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This is a subset of the worldwide List of twin towns and sister cities.

Alabama

Birmingham[1]

Mobile

Spain Málaga, Spain[3][4]

Montgomery

Italy Pietrasanta, Italy[5]

Tuscaloosa[6]

Japan Narashino, Japan[7]
:Ghana Sunyani-Techiman, Ghana[8]

Alaska

Anchorage[9]

Juneau[10]

Philippines Kalibo, Philippines
Canada Whitehorse, Canada
Russia Vladivostok, Russia

Palmer[11]

Japan Saroma, Japan

Arizona

Chandler[12]

Republic of Ireland Tullamore, Ireland
Taiwan Tainan, Taiwan

Fountain Hills[13]

El Salvador Ataco, El Salvador
Germany Dierdorf, Germany
Kasterlee, Belgium
Poland Zamość, Poland

Gilbert[14]

China Leshan, China
Northern Ireland Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland

Glendale[15]

Norway Ørland, Norway

Mesa[16]

Canada Burnaby, Canada
Peru Caraz, Peru
Mexico Guaymas, Mexico
China Kaiping, China
New Zealand Upper Hutt, New Zealand

Phoenix[17]

Prescott[18]

Mexico Caborca, Mexico
El Salvador Suchitoto, El Salvador
Germany Zeitz, Germany

Scottsdale[19]

Sierra Vista[20]

Mexico Cananea, Mexico
Germany Radebeul, Germany

Tempe[21]

Tucson[22][23]

Mexico Ciudad Obregón, Mexico
Mexico Guadalajara, Mexico
Mexico Mazatlán, Mexico
Mexico Puerto Peñasco, Mexico
Republic of Ireland Roscommon, Ireland
Hungary Pécs, Hungary

Arkansas

Fort Smith [24]

Cisterna, Italy

Hot Springs [24]

Hanamaki, Japan

Little Rock [25]

China Changchun, China (1994)
South Korea Hanam, South Korea (1992)
Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taiwan (1983)
United Kingdom Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom (1999)
Brazil Caxias do Sul, Brazil (2017)

North Little Rock [24]

Uiwang, South Korea

Subiaco [24]

Subiaco, Australia

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Wilmington has six sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International:[26]

Sweden Kalmar, Sweden
United Kingdom Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Germany Fulda, Hesse, Germany
Nigeria Osogbo, Nigeria
Italy Olevano sul Tusciano, Salerno, Campania, Italy
France Nemours, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France

District of Columbia

Washington D.C. Washington, D.C. has fifteen official sister city agreements.[27] Paris is a "Partner City" due to the one Sister City policy of that commune.[28][better source needed]

Florida

Georgia

Athens

Italy Cortona, Italy[29]
Greece Athens, Greece
Ukraine Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine

Americus

Japan Miyoshi, Japan

Augusta

France Biarritz, France
Japan Takarazuka, Japan

Brunswick

China Ganzhou, China
Taiwan Yilan, Taiwan

Cobb County

South Korea Seongdong-gu, South Korea

Columbus

Taiwan Taichung, Taiwan

Decatur

Burkina Faso Boussé, Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso
Peru Trujillo, Peru

Elberton

Japan Takamatsu, Japan

Hinesville

Kenya Marsabit, Kenya
China Yichun, China

LaGrange

United Kingdom Craigavon, United Kingdom

Macon

Ghana Elmina, Ghana
Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Japan Kurobe, Japan
France Mâcon, France
Russia Ulyanovsk, Russia

Savannah

Georgia (country) Bat'umi, Georgia
Germany Halle, Germany
China Jiujiang, China
Burkina Faso Kaya, Burkina Faso
Greece Patras, Greece
  • Source for sister cities in Georgia[30]

Hawaii

Hawaii County[31]

Honolulu[32]

Idaho

Boise

Russia Chita, Russia
Spain Gernika, Spain

Coeur d'Alene

Canada Cranbrook, Canada

Idaho Falls

Japan Tokai-Mura, Japan

Ketchum

Italy Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy
Germany Tegernsee, Germany

Moscow

Nicaragua Villa Carlos Fonseca, Nicaragua

Pocatello

Japan Iwamizawa, Japan
Burkina Faso Kware Manguel, Burkina Faso

Sun Valley

Austria Kitzbühel, Austria
Japan Yamanouchi, Japan
  • Source for sister cities in Idaho[33]

Illinois

Bolingbrook

Republic of the Congo Brazzaville, Republic of Congo [34]
Philippines San Pablo, Laguna, Philippines [34]
Pakistan Sialkot, Pakistan[34]
China Xuchang City, China[34]

