Statistics for Oldest Cities by Country

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	Country	City	% Correct
5000 BC*	Greece*	Athens	84%
9000 BC*	Syria*	Damascus	78%
43	U.K.**	London	68%
2800 BC	Israel	Jerusalem	65%
753 BC	Italy	Rome	61%
1200 BC*	Portugal	Lisbon	48%
550*	Czech Republic	Prague	47%
841	Ireland	Dublin	40%
454	Vietnam	Hanoi	38%
150*	Nepal	Kathmandu	38%
3000 BC	Iran	Rey	38%
871*	Iceland	Reykjavík	36%
1788	Australia	Sydney	36%
1878	Jordan	Amman	35%
50*	Azerbaijan	Baku	35%
279 BC	Serbia**	Belgrade	33%
900	Philippines	Manila	32%
50 BC*	Switzerland	Zürich	32%
1652	South Africa	Cape Town	31%
650*	Poland	Kraków	31%
400*	Japan	Osaka	31%
600 BC	France	Marseille	30%
814 BC	Tunisia	Carthage	29%
980	Ecuador	Quito	29%
782 BC	Armenia	Yerevan	27%
1496	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	23%
789	Morocco	Fes	22%
3000 BC*	Palestine	Jericho	19%
43	U.K.**	Bath	15%
1565	United States	St. Augustine	15%
1508	USA (including territories)	San Juan	14%
700 BC	Uzbekistan	Samarqand	11%
5000 BC*	Lebanon	Byblos (Jubayl)	8%
1100 BC	Spain	Cádiz	8%
3500 BC*	Bulgaria	Plovdiv	8%
30 BC	Germany	Trier	8%
770*	Denmark	Århus	7%
1545*	Canada	St. John's	7%
1150 BC*	India	Varanasi	7%
550 BC*	Romania*	Constanţa	6%
2070 BC*	China	Luoyang	6%
279 BC	Serbia**	Niš	6%
627 BC	Albania	Durrës	5%
2200 BC*	Iraq (exluding Kurdistan)	Kirkuk	4%
1400 BC*	Cyprus	Larnaca	4%
19 BC	Netherlands	Nijmegen	4%
5000 BC*	Greece*	Argos	3%
3650 BC	Turkey*	Gaziantep	3%
400 BC*	Nigeria	Igodomigodo	3%
350 BC*	Pakistan	Peshawar	3%
10 BC	Belgium	Tongeren	3%
1075*^	United States**	Acoma Pueblo	2%
2300 BC	Iraqi Kurdistan	Arbil	2%
650 BC*	Ukraine*	Kerch	2%
2000 BC*	Georgia	Kutaisi	2%
1525	Colombia	Santa Marta	2%
871*	Norway	Tønsberg	2%
1511	Cuba	Baracoa	1%
150 BC*	Mexico	Cholula	1%
200 BC*	Mali	Djenné-Jeno	1%
4000 BC	Egypt	Faiyum	1%
650 BC*	Ukraine*	Feodosiya	1%
1818*	New Zealand	Kerikeri	1%
1300*	Kenya	Lamu	1%
550 BC*	Romania*	Magalia	1%
350 BC*	Bangladesh	Mahasthangarh	1%
600*	Indonesia	Palembang	1%
1553	Argentina	Santiago del Estero	1%
988	Sweden	Skara	1%
700*	Mozambique	Sofala	1%
1075*^	United States**	Taos Pueblo	1%
1501	Venezuela	Cumaná	0%
19 BC	Libya	Ghadames	0%
5000 BC*	Afghanistan*	Ghōr	0%
1510	Panama	Nombre de Dios	0%
753	Russia	Staraya Ladoga	0%
217 BC	Macedonia	Stobi	0%
800*	Brazil	Upper Xingu	0%
700 BC*	Ethiopia	Yeha	0%
850 BC*	Somalia	Zeila/Avalite	0%