Name |
Continuously
inhabited since |
Historical
region |
Location |
Aberdeen |
c. 580 |
Pictland |
UK
(Scotland) |
Acoma
Puebloand Taos Pueblo, New Mexico |
c. 1075 |
Pueblo culture |
US |
Albany, New York |
1614 |
New Netherlands |
US |
Aleppo |
Chalcolithic
(4300 BC or earlier) |
Levant |
Syria |
Alexandria |
332 BC |
|
Egypt |
Amesbury |
8th
millennium BC. |
Neolithic,
Britain |
UK (England) |
Amman |
c. 1878 |
Levant |
Jordan |
Argos |
5th
millennium BC. |
Neolithic,
Mycenaean Greece |
Greece |
Århus |
c. 770 |
|
Denmark |
Athens |
5th–4th
Millennium BC |
Neolithic, Mycenaean Greece |
Attica,
Greece |
Axum |
c. 400 BC |
Kingdom of Axum |
Ethiopia |
Bagan |
849 AD |
Kingdom of Pagan |
Myanmar |
Baku |
The 1st century AD. |
Azerbaijan |
Absheron peninsula |
Balkh (as Bactra) |
1500 BC |
Bactria |
Balkh
Province, Afghanistan |
Bamyan |
1st century AD |
Bactria |
Bamyan Province, Afghanistan |
Bandar Seri Begawan |
977 AD |
Kingdom of
Po-ni |
Brunei |
Baracoa |
1511 |
New Spain |
Cuba |
Barcelona (as
Barcino) |
3rd century BC |
Iberia |
Catalonia, Spain |
Bath (as Aquae Sulis) |
43 AD |
Britannia |
UK
(England) |
Beijing |
c. 1045 BC |
Ji,
Yan |
Beijing,
China |
Beirut |
3000 BC |
Levant |
Lebanon |
Belgrade |
279 BC |
Illyria |
Serbia |
Berat |
314 BC |
Macedonia (ancient
kingdom) |
Albania |
Berbera |
c. 400 BC |
Bilad al-Barbar |
Somalia |
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi |
6th century BC |
Bessarabia |
Ukraine |
Butuan |
1001 AD |
Kingdom of Butuan |
Philippines |
Byblos (Jubayl) |
Chalcolithic (5000 BC or earlier) |
Levant |
Lebanon |
Cádiz |
1100 BC |
Iron Age Iberia |
Andalusia, Spain |
Cagliari |
8th century BC |
Sardinia |
Sardegna,
Italy |
Cape Guardafui |
c. 500 BC |
Bilad al-Barbar |
Somalia |
Cape Town |
1652 |
Cape colony |
South Africa |
Cartagena (as
Carthago Nova) |
228 BC |
Iberia |
Spain |
Carthage |
814 BC |
|
Tunisia |
Chalcis |
before 1200 BC |
Mycenaean Greece |
Greece |
Chania |
c. 1400 BC |
Crete |
Crete,
Greece |
Chengdu |
c. 400 BC |
Shu |
Sichuan,
China |
Chios |
c. 1100 BC |
Chios |
North Aegean, Greece |
Cholula |
c. 2nd
century BC |
Old Cholula |
Mexico |
Chur |
15 BC |
Raetia Prima |
Grisons,
Switzerland |
Cologne |
50 AD |
Germania Inferior |
Germany |
Constanţa |
6th century BC |
Dacia |
Romania |
Corfu, Kerkyra |
700 BC |
Corfu |
Ionian Islands, Greece |
Crotone (as Kroton) |
710 BC |
Calabria |
Magna Graecia, Italy |
Cusco |
c. 1100 |
Inca Empire |
Peru |
Damascus |
Chalcolithic |
Levant |
Syria |
Djenné-Jeno |
c. 200 BC |
|
Mali |
Dublin |
841 |
Ireland |
Ireland |
Durrës |
627 BC |
Illyria |
Albania |
Edessa, Greece |
before the 6th century BC |
Macedonia |
Greece |
Edinburgh as Din
Eidyn |
c. 580 |
Gododdin |
UK (Scotland) |
Erbil |
6000 BC or earlier |
Mesopotamia |
Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq |
Évora |
53 BC (Roman conquest) |
Lusitania |
Portugal |
Faiyum (as Shediet,
Crocodilopolis, Ptolemais Euergetis, Arsinoe) |
c. 4000 BC |