Chicago[35][36]

Dixon[37]

Germany Herzberg, Germany
Republic of Ireland Castlebar, Ireland

Naperville

Slovakia Nitra, Slovakia (1993)[38]
Mexico Pátzcuaro, Mexico (2010)[39]

Peoria

Germany Friedrichshafen, Germany (1976)[40]

Rockford[41]

Ukraine Brovary, Ukraine (1995)
China Changzhou, China (1999)
Sweden Borgholm, Sweden (2002)
Romania Cluj-Napoca, Romania (2005)
Italy Ferentino, Italy (2006)
Kyrgyzstan Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan (2006)
Hungary Taszár, Hungary (2007)

Urbana[42]

Malawi Zomba, Malawi
China Guangzhou, China
France Thionville, France

Waterloo[43]

Germany Porta Westfalica, Germany

Indiana

  • Sources for sister cities in Indiana[59]

Iowa

Council Bluffs[60]

Morocco El Hajeb, Morocco (2008)
Iraq Karadah, Iraq[61] (2008)
Russia Tobolsk, Russia (1990)
Afghanistan Herat, Afghanistan (2016)

Davenport[62]

Republic of Ireland Carlow County, Ireland
Germany Kaiserslautern, Germany

Des Moines[63][64]

Kosovo Pristina, Kosovo
Japan Kofu, Japan
France Saint-Étienne, France
China Shijiazhuang, China
Russia Stavropol, Russia

Dubuque[65]

Austria Dornbirn, Austria
Russia Pyatigorsk, Russia
China Handan, China

Elkader[66]

AlgeriaMascara, Algeria

Fort Madison[67]

GermanyPruem, Germany

Grinnell

RussiaZheleznovodsk, Russia

Laurens

FranceLaurens, France

Muscatine[68]

ArgentinaParana, Argentina
GermanyLudwigslust, Germany
JapanIchikawamisato, Japan
State of PalestineRamallah, Palestine
PolandŁomża, Poland
RussiaKislovodsk, Russia
UkraineDrohobych, Ukraine
ChinaZhending, China

Newton[69]

TaiwanWu Chi, Taiwan
UkraineSmila, Ukraine

Osage[70]

RussiaLermontov, Russia

Shenandoah[71]

SlovakiaTisovec, Slovakia

Sioux City[72]

Japan Yamanashi, Yamanashi City, Japan

Waverly[73]

GermanyEisenach, Germany

Kansas

Hays[74]

Germany Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Germany
Paraguay Santa Maria, Paraguay
China Xinzheng, China

Kansas City/Wyandotte County[75]

Croatia Karlovac, Croatia
Austria Linz, Austria
Republic of Ireland Limerick, Ireland
Mexico Uruapan, Mexico

Lawrence[76]

Germany Eutin, Germany
Japan Hiratsuka, Japan
Greece Iniades, Greece

Leavenworth[77]

Australia Wagga Wagga, Australia
Japan Omihachiman, Japan

Lindsborg[78]

Sweden Munkfors, Sweden

Manhattan[79]

Czech Republic Dobřichovice, Czechia

Olathe[80]

Switzerland Chur, Switzerland
Mexico Ocotlán, Mexico

Overland Park[81]

Germany Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany

Prairie Village[82]

Ukraine Dolyna, Ukraine

Shawnee[83]

Belgium Pittem, Belgium
Republic of Ireland Listowel, Ireland
Germany Erfurt, Germany

Victoria[84]

Germany Kübelstein, Germany

Wichita[85]

China Kaifeng, China
Mexico Cancun, Mexico
Mexico Tlalnepantla, Mexico
France Orleans, France

Kentucky

Danville [86]

Republic of Ireland Carrickfergus, Ireland

Elizabethtown[87]

Japan Koori, Fukushima Japan

Georgetown [88]

Japan Tahara, Japan

Lexington[89]

France Deauville, France
Republic of Ireland County Kildare, Ireland
Japan Shinhidaka, Japan
United Kingdom Newmarket, England, United Kingdom

Louisville[90]

Morehead

United Kingdom Ballymena, United Kingdom[91]
China Yangshuo, China[92]

Owensboro[93]

Czech Republic Olomouc, Czechia
Czech Republic Olomouc Region, Czechia
Japan Nisshin, Japan

Paris[94]

France Lamotte-Beuvron, France

Pikeville[95]

Republic of Ireland Dundalk, Ireland

Louisiana

Baton Rouge

Lafayette[106]

Le Cannet, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (1967)
Longueuil, Quebec, Canada (1968)
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada (1971)
Poitiers, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France (1975)
Namur, Wallonia, Belgium (1979)
Agnibilékrou, Ivory Coast (1999)

