List of sister cities in Florida facts for kids

This is a list of sister states, regions, and cities in the U.S. state of Florida. Sister cities, known in Europe as town twins, are cities which partner with each other to promote human contact and cultural links, although this partnering is not limited to cities and often includes counties, regions, states and other sub-national entities.

Florida jurisdictions often partner with foreign cities through Sister Cities International, an organization whose goal is to "promote peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation." Sister cities interact with each other across a broad range of activities, from health care and education to business and the arts.

Sisters of Florida State, cities and counties

The lists below were compiled from the official Sister Cities International website (unless noted), corrected on orthography and region listed. Sisters Cities will recognize cities only when the partnership is filed with them and remove relationships when one of the involved cities makes a formal request. Partnerships can be active, inactive (no actions taken from any of the partners for some time) or officially canceled. The list below has relationships in all three statuses. Examples of canceled partnerships are Hialeah-Managua and West Miami-León, Nicaragua, canceled because of political differences during the Sandinista regime; Hollywood-San Salvador, canceled as a protest against the Salvadoran Civil War; and Boca Raton-Spandau Borough, Berlin. Years can be approximate; in this case the number is followed by "~". The year listed will be the first date that the relationship is mentioned in media articles.

Florida state

The Wakayama Castle, located in Wakayama Prefecture's capital

Florida jurisdiction	Sister jurisdiction	Country	Year
State of Florida	Gyeonggi-do	South Korea	2000
	Languedoc-Roussillon	France	1989
	Nueva Esparta	Venezuela	1999
	Taiwan Province	Taiwan	1992
	Wakayama Prefecture	Japan	1995
	Western Cape	South Africa	1995

Florida cities and counties

Qufu, China is a sister city to Boynton Beach and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Zenkō-ji temple in Nagano, sister to Clearwater

Antigua Guatemala is one of eight sisters to Coral Gables.

Acre, Israel, mentioned in the Amarna letters, is sister to Deerfield Beach.

Gainesville is sister to the capital of Honduras, Tegucigalpa.

Gdańsk is the only Polish city sister to Florida cities.

Miami's sister, Santo Domingo, had the first cathedral in the New World.

Pescara is one of eleven Italian sisters to Florida cities and counties.

Kremlin of Astrakhan, Pemproke Pines' sister

Valladolid, Orlando's newest partner.

São Paulo is the biggest Brazilian city and sister to Miami-Dade County.

Dunfermline was founded by the Culdees and is related to Sarasota.

Avilés has an active relationship with Saint Augustine since 1963.

Netanya is the only sister of Sunny Isles Beach.

Miami Beach proclaimed Český Krumlov her sister city in 2002.

Spanish Oviedo is related to Tampa.

Scotland's Inverness is sister...

...to its Floridian counterpart Inverness.

Dahuk is the only Iraqi city in the Florida list.

Qalqilyah, Gainesville's sister, is completely encircled by the Israeli West Bank barrier.

Founded in 580 BCE, Agrigento is sister to Tampa.

Gold Coast is a coastal city like its sister Fort Lauderdale.

Vladimir, one of the oldest cities in Russia, is linked to Sarasota.

Dundurn Castle is a historic chateau in Hamilton, Ontario, Sarasota's sister.

