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This is a list of present-day cities by the time period over which they have been continuously inhabited as a city. The age claims listed are generally disputed. Differences in opinion can result from different definitions of " city " as well as "continuous habitation" and historical evidence is often disputed.
Oldest continuously inhabited British established settlement in the Caribbean, First successful 'non-Spanish' established settlement in the Caribbean. 1624: Villa Soriano: Soriano: Uruguay: Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Uruguay. 1624: New Amsterdam: New York: United States: Now New York City. 1625: Quincy ...
List of oldest continuously inhabited cities; List of largest cities throughout history This page was last edited on 29 December 2019, at 15:46 (UTC). Text is ...
Damascus is an 11000 year old site, and also one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities, that doesn't mean it has been continuously inhabited for 11000 years. Duhh Fourth source, which comes from Unesco, doesn't state that the site has been continuously inhabited. "uninterrupted construction" does not necessarily imply continuous human ...
Oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the contiguous U.S. San Agustín/St. Augustine was founded by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. 1566 Saint Marys: Georgia United States Second-oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the contiguous U.S.; on the St. Mary's River 1573: San Germán: Puerto Rico ...
Varanasi is one of the world's oldest continually inhabited cities. [20] [21] [22] Kashi, its ancient name, was associated with a kingdom of the same name of 2,500 years ago. The Lion capital of Ashoka at nearby Sarnath has been interpreted to be a commemoration of the Buddha's first sermon there in the fifth century BCE.
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Founded by Greeks in the first millennium BC, Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world. In the eighth century BC, a colony known as Parthenope (Ancient Greek: Παρθενόπη) was established on the Pizzofalcone hill.