Lists of twin towns and sister cities

This is a list of "twin towns" or "sister cities" - that is, pairs of towns or cities in different countries which have town twinning arrangements. Where known, the date of formation of the twinning agreement is included in parentheses.

Note that the list is likely to always remain incomplete, since no canonical list of such arrangements exists; even those towns that are listed may well have arrangements which are not listed here. Note also that any twinning arrangement should be listed at two locations in the list: once for each of the towns involved in the arrangement.

For ease of reference and maintenance, the list is divided first by continent, then country, and in some cases (where there are a large number of twinnings to list) by an appropriate sub-division of the country (e.g. the UK is divided by ceremonial county).

Africa

Algeria

• Béjaïa - Brest, France (2001)
• Constantine - Grenoble, France (1999)

Cameroon

• Limbe - Seattle, Washington, United States

Egypt

• Alexandria - Cleveland, Ohio, United States
• Cairo - İstanbul, Turkey

Ghana

• Tamale - Louisville, Kentucky, United States (1979)

Kenya

• Kisumu - Cheltenham, UK (Friendship Town)
• Mombasa - Seattle, Washington, United States

Libya

• Tripoli - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1976)

Morocco

• El Jadida - Vierzon, France
• Mohammedia - Ghent, Belgium
• Tangier - Faro, Portugal (1954)

Mozambique

• Beira - Bristol, UK (1990)
• Maputo - Lisbon, Portugal

Namibia

• Tsumeb - Chesterfield, UK

Republic of the Congo

• Brazzaville - Dresden, Germany (1975)

Sierra Leone

• Freetown - Hull, UK

South Africa

• Buffalo City - Leiden, Netherlands
• Cape Town - Nice, France
• Johannesburg - Birmingham, UK, New York, USA and Xian, China

Swaziland

• Mbabane - Fort Worth, Texas, USA (2004)

Tanzania

• Tanga - Toledo, Ohio, USA (2001)
• Arusha - Durham, North Carolina, USA

Tunisia

• Nabeul - Seto, Aichi, Japan

Western Sahara

• Daira de Bojador - San Sebastián, Spain

Zimbabwe

• Harare - Nottingham, UK (1986)
• Mutare - Portland, Oregon, USA (1991)

Asia

Armenia

• Djermuk - Saint-Raphaël (Var), France (1994)
• Yerevan - Los Angeles, California, USA (2005)

Azerbaijan

• Baku - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1972)

Cambodia

• Preah Seihanu - Seattle, Washington, USA
• Phnom Penh - Long Beach, California, USA
• Battambang - Stockton, California, USA

China (PRC)

• Anshan - Sheffield, UK
• Beijing - see Beijing#City Partnerships
• Chengdu - Linz, Austria (1983)
• Chongqing - Leicester, UK; Seattle, Washington, USA; Detroit, Michigan, USA
• Dalian - Glasgow, UK
• Dongxihu - Vierzon, France
• Gansu province - Christchurch, New Zealand
• Guangzhou - Bristol, UK (2001); Sydney, Australia
• Guangxi - Newport, UK (1996)
• Harbin - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Hainan - Jeju, South Korea (sister province)
• Huainan - Ruse, Bulgaria (1994)
• Jiaohe (蛟河) - Folsom, California, USA
• Jingdezhen - Seto, Aichi, Japan
• Jiujiang - Louisville, Kentucky, USA
• Lhasa - Boulder, Colorado, USA
• Nanping - Albury, New South Wales, Australia
• Qinhuangdao - Toledo, Ohio, USA (1985)
• Shanghai - dozens of cities starting with Yokohama in 1973; others include Liverpool, UK; Cork, Ireland; Dunedin, New Zealand
• Suzhou - Portland, Oregon, USA (1988)
• Weihai - Cheltenham, UK
• Wuhan - Duisburg, Germany
• Xiamen - Cardiff, UK
• Xuzhou - Bochum, Germany
• Yangquan - Chesterfield, Derbyshire, UK
• Zhenjiang - Mannheim, Germany (2004)
• Xuzhou - Erfurt, Germany (2004)

Georgia

• Kutaisi - Newport, UK (1989)
• Tbilisi - Innsbruck, Austria; Bilbao, Spain; Bristol, UK (1988)

Indonesia

• Bandung - Fort Worth, Texas, USA (1990)
• Jakarta - Istanbul, Turkey
• Surabaya - Seattle, Washington, USA
• Yogyakarta - Kyoto

India

• Bhavnagar - Loughborough, UK
• Lucknow - Montréal, Canada (2000 twinning)
• Pune - San Jose, California, USA (1992), Pune - Bremen, Germany, Tromsø, Norway (1966)
• Rajkot - Leicester, UK
• New Delhi - London, UK
• Chennai - Denver, USA
• Mumbai - London, UK
• Bangalore - Cleveland, USA

Iran

• Isfahan - Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany (2000)
• Esfahan - Xian, China, Barcelona, Spain, Florence, Italy, St Petersburg, Russia, Iasi, Romania, Freiburg, Germany, Yerevan, Armenia, Havana, Cuba, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Israel

