List of sister cities in the United States facts for kids
This is a list of sister cities in the United States arranged alphabetically by state. A searchable, interactive list is maintained by Sister Cities International.
This is a subset of the worldwide List of twin towns and sister cities.
Contents
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Alabama
– :Alajuela, Costa Rica
– :Sakado, Japan
– :Tainan City, Taiwan
– :Cockburn, Australia
– :Constanţa, Romania
– :Tianjin, China
– :Havana, Cuba
– :Ichihara, Japan
– :Katowice, Poland
– :Košice, Slovakia
– :Málaga, Spain
– :Veracruz, Mexico
– :Worms, Germany
– :Narashino, Japan
– :Banjul, The Gambia
Alaska
– :Darwin, Australia
– :Incheon, South Korea
– :Tromsø, Norway
– :Whitby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
– :Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
Arizona
– :Dierdorf, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
– :Kasterlee, Belgium
– :Newtownabbey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
– – :Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
– :Caraz, Peru
– – :Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico
– :Upper Hutt, New Zealand
– – :Ards, County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
– :Calgary, Alberta, Canada
– :Catania, Italy
– :Chengdu, China
– :Ennis, County Clare, Munster, Ireland
– :Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (1990)
– – :Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
– :Himeji, Japan
– :Prague, Czech Republic
– :Ramat Gan, Israel
– :Taipei, Taiwan
– – :Heróica Caborca, Sonora, Mexico
:Jesús María, Aguascalientes, Mexico
:Álamos, Sonora, Mexico
:Cairns, Queensland, Australia
:Interlaken, Switzerland
:Marrakesh, Morocco
:Kingston, Ontario, Canada
:Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
:Carlow, County Carlow, Leinster, Ireland
:Cuenca, Ecuador
:Lower Hutt, New Zealand
:Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
:Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
:Bloemfontein, South Africa
:Timbuktu, Mali
:Cusco, Peru
:Almaty, Kazakhstan
:Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico
:Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
:Pécs, Hungary
:Roscommon, County Roscommon, Connacht, Ireland
:Segovia, Spain
:Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
:Trikala, Greece
:Frankfurt an der Oder, Brandenburg, Germany
:Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
:San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, Mexico
:Słubice, Poland
Arkansas
- Hanamaki, Japan
- Changchun, China
- Hanam, South Korea
- Kaohsiung Municipality, Taiwan
- Mons, Belgium
- Province of Ragusa, Italy
California
Colorado
- Jinzhou, China
- Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan
- Mechelen, Belgium
- Chamonix, France
- Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
- Queenstown, New Zealand
- San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
- Shimukappu, Japan
- Jacó, Costa Rica
- Seongnam, South Korea
- Zielona Góra, Poland
- Dushanbe, Tajikistan
- Jalapa, Nicaragua
- Lhasa, China
- Ciudad Mante, Mexico
- Yamagata, Japan
- Yateras, Cuba
- Bankstown, Australia
- Bishkek, Krygystan
- Fujiyoshida, Japan
- Kaohsuing, Taiwan
- Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico
- Olympia, Greece
- Smolensk, Russia
- Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
- Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Connecticut
Delaware
- Fulda, Germany
- Kalmar, Sweden
- Ningbo, China
- Olevano sul Tusciano, Italy
- Osogbo, Nigeria
- Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
District of Columbia
Washington, D.C. has twelve official sister city agreements. Paris is a "Partner City" due to the one Sister City policy of that commune.