Fuerte de San Juan de Ulua in Veracruz, the Mexican sister of Tampa

The spa town of Guitiriz in Spain, related to Sweetwater

Florida jurisdiction	Sister jurisdiction	Country	Year
Apalachicola	Columbus, Georgia	USA	1800
Bay County	Mérida, Yucatán	Mexico	2003
Bay Harbor Islands	Marechal Deodoro, Alagoas	Brazil	2003
Boca Raton	Spandau Borough, Berlin	Germany	1980
Bonita Springs	Grünstadt, Rhineland-Palatinate	Germany	1991
Boynton Beach	Qufu, Shandong	China	2001
	Les Cayes, Sud	Haiti	2001
Bradenton	Barcarrota, Extremadura	Spain	1962
Cape Canaveral	Guidonia Montecelio, Lazio	Italy	1988
	Ithaca, Kefallinia	Greece	2005~
	Kloten, Zurich	Switzerland	2000~
	Sagres, Algarve	Portugal	2004
Cape Coral	Nyeri, Nyeri	Kenya	2014
Clearwater	Kalamaria, Thessaloniki	Greece	2001
	Nagano, Nagano	Japan	1959
	Wyong, New South Wales	Australia	2001~
Cocoa	Beit Shemesh,Jerusalen District	Israel	2004
Cocoa Beach	Kyustendil, Kyustendil	Bulgaria	2004
	Santa Marta, Magdalena	Colombia	1965
Cooper City	Killarney, County Kerry	Ireland	2003
Coral Gables	Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	France	1997
	Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia	Canada	1984
	Antigua Guatemala, Antigua	Guatemala	1993
	El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz	Spain	1987~
	Granada, Granada	Spain	1988~
	Provincia di Pisa, Toscana	Italy	2003
	Quito, Pichincha	Ecuador	1983~
Coral Springs	Paraíso, Cartago	Costa Rica	2002
Crestview	Noirmoutier-en-l'Île, Pays de la Loire	France	2001~
Dania Beach	Fredensborg, Central Region	Denmark	2003
Daytona Beach	Bayonne, Aquitaine	France	1998
	Campeche, Campeche	Mexico	1996~
Deerfield Beach	Acre, North	Israel	1994
DeLand	Belén, Guanacaste	Costa Rica	1996
Delray Beach	Miyazu, Kyoto	Japan	1977
	Moshi, Arusha	Tanzania	2001
Deltona	Sanford, Florida	USA	2013
Destin	Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, Pays de la Loire	France	1994
Doral	Xizhi District	Taiwan	1964
Dunedin	Stirling	Scotland, UK	1964
Dunedin	Summerside, Prince Edward Island	Canada	2000
Eatonville	Bamenda, Northwest Province	Cameroon	1976~
Fort Lauderdale	Agogo, Asante Akim North	Ghana	2001~
	Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais	Brazil	2003
	Cap-Haïtien, Nord	Haiti	2003
	Duisburg	Germany	2003
	Mataró	Spain	2003
	Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá	Panama	2001~
	Gold Coast, Queensland	Australia	1980
	Haifa, Haifa	Israel	2002
	Isla Margarita, Nueva Esparta	Venezuela	1997
	La Romana, La Romana	Dominican Republic	1995
	Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires	Argentina	2000
	Medellín, Antioquia	Colombia	1967
	Muğla, Muğla	Turkey	1995~
	Quepos, Puntarenas	Costa Rica	2003
	Rimini, Emilia-Romagna	Italy	1985
	São Sebastião, São Paulo	Brazil	2001~
	Sefton, Merseyside	England, UK	2000
	Venezia, Veneto	Italy	2007
Fort Walton Beach	Quezon City, Metro Manila	Philippines	2007
Gainesville	Dahuk, Dahuk	Iraq	2006
	Jacmel, Sud-Est	Haiti	1998
	Kfar Saba, Center	Israel	1998
	Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai	Russia	1982