• Arad - Burlington, Vermont, USA
• Ashkelon - Portland, Oregon, USA (1987)
• Beersheba - Wuppertal, Germany(September 29, 1977); Seattle, Washington, USA
• Bethlehem - Cologne, Germany (1996)
• Binyamina - Tokaj, Hungary
• Eilat - Durban, South Africa
• Giv'atayim - Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
• Haifa - Aalborg, Denmark (1972); Boston, Massachusetts
• Jerusalem - New York, NY, USA (1993)
• Netanya - Nice, France; Bournemouth, UK
• Nablus - Lille, France (1998)
• Petah-Tikva - Chicago, Illinois, USA
• Qiryat Motzkin - Nyíregyháza, Hungary
• Ramat Gan - Wroclaw, Poland; Strasbourg ,France; Szombathely Hungary; Weinheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; Main-Kinzig district, Germany, Shenyang, China; San Borja, Lima, Peru; London Borough of Barnet, England.
• Rehovot - Grenoble, France (1984)
• Sderot - Berlin-Zehlendorf, Germany
• Tel Aviv - Budapest, Hungary
• Tzahar region - West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
• Kefar Chabad - Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Japan

Main article: List of sister cities in Japan

Kazakhstan

• Almaty - Rennes, France
• Astana - Gdańsk, Poland; Warsaw, Poland
• Temirtau - Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1982)

Kyrgyzstan

• Bishkek - Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA (1994-present)
• Karakol - Asheville, North Carolina, USA (1994-1999)

Kuwait

• Kuwait - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1998)

Malaysia

• George Town, Penang - Adelaide, Australia (1973)
• Johor Bahru, Johor - Istanbul, Turkey

Palestine Authority

• Bethlehem, West Bank - Burlington, Vermont, USA
• Rafah, Gaza Strip - Olympia, Washington, USA

Philippines

• Cebu City, Cebu - Seattle, Washington, USA
• Marikina City - Brampton, Ontario, Canada (Brampton, Canada and Marikina, Philippines seeing double as cities twin)

Russia

see under Europe, below

South Korea

• Busan, Yeongnam - Istanbul, Turkey
• Cheongju, North Chungcheong - Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (1986)
• Daejeon, South Chungcheong - Seattle, Washington, USA
• Donghae City,Gangwon - Federal Way, Washington, USA
• Gwangyang, South Jeolla - Linz, Upper Austria, Austria (1991)
• Iksan, North Jeolla - Odense, Denmark
• Jeju - Hainan, People's Republic of China (sister province)
• Jinju, South Gyeongsang - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (1992)
• Masan, South Gyeongsang - Houston, Texas, USA (1983)
• Ulsan, Yeongnam - Portland, Oregon, USA (1987)
• Wonju, Gangwon - Roanoke, Virginia, USA

Taiwan (ROC)

• Kaohsiung - Portland, Oregon, USA (1988); Seattle, Washington, USA
• Tainan - San Jose, California, USA (1975)

Tajikistan

• Dushanbe - Boulder, Colorado, USA

Thailand

• Bangkok - Beijing, China; Moscow, Russia; Manila,Philippines; Washington D.C., USA
• Chiangmai - Shanghai, China
• Phuket - Nice, France

Turkey

• Bursa - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1979}
• Develi - Vierzon, France
• Istanbul - Almaty, Kazakhstan; Amman, Jordan; Barcelona, Spain; Berlin, Germany (1988); Busan, Yeongnam, South Korea (2002); Cairo, Egypt; Cologne, Germany (1997); Constanta, Romania; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Durres, Albania; Houston, Texas, USA; Jakarta, Indonesia; Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Johor Bahru, Malaysia; Kazan, Tatarstan; Khartoum, Republic of Sudan; Mari, Turkmenistan; Odessa, Ukraine; Osh, Kyrgyz Republic; Plovdiv, Bulgaria; Rabat, Morocco; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1997}; Shanghai, People's Republic of China; Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan; Skopje, Macedonia; St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
• Pamukkale - Eger, Hungary

Uzbekistan

• Tashkent - Seattle, Washington, USA

Vietnam

• Haiphong - Seattle, Washington, USA

Europe

Albania

• Tirana - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1996)

Austria

• Graz - Coventry, UK (1948); Darmstadt, Germany (1968); Dubrovnik, Croatia; Groningen, Netherlands (1964); Maribor, Slovenia (1987); Montclair, New Jersey, USA (1950); Pécs, Hungary (1989); Pula, Croatia (1972); Trieste, Italy 1973; Trondheim, Norway (1968
• Innsbruck - Kraków, Poland; Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1980); Tbilisi, Georgia
• Judenburg - Sherborne, UK
• Kitzbühel - Bad Soden am Taunus, Germany (1984); Greenwich, Connecticut, USA (1961); Rueil-Malmaison, France (1979); Sterzing-Vipiteno, Italy (1971); Sun Valley, Idaho, USA (1967); Yamagata, Yamagata, Japan (1963)
• Linz - Chengdu, China (1983); Gwangyang, South Korea (1991); Linz am Rhein, Germany (1987)
• Salzburg - Dresden, Germany (1991)
• St. Pölten - Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA
• Vienna - Budapest, Hungary; Warsaw, Poland

