Sister Cities!

[Strider]

Does your hometown have any sister cities around the world? I figured it might be interesting for some people to learn something new today.

A list for folks here in the U.S. can be found here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sister_cities_in_the_United_States), sorted by state. The international list can be found here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities), listed by country.

Apparently, Fresno has four sister cities:

Kōchi, Japan
Torreón, Mexico
Lahore, Pakistan
Münster, Germany

[Polaris]

The town where I used to live had one but both in portugal! One was in North and another was some kilometres souther! :p

[escobert]

Windsor doesn't but Vermont has a few.
* Bennington – Somotillo, Nicaragua
* Burlington – Arad, Israel; Bethlehem, Palestine territories; Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua; Yaroslavl, Russia (1987) twinning (English), twinning (Russian)
* Randolph – Myrhorod, Ukraine
* Rutland – Ishidoriya, Japan; Rutland county, England

[Tallulah]

Lincoln (UK) has 3:

Neustadt An Der Weinstrasse in Germany. It is on the signpost as you leave North Hykeham and enter Lincoln City.

Port Lincoln in Australia

Tangshan in China. There is a room in The Lawns, (an old mental hospital that used to be a museum but is now a conference/meeting centre) that is named after the place. The room has the documents confirming the twinning, and the tables are covered in genuine Chinese-made tablecloths, that the Gateway to Work hoodlums keep ruining! :p I myself had my Gateway courses there.

By the way, North Hykeham, next to Lincoln city, where I used to work and where my friends live, is twinned with Denzlingen in Germany.

Lincolnshire has lots of sister cities in Germany, thanks to the links provided by the annual Christmas market.

Greenwich, London, where I am originally from has three as well: Tema in Ghana, Reinickendorf, Germany, and Maribor, Slovenia.

[Shauna]

East Kilbride has a sister town - Ballerup, in some country.

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

My hometown (GlenLevit/Campbellton, NB) definitely does not have one, but the city where I live now (Montreal, Qc) does.

Shanghai, China
Lucknow, UP, India
Busan, South Korea
Hiroshima, Japan
Beirut, Lebanon

[JKTrix]

Bermuda's Town of St. George is paired with Lyme Regis over in England.

[Bunny]

Durham, North Carolina
Arusha, Tanzania
Durham, England
Kostroma, Russia
Toyama, Japan

San Diego
Campinas, Brazil
Perth, Australia
Yokohama, Japan

Seattle
Beersheba, Israel
Bergen, Hordaland, Norway
Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines
Chongqing, China
Christchurch, New Zealand
Daejeon, South Korea
Galway, Ireland
Gdynia, Poland
Haiphong, Vietnam
İzmir, Turkey
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Limbe, Cameroon
Mazatlán, Mexico
Mombasa, Kenya
Nantes, France
Pécs, Hungary
Perugia, Italy
Reykjavík, Iceland
Sihanoukville, Cambodia
Surabaya, Indonesia
Tashkent, Uzbekistan

I was born in Durham but spent the majority of my life in San Diego and Seattle.

[Zeldy]

The town I live in isnt even known to most English people, no sister cities.

[Nominus Experse]

Negative; Colville is much too small to warrant any real attention

[CimminyCricket]

Negative; Colville Cottage Grove is much too small to warrant any real attention

[Miriel]

From wikipedia...

Los Angeles has 25 sister cities:

* Greece Athens, Greece
* New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
* Lebanon Beirut, Lebanon
* Germany Berlin, Germany
* France Bordeaux, France
* South Korea Busan, South Korea
* Israel Eilat, Israel
* Egypt Giza, Egypt
* People's Republic of China Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
* Italy Ischia, Italy
* Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
* Lithuania Kaunas, Lithuania
* Zambia Lusaka, Zambia
* Philippines Makati City, Philippines
* Mexico Mexico City, Mexico
* India Mumbai, India
* Japan Nagoya, Japan
* Russia St. Petersburg, Russia
* Brazil Salvador, Brazil
* El Salvador San Salvador, El Salvador
* Croatia Split, Croatia
* Republic of China Taipei, Taiwan
* Iran Tehran, Iran
* Israel Tel Aviv, Israel
* Canada Vancouver, Canada
* Armenia Yerevan, Armenia

[Denmark]

Albany, NY – Nijmegen, Netherlands; Nassau, Bahamas; Quebec City, Canada; Tula, Russia; Verona, Italy
alright, some places i've actually heard of!