Florida
Georgia
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:Brussels, Belgium
:Bucharest, Romania
:Canberra, Australia
:Cotonou, Benin
:Daegu, South Korea
:Fukuoka, Japan
:Lagos, Nigeria
:Hangzhou, China
:Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
:Nuremberg, Germany
:Ancient Olympia, Greece
:Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
:Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
:Salcedo, Dominican Republic
:Salzburg, Austria
:Taipei, Taiwan
:Tbilisi, Georgia
:Toulouse, France
:Biarritz, France
:Limón, Costa Rica
:Heredia, Costa Rica
:Hastings, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
:Kumamoto, Japan
Hawaii
: Sumoto, Japan
- Hilo:
: La Serena, Chile
: Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
: Baguio, Philippines
: Baku, Azerbaijan
: Caracas, Venezuela
: Cebu City, Philippines
: Funchal, Portugal
: Hainan Island, China
: Hiroshima, Japan
: Hue City, Vietnam
: Incheon, South Korea
: Kaohsiung Municipality, Taiwan
: Laoag City, Philippines
- Majuro Atoll, Marshal Islands
: Manila, Philippines
: Mombasa, Kenya
: Mumbai, India
: Rabat, Morocco (10 March 2006)
: Seoul, South Korea
: Qinhuangdao, China
: Uwajima, Japan
: Albi, France
: Territory of American Samoa
: Arequipa, Peru
: Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines
: Embo, Sutherland, Scotland, United Kingdom
: Funchal, Portugal
: Hainan Province, China
: Hirara, Okinawa, Japan
: Lake Chapala, Guadalajara, Mexico
: Madrid, Spain
: Manila, Philippines
: Puerto Princesa, Philippines
: Rapa Nui, Chile
: Quezon City, Philippines
: São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
: Santiago, Ilocos Sur (Philippines)
: Bixby, Oklahoma, United States
Idaho
:Guernica, Basque Country, Spain
:Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
:Kitzbühel, Austria (1967)
Illinois
:Iguala de la Independencia, Mexico
:Paderborn, Germany
:Schwieberdingen, Germany
:Shimla, India
:Capri, Italy
:Vientiane, Laos
:Ferrara, Italy
:Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
:Guanajuato, Mexico
:Nitra, Slovakia
:Fontenay-le-Comte, France
:Herford, Germany
:Schaumburg, Germany
:Mallow, Ireland
:Porta Westfalica, Germany
Indiana
:Posoltega, Nicaragua
:Santa Clara, Cuba
:Burton-upon-Trent, East Staffordshire, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
:Billericay, Basildon, Essex, England, United Kingdom
- Gary:
:Lagos, Nigeria
:Newburgh, West Lancashire, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
:Częstochowa, Poland
:Tajimi, Japan
:Vincennes, France
Iowa
- Ames:
:Newtown Linford, Charnwood, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
:Dornbirn, Austria
:Paysandú, Uruguay
:Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States
:Gießen, Germany
:Targovishte, Bulgaria
Kansas
:Wagga Wagga, Australia
:Ōmihachiman, Japan
:Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany
:Erfurt, Germany
Kentucky
:Erfurt, Germany
:San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
:County Kildare, Ireland (1984)
:Newmarket, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom (2003)
:Deauville, France (1957)
:La Plata, Argentina (1994)
:City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom (2006)
:Mainz, Germany (1977)
:Montpellier, France (1956)
:Perm, Russia (1994)
:Quito, Ecuador (1962)
:Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
:Yangshuo, China
:Regensburg, Germany
:Olomouc, Czech Republic
:Ibarra, Ecuador
Louisiana
- Entire state:
: Nice, France
:Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada
:Cambrai, France
:Le Cannet, France
:Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
:Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
:Agnibilékrou, Côte d'Ivoire
:Perpignan, France
:Sioux City, Iowa, United States
:Fuengirola, Spain
