Sister Cities!
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, sorted by state. The international list can be found here, listed by country.
Apparently, Fresno has four sister cities:
Kōchi, Japan
Torreón, Mexico
Lahore, Pakistan
Münster, Germany
The town where I used to live had one but both in portugal! One was in North and another was some kilometres souther!
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
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!
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.
"I work in one of those humble call centres... Apparently, what we're doing at the moment is 'sprinkling our magic along the way'. It's a call centre, not Hogwarts." ~ Caroline Garlick, Ayrshire, BBC News Magazine
East Kilbride has a sister town - Ballerup, in some country.
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
Bermuda's Town of St. George is paired with Lyme Regis over in England.
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.
The town I live in isnt even known to most English people, no sister cities.
Negative; Colville is much too small to warrant any real attention
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Originally Posted by Nominus Experse
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
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.
Tampa has Barranquilla, Colombia.
Neat.
my home towns population probably doesnt even go much over 100 so not worth haveing a sister city.
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