Belgium

• Antwerp - Rostock, Germany (1963)
• Arlon - Market Drayton, UK
• Braine-l'Alleud - Basingstoke and Deane, UK (1979
• Comines-Warneton - Hedge End, UK
• Diest - Breda, Netherlands (1963); Dillenburg, Germany (1963); Orange, France (1963)
• Diksmuide - Ellesmere, UK
• Frameries - La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland , Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
• Gembloux - Loughborough, UK
• Ghent - Nottingham, UK (1985); Tallinn, Estonia; Wiesbaden, Germany (1969); Melle, Germany ; Saint-Raphaël, France; Mohammedia, Morroco; Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan; [1]
• Houffalize - Sherborne, UK
• Leuven - Rennes (France), 's-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands), Lüdenscheid (Germany) en Krakau (Poland) [2]
• Liège - Cologne, Germany (1958); Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg*Oudenaarde - Arras (France), Bergen op Zoom (Netherlands), Coburg (Germany), Buzau (Romania), Castel Madama (Italy) en Hastings (England) [3]
• St Guilain - Christchurch, UK
• Verviers - Bradford, UK
• Waterloo - Nagakute, Aichi, Japan (1992)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Sarajevo - Baku, Azerbaijan (1972); Barcelona, Spain (1996); Budapest, Hungary (1995); Dayton, OH, USA (1999); Bursa, Turkey (1979); Friedrichshafen, Germany (1972); Innsbruck, Austria (1980); Istanbul, Turkey (1997}; Kuwait, Kuwait (1998); Serre-Chevalier, France (1995); Stockholm, Sweden (1997); Tirana, Albania (1996); Tripoli, Libya (1976); Wolfsburg, Germany (1985)
• Travnik - Liepzig, Germany (2003)
• Zenica - Temirtau, Kazakhstan (1982)

Bulgaria

• Dimitrovgrad - Kazincbarcika, Hungary
• Ruse - Giurgiu, Romania (2001); Huainan, China (1994); Peristeri, Greece (1986); Saint-Ouen, France (1961); Volgograd, Russia (2001); Riga, Latvia;
• Varna - Aalborg, Denmark (1976)
• Razgrad - Orel, Russia

Croatia

• Dubrovnik - Graz, Austria (1994)
• Pula - Graz (1972); Trier, Germany
• Zagreb - Budapest, Hungary, Tromsø, Norway, (1971)

Czech Republic

• Františkovy Lázně - Bad Soden am Taunus, Germany (1992)
• Hradec Králové - Metz, France (2001); Wrocław, Poland
• Kutná Hora - Eger, Hungary
• Lidice - Coventry, UK (1947)
• České Budějovice - Suhl, Germany; Passau, Germany; Linz, Austria; Lorient, France; Nitra, Slovakia
• Prague - Chicago, Illinois, USA; (1990, twinning)
• Olomouc - Owensboro, Kentucky, USA; (twinning)
• Pilsen - Birmingham, Alabama, USA; (twinning)

Denmark

• Aalborg - Edinburgh, UK (1964); Fredrikstad, Norway (1951); Fuglefjord, Faroe Islands (1986); Galway, Ireland (1997); Haifa, Israel (1972); Húsavík, Iceland (1996); Lancaster, UK (1977); Nuuk, Greenland (2002); Rapperswil, Switzerland (1968); Rendsburg, Germany (1967); Riga, Latvia (1989); Solvang, USA (1971); Varna, Bulgaria (1976); Vilnius, Lithuania (1997); Wismar, Germany (1961)
• Århus - Rostock, Germany (1964); Swansea, UK
• Ballerup - East Kilbride, UK
• Esbjerg - Jyväskylä, Finland (1947)
• Helsingør - Gdańsk, Poland
• Hillerød - Ólafsfjörður, Iceland
• Kolding - Anjo, Japan (1997); Delmenhorst, Germany (1979); Drammen, Norway (1946); Huéscar, Spain (1982); Lappeenranta, Finland (1947); Panevėžys, Lithuania (2000); Stykkishólmur, Iceland (1979); Szombathely, Hungary (1991); Örebro, Sweden (1946)
• Odense - Brno, Czech Republic; Columbus, USA; Funabashi, Japan; Groningen, Netherlands; Iksan, South Korea; Izmir, Turkey; Katowice, Poland; Kaunas, Lithuania (1992); Kiev, Ukraine; Klaksvik, Faroe Islands; Kopavogur, Iceland; Norrköping, Sweden; Petah-Tikva, Israel; Schwerin, Germany; Shaoxing, China; St. Albans, England; Tampere, Finland; Trondheim, Norway; Upernavik, Greenland (1980); Östersund, Sweden
• Ringkøbing, Norway (1950)

Estonia

• Haapsalu - Rendsburg, Germany (1989)
• Tallinn - Ghent, Belgium; Kiel, Germany

Faroe Islands

• Fuglefjord - Aalborg, Denmark (1986)

Finland

• Jyväskylä - Debrecen, Hungary (1970); Esbjerg, Denmark (1947); Eskilstuna, Sweden (1947); Fjardabyggd, Iceland (1958); Niiza, Saitama, Japan (1997); Potsdam, Germany (1985); Poznań, Poland (1974); Yaroslavl, Russia (1966)
• Lappeenranta - Schwäbisch Hall, Germany (1985)
• Karkkila - Sherborne, UK
• Mänttä - Ronneby, Sweden
• Pori - Eger, Hungary
• Tampere - Miskolc, Hungary
• Turku - Gdańsk, Poland; Saint Petersburg, Russia
• Vaasa - Kiel, Germany
• Kemi - Tromsø, Norway (1940)

France

• See List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Germany

• See List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Greece

• Karpenisi - Asheville, North Carolina, USA
• Peristeri - Ruse, Bulgaria (1986)
• Preveza - Sherborne, UK
• Thessaloniki - Cologne, Germany (1988)

Greenland

See under North America, below.

