Cities Worldwide Ranked by Land area

Name: Cities Worldwide Ranked by Land area
Creator: Wikidata
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Area of the city proper as recorded in Wikidata. Source: Wikidata (CC0 1.0 (public domain)).

Summary

Hulunbuir ranks #1 with 252,780 km². That is 1.5 times Jiuquan in second place (168,080 km²). The top five are Hulunbuir, Jiuquan, North East State of Somalia, Chifeng and Ordos City. The median across all 639 is 2,389 km²; Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality is last at 1.96 km².

#1: Hulunbuir · 252,780 km²
Median: 2,389 km²
Coverage: 639 cities with at least 1 million people
Data year: As recorded in Wikidata
Last updated: 2026-11-14

Top 10: Area (km²). Bar chart of the top 10: 1. Hulunbuir 252,780; 2. Jiuquan 168,080; 3. North East State of Somalia 103,900; 4. Chifeng 86,916; 5. Ordos City 86,882; 6. Chongqing 82,403; 7. Heihe 66,862; 8. Bayannur 65,140; 9. Tongliao 58,862; 10. Ulanqab 54,456.

Full ranking

Cities Worldwide Ranked by Land area
Rank	City	Country	Area (km²)
1	Hulunbuir	China	252,780
2	Jiuquan	China	168,080
3	North East State of Somalia	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	103,900
4	Chifeng	China	86,916
5	Ordos City	China	86,882
6	Chongqing	China	82,403
7	Heihe	China	66,862
8	Bayannur	China	65,140
9	Tongliao	China	58,862
10	Ulanqab	China	54,456
11	Harbin	China	53,076
12	Pu'er City	China	44,266
13	Yulin	China	42,920
14	Qiqihar	China	42,255
15	Konya	Türkiye	41,001
16	Konya Province	Türkiye	40,838
17	Chengde	China	39,490
18	Ganzhou	China	39,363
19	Mudanjiang	China	38,827
20	Zhangye	China	38,592
21	Yan'an	China	37,031
22	Zhangjiakou	China	36,797
23	Baise	China	36,202
24	Suihua	China	34,873
25	New York metropolitan area	United States	34,493
26	Hechi	China	33,476
27	Jiamusi	China	32,470
28	Wuwei	China	32,347
29	Zunyi	China	30,767
30	Khartoum	Sudan	30,000
31	Qujing	China	28,936
32	Longnan	China	27,839
33	Jilin City	China	27,711
34	Guilin	China	27,667
35	Huaihua	China	27,573
36	Baotou	China	27,571
37	Qingyang	China	27,117
38	Hanzhong	China	27,096
39	Bijie	China	26,849
40	Nanyang	China	26,511
41	Nanping	China	26,280
42	Baicheng	China	25,759
43	Ankara	Türkiye	25,632
44	Ji'an	China	25,284
45	Xinzhou	China	25,152
46	Changchun	China	24,734
47	Shiyan	China	23,666
48	Lincang	China	23,621
49	Ankang	China	23,536
50	Sanming	China	22,965
51	Shangrao	China	22,737
52	Jixi	China	22,494
53	Zhaotong	China	22,439
54	Yongzhou	China	22,259
55	Baoding	China	22,185
56	Nanning	China	22,099
57	Shuangyashan	China	22,051
58	Yichang	China	21,230
59	Daqing	China	21,205
60	Songyuan	China	21,170
61	Lüliang	China	21,140
62	Kunming	China	21,013
63	Shaoyang	China	20,824
64	Lijiang	China	20,555
65	Linfen	China	20,302
66	Mianyang	China	20,257
67	Baiyin	China	20,099
68	Xiangyang	China	19,728
69	Chaoyang	China	19,698
70	Dingxi	China	19,609
71	Shangluo	China	19,587
72	Chenzhou	China	19,342
73	Jiujiang	China	19,077
74	Baoshan	China	19,062
75	Qingyuan	China	19,036
76	Longyan	China	19,028
77	Xinyang	China	18,916
78	Fuzhou	China	18,798
79	Yichun	China	18,669
80	Liuzhou	China	18,597
81	Shaoguan	China	18,413
82	Changde	China	18,177
83	Baoji	China	18,117
84	Tongren	China	18,014
85	Huanggang	China	17,457
86	Chongzuo	China	17,332
87	Lishui	China	17,275
88	Linyi	China	17,191
89	Hohhot	China	17,186
90	Yancheng	China	16,931
91	Hangzhou	China	16,854
92	Wuzhong	China	16,758
93	Dazhou	China	16,588
94	Beijing	China	16,411
95	Jinzhong	China	16,392
96	Guangyuan	China	16,319
97	Weifang	China	16,143
98	Meizhou	China	15,865
99	Mersin	Türkiye	15,853
100	Brisbane	Australia	15,826