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Third-oldest city in Australia. Newcastle: New South Wales Australia: 1804 AD Fourth-oldest city in Australia. Launceston: Tasmania Australia: 1806 AD Fifth-oldest city in Australia. Kerikeri: Northland New Zealand: c. 1818 AD Oldest European-founded settlement in New Zealand. Levuka: Kubuna Fiji: 1820 [272] Oldest European settlement in Fiji ...
Today it remains one of the largest mosques in Central Asia, and can welcome some 10,000 worshippers at a time. And then there’s Timur’s grandson, Ulug Bheg.
Palembang is the capital city of South Sumatra province of Indonesia.Currently, this city is the oldest existing city in Indonesia, dates back to 7th century. Palembang was once the capital city of Srivijaya, a Palembang empire which ruled parts of the western archipelago and controlled maritime trade routes especially in the Strait of Malacca.
Samarkand has a multicultural and plurilingual history that was significantly modified by the process of national delimitation in Central Asia. Many inhabitants of the city are native or bilingual speakers of the Tajik language, [10] [11] whereas Uzbek is the official language and Russian is also widely used in the public sphere, as per ...
Mexico City. 1325 A.D. Today, Mexico City is known as the capital and largest city of Mexico, plus it is the most populous city in North America with some 22 million people.
Ancient Anuradhapura The Monastic City, Archaeological Department of Sri Lanka. p. 310, 1994. S. M. Burrows, The Buried Cities of Ceylon - A Guide Book to Anuradhapura and Polonaruwa Reprint, p. 120, 1999. Philippe Fabry, the Essential guide for Anuradhapura and its region, Negombo, Viator Publications, 2005, 199 p., ISBN 955-8736-05-8
The city is known for its fish restaurants, open-air bars, and outdoor cafes. Yachts cruise into its harbor today as they did in the 1960s and 1970s when Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra were regular visitors to the city. [55] Byblos was crowned as the "Arab Tour Capital" for the year 2016 by the Lebanese minister of tourism in the Grand Serail ...
Multan was founded by great grandson of Prophet Noah before 3000 BC era, according to the historian Firishta. It was home to ancient Indo Aryan civilization. [4] According to Hindu tradition the ancient name of Multan was ''Mulasthana'' and the current name Multan was possibly associated with the Mallian people who faced Greek army and were defeated by Alexander the Great's army after a fierce ...