There are some cities in the world that are expected to be major centres in the future.
Let us take a look at 16 of them, including one from India.
Click NEXT to see which Indian city has made it to the list, according to Foreign Policy.
16 global cities that will be major centres in the future
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Gurgaon
India
Gurgaon is the second-largest city in Haryana. It is the industrial and financial centre of Haryana. It is located 30 kilometres south of New Delhi, about 10 km from Dwarka Sub City and 268 km south of Chandigarh, the state capital.
Gurgaon is one of Delhi's four major satellite cities and is part of the National Capital Region. It is within commuting distance of Delhi via an expressway and Delhi Metro.
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16 global cities that will be major centres in the future
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Cairo
Egypt
Cairo is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th-largest metropolitan area in the world.
Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life.
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16 global cities that will be major centres in the future
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong
It is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China, the other being Macau.
A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour.
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16 global cities that will be major centres in the future
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Athens
Greece
Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years.
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16 global cities that will be major centres in the future
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Vancouver
Canada
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country (after Toronto and Montreal), and the most populous in Western Canada.
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16 global cities that will be major centres in the future
New York City
The United States
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the centre of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world.
New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment.
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16 global cities that will be major centres in the future
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Sao Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population.
The metropolis is anchor to the Sao Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among the five-largest metropolitan areas on the planet.
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16 global cities that will be major centres in the future
Christchurch
New Zealand
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's third-largest urban area.
It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of Christchurch.
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16 global cities that will be major centres in the future
London
The United Kingdom
It is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures.
Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who called it Londinium.
London's ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its square-mile mediaeval boundaries.
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16 global cities that will be major centres in the future
Chicago
The United States
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the third most populous in the US.
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16 global cities that will be major centres in the future
Beijing
China
Beijing is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010.
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16 global cities that will be major centres in the future
Berlin
Germany
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city.
It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union.
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16 global cities that will be major centres in the future
Istanbul
Turkey
It is the largest city in Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province (municipality) had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010,[1] which is 18 per cent of Turkey's population and the third-largest metropolitan area in Europe (including the Asian side of the city) after London and Moscow.
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16 global cities that will be major centres in the future
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
It is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second-largest city in Brazil, and the third-largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting about 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the sixth-largest in the Americas, and 26th in the world.
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16 global cities that will be major centres in the future
Brussels
Belgium
It is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union. It is also the largest urban area in Belgium, comprising 19 municipalities, including the municipality of the City of Brussels, which is the de jure capital of Belgium, in addition to the seat of the French Community of Belgium and of the Flemish Community.
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