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  2. List of oldest continuously inhabited cities - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Jericho - Wikipedia

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    Jericho is among the oldest cities in the world, [7] [8] [9] and it is also the city with the oldest known defensive wall. [10] Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of more than 20 successive settlements in Jericho, the first of which dates back 11,000 years (to 9000 BCE), [ 11 ] [ 12 ] almost to the very beginning of the Holocene epoch of ...

  4. 25 of the World's Oldest Cities That You Can Still Visit

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    Sydney is the oldest city in both Australia and Oceania. While the city itself wasn’t established until 1788, radiocarbon dating suggests that human activity has been present in the area for ...

  5. List of cities in the Americas by year of foundation - Wikipedia

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    It is the oldest city among Brazil's current state capitals. [13] 1537 Comayagua: ... "A Short History of Salinas, California", The Monterey County Historical Society ...

  6. 10 of the Oldest Cities in the US

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    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 ...

  7. History of cities - Wikipedia

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    The city's grid plan originated with the "Avenue of the Dead", connecting the Temple of the Feathered Serpent and the Pyramid of the Moon. [31] Beyond its ceremonial center the city featured religious buildings (23 temple complexes) and myriad workshops. Although its religious system was clearly expansive and significant, details of its ...

  8. List of North American settlements by year of foundation

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    Oldest continuously occupied community in the US, [5] known today as Sky City 1325 Tenochtitlan: Distrito Federal: Mexico Present-day Mexico City: 1450 Taos Pueblo: New Mexico United States One of the oldest continuously inhabited Native American settlements in the United States [citation needed] 1493 La Isabela: Puerto Plata: Dominican Republic

  9. History of Athens - Wikipedia

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    Athens is one of the oldest named cities in the world, having been continuously inhabited for perhaps 5,000 years. Situated in southern Europe, Athens became the leading city of ancient Greece in the first millennium BC, and its cultural achievements during the 5th century BC laid the foundations of Western civilization.