	Qalqilyah, West Bank	Palestinian National Authority	1998
	Rzeszów,Podkarpackie Voivodeship	Poland	2001~
Hialeah	Bucaramanga, Región Andina	Colombia	2001~
	Cartago, Cartago	Costa Rica	1984
	Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza	Argentina	1986
	Managua, Managua	Nicaragua	1966
Hollywood	Baia Mare, Maramureş	Romania	2003
	Ciudad de la Costa, Canelones	Uruguay	1996~
	Guatemala, Guatemala	Guatemala	1988
	Herzliya, Tel Aviv	Israel	1988
	Lechería, Anzoátegui	Venezuela	2003~
	Romorantin-Lanthenay, Centre	France	1989
	Salvaleón de Higüey, La Altagracia	Dominican Republic	2003
	San Salvador, San Salvador	El Salvador	1962
	Vlorë, Vlorë	Albania	1994
Homestead	Liberia, Guanacaste	Costa Rica	1977
	Petit Goâve, Ouest	Haiti	2007
Inverness	Inverness, Highland	Scotland, UK	2001~
Jacksonville	Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires	Argentina	1967
	Changwon Unified, South Gyeongsang	South Korea	1983
	Changwon Unified, South Gyeongsang	South Korea	1983
	Murmansk, Murmansk	Russia	1975
	Nantes, Pays de la Loire	France	1984
	Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape	South Africa	2000
	San Juan	Puerto Rico	2009
	Curitiba , Paraná	Brazil	2010
	Yingkou, Liaoning	China	1990
	Ningbo, Zhejiang	China	1990
	Shaoxing, Zhejiang	China	1990
	Suzhou, Jiangsu	China	1990
Jensen Beach	Gregory Town, Eleuthera	The Bahamas	1989
Key West	Green Turtle Cay, Abaco	The Bahamas	2004
Kissimmee	Hualien, Hualien County	Taiwan	1989
	Miaoli, Miaoli County	Taiwan	1989
Lake Placid	Lake Placid, New York	USA	1991
Lake Worth	Lappeenranta, South Karelia	Finland	1991~
Lakeland	Bălţi, Bălţi	Moldova	1997
	Imabari, Ehime	Japan	1993
	Richmond Hill, Ontario	Canada	1990
	Jiaxing, Zheijiang	China	1993
	Fengxian, Shanghai	China	1993
	Chongming, Shanghai	China	1993
	Rîbniţa, Rîbniţa District	Moldova (Transnistria)	1993
	Portmore, Saint Catherine	Jamaica	1993
Lantana	Lapua, Lansi-Suomen Laani	Finland	1979
Largo	Tosayamada, Kōchi	Japan	1969
Lauderdale-by-the-Sea	Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire	England, UK	2007
	San Isidro, Lima	Peru	2004
Lauderdale Lakes	Port-de-Paix, Nord-Ouest	Haiti	2005
Lauderhill	Chaguanas, Caroni	Trinidad and Tobago	2001
	Gemlik, Bursa	Turkey	2002
	Falmouth, Trelawny	Jamaica	2002
	Pétionville, Ouest	Haiti	2002
	Suzano, São Paulo	Brazil	2002
Lynn Haven	St. Cloud	USA	1995
Madeira Beach	Machico, Ilha da Madeira	Portugal	1974
Miami	Agadir, Souss-Massa-Draâ	Morocco	1995
	Amman, Amman	Jordan	1995
	Bogotá, Distrito Capital	Colombia	1971
	Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires	Argentina	1979
	Cochabamba, Cochabamba	Bolivia	1995
	Ibiza, Balearic Islands	Spain	1986~
	Kagoshima, Kagoshima	Japan	1990
	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	1987
	Lima, Lima	Peru	1977
	Madrid, Spain	Spain	1997~
	Managua, Managua	Nicaragua	1991
	Margherita di Savoia, Puglia	Italy	2011
	Montes de Oca, San José	Costa Rica	1986~
	Murcia, Murcia	Spain	1993
	Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	France	1986~
	Palermo, Sicilia	Italy	2001~
