New 7 Wonders Cities

New 7 Wonders Cities (2011–2014) was the third in a series of Internet-based polls operated by the New 7 Wonders Foundation. It followed New 7 Wonders of the World and New 7 Wonders of Nature.

The poll began in 2007 with more than 1200 nominees from 220 countries. A longlist of 77, limited to a maximum of one city per country, was considered by a panel headed by Federico Mayor Zaragoza, former director-general of UNESCO, which shortlisted 28 suggestions. The shortlist was then opened to a public vote.[1] Announced in 2011, it ended in 2014 with the selection of Beirut, Doha, Durban, Havana, Kuala Lumpur, La Paz and Vigan as the winning cities.[2]

Winners

City Country Image Established
BeirutLebanon Lebanon3000 BC[3]
DohaQatar Qatar1825
DurbanSouth Africa South Africa1880
HavanaCuba Cuba1519
Kuala LumpurMalaysia Malaysia1859
La PazBolivia Bolivia1548
ViganPhilippines Philippines1572

Finalists

City Country Image Established
Athens Greece
3000 BC
Bangkok Thailand
1782
Barcelona Spain
218 BC
Casablanca Morocco
15 BC
Chicago United States
1780
Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
1698
Istanbul Turkey
330
Kyoto Japan
794
London United Kingdom
47 AD
Mendoza Argentina
1561
Mexico City Mexico
1325
Mumbai India
1507
Perth Australia
1829
Phnom Penh Cambodia
1372
Quito Ecuador
1534
Reykjavík Iceland
870
Saint Petersburg Russia
1703
Seoul South Korea
18 BC
Shenzhen China
331
Vancouver Canada
1870

References

  1. ↑ "These 7 Cities Are The New 'Urban Wonders' Of The World". Business Insider. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "New 7 Wonders Cities". Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Under Beirut's Rubble, Remnants of 5,000 Years of Civilization". 23 February 1997. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
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