376 cities. 10 regions. 5 languages. That's the current coverage for United Arab Emirates in the Geomelon API, led by Dubai at 3,944,751 people.
Data updated: 2026-07-14
| City | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Dubai | Emirate of Dubai | 3,944,751 |
| Abu Dhabi | Emirate of Abu Dhabi | 1,450,000 |
| Sharjah | Emirate of Sharjah | 1,247,749 |
| Al Ain | Emirate of Abu Dhabi | 631,005 |
| Ajman | Emirate of Ajman | 490,035 |
| Ras al-Khaimah | Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah | 115,949 |
| Fujairah | Emirate of Fujairah | 93,673 |
| Kalba | Emirate of Sharjah | 54,876 |
| Umm Al Quwain | Emirate of Umm Al Quwain | 44,411 |
| Dibba Al-Fujairah | Emirate of Fujairah | 41,017 |
GET /cities/search?countryCode=ae&sort=population_desc&limit=3
[
{
"id": "43a89baf-86a3-4fe5-bea9-cb5cd08a0ddf",
"name": "Dubai",
"population": 3944751,
"countryName": "United Arab Emirates",
"countryCode": "AE",
"countryEmoji": "🇦🇪",
"regionName": "Emirate of Dubai"
},
{
"id": "6cb0fe02-0ddf-4f6f-a1da-806935934ca1",
"name": "Abu Dhabi",
"population": 1450000,
"countryName": "United Arab Emirates",
"countryCode": "AE",
"countryEmoji": "🇦🇪",
"regionName": "Emirate of Abu Dhabi"
},
{
"id": "ead013f6-1495-4640-9bdd-6bdcd60cd054",
"name": "Sharjah",
"population": 1247749,
"countryName": "United Arab Emirates",
"countryCode": "AE",
"countryEmoji": "🇦🇪",
"regionName": "Emirate of Sharjah"
}
]curl --request GET \
--url 'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=ae&sort=population_desc&limit=10' \
--header 'x-rapidapi-host: geomelon.p.rapidapi.com' \
--header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY'City names in United Arab Emirates are available in 5 languages.
Prefer a static file? Download 19 United Arab Emirates cities as JSON (3 KB, no API key) from the United Arab Emirates cities dataset page.
Geomelon currently has 376 cities in United Arab Emirates across 10 regions. Results are paginated, up to 100 per request.
Yes. RapidAPI's free tier covers a fixed number of requests per month with no credit card required. There is also a free, no-key city-autocomplete endpoint (the demo above) for prefix search.
Yes — city names in United Arab Emirates are available in 5 languages. Pass the languages you want via the preferredLanguages parameter, most-preferred first.
The main search and lookup endpoints require a free RapidAPI key. The prefix-search autocomplete endpoint used in the demo above is public and does not require a key.