Hungary

• Budapest - Berlin, Germany; Fort Worth, Texas, USA (1990); Frankfurt, Germany; Lisbon, Portugal; New York City, New York, USA; Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1995), Tel Aviv, Israel; Vienna, Austria; Zagreb, Croatia
• Debrecen - Jyväskylä, Finland (1970)
• Edelény - Bad Sobernheim, Germany; Moldava nad Bodvou, Slovakia; Worb, Switzerland
• Eger - Cheboksary, Russia; Esslingen am Neckar, Germany; Gainesville, GA, USA; Gheorgheni, Romania; Kutná Hora, Czech Republic; Mâcon, France; Pamukkale, Turkey; Pori, Finland; Przemysl, Poland
• Encs - Bad Dürrenberg, Germany; Moldava nad Bodvou, Slovakia
• Kazincbarcika - Burgkirchen, Germany; Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria; Knurow, Poland; Revúca, Slovakia; Sânnicolau Mare, Romania; Swidnica, Poland
• Miskolc - Aschaffenburg, Germany; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Katowice, Poland; Kosice, Slovakia; Ostrava, Czech Republic; Tampere, Finland, Vologda, Russia
• Nyíregyháza - Iserlohn, Germany; Kajaani, Finland; Presov, Slovakia; Qiryat Motzkin, Israel; Rzeszow, Poland; Satu Mare, Romania; St Albans, United Kingdom; Uzhhorod, Ukraine
• Pécs - Fellbach, Germany; Graz, Austria (1989); Seattle, Washington, USA
• Putnok - Tisovec, Slovakia
• Sajószentpéter - Dobsina, Slovakia; Kobior, Poland
• Székesfehérvár - Chorley, UK (1991)
• Szeged - Cambridge, UK; Darmstadt, Germany (1990); Toledo, Ohio, USA (1990)
• Szendrő - Leuterhausen, Germany
• Szerencs - Hesperange, Luxembourg; Roznava, Slovakia
• Szikszó - Stronie Slonsnie, Poland
• Szilvásvárad - Berlin-Zehlendorf, Germany
• Szolnok - Reutlingen, Germany (1990)
• Tatabánya - Christchurch, UK
• Tiszaújváros - Rimavská Sobota, Slovakia
• Tokaj - Binyamina, Israel; Cormons, Italy; Dej, Romania; Oestrich-Winkel, Germany

Iceland

• Fjarðabyggð - Jyväskylä, Finland (1958)
• Húsavík - Aalborg, Denmark (1966)
• Ólafsfjörður- Hillerød, Denmark
• Reykjavík - Seattle, Washington, USA

Ireland (Republic of)

• Ballina - Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
• Bundoran - Sherborne, UK
• Clonmel - Reading, UK (1994)
• Cork - Coventry, UK; Rennes, France; Shanghai, China; Cologne, Germany; Swansea, Wales; San Francisco, USA (1984),
• Dublin - Liverpool, UK; San Jose, California, USA (1986); Barcelona, Spain
• Galway - Aalborg, Denmark (1997); Bradford, UK (1986); Seattle, Washington, USA
• Muinebheag - Pont-Péan, France (2000)
• Thurles - Salt Lake City, USA; Bollington, Cheshire, UK
• Waterford - St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

Italy

• Alba - Ashland, Oregon, USA
• Bellagio - Sherborne, UK
• Bologna - Portland, Orego, USA (2003)
• Cava de Tirenni - Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
• Catania - Grenoble, France (1961)
• Cisterna - Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA
• Cormons - Tokaj, Hungary
• Cosenza - Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
• Florence - Dresden, Germany (1971); Edinburgh, UK (1964); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (1964); Sydney, Australia
• Grosseto - Cottbus, Germany (1967)
• Lazise - Rosenheim, Germany
• Livorno - Bat Yam, Israel
• Milan - Birmingham, UK; Sao Paulo, Brazil, Melbourne, Australia
• Montevarchi - Kitzingen, Germany; Roanne, France (1988)
• Perugia - Seattle, Washington, USA
• Reggio Emilia - Fort Worth, Texas, USA (1985)
• San Gimignano - Sherborne, UK
• San Pietro in Cariano - Ludlow, UK
• Scontrone - Cambridge, New York, USA (2004)
• Sterzing-Vipiteno - Kitzbühel, Austria (1971)
• Taranto - Brest, France
• Terracina - Exeter, UK
• Trento - San Sebastián, Spain
• Trieste - Graz, Austria 1973
• Turin - Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
• Verona - Albany, New York, USA

Latvia

• Liepaja - Darmstadt, Germany (1993)
• Riga - Aalborg, Denmark (1989); Dunkirk, France (1960); Warsaw, Poland

Lithuania

• Kaunas - Odense, Denmark (1992)
• Klaipeda - Mannheim, Germany (2002)
• Vilnius - Aalborg, Denmark (1997); Gdańsk, Poland; Warsaw, Poland

Luxembourg

• Esch-sur-Alzette - Cologne, Germany (1958); Liège, Belgium; Rotterdam, Netherlands; Turin, Italy
• Hesperange - Szerencs, Hungary
• Luxembourg - Metz, France
• Niederanven - Sherborne, UK

Macedonia

• Skopje - Bradford, UK

Moldova

• Chişinău - Grenoble, France (1977); Mannheim, Germany (1989)

