<page_title> List of oldest continuously inhabited cities </page_title> <section_title> Western </section_title> <table> <cell> Jericho <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> Traces of habitation from 9000 BC. Fortifications date to 6800 BC (or earlier), making Jericho the earliest known walled city. <col_header> Notes </col_header> </cell> </table>
Jericho is one of the oldest inhabited cities with a protective wall around it, in the world.