:Caracas, Venezuela;
:Holdfast Bay, Australia
:Innsbruck, Austria
:Juan-les-Pins, France
:Maracaibo, Venezuela
:Matsue, Japan
:Mérida, Mexico
:Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo
:San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
:Tegucigalpa, Honduras
:Granby, Quebec, Canada
:Arlon, Belgium
:Bouctouche, New Brunswick, Canada
:Chaudfontaine, Wallonia, Belgium
:Goree Island, Senegal, West Africa
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
- Entire state:
:León Department, Nicaragua
:Petrozavodsk, Russia
:Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
:Växjö, Sweden
:Tingsryd, Sweden
:Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
:Cuernavaca, Mexico
:Harbin, China
:Ibaraki, Japan
:Kuopio, Finland
:Najaf, Iraq
:Novosibirsk, Russia
:Santiago, Chile
:Tours, France
:Uppsala, Sweden
:Montevideo, Uruguay
- New Ulm :
:Ulm, Germany
:Akita, Japan
:Changsha, China
:Culiacán, Mexico
:Hadera and Tiberias, Israel
:Manzanillo, Mexico
:Modena, Italy
:Nagasaki, Japan (1955)
:Neuss,Germany
:Novosibirsk, Russia
:Frameries, Belgium
Mississippi
:Sollefteå, Sweden
Missouri
:Sibiu, Romania
:Suncheon, South Korea
:Hanover, Germany
:Freetown, Sierra Leone
:Guadalajara, Mexico
:Kurashiki, Japan
:Metz, France
:Morelia, Mexico
:Port Harcourt, Nigeria
:San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
:Seville, Spain
:Tainan City, Taiwan
:Xi'an, China
:Aizuwakamatsu, Japan
:Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia
:Ludwigsburg, Germany
:Bologna, Italy
:Galway, Ireland
:Georgetown, Guyana
:Lyon, France
:Nanjing, China
:Samara, Russia
:Stuttgart, Germany
:Szczecin, Poland
:Isesaki, Japan
:Tlaquepaque, Mexico
:Tours, France
Montana
:Palmerston North, New Zealand
:Seinäjoki, Finland
Nebraska
:Braunschweig, Germany
:Naas, Ireland
:Shizuoka, Japan
:Šiauliai, Lithuania
:Xalapa, Mexico
Nevada
- Reno:
:Nalchik, Russia
:San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain
:Taichung, Taiwan
:Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
:Shenzhen, China
New Hampshire
New Jersey
:Bayonne, France
:Balbriggan, Ireland
:Gaza City, Palestinian Authority
:Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
:Vadodara, India
:Passau, Germany
:Elista, Russia
:Ahmedabad, India
:Kolkata, India
:Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
:Barnet, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
:Graz, Austria (1950)
:County Limerick, Ireland
:Debrecen, Hungary
:Fukui, Japan
:Masaya, Nicaragua
:Colmar, France
:Pettoranello del Molise, Italy
:Moscow Lenin District, Russia
:Oviedo, Spain
:Cherry Hill Township, New Jersey, United States
:Lisbon, Portugal:
:Bury, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
New Mexico
:Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
:Chihuahua, Mexico
:Gijón, Spain
:Guadalajara, Mexico
:Lanzhou, China
:Sasebo, Japan
- Taos:
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
:Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
:Vimmerby, Sweden
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:Skien, Norway
:Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Ohio
Oklahoma
:Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii (2001)
:Clermont-Ferrand, France
:Colima, Mexico
:Puebla, Mexico (1993)
:Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
:Tainan City, Taiwan (1986)
:Taipei, Taiwan (1981)
:Ulyanovsk, Russia (1996)
:Montauban, France
:Kameoka, Japan (1985)
:Amiens, France (2005)
:Celle, Germany (2000)
:Kaohsiung, Taiwan (1980)
:San Luis Potosí, Mexico (1980)
:Tiberias, Israel (1989)
:Utsunomiya, Japan (1992)
Oregon
:Guanajuato, Mexico
:Sarlat, France
:Bandon, Ireland
:Birobidzhan, Russia
:Cluses, France
:Hsinchu, Taiwan
:Trossingen, Germany
- Bend:
:Condega, Nicaragua
:Dull, Scotland
:Miyoshi City, Japan (formerly Ikeda)
