Oldest continuously inhabited cities

Connected Sites: 12

WHS located in one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Cut off date = later than 1000 BC

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Connected Sites

Ancient Thebes
Inscribed: 1979
4.39
341
11
Luxor, C. 3200 Bc
Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
Inscribed: 2014
3.05
257
9
Xi'an, C. 1100 Bc
Imperial Palace
Inscribed: 1987
4.19
481
11
Beijing, C. 1045 Bc
Byblos
Byblos
Lebanon
Inscribed: 1984
3.16
121
4
Byblos, Chalcolithic (3000 Bc)
Aleppo
Aleppo
Syria
Inscribed: 1986
3.55
88
5
Aleppo, Chalcolithic (4,300 Bc Or Earlier)
Damascus
Inscribed: 1979
3.87
104
5
Damascus, Chalcolithic (Damascus Is Often Claimed To Be The Oldest Continuously Inhabited City In The World, And Evidence Exists Of A Settlement In The Wider Barada Basin Dating Back To 9000 Bc. However, Within The Area Of Damascus, There Is No Evidence For Large-Scale Settlement Until The 2nd Millennium Bc)
Susa
Susa
Iran
Inscribed: 2015
2.40
41
4
Susa (Now Shush), 4200 Bc - However, Susa’S Claims Are Somewhat Dented By The Fact That It Was Downgraded To “Small Settlement” Between The 15th And 20th Centuries. See
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Old City of Jerusalem
Inscribed: 1981
4.37
369
12
Jerusalem, 2800 Bc
Tyre
Tyre
Lebanon
Inscribed: 1984
2.78
89
5
Tyre, 2750 Bc
Erbil Citadel
Inscribed: 2014
2.51
47
4
Erbil, 2300 Bc
Acropolis
Inscribed: 1987
4.26
668
14
Athens, 5th–4th Millennium Bc
Mtskheta
Mtskheta
Georgia
Inscribed: 1994
3.18
217
5
Mtskheta, C. 1000 Bc