In which region of the world are there the most ancient cities, all the time inhabited by people?

In which region of the world are there the most ancient cities, all the time inhabited by people? which of these cities is considered the oldest in the world?

This region is the Middle East. It was there that the first cities appeared in the 4th-3rd millennium BC. Jericho in Israel is generally considered to be the oldest. A tower 8 meters high was found in Jericho, which dates back to the 8th millennium BC. Also, the oldest cities include Jerusalem and the cities of Lebanon: Byblos, Tire (Sur) and Sidon (Saidu), Tripoli. Damascus and Aleppo were founded in the middle of the 3rd millennium BC. The same category includes the settlements of Cyprus, southeastern Turkey, Yerevan (it is older than Rome), Rome, Athens.