List of sister cities in the United States

This is a list of sister cities in the United States aranged alphabetically by state.

List of sister cities throughout the world

Alabama

• Mobile - Ichihara, Chiba, Japan

Alaska

• Anchorage - Chitose, Japan, Darwin, Australia, Incheon, Korea, Magadan, Russia, Tromso, Norway, Whitby, England
• Juneau - Camiling, Philippines; Chia-I Township, Taiwan, China; Vladivostok, Leningradskaya, Russia; Whitehorse, Canada; Mishan City, Heilongjiang, China
• Fairbanks - Yakutsk, Russia, Aix-Les-Bains, France, Mo-I-Rana, Norway, Tainan City, Taiwan

Arizona

• Flagstaff - Barnaul, Russia; Blue Mountain, Australia; Hsin Tien City, Taiwan, China.
• Phoenix - Grenoble, France (1990); Calgary, Canada; Chengdu, China; Ennis, Ireland; Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico; Himeji, Japan; Catania, Italy; Taipei, Taiwan.
• Tempe - Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France; Carlow, Carlow, Ireland; Lower Hutt, New Zealand; Regensburg, Bayern, Germany; Skopje, Skopje-Karpos, Macedonia; Timbuktu, Mali; Zhenjiang, China.
• Tucson - Almaty, Kazakhstan; Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico; County Roscommon, Roscommon, Ireland; Sulaymaniyah, As Sulaymaniyah, Iraq; Segovia, Castilla y Leon, Spain; Trikala, Trikala, Greece; Pecs, Baranya, Hungary; Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
• Yuma - Frankfurt an der Oder, Brandenburg, Germany; San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, Mexico; Slubice, Lubelskie, Poland; Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico.

Arkansas

• Fort Smith - Cisterna, Italy
• Little Rock - Changchun, Jilin, China; Hanam City, South Korea; Kaohsiung Municipality, Taiwan, China; Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; Ragusa Province, Sicilia, Italy

California

• Burbank - Ota, Japan; Incheon, South Korea; Solna, Sweden; Gaborone, Botswana
• Fresno - Kochi, Japan; Münster, Germany; Torreon Mexico
• Los Angeles - Mexico City, Mexico; Berlin, Germany (1967); Yerevan, Armenia (2005)
• Merced - Albury, Australia
• Oakland - Nakhodka, Russia; Dalian, Anhui, China; Fukuoka, Japan; Ocho Rios, Jamaica; Sekondi Takoradi, Ghana; Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
• Palmdale - Poncitlan, Mexico (1998)
• Riverside - Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
• Sacramento - Hamilton, New Zealand, Jinan, China, Liestal, Switzerland, Manila, Philippines, Matsuyama, Japan, Yongsan-gu, South Korea, and Chisinau, Moldova.
• San Diego - Yokohama, Japan; Perth, Western Australia, Australia
• San Francisco - Assisi, Italy; Cork, Republic of Ireland (1984); Haifa, Israel; Osaka, Japan; Sydney, Australia; Zurich, Switzerland;
• San Jose - Okayama, Okayama, Japan (1957); San José, Costa Rica (1961); Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico (1975); Tainan, Taiwan (1975); Dublin, Republic of Ireland (1986); Pune, India (1992); Ekaterinburg, Russia (1992)
• Saratoga - Muko, Kyoto, Japan (1983)
• Solvang - Aalborg, Denmark (1971)
• Temecula - Leidschendam-Voorburg, South Holland, Netherlands (1993); Nakayama, Tottori, Japan (1994) (1994)twinning
• Tracy - Memuro, Japan.