Lower Egypt |
Faiyum Governorate, Egypt |
Feodosiya (as
Theodosia) |
7th century
BC |
Crimea |
Russia/Ukraine |
Fes (as Fes-al-Bali) |
789 |
|
Morocco |
Gaza |
c. 1000 BC |
Levant |
Gaza Strip |
Gaziantep |
c. 3650 BC |
Anatolia |
Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey |
Ghadames (as Cydamus) |
19 BC |
|
Libya |
Glasgow |
c. 6th century |
Dál Riata orAlt
Clut |
UK
(Scotland) |
Guangzhou
(as Panyu) |
214 BC |
Qin Dynasty |
Guangdong, China |
Gyeongju |
57 BC |
Silla |
South Korea |
Hamadan
(asEcbatana) |
c. 800 BC |
Median Empire |
Iran |
Hangzhou (as Lin’an) |
c. 200 BC |
Qin Dynasty |
Zhejiang,
China |
Hanoi |
454 AD |
Jiaozhou |
Vietnam |
Hebron |
c. 1500 BC |
Levant |
West Bank |
Heraklion |
824 |
Crete |
Greece |
Ife |
c. 350 BC |
Osun State |
Nigeria |
Igodomigodo |
c. 400 BC |
Kingdom of Benin |
Nigeria |
Inverness |
c. 6th century |
Pictland |
UK
(Scotland) |
Ioannina |
527–565 |
Byzantine Empire |
Greece |
Istanbul/Byzantion |
685 BC Anatolia |
ThraceAnatolia |
Turkey |
Jaffa |
c. 2000 BC |
Levant |
Israel |
Jamestown,
Virginia |
1607 |
Colony of Virginia |
US |
Jenin |
c. 2450 BC |
Levant |
West Bank |
Jericho |
Chalcolithic (3000 BC or earlier) |
Levant |
West Bank |
Jerusalem (Old
City) |
2800 BC |
Levant |
West Bank |
Kaifeng (as Daling, Bianzhou,
Dongjing, Bianjing) |
c. 364 BC |
Wei |
Henan,
China |
Kathmandu-Patan, Lalitpur |
c. 2nd
century AD |
Nepal |
Kathmanduvalley,
Nepal |
Kavala |
6th century BC |
Macedonia |
Greece |
Kediri |
1042 AD |
Kediri Kingdom |
Indonesia |
Kerch |
7th century BC |
Crimea |
Russia/Ukraine |
Kerikeri |
c. 1818 |
Northland |
New Zealand |
Kiev |
482 AD |
Medieval East Slavic civilization |
Ukraine |
Kirkuk
(asArrapha) |
3000–2200 BC |
Mesopotamia |
Kirkuk Governorate,
Iraq |
Kismayo |
4th century |
Bilad al-Barbar, after the 14th century part of theAjuuraan
Empire |
Somalia |
Kraków (Wawel Hill) |
7th century |
Lesser Poland |
Poland |
Kumasi |
c. 1680 |
Ashanti
Empire |
Ghana |
Kutaisi |
c. 2000 BC |
Colchis |
Imeretiprovince,
Georgia |
Kyoto
(as Heian-kyō, and sometimes
known in the west as Miyako) |
794 AD |
Japan |
Japan |
Lamia |
before the
5th century BC |
Greece |
Greece |
Lamu |
c. 1300 |
|
Kenya |
Larnaca |
c. 1400 BC |
Alashiya |
Cyprus |
Lisbon |
c. 1200 BC |
Iron Age Iberia |
Portugal |
Ljubljana |
50 BC |
Italia |
Slovenia |
London (asLondinium) |
43 AD |
Britannia |
UK
(England) |
Luang Prabang |
698 AD |
Muang Sua |
Laos |
Lund |
c. 990 |
Denmark |
Sweden |
Luoyang (as Zhenxun, Xibo) |
c. 2070 BC |
Xia Dynasty |
Henan,
China |
Luxor (as Waset, better known by its Greek nameThebes) |
c. 3200 BC |
Ancient Egypt |
Egypt |
Madurai |
500 BC |
Pandyan kingdom |
Tamil Nadu, India |
Mahasthangarh, Bogra |
4th century BC |
Pundravardhana |
Bogra District, Bangladesh |
Málaga |
8th century
BC |
Iron Age Iberia |
Andalusia, Spain |
Mangalia |
6th century BC |
Dacia |
Romania |
Manila |
900 AD |
Kingdom of
Tondo and Kingdom of Maynila |
Philippines |
Mantua |
