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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beirut |  Lebanon |  | 3000 BC[3] |
| Doha |  Qatar | .jpg) | 1825 |
| Durban |  South Africa |  | 1880 |
| Havana |  Cuba |  | 1519 |
| Kuala Lumpur |  Malaysia |  | 1859 |
| La Paz |  Bolivia |  | 1548 |
| Vigan |  Philippines |  | 1572 |
Finalists
| City | Country | Image | Established |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athens | Greece |  |
3000 BC |
| Bangkok | Thailand |  |
1782 |
| Barcelona | Spain | .jpg) |
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 | .jpg) |
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
- "These 7 Cities Are The New 'Urban Wonders' Of The World". Business Insider. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- "New 7 Wonders Cities". Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- "Under Beirut's Rubble, Remnants of 5,000 Years of Civilization". 23 February 1997. Retrieved 10 April 2016.