Colorado

• Aspen - Davos, Graubunden, Switzerland; Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bayern, Germany; Queenstown, New Zealand; Shimukappu, Japan; Chamonix, Rhone-Alpes, France; San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
• Aurora - Jaco, Costa Rica; Songnam City, South Korea; Zielona Gora, Lubelskie, Poland
• Boulder - Dushanbe, Tajikistan; Jalapa, Nicaragua; Lhasa, Tibet; Ciudad Mante, Mexico; Yamagata, Japan; Yateras, Cuba
• Colorado Springs - Bishkek, Bishkek Shaary, Kyrgyzstan; Fujiyoshida, Japan; Kaohsiung Municipality, Taiwan, China; Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico; Smolensk, Russia
• Denver - Axum, Ethiopia; Brest, France; Chennai, India; Cuernavaca, Mexico, Karmiel, Israel, Kunming, China; Nairobi, Kenya, Potenza, Italy; Takayama, Japan; Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
• Pueblo - Puebla, Puebla, Mexico; Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico; Weifang, Shandong, China; Lucca Sicula, Sicilia, Italy; Bergamo, Lombardia, Italy
• Vail - Delatite Shire, Australia; Saint Moritz, Graubunden, Switzerland

Connecticut

• Greenwich - Kitzbühel, Austria (1961)

Florida

• Clearwater - Nagano, Nagano, Japan
• Delray Beach - Miyazu, Japan
• Jacksonville - Bahia Blanca, Argentina (1967); Murmansk, Russia (1975); Masan, South Gyeongsang, South Korea (1983); Nantes, France (1984); Yingkou, China (1990); and Port Elizabeth, South Africa (2000)
• Lakeland - Balti, Moldova (1997); Imabari, Ehime, Japan (1993); Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada (1991)
• Miami - Nice, France
• Miami-Dade County - Sao Paulo, Brazil
• St. Petersburg - Takamatsu, Japan
• West Palm Beach - Tzahar (Tzfat-Rosh Pina-Hatzor HaGlilit) region, Israel

Georgia

• Atlanta - Brussels, Belgium; Bucharest, Romania; Lagos, Nigeria; Montego Bay, Jamaica; Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; Nuremburg, Germany
• Gainesville - Eger, Hungary
• Savannah - Batumi, Ajaria, Georgia; Patras, Akhaia, Greece;Kaya, Burkina Faso

Idaho

• Sun Valley - Kitzbühel, Austria (1967)

Illinois

• Bloomington-Normal - Canterbury, UK; Vladimir, Russia
• Chicago - Birmingham, UK; Lucerne, Switzerland; Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro (2005)
• Kankakee - Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
• Naperville - Nitra, Slovakia
• Waterloo - Porta Westfalica, Germany

Indiana

• Indianapolis - Köln (Cologne), Germany; Monza, Italy; Piran, Slovenia; Scarborough, Ontario, Canada; Taipei, Taiwan

Kansas

• Kansas City - Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
• Lawrence - Eutin, Germany; Hiratsuka, Japan; El Papaturro, El Salvador
• Wichita - Cancún, Mexico; Kaifeng, China; Orleans, France; Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico.

Kentucky

• Louisville - Montpellier, France (1956); Quito, Ecuador (1962); Mainz, Germany (1977); La Plata, Argentina (1994); Tamale, Ghana (1979); Perm, Russia (1994)
• Lexington - Deauville, France (1957); Shizunai, Japan(1988); Newmarket, England (2003); County Kildare, Ireland (1984), Jiujiang, China.

Louisiana

• New Orleans - Juan-les-Pins (France), Maracaibo (Venezuela), Matsue (Japan), Merida (Mexico), Innsbruck (Austria), Pointe Noire (Republic of Congo), San Miguel de Tucuman (Argentina), Tegucigalpa (Honduras), Caracas (Venezuela), and Holdfast Bay (Australia).