	Port-au-Prince, Ouest	Haiti	2001
	Qingdao, Shandong	China	2005
	Ramat HaSharon, Tel Aviv	Israel	2001~
	Salvador, Bahia	Brazil	2006
	Santiago	Chile	1986~
	Santiago de Cali, Pacific Region	Colombia	1986~
	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional	Dominican Republic	1987~
	Varna, Varna	Bulgaria	1994~
Miami Beach	Cozumel, Quintana Roo	Mexico	1992
	Fortaleza, Ceará	Brazil	2006
	Fujisawa, Kanagawa	Japan	1959
	Ica, Ica	Peru	1996
	Pescara, Abruzzo	Italy	1997~
	Nahariya, North District	Israel	1971
	Almonte, Andaluzia	Spain	1971
	Brampton, Ontario	Canada	1971
	Basel	Switzerland	1971
	Santa Marta, Magdalena	Colombia	1983~
Miami-Dade County	Asunción, Asunción	Paraguay	1994
	Cabildo de Tenerife, Tenerife	Spain	1993~
	Cape Town, Western Cape	South Africa	2007
	Cayman Islands	Cayman Islands	1986~
	Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship	Poland	1990
	Guatemala (department)	Guatemala	2007
	Iquique, Tarapacá	Chile	1996
	Kingston, Surrey	Jamaica	1987~
	Lamentin, Basse-Terre	Guadeloupe	2003~
	Maldonado, Maldonado	Uruguay	2001~
	Mendoza, Mendoza	Argentina	2001
	Monagas	Venezuela	1996
	Pereira, Risaralda	Colombia	2002
	Petit Goâve, Ouest	Haiti	2001~
	Provincia di Asti, Piemonte	Italy	1986
	Pucallpa, Ucayali	Peru	2001~
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2004
	San Jose	Costa Rica	1990
	Santa Cruz (department)	Bolivia	1996~
	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional	Dominican Republic	1975
	São Paulo, São Paulo	Brazil	1988
	Stockholm County	Sweden	1996
	New Taipei City	Taiwan	1990
	The Bahamas	The Bahamas	1996
	Turks and Caicos Islands	Turks and Caicos Islands	2001
	Veracruz, Veracruz	Mexico	1993
	Vitória, Espírito Santo	Brazil	2010
Miramar	Santa Ana, Santa Ana	El Salvador	2001~
Miami Lakes	Desamparados, San José	Costa Rica	2006
Mount Dora	Forres, Moray	Scotland, UK	1990
New Port Richey	Cavalaire-sur-Mer, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	France	2001~
Niceville	Les Sables-d'Olonne, Pays de la Loire	France	2001~
North Lauderdale	Yatağan, Muğla	Turkey	2002
North Miami	Delmas, Ouest	Haiti	2008
North Miami Beach	Migdal, North	Israel	1989
	San Pedro Sula, Cortés	Honduras	1989
	Lucca, Tuscany	Italy	1989
	Sosúa, Puerto Plata	Dominican Republic	1989
	Gonaives, Artibonite	Haiti	1989
	La Chapelle, Artibonite	Haiti	1989
	Tabarre, Ouest	Haiti	1989
	Accra Metropolis District, Greater Accra	Ghana	1989
	Pingzhen District, Taoyuan City	Taiwan	1989
Ocala	Pisa, Toscana	Italy	2004
	Newbridge, County Kildare	Ireland	2008
	Sincelejo, Sucre	Colombia	1967
Opa-Locka	Isla Pucu, Cordillera	Paraguay	1996
Orlando	Curitiba, Paraná	Brazil	1996
	Guilin, Guangxi	China	1986
	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Mexico	2001~
	Orenburg	Russia	1997
	Reykjanesbær, Gullbringusýsla	Iceland	1997~
	Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France	France	2002
	Tainan, Tainan	Taiwan	2001~
	Keelung	Taiwan	1982
	Urayasu, Chiba	Japan	1991
	Valladolid, Castilla y León	Spain	2006
Palatka	Palatka	Russia	1991
Palm Coast	Liberia, Guanacaste	Costa Rica	2005
