Announcing the Place of the Year 2013 Longlist: Vote for your pick

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Announcing the Place of the Year 2013 Longlist: Vote for your pick

Here at OUP, at the end of each year, we look back at the places around the globe (and beyond) which have been at the center of historic events. In conjunction with the publication of the Oxford Atlas of the World, 20th Edition, today we launch the Place Of The Year (POTY) 2013. Over the next two months, we’ll be highlighting the sites of this year’s important discoveries, conflicts, challenges and successes.

In honor of this 20th year of the Atlas, we’ve put together a longlist of 20 places around the world. You can vote for your picks using the voting buttons below – or, if we’ve missed your favorite place, you can nominate alternatives in the comments section (please include a brief description of the reasoning behind your pick). Think freely – nominees can be anything from your favorite brunch spot to a distant galaxy.

With your input, we’ll narrow the list down to a shortlist to be released on November 4th. Following another round of voting from the public, and input from our committee of geographers and experts, the Place of the Year will be announced on December 2nd. In the meantime, we’ll be posting here regularly with insights and explorations on geography, cartography, and the POTY contenders.

What should be Place of the Year 2013?

Moscow, RussiaSyriaTahrir Square, EgyptPyongyang, North KoreaCanada’s Tar SandsLake BaikalA Citibike StandRio de Janeiro, BrazilDemocratic Republic of the CongoColorado, USAThe NSA Data Center in UtahBoston, MABrooklyn, NYGreenland’s Grand CanyonDelhi, IndiaNorthern IrelandVenezuelaGrand Central TerminalThe United States Supreme CourtBenghazi, Libya

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Total voters: 14Total votes: 16Moscow, Russia (0 votes, 0%)Syria (0 votes, 0%)Tahrir Square, Egypt (3 votes, 19%)Pyongyang, North Korea (0 votes, 0%)Canada’s Tar Sands (0 votes, 0%)Lake Baikal (0 votes, 0%)A Citibike Stand (1 votes, 6%)Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (0 votes, 0%)Democratic Republic of the Congo (0 votes, 0%)Colorado, USA (2 votes, 13%)The NSA Data Center in Utah (3 votes, 19%)Boston, MA (1 votes, 6%)Brooklyn, NY (1 votes, 6%)Greenland’s Grand Canyon (1 votes, 6%)Delhi, India (2 votes, 13%)Northern Ireland (2 votes, 13%)Venezuela (0 votes, 0%)Grand Central Terminal (0 votes, 0%)The United States Supreme Court (0 votes, 0%)Benghazi, Libya (0 votes, -1%)

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