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Oran (وَهْرَان)
Oran (وهران) is Algeria's second-largest city, a western Mediterranean port captured by Spain in 1509, held until 1792, taken by France in 1831, and the birthplace of raï music.
Ouargla
Ouargla (Arabic ورقلة) is an oasis city and provincial capital in the Algerian Sahara, near the Hassi Messaoud oil fields, with a 6,000 ha palm grove, a historic walled ksar, and a university founded in 1988.
Ouarzazate
Ouarzazate (Warzazat, Tamghazt), Morocco's 'door of the desert', a Drâa-Tafilalet provincial capital near Marrakech known for the Kasbah of Taourirt, Atlas Studios film hub, and the 582 MW Noor solar complex.
Oujda
Oujda (وجدة), also Oudjda, is a city in northeastern Morocco, capital of the Oriental region near the Algerian border. Founded around 994 by Ziri Ibn Attia; 506,224 inhabitants (2024 census); border closed since 1994.
Port Said (بورسعيد)
Port Said, a coastal city in northeastern Egypt, stands at the northern entrance of the Suez Canal. Founded in 1859, it is the capital of Port Said Governorate.
Qina, Qena
Qena (Qina, Qinā) is a city in Upper Egypt, capital of Qena Governorate on the east bank of the Nile; ancient Kaine and Maximianopolis, near Dendera, a sugarcane center producing about half of Egypt's sugar.
Rabat (الرباط)
Rabat (الرباط), Morocco's capital on the Atlantic at the Bou Regreg mouth: 515,619 city residents (2024 census), UNESCO World Heritage site since 2012, and World Book Capital for 2026.
Rosetta, Beheira
Rosetta, also known as Rashid, is a port city in Beheira Governorate, Egypt, on the Nile near the Mediterranean, best known as the Rosetta Stone's 1799 discovery site.
Safi
Safi (آسفي, also Asfi) is a port city on Morocco's Atlantic coast in the Marrakech-Safi region, a pottery capital with a major phosphate processing plant and sardine fishing fleet.
Salé, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra
Salé (سلا) is a Moroccan city of 945,101 (2024 census) on the Bouregreg river opposite Rabat, seat of the Salé prefecture in the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region, founded in the 11th century and served by the Rabat-Salé tramway.
Sétif
Sétif (سطيف), ancient Sitifis, is a major Algerian High Plateaux city and provincial capital at about 1,100 m altitude; Roman veteran colony founded under Nerva, refounded by France in 1838, metro population about 351,000 in 2026.
Sfax
Sfax (صفاقس), Tunisia's second-largest city and main southern port, about 270 km from Tunis; famed for its Aghlabid walled medina founded in 849, olive-oil economy, Kerkennah ferry, and pollution and planning challenges.
Sharm El Sheikh (شرم الشيخ)
Sharm El Sheikh (شرم الشيخ) is an Egyptian resort city at the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula on the Red Sea, known as "The City of Peace."
Shubrā al Khaymah
Shubrā al Khaymah (شبرا الخيمة), Shubra el Kheima, is a dense industrial city in Qalyubia, Egypt, at Greater Cairo's northern edge; about 1.28 million people on 30.1 km², historically a textile center, now commerce and services led.
Sidi Bel Abbes
Sidi Bel Abbes (سيدي بلعباس), city and wilaya capital in northwestern Algeria on the Mekerra river; founded 1843 as a French military redoubt, Foreign Legion headquarters until 1962; urban population about 229,000 in 2020.
Singa
Singa (سنجة, also Sinja) is the capital of Sennar State in southeastern Sudan, population about 250,000, a farming town seized by the RSF on 29 June 2024 and retaken by the Sudanese army in November 2024.
Siwa Oasis (واحة سيوة)
Siwa Oasis (واحة سيوة) is Egypt's largest and most remote Western Desert oasis, home to the Oracle of Amun visited by Alexander the Great, a Berber-speaking Siwi community, salt lakes, and a 3-billion-EGP water restoration project.
Skikda
Skikda (سكيكدة), ancient Rusicade, is a Mediterranean port city in northeastern Algeria, formerly French Philippeville (1838-1962). Now Algeria's major petrochemical hub with the country's largest refinery and a 4-train Sonatrach LNG terminal.
Sohag
Sohag (سوهاج, Suhaj): city on the west bank of the Nile in Upper Egypt, capital of Sohag Governorate since 1960, 467 km south of Cairo. Known for the White and Red Monasteries, Sohag University, and New Sohag City; Egypt's poorest governorate.
Suez (السويس)
Suez (السويس) is Egypt's Red Sea port city at the southern entrance of the Suez Canal, an urban governorate and oil-industrial hub with Shell operations since 1919, SUMED Port 55 km south, and New Suez City under development.
Tangier (طنجة)
Tangier (طنجة) is a Moroccan port city on the Strait of Gibraltar, an international zone from 1923 to 1956, now home to the Tanger Med port complex, which handled over 11 million TEUs in 2025.
Tanta
Tanta (طنطا), capital of Egypt's Gharbia governorate in the Nile Delta, 90 km north of Cairo; population 504,855 (2017), density 27,800/km² (2022), home of the Al-Sayed Ahmad Al-Badawi Mosque and Tanta University.
Taza (city)
Taza (تازة) is a historic city in northeastern Morocco, capital of Taza province in the Fès-Meknès region, set in the Taza Gap between the Rif and Middle Atlas; known for its Almohad Great Mosque, Marinid bronze chandelier, and UNESCO tentative listing.
Tébessa
Tébessa (ancient Theveste/Thevestis), city in eastern Algeria near the Tunisian border; Roman colony, seat of Legio III Augusta, with arch of Caracalla, temple of Minerva, basilica of St. Crispina, Byzantine wall; UNESCO tentative list 2025.
Temara
Temara (تمارة), Morocco: city of about 380,000, seventh largest, chef-lieu of Skhirat-Témara prefecture in Rabat-Salé-Kénitra; a dormitory and satellite city south of Rabat with Almohad-era origins.
Tétouan
Tétouan (Titawin, تطوان), city in northern Morocco near the Strait of Gibraltar; capital of the Spanish Protectorate 1912–1956. Its Andalusian-founded medina, walled with seven gates, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site (1997).
Tiaret
Tiaret (تيارت, Tahert) is a city in the Tell Atlas of northwestern Algeria, capital of Tiaret Province; former Rustamid/Ibadite capital (761–909), horse-breeding center, and site of the 2024 water crisis riots.
Tobruk (طبرق)
Tobruk (طبرق) is a port city in eastern Libya near the Egyptian border, famed for the 242-day 1941 siege, later seat of the recognized House of Representatives government, population about 135,000.
Tozeur (توزر)
Tozeur (توزر), oasis city in southwestern Tunisia and capital of the Djerid on the Chott el Jerid salt lake; ~400,000 date palms, patterned-brick Ouled el Hadef medina, Star Wars film sites, and Tozeur-Nefta airport distinguish it from Douz and other desert gateways.
Tripoli, Libya
Tripoli (طرابلس) is the capital and largest city of Libya on the Mediterranean coast, with about 2 million people in 2015; seat of the Dbeibah government, shaped by Ottoman and Italian rule, and Libya's most violence-prone urban area.