Annual Report & Membership Directory

Annual Report & 2017 Membership Directory

WSSU Photo, Garrett Garms

WSSU Photo, Garrett Garms Table of Contents

A Message from the President...... 1

A Message from the Chairman...... 2

Thank You to Our Global Leaders Circle...... 3

2016 Annual Report...... 5

From our Donors...... 26

Partnerships by Country...... 28

Partnerships by U.S. State...... 30

Board of Directors and Global Envoys...... 32

State Representatives...... 33

Honorary Board...... 35

Global Outreach Team...... 36

Sister Cities International Staff...... 37

Membership Directory...... 39 2016 Greetings Friends,

2016 was an exceptional year, as Sister Cities International marked the 60th anniversary of its founding by President Dwight D. Eisenhower at the White House Conference on Citizen Diplomacy on September 11, 1956. Thank you to all of our members, partners, and supporters for helping make our 60th anniversary a year of great achievements. With over 2,000 partnerships worldwide, the Sister Cities

International network impacts the lives of tens of thousands of global citizens, improving ANNUAL REPORT international relations one individual, one community at a time. Member benefits in 2016 continued to grow, specifically in our communications program with new opportunities for digital engagement and outreach. We officially began our designation as a U.S. Department of State J-1 Visa sponsor for our High School Homestay Exchange Program. Our Cities Seeking Cities program continues to be instrumental in establishing new partnerships. And as we have for 60 years, SCI is proud to be your Washington D.C. office for your local sister cities program. In July, we hosted our 60th Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., where over 500 sister cities leaders, municipal officials, business leaders, diplomats, and ambassadors gathered to celebrate six decades of “Peace through People.” The Conference included engaging speaker sessions, an Opening Ceremony and Parade of Flags at the Ronald Reagan Building’s Wilson Plaza, a City Welcome Reception hosted by the city of Washington, D.C. and Mayor Muriel Bowser at the Embassy of China, and the 2016 Lou Wozar Diplomatic Awards Auction, Dinner and Ceremony. Thousands of citizen diplomats, civic leaders, mayors, and members of Congress banded together to declare July 15, 2016 as Sister Cities International Day. Sister Cities International Day serves as a call to action for citizens around the world to come together to celebrate the importance of their communities’ commitment to supporting a more peaceful and prosperous future through people- to-people exchanges and city-to-city partnerships. Representatives Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and Joaquin Castro (D-TX) introduced a bipartisan resolution H.Res.775 to mark this special day. Mayors from over 50 cities across the U.S. and Canada declared Sister Cities International Day in their respective communities as well. The Youth Leadership Summit had a record of 115 high school students in attendance. Students participated in a specialized nuclear non-proliferation diplomatic simulation hosted by the U.S. Diplomacy Center, speaker sessions, peer collaboration, visits to national monuments, and making lifelong friendships with their peers in the US and across the globe. Throughout the year, many events were held in honor of Sister Cities International’s 60th Anniversary. Last April, in conjunction with the San Jose – Dublin sister city organization, over 300 citizen diplomats gathered in Dublin, Ireland to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Easter Uprising with our very first US Ireland Sister Cities conference. A new SCI tradition began as we hosted our first community reception in San Jose with our new Chair of the Board, Tim Quigley, Secretary Norm Mineta and Presidential sponsors Mike and Mary Ellen Fox. Councilmember and SCI Vice Chair, Ron Nirenberg, hosted over 200 people for a Diplomatic Leaders reception for supporters such as Toyota and the former San Antonio Mayor Phil Hardberger. Two Diplomatic Leadership Awards Receptions were held in Washington, D.C.. The first occurred on International Women’s Day in March, commemorating the essential role women play in diplomatic efforts, and the second was held at the Embassy of Finland, honoring contributions to citizen diplomacy by Senator Robert Dole, former Lt. Governor of Kentucky and Special Advisor to President Obama, Jerry Abramson, Congresswoman Connie Morella and Ambassador Aldona Voss. These community receptions not only honor leaders in our local programs but they bring financial support and public awareness to all sister cities that are members of our organization. It’s been a great year—but we are already looking forward to the year ahead. We especially look forward to seeing you at the Sister Cities International 61st Annual Conference and Youth Leadership Summit in Virginia Beach, VA July 13-15, 2017. Now, more than ever -- our work of “Peace through People” is needed. We sincerely appreciate your efforts to make the sister city network grow and prosper.