New Orleans[107][108]

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Bloomington

Izumi, Japan

Columbia Heights

Lomianki, Poland

Duluth

Thunder Bay, Canada
Ohara/Isumi City, Japan
Petrozavodsk, Russia
Växjö, Sweden

Elbow Lake

Flekkefjord, Norway

Fergus Falls

Nordhordland, Norway

Hibbing

Walsrode, Germany

Melrose

Buhl, Germany
Legden, Germany

Minneapolis

Moorhead

Druskininkai, Lithuania
Vimmerby, Sweden

New Ulm

Neu-Ulm, Germany
Ulm, Germany

Paynesville

Paynesville, Liberia

Red Wing

Ikata, Japan
Qyizhou, China

Rochester

Moosburg, Germany
Xianyang, China
Shiheung, South Korea
Kathmandu, Nepal
Akita, Japan

Saint Peter

Petatlan, Mexico

Shoreview

Einhausen, Germany

St. Anthony

Salo, Finland

Winona

Bytow, Poland
Misato, Japan

Worthington

Crailsheim, Germany
  • Sources for sister cities in Minnesota[122]

Mississippi

Clarksdale

Norway Notodden, Norway[123]

Clinton[124]

Uzbekistan Zarafshan, Uzbekistan

Madison[125]

Sweden Sollefteå, Sweden

Oxford[126]

France Aubigny-sur-Nère, France

Missouri

Columbia[127]

China Laoshan District, China
Georgia (country) Kutaisi, Georgia
Japan Hakusan, Japan
Romania Sibiu, Romania
South Korea Suncheon, South Korea

Independence[128]

Japan Higashimurayama, Japan

Kansas City[129][130]

Neosho

Federated States of Micronesia Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia[131]

Springfield[132]

Japan Isesaki, Japan
Mexico Tlaquepaque, Mexico

St. Charles[133]

Germany Ludwigsburg, Germany
Republic of Ireland Carndonagh, Ireland

St. Louis[134]

Montana

Nebraska

Grand Island:

Germany Bad Segeberg, Germany[135]

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Hampshire

New Jersey

Elizabeth:[136]Japan Kitami, Japan

Newark[137]

Portugal Aveiro, Portugal
The Gambia Banjul, Gambia
Brazil Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Cameroon Douala, Cameroon
The Bahamas Freeport, Bahamas
Azerbaijan Ganja, Azerbaijan
Ghana Kumasi, Ghana
Brazil Porto Alegre, Brazil
Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
China Xuzhou, China

Trenton[138]

Brazil Jundiaí, Brazil
Liberia Monrovia, Liberia
Russia Leninsky, Russia

New Mexico

Albuquerque[139]

Spain Alburquerque, Spain
Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Mexico Chihuahua, Mexico
Mexico Guadalajara, Mexico
Germany Helmstedt, Germany
Taiwan Hualien, Taiwan
China Lanzhou, China
Israel Rehovot, Israel
Japan Sasebo, Japan

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Boring

Scotland Dull, Scotland[146][147][148]

Eugene

South Korea Jinju, South Korea[149]

Hillsboro

Japan Fukuroi, Japan[150]

Milwaukie

Japan Iwaki, Aomori, Japan[151]

Newport

Japan Monbetsu, Hokkaido, Japan[152]

Portland[153]

Israel Ashkelon, Israel
Italy Bologna, Italy
Mexico Guadalajara, Mexico
Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Russia Khabarovsk, Russia
Zimbabwe Mutare, Zimbabwe
Japan Sapporo, Japan
China Suzhou, China
South Korea Ulsan, South Korea

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Pendleton

Scotland Stornoway, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, Scotland, UK[154][155]

Columbia

Romania Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania [156]

South Dakota

Sioux Falls

Germany Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
United Kingdom Newry and Mourne District Council, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Rapid City

Germany Apolda, Thuringia, Germany
Japan Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan
China Yangshuo County, Guangxi, China

Vermillion

Germany Ratingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Tennessee

Franklin[157]

Canada Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada
Republic of Ireland County Laois, Leinster, Ireland

Nashville[158]

Northern Ireland Belfast, Northern Ireland
France Caen, France
Canada Edmonton, Canada
Japan Kamakura, Japan
Germany Magdeburg, Germany
Argentina Mendoza, Argentina
China Chengdu, China
China Taiyuan, China
Australia Tamworth, Australia

Texas

Grapevine

Scotland Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom[159]

Houston

Ecuador Guayaquil, Ecuador[160]

Laredo[161][162]

Utah

Provo[163]