Maryland

• Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
• Baltimore - Gbarnga, Liberia; Genoa, Italy; Kawasaki, Japan; Luxor, Egypt; Alexandria, Egypt; Odessa, Ukraine; Pireaus, Greece; Xiamen, China; Ashkelon, Israel
• Columbia - Cergy-Pontoise, France and Tres Cantos, Spain

Massachusetts

• Amherst - Kanegasaki, Iwate, Japan (1993)
• Boston - Strasbourg, France (1960); Basel, Switzerland; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Cambridge - Cienfuegos, Cuba (2002)
• Pittsfield - Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland; Cheongju, North Chungcheong, South Korea; Cava di Tirenni, Italy; Malpaisillo, Nicaragua; Straubing, Germany
• Taunton - Taunton, England, UK

Michigan

• Clinton Charter Twp. - Yasu-cho, Japan
• Detroit - Chongqing, People's Republic of China, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Kitwe, Zambia, Minsk, Belarus, Nassau, Bahamas, Toyota, Japan, Turin, Italy

Minnesota

• Winona - Kogota, Miyagi, Japan; Bytow, Poland

Missouri

• Kansas City - Seville, Spain

Nevada

• Las Vegas - Angeles City, Philippines; An San, Kyonggi, South Korea; Huludao, China; Phuket, Thailand
• Reno - Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon, Mexico; Hatzor, Israel; Nalchik, Russia; Nanhai, China; San Sabastian, Madrid, Spain; Udonthani, Thailand; Wanganui, New Zealand; Taichung City, Taiwan, China

New Jersey

• Hackensack - Passau, Germany
• Montclair - Graz, Austria (1950)

New Mexico

• Albuquerque - Ashgabat, Turkmenistan; Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico; Gijon, Asturias, Spain; Helmstedt, Germany; Lanzhou, China; Sasebo, Japan; Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico; Hua Lien City, Taiwan, China; Alburquerque, Extremadura, Spain
• Santa Fe - Bukhara, Uzbekistan; Parral, Mexico; Santa Fe, Cataluna, Spain; Sorrento, Campania, Italy; Tsuyama, Japan; Holguin, Holguin, Cuba

New York

• Albany - Nijmegen, Netherlands; Quebec City, Quebec; Tula, Russia (1991) twinning; Nassau, Bahamas; Verona, Italy
• Buffalo - Siena, Italy (1961); Dortmund, Germany (1975); Rzeszow, Poland (1985) twinning; Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan; Tver, Russia (1984); Lille, France (1989)
• Cambridge - Scontrone, Italy (2004)
• Coventry - Coventry, UK (1972)
• Glens Falls - Saga City, Japan
• New York City - Tokyo, Japan (1960); Beijing, China (1980); Madrid, Spain (1982); Cairo, Egypt (1982); Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (1983); Rome, Italy (1992); Budapest, Hungary (1992); Jerusalem, Israel (1993); London, UK (2001); Johannesburg, South Africa (2003)
• Rochester - Rennes, France (1958); Wurzburg, Germany (1964); Caltanisetta, Italy (1966); Rehovot, Israel (1972) twinning; Krakow, Poland (1973); Bamako, Mali (1975); Waterford, Ireland (1983); Novgorod, Russia (1990); Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan (1996); Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic (1997)
• Saratoga Springs - Chekhov, Russia (2001) twinning

North Carolina

• Asheville - Vladikavkaz, Russia (1990); San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, (1994); Karakol, Kyrgyzstan, (1994-1999); Saumur, France (1996); Karpenisi, Greece
• Cary - County Meath, Ireland; Hsinchu, Taiwan; Le Touquet, France; Markham, Ontario, Canada
• Charlotte - Limoges, France (1992)
• Greensboro - Kishinau, Moldova
• Raleigh - Compiegne, France; Kingston upon Hull, England; Kolomna, Russia; Rostock, Germany
• Wilmington, North Carolina - Bridgetown, Barbados (June 28, 2004)

Ohio

• Cleveland - Gdańsk, Poland
• Cincinnati - Rome, Italy; Munich, Germany
• Columbus - Dresden, Germany (1992)
• Kettering - Kettering, UK
• Toledo - Toledo, Spain (1931); Londrina, Brazil (1975); Qinhuangdao, China (1985); Szeged, Hungary (1990); Poznan, Poland (1991); Szeged, Hungary (1998); Bekaa Valley, Lebanon (1999); Toyohashi, Japan (2000); Tanga, Tanzania (2001); Delmenhorst, NordSCI, Germany (2002); Host of the Sister Cities International Conference, 2002 [1]

