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Middle East: Core Countries
From Grolier's The New Book of Knowledge

Country Capital Area
(sq mi) (km2)
Bahrain Manama 240 622
Cyprus Nicosia 3,572 9,251
Egypt Cairo 386,662 1,001,499
Iran Tehran 636,294 1,648,000
Iraq Baghdad 169,235 438,317
Israel Jerusalem 8,019 20,770
Jordan Amman 35,475 91,880
Kuwait Kuwait 6,880 17,818
Lebanon Beirut 4,015 10,400
Libya Tripoli 679,362 1,759,540
Oman Muscat 82,030 212,457
Qatar Doha 4,247 11,000
Saudi Arabia Riyadh 830,000 2,149,690
Syria Damascus 71,498 185,180
Turkey Ankara 301,381 780,576
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 32,278 83,600
Yemen Sana 203,849 527,969

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