Pembroke Pines	Astrakhan, Astrakhan	Russia	1996
Pensacola	Chimbote, Santa	Peru	1964
	Escazú, San José	Costa Rica	1981
	Gero, Gifu	Japan	1988
	Gorlivka, Donetsk	Ukraine	1981
	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	1977
	Miraflores, Lima	Peru	1964
	Macharaviaya, Andaluzia	Spain	1981
Pinecrest (Dade County)	Cognac, Charente	France	1964
Plant City	Portage la Prairie, Manitoba	Canada	2001~
Port St. Lucie	Putuo District, Zhoushan	China	2007
Royal Palm Beach	Călăraşi, Călăraşi	Romania	2005
Saint Augustine	Avilés, Asturias	Spain	1963
	Cartagena, Bolívar	Columbia	2001~
	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional	Dominican Republic	2001~
	Minorca, Baleares Islands	Spain	2001
Saint Pete Beach	Sandown, Isle of Wight	England, UK	1999
Saint Petersburg	Takamatsu, Kagawa	Japan	1960
	Saint Petersburg, Leningrad	Russia	2003
	Figueres, Catalonia	Spain	2003
Sanford	Deltona, Florida	USA	2013
Sarasota	Dunfermline, Fife	Scotland, UK	1990
	Hamilton, Ontario	Canada	1990
	Perpignan, Languedoc-Roussillon	France	1994
	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional	Dominican Republic	1963
	Tel Mond, Center	Israel	1999
	Province of Treviso	Italy	2007
	Vladimir, Vladimir	Russia	1994
	Xiamen, Fujian	China	2008
	Mérida, Yucatán	Mexico	2008
Southwest Ranches	Clifden, Connacht	Ireland	2006
St. Cloud	Lynn Haven	USA	1995
Sunny Isles Beach	Netanya, Center	Israel	2005
	Hengchun, Pingtung County	Taiwan	2005
	Taormina, Sicily	Italy	2005
Sunrise	Yavne, Center	Israel	1985
Stuart	Hope Town, Abaco	Bahamas	2014
Sweetwater	Guitiriz, Lugo	Spain	1990
	La Paz Centro, León	Nicaragua	1996
	San Felipe de Puerto Plata, Puerto Plata	Dominican Republic	1983
Tallahassee	Konongo-Odumase, Asante Akim North	Ghana	2002
	Krasnodar, Krasnodar Krai	Russia	1983
	Ramat HaSharon, Tel Aviv	Israel	2006
	Sligo, Connacht	Ireland	1989
	St. Maarten	Netherlands	2001~
	Rugao, Jiangsu	China	2001
Tamarac	Fatsa, Ordu	Turkey	2002
Tampa	Agrigento, Sicilia	Italy	1987
	Ashdod, South	Israel	2005
	Barranquilla, Atlántico	Colombia	1966
	Boca del Río, Veracruz	Mexico	2002
	Camarines Sur, Bicol	Philippines	2001~
	Córdoba, Córdoba	Argentina	1966
	Granada, Granada	Nicaragua	2001~
	İzmir, İzmir	Turkey	2001~
	Jiāxīng Shì, Zhèjiāng Shěng	China	2002~
	Le Havre, Haute-Normandie	France	2001~
	Oviedo, Asturias	Spain	2001~
	Veracruz, Veracruz	Mexico	2002
	Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul	Brazil	2002
Tarpon Springs	Kalymnos, Dhodhekanisos	Greece	2000
	Larnaca, Larnaca District	Cyprus	2000
	Halki, Dhodhekanisos	Greece	2000
	Symi, Dhodhekanisos	Greece	2000
Tavares	Xindian District, New Taipei City	Taiwan	2000
Temple Terrace	Eastleigh, Hampshire	England, UK	1989
Titusville	Ceadîr-Lunga, Gagauzia	Moldova	2001~
	Soest, Utrecht	Netherlands	1982
	Yueyang, Hunan	China	1988
Volusia County	Bayonne, Aquitaine	France	1998
	Campeche State	Mexico	1995
West Miami	León, León	Nicaragua	1974
	Santa Cruz del Quiché, Quiché	Guatemala	1987
West Palm Beach	Tzahar Region, North	Israel	1996
Winter Haven	Sambuca di Sicilia, Sicilia	Italy	1987