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Oldest city in the Canadian Prairies. Charlotte: Province of North Carolina United States: 1768 AD Area said to have been pre-colonially settled by the Catawba tribe with records dating back to 1567. San Diego: New Spain United States: 1769 AD Birthplace of California and oldest city on the West Coast of the United States. Toronto: Upper Canada ...
Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Brazil, oldest Portuguese established settlement in the New World. 1532 Itanhaém: São Paulo: Brazil Second oldest city in Brazil. [10] 1532: Cananéia: São Paulo: Brazil: 1533 Cartagena de Indias: Bolívar: Colombia 1534 Porto Seguro: Bahia: Brazil
Long before the U.S. declared its independence on July 4, 1776, many European explorers had already founded lasting settlements. These are 10 of the oldest inhabited cities in the U.S. that you ...
The city is on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida. Founded in 1565 by Spanish colonists, it is the oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in what is now the contiguous United States. St. Augustine was founded on September 8, 1565 by Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Florida's first colonial governor.
New York. 1624 A.D. Before The Big Apple was all hustle and bustle, it was known as New Amsterdam. The city dates back to 1624 A.D., making it one of the oldest continuously occupied European ...
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Oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the Americas. Present-day capital of the Dominican Republic. 1497 St. John's [6] Newfoundland and Labrador: Canada: Oldest English-founded city in North America, [7] seasonal until c. 1630 1508 Caparra: Puerto Rico: United States 1509 Sevilla la Nueva: Seville, St. Ann's Bay: Jamaica
Founded as Gadir or Agadir by Phoenicians from Tyre, [16] [17] [18] Cádiz is often regarded as the most ancient city still standing in Western Europe. [19] The city was an important trading hub founded to access different metals including gold, tin, and especially silver. [6] The Phoenicians established a port in the 7th century BC. [20]