Sincerely yours,

Mary D. Kane President and CEO www.sistercities.org

1 2016 A Message from the Chairman

As Mary chronicles in her annual letter from the President, the Sister Cities International network celebrated many notable programmatic achievements for our 60th Anniversary Year. The past year was also significant for a number of organizational and business successes which will greatly strengthen our ability to pursue our global mission and enable better delivery of services ANNUAL REPORT to our members.

First, we have revitalized and expanded our vanguard Global Envoy Team, launched the long planned Ambassadors and Mayors Advisory Councils and implemented the Country Representative concept to improve our leadership outreach efforts in order to raise the network’s overall global visibility.

Second, we launched the full 50 State Representative Operational Field Team to leverage seasoned Volunteer Leadership with our Staff and place renewed emphasis on our core business of growing our Membership. Additionally, we have established a Board Strategy and Programs Committee to identify and grow programs and Membership benefits.

Third, we initiated an aggressive revenue generation mindset within leadership and management to ensure the organization lives within its means, diversifies and grows current operational capability while setting financial goals for the future. To that end, we achieved significant progress after several difficult years. We balanced the 2016 budget, commenced replenishing the Reserve “Rainy Day” Fund and started the eliminating our long term line of credit while realizing a marked 4% growth in our Investment Portfolio. Additionally, we are commencing a Long Term Sustainability Planning Effort. While our government core grant and membership remained stable, our 2016 annual conference revenues were up 15% and overall contributions were up an impressive 23%.

As the world’s oldest and largest volunteer network of citizen diplomats. we represent approximately 500 U.S. communities with 2000 partnerships in 145 countries on 6 continents. Our mission remains to promote peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation—one individual, one community at a time. We continue to touch everyday lives of millions of people through economic development and business opportunities, education and scholarship programs, environmental projects and emergency response, arts, cultural and heritage activities as well as municipal, youth and sports exchanges.

Thanks a million to all of you for your strong dedication and continued financial commitment to Sister Cities International. With your help, we are well positioned for the next 6o years.

UNIFIED INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO 600 Sincerely,

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300 Tim Quigley 200 Chairman of the Board of Directors Dollars in Thousand 100

0 Wozar Vielberth Hermsmeyer Fund Fund Reserve Fund

2016 INCOME 2016 EXPENSES $1,818,531 $1,789,386

Investments 4% Programs 2% Travel 1% In Kind Programs 4% Misc./Organization 4% Communications 1% 11% In-Kind 11% Contributions Government 26% 23% Grants Annual 13% 50% Personnel Conference www.sistercities.org 13% 19% 18%

Annual Facilities Conference Membership 2 2016 Thank You to Our Global Leaders Circle

he Sister Cities International Global Leaders Circle consists of people and organizations who have financially Tinvested in Sister Cities International’s mission. With their commitment, we are able to foster the next generation

of citizen diplomats, support partnerships in underserved areas like the Middle East and North Africa, and help ANNUAL REPORT communities across the U.S. build cultural, educational, and economic ties with others around the world. We are grateful for their support, and their dedication to helping achieve our mission of peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation. For more information on how to support Sister Cities International, please email Ryan Newcomb at [email protected].

Platinum Level ($100,000+) Diplomat Level ($3,500+) 1956 Society Level ($1,956+) Hans & Erika Vielberth Fred Blanton Tom Gittins Diana Davis Spencer Foundation Raveen Arora Chahal Charities Inc. Bill Boerum A.M. Kinney Presidential Level ($50,000+) Ed Adams Althea Norcott Mary Ellen Fox & Michael E. Fox Joseph Bice Barbara Barrett Family Foundation Carolina Rendeiro Brad Cole Bob Greninger Carol Burdette Minister Level ($25,000+) Bill and Ann Evans Charles Stokke EagleBank Al and Sharon Durtka Craig and Barbara Barrett Michael and Rae Hyatt Foundation International Attache Level Debbie Bingham Ambassador Level ($2,500+) Franklin Thompson ($10,000+) 3I Tech Works Inc. - Randy Avon Richard and Jane Neuheisel Tim Quigley Carol Robertson Lopez Ruth Hodges Fraser Advanced Micro Devices Cindy Elliott Sister Cities Association The Washington Diplomat Omaha Sister Cities Association of Virginia Beach Thelma Press Norris Hermsmeyer Sylvia Sass United Airlines Gary Barnabo Thomas and Anita Lisk Leroy Allala Charge d’Affaires Level John Dabeet ($5,000+) Christine Warnke - Hogan Lovells MGM Resorts International Destination DC Larry Uebner Holly Lazzerini Mary Palko James P Moran, LLC Clare Petrich Lee Presley Guio Jayne Plank Lorna Johnson Louis Dejoy & Aldona Wos Family Magdalena Carrasco - City of San Foundation Jose California NuStar Foundation Peter Svarzbein The Japan Foundation Center Ron Nirenberg - City of for Global Partnership San Antonio, TX Toyota Motor North America Ruth Cotter Trinity University Steve Kalishman Teri Simmons Willow Darsie www.sistercities.org

