List of cities by surface area - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a non-exhaustive list of the world's largest cities

World's largest cities

This article ranks the world's largest cities, in population or land area, using a variety of ranking methods.-Ambiguities in measuring the "size" of a city:...

in terms of the surface area of their municipalities. This list is limited to clear, unambiguously defined political jurisdictions which (in their own language) identify themselves as cities. This is as opposed to a metropolitan area which may include multiple cities all under the jurisdiction of separate city councils. All of the cities on this list consist mostly of agricultural land, forests, or wilderness, and most of them are rather modest in terms of population. Chongqing

Chongqing

Chongqing is a major city in Southwest China and one of the five national central cities of China. Administratively, it is one of the PRC's four direct-controlled municipalities , and the only such municipality in inland China.The municipality was created on 14 March 1997, succeeding the...

is by far the most populous, but even it has more countryside than built-up areas within its boundaries.

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City	Country	Area km²	Area sq mi	Source
Baie-James, Québec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....		297,330	116,144	http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=F&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2499060&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchText=Baie-James&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=
Hulunbuir Hulunbuir Hulunbuir is a region that is governed as a prefecture-level city in northeastern Inner Mongolia, in the People's Republic of China. Its administrative center is located at Hailar District, its largest urban area. Major scenic features are the high steppes of the Hulun Buir grasslands, the Hulun... , Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in the northern region of the country. Inner Mongolia shares an international border with the countries of Mongolia and the Russian Federation...		263,953	101,913
Jiuquan Jiuquan - Suzhou town :The administrative center of the "prefecture-level city" of Jiuquan is the "District" of Suzhou , which occupies 3,386 square km in the eastern part of Jiuquan "prefecture-level city", and had a population of 340,000 as of 2002.... , Gansu Gansu ' is a province located in the northwest of the People's Republic of China.It lies between the Tibetan and Huangtu plateaus, and borders Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Ningxia to the north, Xinjiang and Qinghai to the west, Sichuan to the south, and Shaanxi to the east...		167,996	64,864	-
Altamira, Pará		159,696	61,659	http://www.ibge.gov.br/cidadesat/xtras/perfil.php?codmun=150060&r=2
City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder is a Local Government Area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, about east of the state capital, Perth. The City covers an area of , and its seat of government is the town of Kalgoorlie; all but 244 of the city's population live either in...		95,575	36,901.7	Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia
Chongqing Chongqing Chongqing is a major city in Southwest China and one of the five national central cities of China. Administratively, it is one of the PRC's four direct-controlled municipalities , and the only such municipality in inland China.The municipality was created on 14 March 1997, succeeding the...		82,400	31,815	http://www.china.org.cn/ChinaToday/Today/ChinaToday/ct98/ct98-10-5.html
Corumbá Corumbá Corumbá is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, 425 km northwest of Campo Grande, the state's capital. It has a population of approximately 96,000 inhabitants, and its economy is based mainly on agriculture, animal husbandry, mineral extraction, and tourism, being the...		65,000	25,096.6	http://www.ibge.gov.br/cidadesat/topwindow.htm?1
City of Mount Isa, Queensland		43,010	16,606	http://www.mountisa.qld.gov.au/welcome/The_City_Today/the_city_today.html
Porto Velho, Rondonia Porto Velho Porto Velho is the capital of the Brazilian state of Rondônia, in the upper Amazon River basin. The population is estimated to be 426,558 people...		34,082	13,159.1	http://www.ibge.gov.br/cidadesat/xtras/perfil.php?codmun=150060&r=2
La Tuque, Quebec La Tuque, Quebec La Tuque is a city in south central Quebec, Canada, on the Saint-Maurice River, between Trois-Rivières and Chambord. In 2006, it had a population of 11,821 Latuquois....		29,696	11,466	-
Aripuanã Aripuanã Aripuanã is a town and municipality in the state of Mato Grosso in the Central-West Region of Brazil. It is the seventh largest city in the world by land area. As of the 2000 census it had 26,547 people....		25,049	9,672	:pt:Aripuanã
Rural City of Mildura, Victoria Rural City of Mildura The Rural City of Mildura is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the north-western part of the state. It has an area of 22,214 square kilometres. Localities within the LGA include Mildura city itself and the towns of Merbein, Red Cliffs, Irymple, Ouyen, Werrimull,...		22,087	8,528	http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?locationLastSearchTerm=mildura&locationSearchTerm=mildura&newarea=LGA24780&submitbutton=View+Community+Profiles+%3E&mapdisplay=on&collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=LGA24780&geography=&method=&productlabel=&producttype=Community+Profiles&topic=&navmapdisplayed=true&javascript=true&breadcrumb=PL&topholder=0&leftholder=0¤taction=104&action=401&textversion=false&subaction=1]
Qingyuan, Guangdong Guangdong Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...		19,000	7,336
Hohhot Hohhot Hohhot , is a city in north-central China and the capital of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, serving as the region's administrative, economic, and cultural centre.... , Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in the northern region of the country. Inner Mongolia shares an international border with the countries of Mongolia and the Russian Federation...		17,000	6,564
Senneterre, Québec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....		16,525	6,455
Sitka, Alaska		12,461	4,811	http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml
Tshwane City of Tshwane The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of northern Gauteng Province, South Africa and includes the city of Pretoria.-History:... (Pretoria Pretoria Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is... ), Gauteng Gauteng Gauteng is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. It was formed from part of the old Transvaal Province after South Africa's first all-race elections on 27 April 1994...		6,368	2,459	http://www.sacities.net/workwith/tshwane/news/618-city-to-become-largest-in-sa
Mangaung Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality which governs Bloemfontein and surrounding towns in the Free State province of South Africa. Mangaung is a Sesotho name meaning "place of leopards"... (Bloemfontein Bloemfontein Bloemfontein is the capital city of the Free State Province of South Africa; and, as the judicial capital of the nation, one of South Africa's three national capitals – the other two being Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Pretoria, the administrative capital.Bloemfontein is popularly and... ), Free State Free State The Free State is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bloemfontein, which is also South Africa's judicial capital. Its historical origins lie in the Orange Free State Boer republic and later Orange Free State Province. The current borders of the province date from 1994 when the Bantustans...		6,283	2,426	http://www.sacities.net/workwith/mangaung
Puerto Princessa), Palawan Palawan Palawan is an island province of the Philippines located in the MIMAROPA region or Region 4. Its capital is Puerto Princesa City, and it is the largest province in the country in terms of total area of jurisdiction. The islands of Palawan stretch from Mindoro in the northeast to Borneo in the...		2,540	981
Davao Davao City The City of Davao is the largest city in the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. Its international airport and seaports are among the busiest cargo hubs in the Philippines.... , Davao del Norte Davao del Norte Davao del Norte , and once known simply as Davao, is a province of the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao. Its capital is Tagum City. It borders the province of Agusan del Sur to the north, Bukidnon to the west, Compostela Valley to the east, and the city of Davao to the south...		2,444	944

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