Top 5 oldest continuously inhabited cities
evergreenApproximate founding / earliest continuous habitation — Oldest cities
Snapshot · 2026-05-31
- 1
Diyarbakir (Turkey)
~8,000 BC
- 2
Aleppo (Syria)
~5,000 BC
- 3
Byblos (Lebanon)
~5,000 BC
- 4
Sidon (Lebanon)
~4,000 BC
- 5
Damascus (Syria)
~3,000 BC