Surakarta or Solo have been nominated as finalists in the New7Wonders Cities

Surakarta Palace at night

Mayor city of Solo, Central Java, Joko Widodo (Jokowi) optimistic Surakarta become one of nominees New7 Wonders Cities area of ​​South East Asia and Oceania.

To that end, Jokowi ready to lend a hand  for Solo campaign in total so that hope can be realized. "We will campaign through social media, such as Kaskus, Twitter, Blogs, and Facebook in order to vote Surakarta," he explained in Solo, Central Java, on Wednesday (28/03/2012).

Surakarta Palace

According Jokowi, with uniqueness and privilege, from the palace, the many historic buildings, such as puppet culture and language, the city of Solo is ideal New7 Wonders nominated for the nomination.

In addition to the city of Surakarta, other cities that enter New 7Wonders Cities South East Asia and Oceania is Jakarta. Solo which made ​​it into the top 10 nominees New 7Wonders Cities South East Asia until now in 8 position and Oceania and Jakarta now on 11 position under the Solo cities.

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As reported by the New7Wonders website, seven of the top ranked city in the Philippines, including Cebu City, Vigan, Davao City, Iloilo City, Cagayan de Oro, Bacolod City, and Parañaque City while Indonesia, Surakarta, occupying the eighth position and Singapore are in ninth position. At position 10, are Sydney and the 11 is Jakarta.

Wonders voting for New7 Cities area South East Asia and Oceania starting December 7, 2011 and will end on the announcement phase, December 7, 2013.