Netherlands

• Breda - Diest, Belgium (1963)
• Gouda - Gloucester, UK (1972)
• Groningen - Graz, Austria (1964)
• Heiloo - Swietochlowice, Poland (1990)
• Leiden - Oxford, UK; Toruń, Poland; Juigalpa, Nicaragua; Buffalo City, South Africa; Krefeld, Germany
• Leidschendam-Voorburg - Temecula, California, USA (1993)
• Meerssen - Sherborne, UK
• Nieuwegein - Puławy, Poland; Rundu, Namibia
• Nijmegen - Pskov, Russia; Masaya, Nicaragua; Albany, New York, USA
• Rotterdam - Dresden, Germany (1988; Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; Gdańsk, Poland
• 's-Hertogenbosch - Trier, Germany; Leuven, Belgium
• Stampersgat - Cheltenham, UK (Friendship town)
• The Hague - Warsaw, Poland
• Veendam - Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada; Gniezno, Poland
• Zutphen - Shrewsbury, UK

Norway

• Bergen, Hordaland - Rostock, Germany (1965); Seattle, Washington, USA, Newcastle, United Kingdom.
• Fredrikstad - Aalborg, Denmark (1951); San Martin, Guatemala; Patzún, Guatemala; Husavik, Iceland; Kotka, Finland; Karlskoga, Sweden
• Hordaland county - Cardiff, Glamorgan, UK
• Lillehammer - Leksand, Sweden; Hørsholm, Danmark; Oberhof, Germany
• Trondheim - Darmstadt, Germany (1968); Graz, Austria (1968)
• Tromsø - Kemi, Finland (1940); Luleå, Sweden (1950); Ringkøbing, Denmarl (1950); Grimsby, United Kingdom (1961); Pune, India (1966); Anchorage, Alaska, United States (1969); Zagreb, Croatia (1971); Murmansk, Russia (1972); Quetzaltenango, Guatemala (1999); Gaza, Palestine (2001)

Poland

• Bielany - Ealing, UK (2002)
• Bydgoszcz - Mannheim, Germany (1991)
• Chojna - Sherborne, UK
• Czestochowa - South Bend, Indiana, USA
• Gdańsk - Astana, Kazakhstan; Barcelona, Spain; Bremen, Germany; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Helsingør, Denmark; Kaliningrad, Russia; Kalmar, Sweden; Marseille, France; Nice, France; Odessa, Ukraine; Rotterdam, Netherlands; Rouen, France; Sefton, UK; Saint Petersburg, Russia; Turku, Finland; Vilnius, Lithuania
• Gdynia - Kiel, Germany; Seattle, Washington, USA
• Górowo Iławeckie - Verden, Germany (1996)
• Kalisz - Hautmont, France (1958); Heerhugowaard, Netherlands; Erfurt, Germany; Hamm, Germany; Kamieniec Podolski, Ukraine; Preston, United Kingdom; Southampton, United Kingdom; Adria, Italy; Martin, Slovakia; Tongeren, Belgium; La Louviere, Belgium.
• Jelenia Góra - Tyler, Texas, USA
• Katowice - Cologne, Germany (1991); Miskolc, Hungary
• Knurów - Kazincbarcika, Hungary
• Kobiór - Sajószentpéter, Hungary
• Kraków - Innsbruck, Austria; Nuremberg, Germany; Kyiv, Ukraine
• Lublin - Windsor, Ontario, Canada
• Płock - Darmstadt, Germany (1998)
• Poznań - Jyväskylä, Finland (1974); Toledo, Ohio, USA
• Przemyśl - Eger, Hungary
• Puławy - Nieuwegein, Netherlands
• Rzeszów - Nyíregyháza, Hungary; Buffalo, New York, USA twinning; Bielefeld, Germany, Ivano-Frankovsk, Lviv, and Lutsk, Ukraine; Klagenfurt, Austria; Košice, Slovakia;
• Stronie Śląskie - Szikszó, Hungary
• Świdnica - Kazincbarcika, Hungary
• Świętochłowice - Heiloo, Netherlands (1990)
• Tarnów - Blackburn, Scotland; Kiskőrös, Hungary; Kotlas, Russia; Nowy Sacz, Poland; Schoten, Belgium; Ternopil, Ukraine; Trencin, Slovakia
• Toruń - Leiden, Netherlands
• Warsaw - Astana, Kazakhstan; Berlin, Germany; Coventry, UK (1957); Düsseldorf, Germany; Kyiv, Ukraine; Moscow, Russia; Riga, Latvia; Saint Petersburg, Russia (1997); The Hague, Netherlands; Vienna, Austria; Vilnius, Lithuania; Toronto, Canada
• Wrocław - Dresden, Germany (1963); Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico; Hradec Králové, Czech Republic; Wiesbaden, Germany (1987)
• Zamość - Schwäbisch Hall, Germany (1989)
• Zielona Góra - Bistriţa Romania; Cottbus, Germany (1975); Helmond Netherlands; L'Aquila (Italy); Nitra Slovakia; Troyes, France; Verden, Germany (1993)

Portugal

• Aveiro - Forlì, Italy; Oita, Japan
• Barcelos - Vierzon, France
• Cascais - Biarritz, France
• Faro - Tangier, Morocco (1954)
• Lisbon - Budapest, Hungary; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Brasília, Brazil; Bissau, Guinea-Bissau; Praia, Cape Verde; Maputo, Mozambique; Luanda, Angola; S.Tomé, S. Tomé and Principe; Macao, China; Malaca, Malaysia; Rabat, Morocco; Madrid, Spain; Cacheu, Guinea;
• Porto - Bristol, UK (1984)
• Sesimbra - Sherborne, UK

