In a city or town, the old town is its historic or original core. Although the city is usually larger in its present form, many cities have redesignated this part of the city to commemorate its origins after thorough renovations. There are many places throughout the world referred to as the old town (and this is sometimes construed as a proper noun and capitalized). This is a list of some famous old towns: Africa Algeria Casbah of Algiers, in Algeria Egypt Medieval Cairo, in Cairo Old Rashid Saint Catherine's Monastery, in Sinai Kenya Mombasa Old Town Morocco Old Meknes in Morocco old Essaouira, in Morocco Old Fes, in Morocco old Marrakech, in Morocco Tétouan in Morocco El Jadida in Morocco Niger Historic Center of Agadez Tanzania/Zanzibar Stone Town in Zanzibar City (World Heritage site) Tunisia Old Kairouan, in Tunisia Medina of Sousse in Tunisia Medina of Tunis in Tunisia Asia and the Pacific Bangladesh Old Town in Dhaka, Old Dhaka China Forbidden City and Old Town remnants of Beijing Mountain Resort temple town in Chengde Old Town of Dengfeng Old Town of Kaiping Old Town of Lijiang Old Town and Potala Palace of Lhasa Historic Centre of Macau Walled old town area of Nanjing Old Town of Pingyao Old Town of Qufu Old Town of Suzhou Historical centers of Xidi and Hongcun Old Town of Yinxu Old Town of Zhouzhuang Fiji Historical Port Town of Levuka India Old Town and monuments of Agra Historical center of Alchi Historical center of Amritsar Old Delhi Old Goa Historical center of Hyderabad Historical ruined center of Mandu Historical center of Mumbai Old Town and palace of Udaipur Indonesia Old Town of Jakarta, within and 4 Outlying Islands (Onrust, Kelor, Cipir dan Bidadari) Depok Lama (Old Town of Depok) Old Town of Semarang Historic City of Surabaya Historic Town of Bandung Historic Town of Medan Historic Monuments of City of Ternate Historic Monuments of Banda Neira Historic Monuments of City Of Tidore Historic Center of City of Yogyakarta Old Mining Town Of Sawahlunto Old Town of Padang Old City of Bukittinggi Historic District of Lasem Historic Center of Solo (Surakarta) Historic Town of Cirebon Ancient City of Banten Historic Center of Palembang Historic City of Tegal Historic Town of Bogor Japan Historic remnants of old Kyoto Historic remnants of old Nara Historic remnants of old Nikkō Historic centers of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama Malaysia Core