Hudson, NY - Pallisa, Uganda

Pittsfield, MA - Ballina, Ireland; Cheongju, South Korea; Cava di Tirenni, Italy; Malpaisillo, Nicaragua
(both hudson and albany are relatively close to where I live. my dad works in pittsfield.)

and not like I live anywhere near there, but NYC has ten of 'em:
Tokyo, Beijing, Madrid, Cairo, Santo Domingo, Rome, Budapest, Jerusalem, London, Johannesburg.

[SammieBabe]

Tampa has Barranquilla, Colombia.
Neat. :)

[Lynx]

my home towns population probably doesnt even go much over 100 so not worth haveing a sister city.

[Agrias]

I'll sister YOUR city! >:O

No but we just have different municipalities, we dont have sister cities.

[Lynx]

I'll sister YOUR city! >:O

No but we just have different municipalities, we dont have sister cities.

sister good old westbrookville where deer and bears outnumber people :D

[bipper]

Where I graduated high school they have sister cities in Scandinavia. Chisago city, Lindstrom, Center City, Shafer, etc. I cannot be arced to get their sister cities name - they are Scandinavian and I do not dot Os.

[Agrias]

I'll sister YOUR city! >:O

No but we just have different municipalities, we dont have sister cities.

sister good old westbrookville where deer and bears outnumber people :D

There's a westbrookville over here??? :O

[Rase]

My current town has none, but the two town I lived in before this each had one in Japan.
Alaska
Ketchikan – Gero, Japan
Sitka – Nemuro, Japan

When I go off to college in about two months the city I'll live in has two.
Missouri
Springfield – Isesaki, Japan; Tlaquepaque, Mexico

[Lynx]

I'll sister YOUR city! >:O

No but we just have different municipalities, we dont have sister cities.

sister good old westbrookville where deer and bears outnumber people :D

There's a westbrookville over here??? :O

thats the name of my town lol

[Agrias]

I'll sister YOUR city! >:O

No but we just have different municipalities, we dont have sister cities.

sister good old westbrookville where deer and bears outnumber people :D

There's a westbrookville over here??? :O

thats the name of my town lol

Oh....Well i dont live by you :( But that would be great, we'd mess up this municipality good!

[Kirobaito]

Fort Worth has:
Reggio Emilia, Italy (1985); Nagaoka, Japan (1987); Trier, Germany (1987); Bandung, Indonesia (1990); Budapest, Hungary (1990); Toluca, Mexico (1998); Mbabane, Swaziland (2004)

I know some people that went to Germany for some conference thing because of it.

[eestlinc]

I find this amusing:

The City of Seattle formerly had a relationship with Managua, Nicaragua, but it was terminated at the request of Managua.
we got dumped by a Nicaraguan...

[Meat Puppet]

Auckland’s sister cites are:
Brisbane, Australia
Guangzhou, sweet Guangzhou, China
Fukuoka, Japan
Shinagawa, Japan
Tomioka, Japan
Busan, South Korea
Los Angeles, California, USA

(I think it may be all the oriental gentlemen)

[Suiko Jin]

Las Vegas – An San, Kyonggi, South Korea; Angeles City, Philippines; Huludao, China; Phuket City, Thailand

[Ramza Beoulve]

Chihuahua, México desu
—
Albuquerque , New Mexico desu
Lynwood , California desu
Pueblo , Colorado desu

But my hometown doesn't o.o desu

[Firo Volondé]

Osaka, Japan; Tianjin, China; Thessaloniki, Greece; St. Petersburg, Russia; Milan, Italy; Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

[Shlup]

My hometown doesn't have a sister city, but my county (Riverside, CA) has:

Ensenada, Mexico
Hyderabad, India
Jiangmen, China
Sendai, Japan

[yanis]

Kilkis, Greece doesn't have a sister...:(

I was born in Tbilisi, Georgia!
Saarbrücken, Germany
Ankara, Turkey
Innsbruck, Austria
Bilbao, Spain
Bristol, UK
Palermo, Italy
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Atlanta, USA
Kiev, Ukraine

[DarkLadyNyara]

San Bernardino has two –

Tachikawa, Japan
Tokyo, Japan

[Jessweeee♪]

Nope o_o