:Irkutsk, Russia
:Kathmandu, Nepal
:Lawrence, New Zealand
:Rotorua, New Zealand
:Alba, Italy
:Monbetsu, Japan
:Växjö, Sweden
:Sapporo, Japan (1959)
:Guadalajara, Mexico (1983)
:Corinto, Nicaragua (1985)
:Ulsan, South Korea (1987)
:Kaohsiung, Taiwan (1988)
:Suzhou, China (1988)
:Mutare, Zimbabwe (1991)
:Bologna, Italy (2003)
:Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia (2014)
:San Pedro Sula, Honduras
:Whangarei, New Zealand
:Kermanshah, Iran
:Bowral, Australia
:Salem, India
:Simferopol, Ukraine
:Växjö, Sweden
:Tokoroa, New Zealand
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
:Orvieto, Italy
:Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
:Accra, Ghana
:Chelyabinsk, Russia
:Cluj-Napoca, Romania
:Kaiserslautern, Germany
:Bergamo, Italy (1984)
:Kortrijk, Belgium (1991)
:Tianjin, China (2002)
:Keighley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
:Pinamar, Argentina
:Stornoway, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, Scotland, UK
:Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
South Dakota
* Rapid City:
- Apolda, Germany
- Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan
- Yangshuo County, Guangxi, China
- Potsdam, Germany
- Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Ratingen, Germany
Tennessee
:Brentwood, Essex, England, United Kingdom
:Hamm, Germany
:Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada
:County Laois, Leinster, Ireland
:Ronneby, Sweden
:Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
:Caen, France
:Diyarbakır, Turkey
:Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
:Magdeburg, Germany
:Mendoza, Argentina
:Taiyuan, China
:Zama, Japan
Texas
:Maseru, Lesotho (1978)
:Lima, Peru (1981)
:Adelaide, Australia (1983)
:Taichung, Taiwan (1986)
:Ōita, Japan (1990)
:Koblenz, Germany (1991)
:Shiraz, Iran
:Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
:Eguisheim, France
:Brno, Czech Republic
:Dijon, France
:Kolkata, India
:Monterrey, Mexico
:Riga, Latvia
:Saratov, Russia
:Taipei, Taiwan
:Cognac, France
:Oberentzen, France
:Monasterolo di Savigliano, Italy
:Juárez, Mexico
:Montabaur, Germany
:Reggio Emilia, Italy (1985)
:Trier, Germany (1987)
:Bandung, Indonesia (1990)
:Budapest, Hungary (1990)
:Toluca, Mexico (1998)
:Mbabane, Swaziland (2004)
:Cape Town, South Africa
:Niigata, Japan
:Stavanger, Norway
:Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), India
:Veracruz, Mexico
:Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland, UK
:Taipei, Taiwan (1963)
:Huelva, Spain (1969)
:Chiba, Japan (1973)
:Nice, France (1973)
:Baku, Azerbaijan (1976)
:Grampian Region, Scotland, UK (1979)
:Stavanger, Norway (1980)
:Perth, Australia (1983)
:Istanbul, Turkey (1986)
:Shenzhen, People's Republic of China (1986)
:Guayaquil, Ecuador (1987)
:Leipzig, Germany (1993)
:Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (2001)
:Luanda, Angola (2003)
:Tampico, Mexico (2003)
:Karachi, Pakistan (2009)
: Angostura, Mexico
: Ciénega de Flores, Mexico 1987
: Ciudad Valles, Mexico
: Cuautla, Mexico
: Cuernavaca, Mexico (Friendship City)
: Guadalajara, Mexico (Friendship City)
: Guadalupe, Mexico 2000
: Jalpan de Serra, Mexico
: Jerez de García Salinas, Mexico 1987
: Laredo, Spain 1978
: Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico (Friendship City)
: León, Mexico 2006 (Friendship City)
: Monclova, Mexico 2003
: Montemorelos, Mexico
: Murray Bridge, Australia 1984
: Nuevo Laredo, Mexico 1986
: Papantla, Mexico
: San Antonio de Areco, Argentina 2001
: San Miguel de Allende, Mexico 2001
: Tainan Hsien, Taiwan
: Tijuana, Mexico
: Torreón, Mexico 2004
: Veracruz, Mexico 1992 (Friendship City)
: Wenzhou, China
:Münster, Germany
:Brampton, Ontario, Canada
:Hsinchu, Taiwan
:Port Adelaide Enfield, Australia
:San Pedro Garza García, Mexico
:Guadalajara, Mexico