Romania

• Alba Iulia - Alcalá de Henares, Spain
• Bistriţa - Zielona Góra, Poland
• Dej - Tokaj, Hungary
• Gheorgheni - Eger, Hungary
• Giurgiu - Ruse, Bulgaria (2001)
• Sânnicolau Mare - Kazincbarcika, Hungary
• Mangalia - Greenport, NY, USA; Lavrio, Greece; Struga, Republic of Macedonia; General Toshevo, Bulgaria; Porto Viro, Italy; San Severino, Italy
• Vişeu de Sus - Staunton, Virginia, USA

Russia

• Bagrationovsk - Verden, Germany (1966)
• Cheboksary - Eger, Hungary
• Chekhov - Saratoga Springs, New York, USA (2001)
• Cherepovets - Montclair, New Jersey
• Kaliningrad - Gdańsk, Poland; Kiel, Germany
• Khabarovsk - Portland, Oregon, USA (1988)
• Krasnodar - Karlsruhe, Germany
• Kurgan - Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
• Moscow - Berlin, Germany (1990); Warsaw, Poland
• Novosibirsk– Minneapolis,StPaul (USA,February 91989),Sapporo(japan june 13 1990),Manjun(China august 18 1994),Daejeon(Koreaoctober 212001)
• Nakhodka - Bellingham, Washington, USA (1989)
• Perm - Louisville, Kentucky, USA (1994); Oxford UK
• Pskov - Gera and Neuss, Germany; Kuopio, Finland; Arles, France; Perth, Scotland, Roanoke, USA; Norrtaelje, Sweden; Nijmegen, Netherlands; Vitebsk, Belarus; Tartu, Estonia (2003)
• Rostov on Don - Glasgow, UK
• Saint Petersburg - Gdańsk, Poland; Hamburg, Germany; Nice, France; Turku, Finland, Melbourne, Australia, Esfahan, Turkey, Los Angeles, USA, Saint Petersburg, Florida ("twin city"), Osaka, Lansing, Los Angeles, Milan
• Shakhty - Nikopol, Bulgaria; Gelsenkirchen, Germany
• Sochi - Cheltenham, UK; Warsaw, Poland (1997)
• Sovetsk - Kiel, Germany
• Tula - Albany, New York, USA (1991) twinning
• Tver - Besançon, France
• Volgograd - Cleveland, Ohio USA; Ruse, Bulgaria (2001)
• Vologda - Miskolc, Hungary
• Vladikavkaz - Asheville, North Carolina, USA (1990)
• Vladimir - Bloomington-Normal, USA
• Vladivostok is a sister-city of San Diego and Tacoma (USA), Niigata, Akita, and Hakodate (Japan), Busan (South Korea), and Dalian (China).
• Yaroslavl - Exeter, UK; Jyväskylä, Finland (1966); Burlington, Vermont, USA (1987) twinning (in Russian)
• Yekaterinburg - San Jose, California, USA (1992)

Serbia and Montenegro

• Belgrade - Coventry, UK (1957)
• Belgrade - Chicago, US (2005)

Slovakia

• Dobsina - Sajószentpéter, Hungary
• Košice - Cottbus, Germany (1978); Miskolc, Hungary
• Moldava nad Bodvou - Edelény, Hungary; Encs, Hungary
• Nitra - Zielona Góra, Poland; Naperville, Illinois, USA
• Revúca - Kazincbarcika, Hungary
• Rimavská Sobota - Tiszaújváros, Hungary
• Roznava - Szerencs, Hungary
• Tisovec - Putnok, Hungary

Slovenia

• Ljubljana - Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Nottingham, UK
• Maribor - Graz, Austria (1987}

Spain

• Almansa - Lymington, UK
• Alcalá de Henares - Alba Iulia, Romania; Peterborough, UK
• Altea - Sherborne, UK
• Barcelona - Cologne, Germany (1984}; Gdańsk, Poland; Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1996)
• Bilbao - Tbilisi, Georgia
• Cádiz - Brest, France (1986)
• Granada - Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany (1991
• Guadalajara - Roanne, France (1980)
• Madrid - Berlin, Germany (1988)
• Málaga - Passau, Germany
• Oviedo - Bochum, Germany
• San Sebastián - Daira de Bojador, Western Sahara; Trento, Spain; Wiesbaden, Germany (1981)
• Seville - Kansas City, Missouri, USA
• Toledo - Toledo, Ohio, USA (1931)
• Vigo - Lorient, France

Sweden

• Eskilstuna - Erlangen, Germany (1961); Luton, UK; Jyväskylä, Finland (1947)
• Kalmar - Gdańsk, Poland
• Leksand -Lillehammer, Norway
• Oxelösund - Sherborne, UK
• Ronneby - Mänttä, Finland
• Stockholm - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1997)
• Umeå - Vaasa, Finland; Harstad, Norway; Saskatoon, Canada; Helsingør, Denmark; Wurzburg, Germany; Petrozavodsk, Russia
• Örnsköldsvik - Äänekoski, Finland; Sigdal, Norway; Hveragerdi, Iceland; Brande, Denmark; Tarp, Germany
• Luleå - Tromsø, Norway (1950)

Switzerland

• Aarau - Reutlingen, Germany (1986)
• Basel - Boston, USA
• Lucerne - Bournemouth, UK, Chicago, USA
• Montreux - Wiesbaden, Germany (1953)
• Rapperswil - Aalborg, Denmark (1968)
• Saanen - Darmstadt, Germany (1993)
• Worb - Edelény, Hungary
• Zurich - San Francisco, USA

