List of twin towns and sister cities in North America
This is a list of "twin towns" or "sister cities" in the continent of North America — that is, pairs of towns or cities in different countries which have town twinning arrangements. Where known, the date of formation of the twinning agreement is included in parentheses.
The list is likely to always remain incomplete, since no canonical list of such arrangements exists; even those towns that are listed may well have arrangements which are not listed here. A searchable, interactive list is maintained by Sister Cities International. Any twinning arrangement should be listed at two locations in the series of lists: once for each of the towns involved in the arrangement.
Bahamas
Detroit, Michigan, United States Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States Acapulco, Mexico Shanghai, China Paraná, Argentina Kish, Iran
Barbados
Bridgetown, Nova Scotia, Canada[1] Borough of Hackney, London, England, United Kingdom Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
Borough of Haringey, London, England, United Kingdom[2][3] (2009)
Reading, England, United Kingdom[4] Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Belize
Belize City — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States Belmopan — Lansing, Michigan, United States[5] San Pedro — Wilmington, North Carolina, United States[5]
Canada
Cuba
Las Vegas, New Mexico, United States
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
- Cárdenas
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States[6][7] Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Mobile, Alabama, United States Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom Isfahan, Iran Caracas, Capital District Venezuela Cusco, Peru Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
- Regla
Richmond, California, United States
Oakland, California, United States Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela
Oviedo, Asturias, Spain Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Costa Rica
San Jose, California, United States (1961); Okayama Japan (1971); Maracay, Venezuela (1980); Taipei, Taiwan (1984)
Marietta, Georgia, United States
- Puntarenas
Dominican Republic
- Puerto Plata
Rochester, New York, United States
Boston, Massachusetts, United States Miami, Florida, United States New York City, United States Providence, Rhode Island, United States Sarasota, Florida, United States Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States[6][7]
- La Romana
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Frankfort, Kentucky, United States
- Hermanas Mirabal Province
Havana, Cuba New York City, United States San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States
El Salvador
Madison, Wisconsin, United States[8]
Fountain Hills, Arizona, United States[8]
- Ciudad Romero, La Unión
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States[8]
Berkeley, California, United States[8]
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States[8][6][7]
Arlington County, Virginia, United States[8]
Taipei, Taiwan (1993) Los Angeles, California, United States El Salvador, Misamis Oriental, Philippines
Cleveland, Ohio, United States[8]
- Teosinte, Chalatenango
Arlington, Massachusetts, United States[8]
Greenland
Fredericia, Denmark Fuglafjørður, Faroe Islands Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
Aalborg, Denmark (2002)
Aalborg, Denmark (1963)
Odense, Denmark
Roskilde, Denmark
Guatemala
Birmingham, Alabama, United States[9]
Taipei, Taiwan (1998); Hollywood, Florida, United States[9]
Coral Gables, Florida, United States[9]
San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Mexico (2009);[10] Turin, Italy; Tromsø, Norway (1991); Livermore, California, United States[9]
Haiti
Nantes, France
Gainesville, Florida, United States
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States Portland, Maine, United States
Oakland, California, United States
Savannah, Georgia, United States
Honduras
Lynnwood, Washington, United States[11]
- La Ceiba
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, United States[12]
- Puerto Cortes
Corpus Christi, Texas, United States (Sister Ports program)[13]
- Santa Barbara, Honduras
Freeport, Maine, United States (2005)[14]
Taipei, Taiwan (1975); New Orleans, Louisiana, United States[15]
Jamaica
Coventry, England, United Kingdom
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
- Panama City[16]
Taipei, Taiwan (1989) Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States Miami, Florida, United States Medellin, Colombia Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil Tel Aviv, Israel Lima, Peru El Callao, Peru Manila, Philippines
Puerto Rico
San Diego, California, United States Jacksonville, Florida, United States Santiago, Dominican Republic Atlanta, Georgia, United States Manila, Philippines San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines
Davao City, Philippines
Trinidad and Tobago
Lauderhill, Florida, United States
Hartford, Connecticut, United States [17]
Atlanta, Georgia, United States Georgetown, Guyana Lagos, Nigeria Morne-à-l'Eau, Guadeloupe, French West Indies Richmond, California, United States St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
United States
References
- twinning
- "Twinning of London Borough of Haringey with Holetown: 10 December 2009" (PDF). (13 KB) – Barbados Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
- Twinning Of London Borough Of Haringey With Holetown
- twinning Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
- List of sister cities in Belize Archived 2008-04-16 at the Wayback Machine from Sister Cities International
- "A Message from the Peace Commission: Information on Cambridge's Sister Cities," February 15, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
- Richard Thompson. "Looking to strengthen family ties with 'sister cities'," Boston Globe, October 12, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
- List of sister cities in El Salvador Archived 2008-04-28 at the Wayback Machine from Sister Cities International
- List of sister cities in Guatemala Archived 2008-08-29 at the Wayback Machine from Sister Cities International
- Sister Relations in Washington State (USA) from a report on Australia-China sister cities. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
- Oklahoma's Sister City Pairings from Oklahoma Department of Commerce. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
- Sister Cities Program International Business Development Archived 2008-10-06 at the Wayback Machine, City of Corpus Christi. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
- Santa Barbara—Freeport Sister Cities Archived 2008-09-07 at the Wayback Machine from Freeport chapter of Rotary International. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
- World Trade Center of New Orleans. Retrieved 2008-06-07. Archived October 9, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- List of sister cities in Panama Archived 2008-08-29 at the Wayback Machine from Sister Cities International
- "Interactive City Directory". Retrieved 2018-12-05.
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