cities by area

References

Square Mileage by County. California States Association of Counties. Archived from the original on February 27, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2017.