<P> National Olympic Committees select from within their national territory cities to put forward bids to host an Olympic Games . The staging of the Paralympic Games is automatically included in the bid . Since the creation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, which successfully appropriated the name of the Ancient Greek Olympics to create a modern sporting event, interested cities have rivalled for selection as host of the Summer or Winter Olympic Games . </P> <P> What follows is a list of the cities that have bid to host any of the Summer and Winter Olympics . 50 cities (including repeats) have been chosen to host the Olympics since their "rebirth"; two in Eastern Europe, five in East Asia, one in South America, two in Oceania and the remainder in Western Europe and North America . No African, Central Asian, Middle Eastern, or South Asian city has ever been chosen to host an Olympics . </P>

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