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Oldest City by Country - Statistics
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| Country | Clue | Date founded | City | % Correct |
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| Angola | Extensive reconstruction being carried out here. | 1576 AD | Luanda | 72%
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| Armenia | Named after the fortress Erebuni. | 3200 BC | Yerevan | 72%
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| Bahamas | Was once a pirate haven. | 1670 AD | Nassau | 67%
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| Australia | Home to a famous opera house. | 1788 AD | Sydney | 67%
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| Andorra | The city's old town is called the Barri Antic. | before 700s AD | Andorra la Vella | 61%
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| Azerbaijan | The city's Culture Center was designed by architect Zaha Hadid. | before c.1st Century BC | Baku | 61%
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| Syria | Home to the Umayyad Mosque and famous for its age and the many cultures who've lived there. | 9000 BC | Damascus | 61%
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| Nepal | Famous for its temples. Part of the film Doctor Strange was set here. | 723 BC | Kathmandu | 61%
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| Portugal | Famous for its architecture, including the Belém Tower. | 1200 BC | Lisbon | 61%
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| Turkmenistan | Was destroyed by a Mongol horde in 1221 after opening its gates; it was rebuilt later. | 2000s BC | Merv | 61%
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| Jordan | Contains an ancient citadel, occupied over time by the Assyrians, Babylonians, Ptolemies, Seleucids, Romans, Byzantines and Umayyads. | 7250 BC | Amman | 56%
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| East Timor | Home to a statue of Jesus. | 1520 AD | Dili | 56%
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| Kuwait | Home to the Kuwait Towers, a group of water towers. | 1613 AD | Kuwait City | 56%
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| Luxembourg | Used to contain Fort Thüngen until the Treaty of London. | 963 AD | Luxembourg City | 56%
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| Czech Republic | People were famously thrown out of windows a number of times in this city. | 600s AD | Prague | 56%
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| Ecuador | It is surrounded by eight active volcanoes. | c.980 AD | Quito | 56%
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| Chile | Struck in 2010 by the sixth-largest earthquake ever recorded. | 1541 AD | Santiago | 56%
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| Liechtenstein | Seat of the royal family. | before 1100s AD | Vaduz | 56%
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| Greece | (Two possible answers) Location of the first democracy or a city that was shunned in Greece after remaining neutral in the Greco-Persian Wars. | 5000 BC | Athens or Argos | 50%
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| Poland | Its Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. | c.800s AD | Kraków | 50%
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| Malaysia | Home to Ho Ann Kiong and Tien Hou Kong, Taoist temples. | before 600s AD | Kuala Terengganu | 50%
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| Philippines | The second most natural disaster-afflicted capital city in the world. | c.3000-2000 BC | Manila | 50%
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| Oman | Has been an important trading port for a few millenia. | 6000s BC | Muscat | 50%
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| Papua New Guinea | Queensland tried to annex the area around where the city is now in 1883. | before 1873 AD | Port Moresby | 50%
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| Iceland | Home to Hallgrímskirkja. | c.870 AD | Reykjavik | 50%
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| Singapore | Known for being an environmentally-friendly city. | before 650 AD | Singapore | 50%
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| Madagascar | Was the political capital of the Merina Kingdom. | 1610 or 1625 AD | Antananarivo | 44%
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| Paraguay | Home to the Palacio de los López. | 15th August 1537 AD | Asunción | 44%
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| Qatar | Contains an artificial island called The Pearl-Qatar. | before 1681 AD | Doha | 44%
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| Sierra Leone | Started as a place for freed slaves to come to. | 1787 AD | Freetown | 44%
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| Israel | Probably most famous for its depiction in the Bible, where its walls are supposedly blown down by trumpets. | 9600 BC | Jericho | 44%
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| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | The chief port on St. Vincent, it is overlooked by Fort Charlotte. | 1722 AD | Kingstown | 44%
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| Gabon | Contains Gabon's largest market. | before 1839 AD | Libreville | 44%
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| France | Known for its pride in its differences from the rest of France, and featured in the films Taxi, The Bourne Identity and The Transporter. | c.600 BC | Marseille | 44%
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| Yemen | Home to Ghumdan Palace and a Great Mosque. | before 300 BC | Sana'a | 44%
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| San Marino | Founded by Saint Marinus. | 301 AD | San Marino | 44%