Turkey

see under Asia, above

United Kingdom

See List of twin towns in the United Kingdom

Ukraine

• Brovary - Fontenay-sous-Bois, France
• Berdiansk - La-Seine-Sur-Mer, France
• Donetsk - Bochum, Germany; Sheffield, UK
• Kaniv - Viersen, Germany (1996)
• Kyiv - Warsaw, Poland; Kraków, Poland
• Luhans'k - Cardiff, UK
• Odessa - Gdańsk, Poland
• Uzhhorod - Darmstadt, Germany (1992); Nyíregyháza, Hungary
• Yalta - Nice, France

North America

Bahamas

• Nassau - Albany, New York, USA - Lagos, Nigeria

Barbados

• Bridgetown - Bridgetown, Nova Scotia, Canada (July, 2004 twinning)
• Bridgetown - Wilmington, North Carolina, USA (June 28, 2004)
• Speightstown - Reading, UK (January 21, 2003)

Canada

• Abbotsford, British Columbia - Fukagawa, Japan
• Bala, Ontario - Bala, Wales
• Brampton, Ontario - Marikina City, Philippines and Plano, Texas (Brampton, Canada and Marikina, Philippines seeing double as cities twin)
• Campbell River, British Columbia - Ishikari, Hokkaido, Japan (1983 twinning)
• Richmond, British Columbia - Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan (1972 twinning) and Richmond - Pierrefonds, Québec, Québec (1967 Canadian Centennial)
• North Vancouver, British Columbia - Chiba, Chiba, Japan (1969 twinning)
• Vancouver, British Columbia - Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan (1965), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and Los Angeles, California USA
• Kelowna, British Columbia - Kasugai, Japan and Veendam, Netherlands ([4])
• Calgary, Alberta - Québec City, Québec, Phoenix, Arizona (2001 [5])
• Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Umeå, Sweden
• Winnipeg, Manitoba - Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan (1970 twinning); Reykjavik, Iceland (1971); Minneapolis, USA (1973); L'viv, Ukraine (1973), Manila, Philippines (1979); Taichung, Taiwan (1982); Kuopio, Finland (1982); Beer-Sheva, Israel (1984); Chengdu, China (1988); Jinju, South Gyeongsang, South Korea (1992); San Nicholas de los Garza, Mexico (1999).
• Cornwall - Coventry, UK (1972)
• Barrie, Ontario - Zweibrücken, Germany (1997 twinning)
• Ottawa, Ontario - Beijing, China (1999); Catania, Italy (2003 twinning)
• Dundas, Ontario - Kaga, Ishikawa, Japan (1967)
• Hamilton, Ontario - Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan (1976)
• Lindsay, Ontario - Nayoro, Hokkaido, Japan (1967)
• Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada - Port-of-Spain, Trinidad
• Toronto, Ontario - Warsaw, Poland twinning, Frankfurt, Germany and Chicago, Illinois (1991 twinning)
• Whitby, Ontario - Longueuil, Quebec
• Windsor, Ontario - Coventry, UK (1963), and Windsor - Lublin, Poland
• Hull, Québec - Edmonton, Alberta
• Laval, Québec - Nice, France
• Longueuil, Quebec - Whitby, Ontario
• Montréal, Québec - Shanghai, China (1985 twinning); Lucknow, India (2000 twinning); Busan, South Korea (as of 2000); Hiroshima, Japan.
• Québec City, Québec - Bordeaux, France (1962); Albany, New York, USA; Namur, Belgium; Xi'an, China
• Bridgetown, Nova Scotia - Bridgetown, Barbados - (July, 2004 twinning)
• Halifax, Nova Scotia - Hakodate, Japan
• St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador - Waterford, Ireland
• Godreich, Ontario - Bay City, Michigan
• Waterloo, Ontario - Centerville, Ohio
• Stratford, Ontario - Stratford, Connecticut

Cuba

• Cienfuegos - Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (2002)
• Havana - Glasgow, UK (2002)
• Yateras - Boulder, Colorado, USA

Costa Rica

• San José - San Jose, California, USA (1961) -

Okayama, Japan (1971)

Dominican Republic

• Puerto Plata - Rochester, New York, USA
• Santo Domingo - New York, New York, USA

Greenland

• Nuuk - Aalborg, Denmark (2002)

Jamaica

• Kingston - Coventry, UK (1962)
• Montego Bay - Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Mexico

• Acapulco, Guerrero – Beverly Hills, California, USA
• Cancún, Quintana Roo – Wichita, Kansas, USA
• Coyoacan, D.F – Arlington, Virginia, USA
• Culiacán, Sinaloa – Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
• Guadalajara, Jalisco – Wrocław, Poland; Portland, Oregon USA (1983)
• Guanajuato, Guanajuato – Kankakee, Illinois, USA
• Mante, Tamaulipas – Boulder, Colorado, USA
• Mazatlán, Sinaloa – Seattle, Washington, USA
• Mexico City – Los Angeles, California, USA
• Monterrey, Nuevo León – Monterrei, Spain
• Poncitlán, Jalisco – Palmdale, California, USA (1998)
• San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas – Asheville, North Carolina, USA (1994)
• Toluca, México – Fort Worth, Texas, USA (1998)
• Veracruz, Veracruz – San Jose, California, USA (1975)

Nicaragua

• Corinto - Portland, Oregon, USA (1985)
• Esteli - Sheffield, UK
• Jalapa - Boulder, Colorado, USA
• Juigalpa - Leiden, Netherlands
• La Paz Centro - Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
• León - Oxford, UK; New Haven, Connecticut, USA
• Malpaisillo - Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
• Masaya - Leicester, UK
• Somoto - Merced, California, USA
• Ocotal - Swindon, UK; Hartford, Connecticut, USA
• Puerto Cabezas - Burlington, Vermont, USA
• Puerto Morazan - Bristol, UK (1989)
• San Francisco Libre - Reading, UK (1994)
• Somotillo - Bennington, Vermont, USA

