What the biggest, oldest, coldest city in the world?

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@Ludovic

If you needed the biggest AND oldest AND coldest to be the same you’d be out of luck. But, if you asked for the oldest and lowest city, you’d get the same answer (depending on the definition of “city” and “oldest” though.)

@njtt

Jericho?

Well, maybe, depending on what claims you accept and what your definition of city is and when the claimant may have achieved it.

Several cities listed here (Balkh, Byblos, Damascus, and Jericho) each popularly claim to be “the oldest city in the world”. Caveats to the validity of each claim are discussed in the “Notes” column.