Statistics for Countries by Oldest City

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Year	City	Country	% Correct
814 BC	Carthage	Tunisia	83%
871	Tønsberg	Norway	79%
43	Bath	United Kingdom	79%
1100 BC	Cádiz	Spain	78%
5000 BC	Argos	Greece	76%
2070 BC	Luoyang	China	73%
789	Fes	Morocco	73%
350 BC	Peshawar	Pakistan	70%
770	Århus	Denmark	69%
3650 BC	Gaziantep	Turkey	64%
3500 BC	Plovdiv	Bulgaria	63%
1150 BC	Varanasi	India	59%
700 BC	Samarqand	Uzbekistan	59%
5000 BC	Byblos (Jubayl)	Lebanon	57%
600	Palembang	Indonesia	55%
2300 BC	Arbil	Iraq	54%
550 BC	Constanţa, Magalia	Romania	54%
279 BC	Niš	Serbia	51%
1565	St. Augustine	United States	51%
30 BC	Trier	Germany	50%
1400 BC	Larnaca	Cyprus	49%
19 BC	Nijmegen	Netherlands	49%
627 BC	Durrës	Albania	48%
4000 BC	Faiyum	Egypt	45%
350 BC	Mahasthangarh	Bangladesh	41%
753	Staraya Ladoga	Russia	37%
988	Skara	Sweden	33%
650 BC	Kerch, Feodosiya	Ukraine	33%
1553	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	32%
10 BC	Tongeren	Belgium	30%
150 BC	Cholula	Mexico	29%
400 BC	Igodomigodo	Nigeria	29%
5000 BC	Ghōr	Afghanistan	28%
3000 BC	Rey	Iran	28%
200 BC	Djenné-Jeno	Mali	28%
2000 BC	Kutaisi	Georgia	27%
1818	Kerikeri	New Zealand	27%
1511	Baracoa	Cuba	18%