3 2016 Global Leaders Circle Cont’d.

Special Envoy Level Citizen Diplomat Level Dennis Doyle ($1,000+) ($100+) Diane Dillon

ANNUAL REPORT American Councils for International Conway Partnerships Dr. Carolyn Bishop Education WGBH Educational Foundation Edward Woods American Foreign Service Corp. Marie Fella Eleanor Charles Randy Avon Remy Szykier Jane Cahaly Gayle Stallings Robert Levy Janis Weisberg Mae Ferguson Shirley Rivens Smith Jay Silhanek Charles E. Stokke Ann M. Galloway JC Real Estate Sales LLC - Elizabeth Hoffman Bradford Hanson James Connelly Foothills Community Foundation - David & Carolyn Diamond John and Linda Rebrovic Carol Burdette Gail Schubert Kay Sargent Fort Wayne SCA, IN James R. Aubrey Keiko Dombrowski Frost Bank Jane Golden Belford and Kevin B. Kerry August James Amato Belford Charitable Fund Kristy Clason Jeff Mancabelli Milton L Laflen Laura Giroux Kathleen Carr Nancy Eidam Lee Guio Jr. Nancy Huppert Robert & Linda Packham Linda P. McConnell Security Service Federal Credit Robert Packham and Linda Lorna Johnson - Global Linkages Inc. Union McCance Maria Nephew The Robert, Martha & John Atherton Tony Anderson Mark Cowan Foundation Felicia Royster Mary Alice Swengros Hogan Lovells US LLP Mary Kaplan Counselor Level ($500+) Joanne La Torre Anderson Michael Garrett Los Altos Sister Cities Joseph Johnson Michael Wood City of San Antonio, TX Nicole Rautama Mindy Ruffalo Kathleen Roche Tansey Stephanie Owens National Park Foundation (Debra J. Mary Kane The Honorable Julia Bloch Honey South Portland, ME) A.M Kinney P.A. & T.C. Sanders Patricia Cappelletti Carol Trawick Angie Gomez Priscilla J. Harris Cynthia Ruma Buettner Condor International Advisors LLC - Programming for Change, Inc. Ellen Goldberg - Pathika Press Sam Mok Redford Township Fort Worth SCI Georgiana McLeod Richard and Scott Hill Lexington Sister Cities - Hans Steuck Richard August Kay Sargent James & Elata Everhart Roxana Goin Lily Ong - Honolulu Sister-City Mark Jackson Sandra McCormick Linda McCance Packham - Rosalind Streeter Stelle Feuers Hanover Park Sister Cities Bill Howells Stephen T. Honey Linda Whitton & James R. Maple Joseph Palen Steven Barefield III Morgan Dent Kevin Hill The Honorable Connie Morella

Rachel Sengers Boubker Mazoz Touchless Car Wash - ToniMaria Sahouri Insurance Allen Lewin Ayers Sonoma-Aswan Committee - Barbara Pederson Egypt Bernadette Semple The Honorable Robert Dole Brian R. Smith Bruce Adams

www.sistercities.org Carisa Graf-Suleman Carson Sister Cities Association Correa-Garcia Family Trust

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2016 Annual Report 2016 What Do Sister Cities Do?

ister cities aim to promote peace through people-to-people relationships. Exchanges cover a broad range Sof topics that fall under four categories: youth and education, arts and culture, business and trade, and

ANNUAL REPORT community development.

