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old town In a city or town, the old town is its historic or original core. Although the city is usually larger in its present form, many cities have redesignated this part of the city to commemorate its origins. In some cases, newer developments on t ...

, 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 () 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 3,000 people. In December 2000, the ...

, Azerbaijan * Old City (Dhaka), Bangladesh, also called ''Old Dhaka'' *

Old Quebec Old Quebec (, ) is a historic neighbourhood of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Comprising the Upper Town () and Lower Town (), the area is a World Heritage Site, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Administratively, Old Quebec is part of the Vieux-Québec� ...

, Canada, also called ''Old City'' *

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 * Old City (Cairo), Egypt * Old City, Bristol, England * Old City of Freiburg, Germany *

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 (India), Musi River built by Qutb Shahi sultan Muhammed Quli Qutb Shah in 1591 AD. There used to be Wall of Hyderabad, a wal ...

* Old City (Jaffa), Israel *

Old City (Jerusalem) The Old City of Jerusalem (; ) is a Walls of Jerusalem, walled area in Jerusalem. In a tradition that may have begun with an 1840–41 Royal Engineers maps of Palestine, Lebanon and Syria, 1840s British map of the city, the Old City is divid ...

Old Town, Oslo The Old Town of Oslo (, ) 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 Oslo until 19 ...

, Norway * Old City (Hyderabad, Sindh), Pakistan * Old City, Lahore, Pakistan *

Old City of Gaza The Old City of Gaza is the historical center of Gaza City, in the Gaza Strip. For much of recorded history it has been the southernmost coastal city in the region of Palestine, occupying a strategic position on ancient trade route of the Via Mar ...

, Palestine *

Old City (Zamość) The ''osiedle'' Old City () is the oldest historic district of the city of Zamość. It is one of World Heritage Sites in Poland (added in 1992). According to UNESCO, this monument value lies in it being "an outstanding example of a Renaissance pla ...

, Poland *

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. Gamla Stan includes the surrounding islets R ...

, Sweden *

Old City (Bern) The Old City () 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 to the fifteenth ...

, Switzerland * Old City of Zuoying, Taiwan *

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 821 315 (Odunpazari + Tebebasi), with a metropolitan population of 921 630. The city is l ...

(''Old City''), Turkey * Near Northeast, Washington, D.C., United States, historically called ''Old City'' *

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 r ...

, Tennessee, United States *

Old City, Philadelphia Old City is a neighborhood in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, near the Delaware River waterfront. It is home to Independence National Historical Park, a dense section of historic landmarks including Independence Hall, ...

, Pennsylvania, United States *

Old City District The Old City of Sanaʽa is a recognised UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Amanat Al Asimah Governorate, Yemen. As of 2003, the district had a population of 63,398 inhabitants. The old fortified city has been inhabited for more than 2,500 years ...

, a district of the Amanat Al Asimah Governorate, Yemen

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Old City Cemetery (disambiguation) City Cemetery or Old City Cemetery may refer to: * City Cemetery (Raleigh, North Carolina) __NOTOC__ The City Cemetery of Raleigh, also known as Old City Cemetery, was authorized in 1798 by the North Carolina General Assembly as Raleigh, North ...

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 In June 1816, the 'shocking state' of Newgate Gaol in Bristol resulted in an Act of Parliament to ...

, England *

Old City Hall (disambiguation) Old City Hall may refer to: Asia In Hong Kong * Old City Hall (Hong Kong) Europe In Croatia * Old City Hall (Zagreb) In Denmark * Old City Hall (1479–1728), in Copenhagen * Old City Hall (1728–1795), in Copenhagen * Old City Hall (Aalborg ...

Old City Waterworks The Old City Waterworks is a historic site in Tallahassee, Florida. It is located at East Gaines and South Gadsden Streets. On January 31, 1979, it was added to the US National Register of Historic Places. Prior to the Old City Waterworks, wate ...

, Tallahassee, Florida, United States

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