Your country's oldest cities?

[Djamila]

There are old oldest cities - which are yours?

Cities with red names were founded prior to the establishment of the Bosnian Church, and Bosnia as an independent country.

Cities with blue names were founded during the reign of the independent, heretical Bosnian Church.

Cities with green names were founded during the reign of the Islamic, Osmanli Empire.

Cities with black names were founded during the communist era.

• Blagaj 950
• Livno 1045
• Glamoč 1087
• Bosanska Krupa 1192
• Sanski Most 1244
• Banja Luka 1244
• Kiseljak 1244
• Vlasenica 1244
• Bosanska Dubica 1258
• Bihać 1260
• Gacko 1276
• Velika Kladuša 1280
• Bosanski Novi 1280
• Ostrožac 1286
• Bosanska Gradiška 1295
• Gradačac 1302
• Ključ 1322
• Kotor Varoš 1322
• Modriča 1323
• Srebrenik 1333
• Bosanski Petrovac 1334
• Kozarac 1334
• Visoko 1334
• Bužim 1351
• Srebrenica 1352
• Bosanska Otoka 1364
• Fojnica 1365
• Foča 1368
• Konjic 1382
• Olovo 1382
• Bileća 1387
• Jajce 1391
• Kakanj 1392
• Goražde 1397
• Sokolac 1399
• Maglaj 1408
• Vranduk 1410
• Zvornik 1410
• Doboj 1415
• Pale 1415
• Stolac 1420
• Rogatica 1425
• Sarajevo 1428
• Teočak 1432
• Višegrad 1433
• Ilidža 1435
• Kreševo 1435
• Nevesinje 1435
• Zenica 1436
• Bobovac 1439
• Mostar 1440
• Ljubuški 1444
• Počitelj 1444
• Bijeljina 1446
• Bosansko Grahovo 1453
• Žepče 1458
• Kupres 1461
• Tešanj 1461
• Travnik 1463
• Tuzla 1463
• Čajniče 1477
  
• Jablanica 1488
• Gračanica 1528
• Lukavac 1528
• Brčko 1548
• Zavidovići 1565
• Donji Vakuf 1590
• Prijedor 1683
• Bosanski Brod 1691
• Bosanski Šamac 1725
• Živinice 1764
• Vitez 1785
  
• Banovići 1946
• Novi Travnik 1949
  
• Čitluk 1956

It's important to note that all of these cities have much older settlements nearby. For example, Sarajevo is listed as having been founded in 1428 - but there was a city (Imunisipia) nearby during the Roman Empire, and another (VrhBosna) during the reign of the Bosnian Church. Both of these ancient cities are now within the city limits of Sarajevo, but the root village (Sarajovasi) that became the city was not founded until 1428 - that's what these dates mean.

 

[Djamila]

Something else that might be interesting. Most of those who converted to Islam here were members of the Bosnian Church, Roman Catholics tended to retain their faith. Here I've changed to green the cities that converted en masse to Islam...

• Blagaj 950
• Livno 1045
• Glamoč 1087
• Bosanska Krupa 1192
• Sanski Most 1244
• Banja Luka 1244
• Kiseljak 1244
• Vlasenica 1244
• Bosanska Dubica 1258
• Bihać 1260
• Gacko 1276
• Velika Kladuša 1280
• Bosanski Novi 1280
• Ostrožac 1286
• Bosanska Gradiška 1295
• Gradačac 1302
• Ključ 1322
• Kotor Varoš 1322
• Modriča 1323
• Srebrenik 1333
• Bosanski Petrovac 1334
• Kozarac 1334
• Visoko 1334
• Bužim 1351
• Srebrenica 1352
• Bosanska Otoka 1364
• Fojnica 1365
• Foča 1368
• Konjic 1382
• Olovo 1382
• Bileća 1387
• Jajce 1391
• Kakanj 1392
• Goražde 1397
• Sokolac 1399

 

[ayani]

ask painted wolf! the oldest cities in america are quite, quite old.

 

[Engyo]

Many of them predate the establishment of the United States; some could be said to predate the "discovery" of the Americas..........

 

[NoahideHiker]

Color me surprised!

"The oldest continuously inhabited settlement is St. Augustine, in Florida. Founded on 28 August 1565, it is the oldest American city still in existence. Closely behind is Santa Fe, New Mexico, which was established in 1598, but wasn't officially recognized until 1610."

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-the-oldest-american-cities.htm

 

[Phil Osophy]

The oldest recorded city in England is Colchester in Essex. This was the Roman capital prior to them moving to London (Londinium). That makes it about two thousand years old, but it was probably an ancient Britton town for a long time before that.

 

[Valjean]

Acoma pueblo, in New Mexico, USA, has been inhabited since the early 800s.