World Cities
Jerusalem
One of the oldest and most sacred cities on earth, its Old City holding sites holy to all three Abrahamic faiths.
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Notable Arab, Islamic, and world cities
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Dakar
Capital of Senegal and the westernmost point on the African mainland, facing historic Gorée Island just offshore.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia's capital, the «New Flower», Africa's highest capital city and headquarters of the African Union.
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Lagos
Africa's most populous city, built across a network of islands and coastal lagoons on the Atlantic Ocean.
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Nairobi
Capital of Kenya, born as a railway depot in 1899, and the only capital city on earth with a national park inside its boundaries.
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Marrakesh
The «Red City», founded by the Almoravids in 1070 CE, and the very source of Morocco's name in many world languages.
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Rabat
Capital of the Kingdom of Morocco, founded by the Almohads in the 12th century as a fortified base on the Atlantic coast.
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Tripoli
Capital of Libya, founded by the Phoenicians as «Oea» before becoming one of the «three cities» that gave the wider region its name.
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Algiers
Capital of Algeria, nicknamed «Algiers the White» for the whitewashed houses that cascade down toward a picturesque coastal bay.
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Tunis
Capital of Tunisia, neighbouring the ruins of ancient Carthage, its old Medina holding more than 700 historic monuments.
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Khartoum
Capital of Sudan, sited exactly where the Blue Nile and White Nile rivers meet to form the Nile proper.
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Sanaa
One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities on earth, perched over 2,000 metres above sea level with a marvel of mud-brick old-town arch