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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
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
" as well as "continuous habitation" and historical evidence is often disputed. Caveats (and sources) to the validity of each claim are discussed in the "Notes" column.
Africa
Northern and the Horn
Sub-Saharan
Americas
North America
South America
Asia
Central and South Asia
East Asia
Southeast Asia
West Asia
Europe
Oceania
See also
*Historical urban community sizes
This article lists historical urban community sizes based on the estimated populations of selected human settlements from 7000 BC – AD 1875, organized by archaeological periods.
Many of the figures are uncertain, especially in ancient times. ...
* List of cities in the Americas by year of foundation
This is a list of cities in the Americas (South, Central and North) by founding year and present-day country.
See also
* European colonization of the Americas
* List of oldest continuously inhabited cities
References
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Extern ...
(includes ancient native sites)
* List of cities of the ancient Near East
The earliest cities in history were in the ancient Near East, an area covering roughly that of the modern Middle East: its history began in the 4th millennium BC and ended, depending on the interpretation of the term, either with the conquest by ...
* List of largest cities throughout history
This article lists the largest human settlements in the world (by population) over time, as estimated by historians, from 7000 BC when the largest populated place in the world was a proto-city in the Ancient Near East with a population of about ...
, including ones no longer inhabited
* List of oldest known surviving buildings
This article lists the oldest known surviving free-standing buildings constructed in the world, including on each of the continents and within each country. A building is defined as any human-made structure used or interface for supporting or shelt ...
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Cities By Time Of Continuous Habitation Oldest continuously inhabited Cities, oldest continuously inhabited Cities-related lists of superlatives Cities, oldest continuously inhabited Longest-duration things