East and Southeast Asia
| Name | Historical region | Location | Continuously inhabited since | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luoyang (as Zhenxun, Xibo) | Xia Dynasty | ChiHenan, China | -2070 ! c. 2070 BC | |
| Xi'an (as Haojing, Fenghao, Chang'an, Daxing) | Zhou Dynasty | ChiShaanxi, China | -1100 ! c. 1100 BC | |
| Beijing (as Ji, Yanjing, Dadu, Zhongdu, Beiping) | Yan | ChiBeijing, China | -1000 ! c. 1000 BC | There were cities in the vicinities of Beijing by the 1st millennium BC, and the capital of the State of Yan (473–221 BC), Ji (薊/蓟), was established in present-day Beijing. |
| Suzhou (as Gusu, Wu) | Wu | ChiJiangsu, China | -514 ! 514 BC | |
| Chengdu | Shu | ChiSichuan, China | -400 ! c. 400 BC | The 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian. |
| Nanjing (as Yecheng, Jianye, Jiankang, Jinling) | Wu | ChiJiangsu, China | -495 ! c. 495 BC | Fu Chai, Lord of the State of Wu, founded a fort named Yecheng (冶城) in today's Nanjing area. |
| Kaifeng (as Daling, Bianzhou, Dongjing, Bianjing) | Wei | ChiHenan, China | -364 ! c. 364 BC | The State of Wei founded a city called Daliang (大梁）as its capital in this area. |
| Guangzhou (as Canton) | Qin Dynasty | ChiGuangdong, China | -214 ! 214 BC | |
| Hangzhou (as Lin'an) | Qin Dynasty | ChiZhejiang, China | -200 ! c. 200 BC | The city of Hangzhou was founded about 2,200 years ago during the Qin Dynasty. |
| Osaka (as Naniwa) | Japan | Japan | c. 400 AD | It was inhabited as early at the 5th-6th centuries BC, and became a port city during the Kofun period. It temporarily served as the capital of Japan from 645 to 655. |
| Palembang | Srivijaya | Indonesia | 600 ! c. 600 AD | oldest city in the Malay Archipelago, capital of the Srivijaya empire. |
| Nara (as Heijō-kyō) | Japan | Japan | 710 AD | Built as a new capital city in 710. |
| Kyoto (as Heian-kyō, and sometimes known in the west as Miyako) | Japan | Japan | 794 AD | Shimogamo Shrine was built in the 6th century, but the city was officially founded as Heian-kyō when it became the capital in 794. |
| Manila | Kingdom of Tondo and Kingdom of Maynila | Philippines | 900 ! 900 | oldest known settlement in the Philippines as documented by the Laguna Copperplate Inscription; when the Spanish, led by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, arrived, it was still inhabited and led by at least one datu. |
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