6th century BC |
Po Valley |
Lombardy,
Italy |
Marrakesh
(Murakuc) |
1070 |
|
Morocco |
Marseilles (as
Massilia) |
600 BC |
Gaul |
France |
Messina (as Zancle) |
8th century
BC |
Sicily |
Sicily, Italy |
Metz |
4th century BC |
Gaul |
France |
Mexico City |
1325 |
Mexica culture |
Mexico |
Mogadishu |
c. 700 |
Sultanate of Mogadishu |
Somalia |
Montreal |
1642 |
New France |
Canada |
Mtskheta |
c. 1000 BC |
Caucasian Iberia |
Georgia |
Mytilene |
10th century
BC |
Lesbos |
North Aegean, Greece |
Nablus (asShechem) |
c. 100 |
Levant |
West Bank |
Nanjing (as Yecheng, Jianye,
Jiankang, Jinling) |
c. 495 BC |
Wu |
Jiangsu,
China |
Naples |
c. 680 BC |
Magna Graecia |
Italy |
Nara (as Heijō-kyō) |
710 AD |
Japan |
Japan |
Nijmegen |
19 BC |
Germania Inferior |
Netherlands |
Niš |
279 BC |
Illyria |
Serbia |
Nombre de Dios,
Colón |
1510 |
New Granada |
Panama |
Novi Sad |
1st century
AD |
Illyria |
Serbia |
Old Cairo |
c. 100 |
|
Egypt |
Oraibi, Arizona |
c. 1100 |
Hopi culture |
US |
Osaka (as Naniwa) |
c. 400 AD |
Japan |
Japan |
Palembang |
c. 600 AD |
Srivijaya |
Indonesia |
Panama City |
1519 |
New Granada |
Panama |
Paris |
52 BC |
Lutetia |
France |
Patna |
5th century BC |
Magadha |
Bihar,
India |
Patras |
c. 1100 BC |
Mycenaean Greece |
Greece |
Peshawar |
c. 400–300 BC |
Gandhara |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
Plovdiv |
3000 –
4000 BC |
Thrace |
Plovdiv
Province, Bulgaria |
Plymouth,
Massachusetts |
1620 |
Plymouth Colony |
US |
Polatsk |
862 |
|
Belarus |
Prague |
c. 6th century |
Bohemia |
Czech Republic |
Provadia |
4700 BC. |
Neolithic,
Danubian Plain |
Bulgaria |
Ptuj |
1st century BC |
Pannonia |
Slovenia |
Pyeongyang
(as Wanggeom-seong) |
194 BC |
Gojoseon |
North Korea |
Qabala (as Kabalaka) |
4th century BC |
Caucasian Albania |
Azerbaijan |
Quebec City |
1608 |
New France |
Canada |
Quito |
980 |
Quitu culture |
Ecuador |
Rajagriha
(Rajgir) |
600 BC |
Magadha |
Bihar,
India |
Reggio di Calabria (as Rhégion) |
743 BC |
Magna Graecia |
Calabria,
Italy |
Rey |
3000 BC |
Media |
Iran |
Reykjavík |
c. 871 |
Iceland |
Iceland |
Rhodes |
c. 408 BC |
Rhodes,
Aegean Sea |
Dodecanese, Greece |
Ribe |
704–710 |
Jutland |
Denmark |
Rome |
753 BC |
Latium |
Lazio,
Italy |
Roses (as
Rhode) |
4th century BC |
Iberia |
Catalonia, Spain |
Saint John |
1631 |
New France |
Canada |
Samarqand |
700 BC |
Sogdiana |
Uzbekistan |
San
Diego |
1769 |
New
Spain |
US |
San Juan |
1508 |
New Spain |
Puerto Rico (US) |
Sant Martí d’Empúries (as Emporion) |
ca. 575 BC |
Iberia |
Catalonia, Spain |
Santa Fe de Bogota |
1538 |
New Granada |
Colombia |
Santa Fe, New
Mexico |
1607 |
New Spain |
US |
Santa Marta |
1525 |
New Granada |
Colombia |
Santiago del Estero |
1553 |
Río de la Plata |
Argentina |
Santo Domingo |
1496 |
Hispaniola |
Dominican Republic |
São Vicente, São
Paulo |
1532 |
Governorate General of Brazil |
Brazil |
Sault Ste. Marie,
Michigan |
1668 |
New France |
US |
Seoul
(as Wiryeseong) |
18 BC |
