<page_title> List of oldest continuously inhabited cities </page_title> <section_title> Western </section_title> <table> <cell> Damascus <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> Levant <col_header> Historical region </col_header> </cell> <cell> Damascus is often claimed to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. Excavations at Tell Ramad on the outskirts of the city have demonstrated that the general area was inhabited as early as 9000 BC. <col_header> Notes </col_header> </cell> </table>
Damascus in Levant is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.