List of cities in the United Arab Emirates

thumb|right|upright=1.4|[[Dubai, the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates]]

thumb|upright=2.0|right|Map of the United Arab Emirates

The table below shows a list of every city in the 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).

Largest cities

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|Emirate capital and largest city

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|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 --> ||||<small></small>

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|2||style="text-align:left;background-color:#ff9999"|Abu Dhabi||align =right|2,189,860||||<small></small>

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|3||style="text-align:left;background-color:#ccff99"|Sharjah||align = right|1,405,000||||<small></small>

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|4||Al Ain||align = right|846,747||||<small></small>

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|5||style="text-align:left;background-color:#ccff99"|Ajman||align = right|490,035||||<small></small>

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|6||style="text-align:left;background-color:#ccff99"|Ras Al Khaimah||align = right|191,753||||<small></small>

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|7||style="text-align:left;background-color:#ccff99"|Fujairah||align = right|118,933||||<small></small>

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|8||style="text-align:left;background-color:#ccff99"|Umm Al Quwain||align = right|59,098||||<small></small>

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|9||Kalba||align = right|51,000||||<small></small>

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|12||Khor Fakkan||align = right|43,223||