Baekjae |
South Korea |
Serres |
5th century BC |
Macedonia |
Greece |
Seville |
8th century
BC |
Iron Age Iberia |
Andalusia, Spain |
Sidon |
4000 BC |
Levant |
Lebanon |
Siem Reap |
801 AD |
Khmer Empire |
Cambodia |
Singapore |
1170 AD |
Kingdom of Singapura |
Singapore |
Skara |
988 |
|
Sweden |
Skopje |
81–96 AD |
Macedonia (Roman
province) |
Republic of Macedonia |
Smederevo |
1st century
BC |
Illyria |
Serbia |
Sofala |
c. 700 |
|
Mozambique |
Sofia |
4th century
BC |
Moesia |
Sofia
Valley, Bulgaria |
Solothurn |
c. 20 AD |
Gaul |
Switzerland |
Sremska Mitrovica |
1st century
BC |
Illyria |
Serbia |
St. Augustine,
Florida |
1565 |
New Spain |
US |
St. John’s,
Newfoundland and Labrador |
1540s |
Newfoundland Colony |
Canada |
Stara Zagora |
342 BC |
Thrace |
Bulgaria |
Staraya Ladoga |
753 |
|
Russia |
Stobi/Gradsko |
217 BC |
Macedonia |
Republic of Macedonia |
Susa
(Shush) |
4200 BC |
Khuzestan |
Iran |
Suzhou (as Gusu, Wu) |
514 BC |
Wu |
Jiangsu,
China |
Syracuse |
734 BC |
Sicily |
Sicily,
Italy |
Taranto (as Taras) |
706 BC |
Magna Graecia |
Puglia,
Italy |
Tarragona (as
Tarraco) |
218 BC |
Iberia |
Catalonia, Spain |
Tbilisi |
c. 500 |
Caucasian Iberia |
Kartli province, Georgia |
Ternate |
1109 AD |
Sultanate of Ternate |
Indonesia |
Thanjavur |
300 BC |
Early Chola kingdom |
Tamil Nadu, India |
Thebes |
c. 1400 BC |
Mycenaean
Greece |
Boeotia,
Greece |
Thessaloniki |
315 BC |
Macedonia (ancient
kingdom) |
Greece |
Tidore |
1109 AD |
Sultanate of Tidore |
Indonesia |
Tongeren |
10 BC |
Germania Inferior |
Belgium |
Trier |
30 BC |
Gallia Belgica |
Germany |
Trikala |
before 1200 BC |
Mycenaean Greece |
Thessaly,
Greece |
Trois-Rivières |
1634 |
New France |
Canada |
Trondheim |
997 |
Norway |
Norway |
Tyre |
2750 BC |
Levant |
Lebanon |
Ujjain (As Avanti) |
c. 800 BC |
Malwa |
India |
Upper Xingu |
c. 800 AD |
Xingu culture |
Brazil |
Vaisali |
500 BC |
Magadha |
Bihar,
India |
Varanasi |
c. 1200–1100
BC |
Iron Age India |
Uttar Pradesh, India |
Varna |
585 BC – 570 BC |
Thrace |
Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, Bulgaria |
Veliky Novgorod |
859 |
|
Russia |
Vera Cruz |
1519 |
New Spain |
Mexico |
Verdun |
4th century |
Lotharingia |
France |
Veria |
c. 432 BC |
Macedonia |
Greece |
Vitebsk |
947 |
|
Belarus |
Volterra |
c. 725 BC |
Tuscany |
Tuscany,
Italy |
Vukovar |
3500 BC |
Illyria |
Croatia |
Winchester (asVenta Belgarum) |
c. 70 AD |
Britannia |
UK
(England) |
Worms |
14 BC |
Germania Superior |
Germany |
Xanthi |
before 879 |
Thrace |
Greece |
Xi’an (as Haojing, Fenghao,
Chang’an, Daxing) |
c. 1100 BC |
Zhou Dynasty |
Shaanxi,
China |
Yeha |
c. 700 BC |
D’mt |
Ethiopia |
Yerevan |
782 BC |
Urartu |
Armenia |
York (asEboracum) |
c. 72 AD |
Britannia |
UK
(England) |
Zagreb |
1 st century |
Illyria |
Croatia |
Zeila/Avalite |
c. 9th century BC |
Bilad al-Barbar |
Somalia |
Zürich
(Lindenhof) |
c. 50 BC |
Gaul |
Switzerland |
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