:Gwangju, South Korea
:Kaohsiung, Taiwan
:Kumamoto, Japan
:Monterrey, Mexico
:Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
:Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
:Chennai, India
:Windhoek, Namibia
:Vechta, Germany
:Weimar, Germany
Utah
:Hof, Germany
:Keelung City, Taiwan
:Matsumoto, Japan
:Quezon City, Philippines
:Turin, Italy
:Zermatt, Switzerland
Vermont
Virginia
:Caen, France
:Dundee, Scotland, UK (1962)
:Gyumri, Armenia
:Helsingborg, Sweden
:Aachen, Germany
:Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico
:Reims, France
:San Miguel, El Salvador
:Besançon, France
:Fréjus, France
:Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
:Runnymede, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
:Ashford, Ashford, Kent, England, United Kingdom
:Detmold, Germany
:Greifswald, Germany
:Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
:Kaliningrad, Russia
:Kitakyūshū, Japan
:Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
:São Paulo, Brazil
:Toulon, France
:Wilhelmshaven, Germany
:Olsztyn, Poland
:Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
:Saitama, Japan
:Windhoek, Namibia
:Zhengzhou, China
:Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
:Miyazaki, Japan
:Moss, Norway
:Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
- Wise:
:Zweibrücken, Germany
Washington
:Chollabuk-do, South Korea
:Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
:Jalisco, Mexico
:Sichuan Province, China
:Kanazawa, Japan
:Kasuga, Japan
:Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
:Ometepe, Nicaragua
:Liepāja, Latvia
:Nakhodka, Russia (1989)
:Port Stephens, Australia (1982)
:Punta Arenas, Chile (1996)
:Bingen, Germany
:Kure, Japan
:Takahagi, Japan
:Iwakuni, Japan
:Sligo, Ireland
:Hachinohe, Japan
:Terschelling, Netherlands
:Sakhalin Island, Russia
:Chefchaouen, Morocco
:Kelso, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
:Taoyuan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
:Yingge District, New Taipei City, Taiwan
- Kent:
:Castlereagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
:Yangzhou, China
:Okinawa, Japan
:San Rafael del Sur, Nicaragua
:Mandaue, Philippines
:Langley, British Columbia, Canada
:Choluteca, Honduras
:Thonon-les-Bains, France
:Yonezawa, Japan
:Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
:Kure, Japan
:Keremeos, British Columbia, Canada
:Rafah, Palestine
:Samarkand, Uzbekistan
- Omak:
:Summerland, British Columbia, Canada
:Jalapa, Nicaragua
:Hsinchu, Taiwan
:Talsi, Latvia
:Jilin, China
:Limerick, Ireland
:Lübeck, Germany
:Makhachkala, Russia
:Nishinomiya, Japan
:Ålesund, Norway
:Biot, France
:Cienfuegos, Cuba
:Davao, Philippines
:Fuzhou, China
:Kitakyūshū, Japan
:Taichung, Taiwan
:Vladivostok, Russia
:Santo Tomás, Nicaragua
:Dubrovnik, Croatia
:Keelung, Taiwan
:Morelia, Mexico
:Dubai, United Arab Emirates (31 July 2011)
West Virginia
- Entire state:
:Calabria, Italy
:Banská Bystrica, Slovakia (2009)
:Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada (2003)
:Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico (2007)
:Sion, Valais, Switzerland (2004)
Wisconsin
:Seligenstadt, Germany
:Diriamba, Nicaragua
:Oakham, Rutland, England, United Kingdom
:Lismore, Australia
:Irapuato, Mexico
:Lillehammer, Norway
:Ainaro, East Timor (2001)
:Arcatao, El Salvador
:Cuzco, Peru
:Camagüey, Cuba (1988)
:Oslo, Norway
:Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany (1986)
:Managua, Nicaragua (1987)
:Mantua, Italy (2001)
:Vilnius, Lithuania
:Maebashi, Japan
:Redruth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
:Le Châble, Switzerland (1984)
:San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico (2013)
:Mateare, Nicaragua
- Rice Lake:
:Santa Teresa, Nicaragua (1987)
:Esslingen am Neckar, Germany
Wyoming
- Cody: