Old City often refers to
old town, the historic or original core of a city or town.
Old City may refer to several places:
Historical cities or regions of cities
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Old City (Baku)
Old City or Inner City ( az, İçərişəhər) is the historical core of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The Old City is the most ancient part of Baku, which is surrounded by walls. In 2007, the Old City had a population of about 3000 people. I ...
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Old City (Dhaka), Bangladesh, also called ''Old Dhaka''
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Old Quebec
Old Quebec (french: Vieux-Québec) is a historic neighbourhood of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Comprising the Upper Town (french: Haute-Ville) and Lower Town (french: Basse-Ville), the area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Administratively, Old ...
, Canada, also called ''Old City''
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Old City (Shanghai)
The Old City of Shanghai (; Shanghainese: ''Zånhae Lo Zenshian''), also formerly known as the Chinese city, is the traditional urban core of Shanghai. Its boundary was formerly defined by a defensive wall. The Old City was the county seat for t ...
, China
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Old City (Cairo), Egypt
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Old City, Bristol, England
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Old City of Freiburg
The Old City of Freiburg is part of the city and business centres of Freiburg im Breisgau and is the core of the original city. It is divided into the two districts 111 ''Altstadt-Mitte'' and 112 ''Altstadt-Ring''. The ''Altstadt-Mitte'' district ...
, Germany
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Old City (Hyderabad, India)
The Old City of Hyderabad is a walled city of Hyderabad, Telangana, India, located on the banks of the Musi River built by Qutb Shahi sultan Muhammed Quli Qutb Shah in 1591 AD. There used to be a wall surrounding the Old City, most o ...
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Old City (Jaffa), Israel
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Old City (Jerusalem)
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Old Town, Oslo
The Old Town of Oslo ( no, Gamlebyen, ) is a neighbourhood in the inner city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo and is the oldest urban area within the current capital. This part of the capital of Norway was simply called O ...
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Old City (Hyderabad, Sindh)
Hyderābād City (''Haidarābād'') ( sd, حیدرآباد, ur, ), headquarters of the district of Sindh province of Pakistan traces its early history to ''Neroon'', a Sindhi ruler of the area from whom the city derived its previous name, N ...
, Pakistan
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Old City, Lahore, Pakistan
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Old City, Gaza, Palestine
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Old City (Zamość), Poland
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Old town, Stockholm Gamla stan (, "The Old Town"), until 1980 officially Staden mellan broarna ("The Town between the Bridges"), is the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Gamla stan consists primarily of the island Stadsholmen. Officially, but not colloquially, Gamla stan ...
, Sweden
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Old City (Bern)
The Old City (german: Altstadt) is the medieval city center of Bern, Switzerland. Built on a narrow hill bordered on three sides by the river Aare, its compact layout has remained essentially unchanged since its construction during the twelfth ...
, Switzerland
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Old City of Zuoying, Taiwan
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Eskişehir
Eskişehir ( , ; from "old" and "city") is a city in northwestern Turkey and the capital of the Eskişehir Province. The urban population of the city is 898,369 with a metropolitan population of 797,708. The city is located on the banks of the ...
(''Old City''), Turkey
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Near Northeast, Washington, D.C., United States, historically called ''Old City''
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Old City, Knoxville
The Old City is a neighborhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, located at the northeast corner of the city's downtown area. Originally part of a raucous and vice-ridden section of town known as "The Bowery," the Old City has since been rev ...
, Tennessee, United States
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Old City, Philadelphia
Old City is a neighborhood in Center City, Philadelphia, near the Delaware River waterfront. It is home Independence National Historical Park, a dense section of historic landmarks including Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, the First Ban ...
, Pennsylvania, United States
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Old City District, a district of the Amanat Al Asimah Governorate, Yemen
Other
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Old City Cemetery (disambiguation)
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Old City Gaol, Bristol
The New Gaol (also sometimes known as The Old City Gaol) is in Cumberland Road, Spike Island, Bristol, England, near Bristol Harbour.
History
The original New Gaol was designed by Henry Hake Seward and opened in 1820. In 1831, it was destroy ...
, England
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Old City Hall (disambiguation)
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Old City Waterworks, Tallahassee, Florida, United States
See also
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Old Town (disambiguation)
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Oldtown (disambiguation)
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New City (disambiguation)
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