Germany Meissen, Germany
China Nanning, China
China Chengdu, China

Salt Lake City[164]

Ukraine Chernivtsi, Ukraine
Russia Izhevsk, Russia
Taiwan Keelung, Taiwan
Japan Matsumoto, Japan[165][166]
Bolivia Oruro, Bolivia
Philippines Quezon City, Philippines
Republic of Ireland Thurles, Ireland
Italy Torino, Italy

Sandy[167]

Mexico Piedras Negras, Mexico
Germany Riesa, Germany

Vermont

Virginia

Alexandria

Scotland Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom (1962)[168][169]

Chesapeake

Joinville, Brazil[170]

Charlottesville[171]

France Besancon, France
Bulgaria Pleven, Bulgaria
Italy Poggio a Caiano, Italy
Ghana Winneba, Ghana

Fredericksburg

Italy Este, Italy[172]
France Fréjus, France[173]
Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal[174]
Ghana Princes Town, Ghana[173]
Germany Schwetzingen, Germany[175]

Richmond:[176]

England Richmond, England, United Kingdom
Japan Saitama City, Japan
Mali Ségou, Mali
Namibia Windhoek, Namibia
China Zhengzhou, China

Washington

Bellevue[177]

Taiwan Hualien, Taiwan
Czech Republic Kladno, Czech Republic
Latvia Liepaja, Latvia
Japan Yao, Japan

Federal Way

Japan Hachinohe, Japan[178]

Kelso

Scotland Kelso, Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom[179][180][better source needed]

Seattle[181]

Spokane[182]

South Korea Jecheon, South Korea
China Jilin, China
Republic of Ireland Limerick, Ireland
Italy Cagli, Italy
Japan Nishinomiya, Japan

Walla Walla[183]

Japan Tamba-Sasayama, Japan

West Virginia

Charleston[184]

Slovakia Banská Bystrica, Slovakia[185]

Wisconsin

Kenosha[186]

Cosenza, Italy
Douai, France
Quezon City, Philippines
Wolfenbüttel, Germany

La Crosse[187]

Republic of Ireland Bantry, Ireland
Russia Dubna, Russia
France Épinal, France
Norway Førde, Norway
Germany Friedberg, Bavaria, Germany
China Luoyang, China

Madison[188]

Manitowoc[189]

Germany Bad Nauheim, Germany
Japan Kamogawa, Chiba, Japan
Taiwan Xindian District, Taiwan

Menasha, Wisconsin[190]

Japan Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

Menomonie[191]

Japan Minaminasu, Tochigi, Japan

Milwaukee[192]

Poland Białystok, Poland
Republic of Ireland Galway, Ireland
India Kanpur, India[193]
Tanzania Morogoro, Tanzania
China Ningbo, China
Cuba Nuevitas, Cuba
Russia Omsk, Russia
Germany Schwerin, Germany
Israel Tiberias, Israel
Nicaragua Ticuantepe, Nicaragua

Mineral Point[194]

England Redruth, England, United Kingdom

Mishicot[195]

Switzerland Le Châble, Switzerland

New Glarus[196]

Switzerland Glarus, Switzerland
Mexico San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico

Platteville[197]

Nicaragua Mateare, Nicaragua

Racine[198]

Denmark Aalborg, Denmark
Nicaragua Bluefields, Nicaragua
Brazil Fortaleza, Brazil
France Montélimar, France
Japan Ōiso, Kanagawa, Japan

Rice Lake[199]

Japan Japan
Czech Republic Žamberk, Czech Republic

Richland Center[200]

Nicaragua Santa Teresa, Carazo, Nicaragua

Sheboygan[201]

Germany Esslingen am Neckar, Germany
Japan Tsubame, Niigata, Japan

Stevens Point[202]

Nicaragua Estelí, Nicaragua
Poland Gulcz, Poland
Russia Rostov, Russia

Stoughton[203]

Norway Gjøvik, Norway

Superior[204]

Japan Ami, Ibaraki, Japan[205]

Waukesha[206]

Nicaragua Granada, Nicaragua
Kazakhstan Kokshetau, Kazakhstan

Waupaca[207]

Japan Nio, Kagawa, Japan

Wisconsin Dells[208]

Japan Iwaizumi, Japan[209]

Wyoming

Cheyenne[210]

Taichung, Taiwan
Bismarck, North Dakota
Lompoc, California
Lourdes, France
Voghera, Italy
Hammam Sousse, Tunisia
Waimea, Hawaii
Accra, Ghana

Cody[211]

Georgia (country) Lanchkhuti, Georgia

Rock Springs[212]

Skofja Loka, Slovenia

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