page_title: List of oldest continuously inhabited cities
section_title: East Asia
hierarchical_section_title: List of oldest continuously inhabited cities / Asia / East Asia
caption_attribution_description: English: Over all model of Heian-kyō 日本語: 平安京の全体模型。京都市平安京創生館で撮影。
context_page_description: This is a list of present-day cities by the time period over which they have been continuously inhabited as a city. The age claims listed are generally disputed. Differences in opinion can result from different definitions of "city" as well as "continuous habitation" and historical evidence is often disputed. Caveats to the validity of each claim are discussed in the "Notes" column.
caption: 1/1000 scale model of Heian-kyō, held by Kyoto City Heiankyo Sosei-Kan Museum
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