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| Cambodia | Famous for its temples. | 802 AD | Siem Reap (and Angkor) | 44%
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| North Macedonia | Is the city with the largest Roma population in the world. Was a Muslim city until the 19th Century. | 4000s BC | Skopje | 44%
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| Holy See | Home to St. Peter's Basilica. | 1st Century AD | Vatican City | 44%
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| The Gambia | Home to Arch 22. | before 1651 AD | Banjul | 39%
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| New Zealand | (Two possible answers) A city known as a "gateway" to the Antarctic or a city that is home to New Zealand's largest port in terms of exports. | 1250 AD | Christchurch or Tauranga | 39%
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| Ukraine | The second capital of Russia. | 482 AD (possibly 100s AD) | Kiev | 39%
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| Monaco | Famous for its gambling industry. | 500s BC | Monaco | 39%
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| Suriname | Located along the Suriname River. | 1603 AD | Paramaribo | 39%
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| North Korea | Home to the unfinished and unoccupied Ryugyong Hotel. | 1122 BC | Pyongyang | 39%
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| Dominican Republic | Home to the Alcázar de Colón. | 1498 AD | Santo Domingo | 39%
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| Bhutan | Home to the Buddhist monastery Tashichhoedzong. | 1955 AD | Thimphu | 39%
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| Venezuela | Shares its name with a Spanish city. | c.200 AD | Valencia | 39%
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| Ivory Coast | A major producer of musical art in Africa. | 1898 AD | Abidjan | 33%
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| Samoa | Robert Louis Stevenson lived here towards the end of his life and died here. | before 1800 AD | Apia | 33%
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| Eritrea | Home to the Fiat Tagliero Building. | 800 BC | Asmara | 33%
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| Brunei | Home to the Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque. | 600s-1700s AD | Bandar Seri Begawan | 33%
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| Guinea-Bissau | Many buildings were destroyed here during the Guinea-Bissau Civil War. | 1687 AD | Bissau | 33%
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| Republic of the Congo | (Two possible answers) A city home to Maya-Maya Airport or a city that is the centre of the oil industry in the country. | 1883 AD | Brazzaville or Pointe-Noire | 33%
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| Barbados | Kensington Oval is located here. | 1628 AD | Bridgetown | 33%
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| South Africa | Overlooked by Table Mountain. | before 1652 AD | Cape Town | 33%
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| Albania | Second most populous city in the country. | 627 BC | Durrës | 33%
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| Vietnam | Home to Đồng Xuân Market and the Temple of Literature. | 3000 BC | Hanoi | 33%
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| São Tomé and Príncipe | Home to Fort São Sebastião, now a museum. | 1493 AD | São Tomé | 33%
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| Antigua and Barbuda | Contains the only rum distillery on Antigua. | 1632 AD | St. John's | 33%
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| Canada | Home to Cabot Tower. | 24th June 1497 AD | St John's | 33%
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| Seychelles | Shares its name with a British queen. | 1778 AD | Victoria | 33%
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| Nigeria | Has the same name as another African country. | c.1000s AD | Benin City | 28%
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| United Kingdom | Famous for its cathedral. | before 54 BC | Canterbury | 28%
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| Algeria | Named after a famous Roman emperor. | before 203 BC | Constantine | 28%
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| Japan | Well-known for its ramen. | c.663 AD | Fukuoka | 28%
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| Bulgaria | Contains one of the world's best-preserved Roman theatres. | 6000–5000 BC | Plovdiv | 28%
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| Uzbekistan | Was the capital of Sogdiana and the Timurid Empire. | 700s BC | Samarkand | 28%
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| Finland | Birthplace of Erik Johan Löfgren. | c.1229 AD | Turku | 28%
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| Central African Republic | At the centre of a large anomaly in the Earth's magnetic field. | 1889 AD (possibly 800s BC) | Bangui | 22%
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| Belize | Has been featured in the film The Mosquito Coast and the TV show Mad Dogs. | before 1638 AD | Belize City | 22%
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| Lebanon | The word Bible may have originated with this city's name. | 8800 BC | Byblos | 22%
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| Spain | Where Christopher Columbus sailed from on his second and fourth voyages. | 1104 BC | Cádiz | 22%
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| Solomon Islands | Location of the Battle of Guadalcanal. | before 1942 AD | Honiara | 22%
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| Nicaragua | (Two possible answers) Birthplace of José Areas or a city recognised for its restaurants. | 1524 AD | León or Granada | 22%
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| Kenya | Visited by Vasco da Gama and Zheng He. | 900 AD | Mombasa | 22%
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| Trinidad and Tobago | Home to the Nicholas Tower. | 1560 AD | Port of Spain | 22%
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| Benin | Home to King Toffa's Palace. | 1500s AD | Porto-Novo | 22%
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| Dominica | Located near the Boiling Lake. | c.1500s-1600s AD | Roseau | 22%
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| Grenada | Founded by the French, ceded to Great Britain by the Treaty of Paris in 1763. | 1650 AD | St George's | 22%
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| Morocco | Birthplace of Ibn Battuta, also famous for being exotic. | 900s BC | Tangier | 22%
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| Estonia | Was invaded by Ivan the Terrible in 1558. | 400s AD | Tartu | 22%
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| Malawi | The country's centre of finance and commerce. | 1876 AD | Blantyre | 17%
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| South Sudan | Was once a fishing village, but then became a trading depot. | 1860s AD | Bor | 17%
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| China | The Longmen Grottoes, White Horse Temple and Gaocheng Astronomical Observatory are all located nearby. | 2070 BC | Luoyang | 17%
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| Netherlands | Birthplace of the Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI. | 98 AD | Nijmegen | 17%
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| Tonga | A new island was created by a volcanic eruption nearby. | before 1777 AD | Nukuʻalofa | 17%
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| Vanuatu | Preceded by the settlement of Franceville. Was heavily damaged by Cyclone Pam. | 1200s BC | Port Vila | 17%
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| Austria | Lies on the shores of Lake Constance. | 1500-400s BC | Bregenz | 11%
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| Burundi | Located on the north-eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika. | 1871 AD | Bujumbura | 11%
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| Equatorial Guinea | Home to St. Elizabeth's Cathedral | 1827 AD | Malabo | 11%
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| Mauritius | Contains a Chinatown with a pagoda. | 1638 AD | Port Louis | 11%
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| Senegal | Shares its name with a US city. | c.1450 AD | Saint-Louis | 11%
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| Germany | Birthplace of Karl Marx. | before 16 BC | Trier | 11%
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| South Korea | Hyundai Heavy Industries was founded here. | c.5000 BC | Ulsan | 11%
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| Sweden | Was an important location for worship of the Norse gods. | 200s AD | Uppsala | 11%
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| Ireland | Home to the oldest urban civic building in Ireland, Reginald's Tower. | 853 AD | Waterford | 11%
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| Croatia | Contains the largest Roman forum on the eastern side of the Adriatic. | 800s BC | Zadar | 11%
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| Ethiopia | Capital of an empire of the same name, famous for its obelisks. | c. 1st Century AD | Axum | 6%
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| United States | Consists of mounds. | 600 AD | Cahokia | 6%
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| Russia | Located on a narrow area between the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus mountains, this was once a Persian city. | 700s BC | Derbent | 6%
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| Iraq | Centred around a temple dedicated to the god Enki, the Sumerian water god. | c.5300 BC | Eridu | 6%
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| Botswana | The first gold rush in southern Africa started nearby. | 1897 AD | Francistown | 6%
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| Somalia | Laal Geel complex, with its cave paintings, is located on the outskirts. | c.5000-2000 BC | Hargeisa | 6%
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| Sudan | This city was not founded by the Kingdom of Kush but was settled by it later on. | c.3500 BC | Kerma | 6%
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| Cyprus | Located near a network of salt lakes. | 1200s BC | Larnaca | 6%
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| Zambia | Named after a famous explorer. | 1897 AD | Livingstone | 6%
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| Italy | Its ancient town is called the Sassi, it has featured in the film The Passion of the Christ and a Metallica music video. | 10000-9000 BC | Matera | 6%
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| Jamaica | Location of the rebellion lead by Samuel Sharpe. | c.1655 AD | Montego Bay | 6%
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| Comoros | Located at the foot of Mount Karthala. | c.900s AD | Moroni | 6%
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| Slovakia | Home to a castle and located on a river, both of the same name as the city itself. | before 1600 BC | Nitra | 6%
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| Kyrgyzstan | Was a major market along the Silk Road, with an outdoor bazaar that has occurred in the same spot for 2000 years. | c.1000 BC | Osh | 6%
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| Indonesia | The Musi River divides the city, also contains a Great Mosque. | 16th June 683 BC | Palembang | 6%
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| Brazil | Not far from São Paulo, contains one of the first suspension bridges in Brazil. | 1532 AD | São Vicente | 6%
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| Belgium | The Romans called it Aduatuca Tungrorum. | before 70 AD | Tongeren | 6%
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| Maldives | White Terns nest here. | c.1100 AD | Addu City | 0%
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| Niger | Saw a lot of violence between 2007 and 2009. | before 1300s AD | Agadez | 0%
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| United Arab Emirates | Home to Al Jahili Fort. | c.6000s BC | Al Ain | 0%
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| El Salvador | Used to be the capital of the Pipil. | 1054 AD | Antiguo Cuscatlán | 0%
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| Sri Lanka | Home to the Atamasthana. | 900s BC | Anuradhapura | 0%
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| Cameroon | Main city of the Bamileke people. | 1300s AD | Bafoussam | 0%
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| Afghanistan | Was once the capital of Bactria. | 2000-1500 BC | Balkh | 0%
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| Cuba | Located on the spot where Christopher Columbus landed. | 1511 AD | Baracoa | 0%
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| Myanmar | Founded by Princess Pan Htwar. | c.200 BC | Beikthano | 0%
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| India | Once a city of the Indus Valley Civilisation, now a small village. | 7570 BC | Bhirrana | 0%
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| Tunisia | Was a strategic port during World War Two. | 1100 BC | Bizerte | 0%
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| Bangladesh | Mahasthangarh, an ancient site, is located nearby. | c.268 BC | Bogra | 0%
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| Ghana | Home to a "slave castle" of the same name. | 1482 AD | Cape Coast | 0%
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Hutovo Blato Park is located nearby. | 5 BC | Čapljina | 0%
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| Peru | The oldest city in the Americas, built by the Norte Chico Civilisation. | c.2600 BC | Caral | 0%
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| Turkey | People traveled around the city and entered the houses via the rooves. | c.7500 BC | Çatalhöyük | 0%
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| Switzerland | Home to the Giger Bar, designed by H.R. Giger. | 3900-3500 BC | Chur | 0%
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| Cape Verde | Was the first European colonial settlement in the tropics. | 1462 AD | Cidade Velha | 0%
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| Uruguay | Home to the Basilica of the Holy Sacrament. | 1680 AD | Colonia del Sacramento | 0%
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| Honduras | A Mayan city occupied for more than two thousand years, shares its name with a department. | before 400s AD | Copán | 0%
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| Marshall Islands | Began as a trading outpost of the German Empire | 1884 AD | Delap-Uliga-Djarrit | 0%
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| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Was destroyed by the Spanish but re-founded by the French. | 1538 AD | Dieppe Bay Town | 0%
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| Mali | Famous for its adobe mosque. | c.200 BC | Djenné | 0%
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| Saudi Arabia | Was called Adummatu by the Assyrians, who describe it as the capital of an Arab kingdom. | 900s BC | Dumat al-Jandal | 0%
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| Egypt | It was the most significant centre of the cult of the crocodile god Sobek. | c.4000 BC | Faiyum | 0%
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| Haiti | Where Haiti's independence was proclaimed. | 1503 AD | Fort-Liberté | 0%
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| Guyana | A Dutch trading post that was the capital of the colony Berbice. | 1627 AD | Fort Nassau | 0%
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| Libya | Its old town became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1986. Has its own Berber language. | 4000s BC | Ghadames | 0%
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| Zimbabwe | Consists of enclosures and towers. | 1000s AD | Great Zimbabwe | 0%
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| Costa Rica | Consisted of circular mounds. Water was allowed to run between them. | 1000 BC | Guayabo de Turrialba | 0%
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| Iran | Was the summer capital of the Parthian Empire. | 1100-600s BC | Hamadān | 0%
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| Mozambique | Diving is popular in nearby coastal areas. | 1000s AD | Inhambane | 0%
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| Tajikistan | Was a major city along the Silk Road, it sits at the mouth of the Fergana Valley. | 544 BC | Khujand | 0%
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| Democratic Republic of Congo | Henry Morton Stanley called it a "remarkable town". | before 1876 AD | Kindu | 0%
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| Togo | The Misahöhe Forest Reserve is located nearby. | before 1700s AD | Kpalimé | 0%
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| Guinea | Founded by Muslim religious leader Karamokho Alfa. | 1755 AD | Labé | 0%
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| Fiji | Site of Fiji's first bank, post office, school, hospital and town hall. | 1820 AD | Levuka | 0%
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| Eswatini | Started as a trading post. | 1885 AD | Manzini | 0%
