List of sister cities in Michigan facts for kids

This is a list of sister states, regions, and cities in the U.S. state of Michigan. 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.

Many Michigan jurisdictions 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.

Sister states of Michigan

Michigan jurisdiction	Sister state, region, or city	Country	Since
State of Michigan	Groningen, Groningen Province	Netherlands
	Shiga Prefecture	Japan	1968
	Sichuan Province	China	1982

Sister cities of Michigan cities and counties

The Peterborough Lift Lock in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, amongst Ann Arbor's sisters since 1983

Toyota, Japan and Detroit are paired because of each other's importance to the automobile industry.

Saltillo is the sister city of Lansing, Michigan.

The Radcliffe Camera in Oxford, England, sister to the Michigan town of the same name

The Welsh town of Brecon is one of two sisters to Saline.

Michigan jurisdiction	Sister state, region, or city	Country	Since()
Adrian	Moriyama, Shiga Prefecture	Japan
Albion	Noisy-le-Roi, Yvelines	France	2001
Ann Arbor	Belize City, Belize District	Belize	1967
	Dakar, Dakar	Senegal	1997
	Hikone, Shiga Prefecture	Japan	1969
	Juigalpa, Chontales	Nicaragua	1986
	Peterborough, Ontario	Canada	1983
	Remedios, Villa Clara	Cuba	2003
	Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg	Germany	1965
Battle Creek	Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture	Japan
Bay City	Ansbach, Bavaria	Germany	1960
	Goderich, Ontario	Canada
	Lomé	Togo
	Poznań, Greater Poland Voivodeship	Poland	1987
Belleville	Machynlleth	Wales, UK
Birmingham	Rittō, Shiga Prefecture	Japan	1976
Bronson	Moryń, West Pomeranian Voivodeship	Poland
Cadillac	Rovaniemi, Lapland	Finland	1983
Chelsea	Shimizu, Hokkaido Prefecture	Japan
Clinton Charter Twp.	Yasu, Shiga Prefecture	Japan
Coldwater	Soltau, Lower Saxony	Germany	1971
Dearborn	Qana, South Governorate	Lebanon
Detroit	Chongqing	China
	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	2003
	Kitwe, Copperbelt Province	Zambia
	Minsk, Minsk Voblast	Belarus
	Nassau, New Providence	Bahamas
	Toyota, Aichi Prefecture	Japan	1960
	Turin, Piedmont	Italy	1998
	Chernihiv	Ukraine
DeWitt	Konan, Shiga Prefecture	Japan
Dundee	Yoshida, Niigata Prefecture	Japan	1992
East Lansing	Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County	Romania
Flint	Changchun, Jilin Province	China
	Hamilton, Ontario	Canada	1987
	Kielce, Świętokrzysie Voivodeship	Poland
	Tolyatti, Samara Oblast	Russia
Frankenmuth	Gunzenhausen, Bavaria	Germany	1962
Fremont	Yahaba, Iwate	Japan
Gaylord	Pontresina, Graubünden	Switzerland
Grand Rapids	Bielsko-Biała, Silesian Voivodeship	Poland	1991
	Ga District	Ghana	1994
	Ōmihachiman, Shiga Prefecture	Japan	1986
	Perugia, Umbria	Italy	1993
	Tirana	Albania
	Zapopan, Jalisco	Mexico	2007
Hancock	Porvoo, Eastern Uusimaa	Finland
Holland	Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro	Mexico
Holly	Leamington, Ontario	Canada
Jackson	Carrickfergus	Northern Ireland, UK	2006
	Varel, Lower Saxony	Germany	2002
Kalamazoo	Kingston, Surrey	Jamaica
	Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture	Japan	1963
	Pushkin, St. Petersburg	Russia	1992
Lansing	Akuapim, South District	Ghana	1997
	Belmopan, Cayo District	Belize
	Cosenza, Calabria	Italy	2000
	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Mexico	1982
	Lanzhou, Gansu Province	China
	Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture	Japan	1969
	Saint Petersburg	Russia	1992
	Saltillo, Coahuila	Mexico	1994
	Sanming, Fujian Province	China	1997
Mackinac Island	Lybster	Scotland, UK
Marquette	Yokaichi, Shiga Prefecture	Japan
Marshall	Koka, Shiga Prefecture	Japan
Midland	Handa, Aichi Prefecture	Japan
	Zigon, Sichuan	China
Monroe	Hōfu, Yamaguchi	Japan	1993
Muskegon	Antalya, Antalya Province	Turkey
	Hartlepool	England, UK
	Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture	Japan	1994
Mount Pleasant	Okaya, Nagano Prefecture	Japan	1965
	Valdivia, Los Ríos	Chile
Niles	Redditch	England, UK
Novi	Ōwani, Aomori Prefecture	Japan	1991
Oxford	Oxford	England, UK
Petoskey	Takashima, Shiga Prefecture	Japan
Pontiac	Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture	Japan
Redford	Gau-Algesheim, Rhineland-Palatinate	Germany
	Georgina, Ontario	Canada
	St. Johann in Tirol, Tyrol	Austria
Rochester Hills	Tuzi, Podgorica municipality	Montenegro
Saginaw	Awka, Anambra	Nigeria
	Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture	Japan
	Zapopan, Jalisco	Mexico
Saline	Brecon,	Wales, UK	1966
	Lindenberg im Allgäu, Bavaria	Germany	2003
Sault Ste. Marie	Ryūō, Shiga Prefecture	Japan
	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	Canada	2012
South Haven	Quilalí, Nueva Segovia	Nicaragua
Sparta	Słomniki, Lesser Poland Voivodeship	Poland
Sterling Heights	Sorsogon City, Sorsogon	Philippines	2008
	Tetovo, Tetovo Municipality	Macedonia
Sturgis	Wiesloch, Baden-Württemberg	Germany	1966
Tecumseh	La Verpillière, Isère	France	1984
Traverse City	Tsuchiyama, Shiga Prefecture	Japan	1968
Troy	Aley, Mount Lebanon Governorate	Lebanon
Walker	Colac, Victoria	Australia	1993
Wyandotte	Komaki, Aichi Prefecture	Japan
Ypsilanti	Nafplion, Argolis	Greece

Images for kids

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  A sign with sister cities of Ann Arbor in 2010