Oklahoma

• Tulsa - Beihai, Guangxi, China (1987); Celle, Germany (2000); Kaohsiung Municipality, Taiwan, China (1980); San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico (1980); Tiberias, Israel (1989); Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan (1992); Zelenograd, Moskovskaya, Russia (1992)

Oregon

• Ashland - Alba, Italy
• Madras - Kitamimaki, Nagano, Japan (1994)
• Portland - Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, (1959); Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, (1983); Corinto, Nicaragua, (1985); Ashkelon, Israel, (1987); Ulsan, South Korea, (1987); Suzhou, China, (1988); Khabarovsk, Russia, (1988); Kaohsiung, Taiwan, (1988); Mutare, Zimbabwe, (1991); Bologna, Italy, (2003)

Pennsylvania

• Altoona - St. Pölten, Austria
• Cheltenham - Cheltenham, UK
• Philadelphia - Florence, Italy (1964)
• Pittsburgh - Sheffield, UK; Saitama, Japan; Bilbao, Spain; Saarbrucken, Germany; Wuhan, China; Matanzas, Cuba; Ostrava, Czech Republic; San Isidro, Nicaragua; Sofia, Bulgaria; Zagreb. Croatia; Skopje, Macedonia; Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay; Presov, Slovakia; Donetsk, Ukraine(Greater Pittsburgh Sister Cities Association)

South Carolina

• Charleston - Spoleto, Umbria, Italy
• Columbia - Chelyabinsk, Russia; Cluj Napoca, Cluj, Romania; Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria; Kaiserslautern, Rheinland-Pfalz, German
• Greenville - Bergamo, Italy (1984); Kortrijk, Belgium (1991); Tianjin, People's Republic of China (2002)
• Myrtle Beach - Burlington, Ontario, Canada; Keighley, England, UK; Pinamar, Rio Negro, Argentina

Texas

• Austin - Adelaide, Australia (1983); Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Lima, Peru
• Fort Worth - Reggio Emilia, Italy (1985); Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan (1987); Trier, Germany (1987); Bandung, Indonesia (1990); Budapest, Hungary (1990); Toluca, Mexico (1998); and Mbabane, Swaziland (2004)
• Houston - Nice, France; Perth, Western Australia, Australia
• Plano - Brampton
• Tyler - Jelenia Góra, Poland; Yachiyo, Chiba, Japan; and Lo Barnechea, Santiago, Chile

Vermont

• Bennington - Somotillo, Nicaragua
• Burlington - Yaroslavl, Russia (1987) twinning (in English); Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua; Bethlehem, Palestine Authority; Arad, Israel
• Rutland - Ishidoriya, Iwate, Japan; Rutland,UK

Virginia

• Arlington - Aachen, Germany, Coyoacán, Mexico, Reims, France
• Hopewell - Ashford, England
• McLean - Detmold, Germany
• Newport News - Neyagawa, Japan (1982)
• Roanoke - Wonju, Gangwon, South Korea

Washington

• Bainbridge Island - Ometepe, Nicaragua
• Bellingham - Nakhodka, Russia (1989); Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia (1982); Punta Arenas, Chile (1996); Tateyama, Chiba, Japan (1958)
• Federal Way - Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan; Donghae City, Gangwon, South Korea
• Olympia - Rafah, Gaza Strip, Palestine
• Port Townsend - Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan
• Seattle - See List of Seattle sister cities.
• Spokane - Limerick, Ireland, Nishinomiya, Japan, Jecheon, South Korea, Jilin, China See Spokane Sister Cities

Wisconsin

• Appleton - Kurgan, Russia
• Kenosha - Cosenza, Italy (1979); Douai, France (1981); Quezon City, Philippines (1986); Wolfenbuttel, Germany (1970)

Wyoming

• Cody - Lanchkhuti, Gori, Georgia