Trinidad and Tobago

• Port of Spain, Trinidad - Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada

United States

See List of sister cities in the United States

Oceania

Australia

• Adelaide, South Australia - Austin, Texas, USA (1983); Christchurch, New Zealand (1972); George Town, Penang, Malaysia (1973); Himeji, Hyogo, Japan (1982), New York City, USA
• Albury, New South Wales - Merced, California, USA; Nanping, China
• Brisbane, Queensland; Kobe, Japan (1985); Auckland, New Zealand (1988); Shenzen, China (1992); Semarang, Indonesia (1993); Kaohsiung, Taiwan (1997); Daejeon, South Korea (2002); Nice, France (no longer active); Chongqing, China (2005).
• Canberra, Australian Capital Territory - Nara, Japan
• Hobart, Tasmania - Invercargill, New Zealand
• Melbourne, Victoria - Osaka, Japan; Tianjin, China; Thessaloniki, Greece; St. Petersburg, Russia; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Milan, Italy; Galle, Sri Lanka
• Parkes, New South Wales - Coventry, UK (1956)
• Perth, Western Australia - Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan; Houston, Texas, USA; Rhodes, Greece; Megisti, Greece; San Diego, California, USA; Vasto, Italy
• Port Stephens, New South Wales - Bellingham, Washington, USA (1982)
• Sydney, New South Wales - San Francisco, California, USA; Nagoya, Japan; Wellington, New Zealand; Portsmouth, UK; Guangzhou, China; Florence, Italy
• Toowoomba, Queensland - Takatsuki, Japan. Wanganui, New Zealand. Buaun, Philippines

===New Zealand=== [6]

• Auckland - Brisbane, Australia; Guangzhou, China; Shanghai, China ; Fukuoka, Japan; Hakata, Japan; Shinagawa, Japan ; Tomioka, Japan; Pusan, South Korea; Los Angeles, USA
• Christchurch, New Zealand - Adelaide, Australia; Seattle, Washington, USA; Christchurch, Dorset, England; Gansu province, China; Kurashiki, Japan; Songpa-Gu, Seoul, South Korea
• Dunedin - Shanghai, China; Edinburgh, UK; Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan; Dongdaimun-Gu, South Korea; Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
• Hastings - Guilin, China
• Hamilton - Sacramento, CA, USA; Wuxi, China; Saitama, Japan
• Nelson - Miyazu, Japan; Huangshi City, People's Republic of China; Eureka, CA, USA
• Hutt City - Taizhou (Jiangsu), China; Xian, China; Minoh, Japan; Tempe, Arizona, USA
• Invercargill - Hobart, Australia; Kumagaya, Japan
• Kerikeri - Yuasa, Wakayama, Japan
• Manukau - Utsunomiya, Japan
• Napier - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; Lianyungang, China; Tomakomai, Japan
• North Shore - Taichung, Taiwan
• Oamaru - Devizes, UK
• Palmerston North - Guiyang, China; Missoula, USA
• Porirua - Blacktown, Australia; Yangzhou, China; Whitby, England; Nishio, Japan, Koori Machi- Elizabethtown Kentucky
• Rotorua - Lake Macquarie, Australia; Wuxian City, China; Beppu, Japan; Klamath Falls, USA
• Upper Hutt - Mesa, Arizona, USA
• Waitakere - Ningbo, China; Kakogawa, Japan; Huntington Beach, USA
• Waitomo District - Tatsuno, Nagano, Japan
• Wanganui - Toowoomba,Queensland, Australia; Reno, Nevada, USA; Nagaizumi-cho, Japan
• Wellington - Sydney, Australia; Beijing, China; Xiamen, China; Harrogate, England; Hania, Greece; Sakai, Japan

South America

Argentina

• Bahia Blanca - Jacksonville, Florida, USA (1967)
• La Plata - Louisville, Kentucky, USA (1994)

Brazil

• Barbacena - Burlington, Iowa, USA
• Belo Horizonte - Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
• Campinas - San Diego, California, USA
• Curitiba - Himeji, Hyogo, Japan; Orlando, Florida, USA
• Florianópolis - Roanoke, Virginia, USA
• Fortaleza - Racine, Wisconsin, USA
• Joinville - Chesapeake, Virginia, USA
• Londrina - Toledo, Ohio, USA
• Marechal Deodoro, Alagoas - Bay Harbor Islands, Florida, USA
• Nova Prata, Rio Grande do Sul - Noblesville, Indiana, USA
• Pará - Missouri, USA
• Rio de Janeiro - Lisbon, Portugal; Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A
• Rio de Janeiro State - Maryland
• Salvador - Los Angeles, California, USA
• São Paulo - Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA; Milan, Italy
• São Sebastião - Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
• Vitória - Cascais, Portugal

Chile

• Lo Barnechea, Santiago - Tyler, Texas, USA
• Punta Arenas - Bellingham, Washington (1996)

Ecuador

• Quito - Louisville, Kentucky, USA (1962)

Venezuela

• Caracas - Tehran, Iran (2005)- San Francisco, USA - New Orleans, USA
• Margarita island - Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

Suriname

• Lelydorp - Lelystad, Netherlands (2004)
• Paramaribo - Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China (1998); Antwerp, Belgium (2002)