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| Uganda | Home to a University of Science and Technology. | 1899 AD | Mbarara | 0%
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| Pakistan | The oldest ceramic figures in South Asia were found here. | c.7000 BC | Mehrgarh | 0%
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| Lesotho | Gives its name to its district. First inhabited by the San. | before 1795 AD | Mohale's Hoek | 0%
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| Georgia | Home to Jvari Monastery. | 400s BC | Mtskheta | 0%
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| Bahrain | Located near a group of man-made islands called Amwaj Islands. | before 250 BC | Muharraq | 0%
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| Federated States of Micronesia | Has been nicknamed the "Venice of the Pacific". | 100-200 AD | Nan Madol | 0%
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| Chad | Was the capital of the Kanem-Bornu Empire. | 1000s AD | Njimi | 0%
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| Panama | Was the most significant port in the Americas between 1540 and 1580. | 1510 AD | Nombre de Dios | 0%
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| Rwanda | The most notable feature of this city (now a town) is the King's Palace. | 1600s AD | Nyanza | 0%
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| Mongolia | Was the capital of the first Uyghur Khaganate. | 744 AD | Ordu-Baliq | 0%
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| Namibia | Home to the Mighty Gunners FC. | 1390 AD | Otjiwarongo | 0%
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| Thailand | Founded as a small, Khmer outpost. Home to Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat. | 1000s AD | Phitsanulok | 0%
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| Laos | Bullfights occur during the Hmong New Year here. | c.400s BC | Phonsavan | 0%
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| Romania | The city symbol is a church tower commonly called Stephen's Tower. | c.3600 BC | Piatra Neamț | 0%
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| Montenegro | Home to a medieval Serbian Orthodox monastery complex. | 12,000-8,000 BC | Pljevlja | 0%
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| Belarus | Was under siege in 1579. | 862 AD | Polotsk | 0%
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| Slovenia | The city hosts a ten-day festival called Kurentovanje. | before 69 AD | Ptuj | 0%
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| Guatemala | Has a system of micro-buses. | before 7th May 1524 AD | Quetzaltenango | 0%
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| Latvia | Built on seven hills. | 800s AD | Rēzekne | 0%
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| Moldova | Was inhabited by Thracians and Geto-Dacians. Capital of a district of the same name. | 5000-3000 BC | Rezina | 0%
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| Denmark | Mandø Island Nature Reserve is located nearby. | 854 AD | Ribe | 0%
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| Mauritania | Once the capital of the Emirate of Trarza. | 1640-1902 AD | Rosso | 0%
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| Mexico | An Olmec city, though it predates the civilisation. Ten carved heads were found here. | 1500 BC | San Lorenzo | 0%
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| Liberia | More than 2,000 people here are employed by "Jungle Water Group of Investment". | c.1450 AD | Sanniquellie | 0%
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| Colombia | Where Simón Bolívar died. | 29th July 1525 AD | Santa Marta | 0%
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| Argentina | Was heavily damaged in an earthquake in 1817. | 1533 AD | Santiago del Estero | 0%
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| Tuvalu | People moved to here after missionaries arrived. | 1800s AD | Savave | 0%
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| Kazakhstan | Once contained a community of Nestorian Christians. | 900s BC | Sayram | 0%
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| Lithuania | The Hill of Crosses is located nearby. | 1236 AD | Šiauliai | 0%
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| Serbia | Once the Roman settlement of Vinceia. | 7000-6000 BC | Smederevo | 0%
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| Hungary | Birthplace of Saint Martin of Tours. | 45 AD | Szombathely | 0%
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| Djibouti | Engaged in trade with Phoenicia, Ptolemaic Egypt, Greece, Parthian Persia, Saba, Nabataea, and the Roman Empire. | before 1154 AD (since antiquity) | Tadjoura | 0%
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| Taiwan | Home to seven Buddhist temples and eight Taoist shrines. | 1500s AD | Tainan | 0%
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| Burkina Faso | Was the centre of a city state of the Mossi Empire. | 1120 AD | Tenkodogo | 0%
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| Bolivia | Pre-Columbian site, with the most famous structure being the Gate of the Sun. | c.110 AD (or before) | Tiwanaku | 0%
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| Norway | Home to five nature reserves. | 800s AD | Tønsberg | 0%
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| Kiribati | Site of the Battle of Drummond's Island, between members of the United States Exploring Expedition and the natives. | before 1841 AD | Utiroa | 0%
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| Tanzania | The old area of the city is called Stone Town. | 1700 AD | Zanzibar City | 0%
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| Malta | Hosts an annual festival celebrating the olive picking season. | 3600-3200 BC | Żejtun | 0%
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