List of cities in Syria
This is a list of cities in Syria .
The two largest agglomerations in Syria are Aleppo with a population of 2,678,400 and the capital Damascus with a population of 2,552,003 (as of January 1, 2006). This means that 27 percent of the country's people live in both regions. The largest city in Syria is Aleppo with 1,626,218 inhabitants.
The following table contains the cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants, their names in German transcription and in Arabic, the results of the census of September 8, 1981 and a calculation for January 1, 2006. The government to which the Town belongs. The population figures refer to the actual city without the suburbs.
| Cities in Syria | ||||||
| rank | Surname | Residents | Governorate | |||
| transcription | Arabic | 1981 census | 2006 calculation | |||
| 1. | Aleppo | حلب | 985.413 | 1,626,218 | Aleppo | |
| 2. | Damascus | دمشق | 1,112,214 | 1,580,909 | City of Damascus | |
| 3. | Homs | حمص | 346,871 | 798.781 | Homs | |
| 4th | Hama | حماة | 177.208 | 477.812 | Hama | |
| 5. | Latakia | اللاذقية | 196.791 | 347.026 | Latakia | |
| 6th | Deir ez-Zor | دير الزور | 92.091 | 252,588 | Deir ez-Zor | |
| 7th | ar-Raqqa | الرقة | 87,138 | 182.394 | ar-Raqqa | |
| 8th. | al-Bab | الباب | 30.008 | 137,565 | Aleppo | |
| 9. | Idlib | إدلب | 51,682 | 135,619 | Idlib | |
| 10. | duma | دوما | 51,337 | 114,761 | Surroundings Damascus | |
| 11. | as-Safira | السفيرة | 21,197 | 100,980 | Aleppo | |
| 12. | Salamiyya | سلمية | 35,909 | 98,595 | Hama | |
| 13. | al-Hajar al-Aswad | الحجر الأسود | 23,563 | 92,267 | Surroundings Damascus | |
| 14th | Tartus | طرطوس | 52,589 | 91,269 | Tartus | |
| 15th | ath-thaura | الثورة | 44,782 | 89,815 | ar-Raqqa | |
| 16. | al-Qamishli | القامشلي | 92,990 | 86,129 | al-Hasakah | |
| 17th | al-Hasakah | الحسكة | 73,426 | 81,809 | al-Hasakah | |
| 18th | Ma'arrat an-Nu'man | معرة النعمان | 25,579 | 77,433 | Idlib | |
| 19th | Darʿā | درعا | 49,534 | 73,523 | Dar'a | |
| 20th | Darayya | داريا | 34,048 | 73,362 | Surroundings Damascus | |
| 21st | Manbij | منبج | 30,812 | 70,346 | Aleppo | |
| 22nd | Jabla | جبلة | 24,784 | 68,368 | Latakia | |
| 23. | Aʿzāz | اعزاز | 16,557 | 60,737 | Aleppo | |
| 24. | as-Suwaida | السويداء | 43,414 | 60,533 | as-Suwaida | |
| 25th | Abu Kamal | أبو كمال | 17,507 | 60.505 | Deir ez-Zor | |
| 26th | at-Tall | التل | 18.198 | 57,685 | Surroundings Damascus | |
| 27. | al-Mayadin | الميادين | 14,966 | 57,522 | Deir ez-Zor | |
| 28. | Nawa | نوى | 30,309 | 56,946 | Dar'a | |
| 29 | ar-Rastan | الرستن | 15.091 | 55,749 | Homs | |
| 30th | Tudmur | تدمر | 18,122 | 53,087 | Homs | |
| 31. | Ariha | أريحا | 17,805 | 52,742 | Idlib | |
| 32. | Ain al-Arab | عين العرب | 12,393 | 52,115 | Aleppo | |
| 33. | Afrin | حلب | 11,914 | 51,139 | Aleppo | |
| 34. | Chan Sheikhun | خان شيخون | k. A. | 50,940 | Idlib | |
| 35. | an-Nabk | النبك | 19,521 | 50,923 | Surroundings Damascus | |