Arts & Culture

Los Angeles, California – Mexico City, Mexico Mexico City showed their generosity for their sister city, Los Angeles, by gifting a beautiful bronze winged statue titled “Alas de la Ciudad,” or “Wings of the City.” The statue is the creation of Mexican artist Jorge Marin. Mexican Consul General Carlos Sada said the sculpture is “a symbol of the deep friendship that exists between Mexico and Los Angeles.” This symbol of friendship will be displayed in the Civic Center area of Los Angeles.

Seattle, Washington – Tashkent, Uzbekistan A park in Seattle in need of rehabilitation was rededicated with a makeover to honor Seattle’s sister Nashville, Tennessee – Belfast, Northern Ireland, city of Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The celebration held United Kingdom in honor of the rededication included remarks from Nashville hosted a St. Patrick’s Day festival to embrace representatives of Seattle and Tashkent. Now “Tashkent its rich heritage and share its strong Irish roots, while Park”is a symbol of friendship and international goodwill also celebrating their sister city relationship with Belfast, in honor of the first U.S.-Soviet sister city partnership, Ireland. The festival featured a wide variety of musical established in 1973. guests from both the U.S. and Northern Ireland that brought their best mixture of Irish, old-time American, and Bluegrass music to downtown Nashville. More than 10,000 people attended to celebrate Nashville’s Irish culture and sister city partnership.

Muscatine, Iowa – Zhengding, China The world-renowned China Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra accepted an invitation to perform in Muscatine, Iowa, sister city of Zhengding, China. The Muscatine- China Initiatives Committee and the Muscatine Symphony Orchestra worked with China Windows Group to coordinate the performance in Muscatine, which was free to the public. The musicians stayed in Muscatine with host families and were able to attend high school orchestra classes. This was a great opportunity for the

local orchestra students to work with world-renowned musicians and gain a deeper appreciation for the cultural significance and joy of orchestral music. For the musicians, it was a unique opportunity to share their talents on a more personal level. www.sistercities.org

6 2016 Business, Trade, and Atlanta, Georgia – Toulouse, France Economic Development For the seventh year, the France-Atlanta organization held an annual program to highlight developments and partnerships in the fields of cybersecurity, mental health during humanitarian crises, and the role of the arts in democracy-building. The sister cities of Atlanta and Toulouse specifically started a new initiative by ANNUAL REPORT collaborating on a “start-up exchange,” involving two selected Atlanta startups that spent two weeks in Toulouse in October, where they were connected with the city’s startup events, gained access to European decision-makers, and engaged with investors and business leaders in their respective sectors.

Municipal Partnerships, Sausalito, California – Viña del Mar, Chile Humanitarian Assistance, Members in Sausalito, California developed an and Global Innovation exchange program with their sister city of Viña del Mar, Chile that focuses on supporting women in Minneapolis, Minnesota – Najaf, Iraq business. Sausalito women entrepreneurs traveled to Members of the Iraqi and American Reconciliation Viña del Mar to lead a “women in business mentoring Project and the Mayor of Minneapolis welcomed the first program” where they connected with local women delegation of officials from Minneapolis’s Sister City of business owners to exchange information and ideas Najaf, Iraq. This trip included a meeting with Mayor Betsy on leadership, business growth, and development. Hodges, a learning session in the City Council Chamber, Following this visit, a group of women entrepreneurs a morning tour of Minneapolis, and a community dinner from Viña del Mar traveled to Sausalito for a week to with local Minnesotans. participate in programs and workshops on marketing, Discussions between the delegation and Mayor financial responsibility and empowerment. highlighted challenges of governing while the country is in civil turmoil. They focused their attention and Virginia Beach, Virginia – Olongapo, Philippines knowledge-sharing on education, investments, and The Port of Virginia signed an agreement with the Port technical expertise. of Subic Bay in the Philippines to expand business and shipping opportunities between the two maritime destinations. This new partnership can be credited to Virginia Beach’s sister city relationship with Olongapo City, Republic of the Philippines. There are high hopes that this agreement will generate new business while creating the potential for new jobs and businesses in Virginia. They look forward to sharing training programs, initiatives, and marketing to promote the routes.

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7 2016 What Do Sister Cities Do? (Cont’d)

San Antonio, Texas – Kumamoto, Japan The Japan-America Society of San Antonio (JASSA) and the San Antonio Economic Development Foundation hosted a reception to welcome the Honorable Tetsuro Amano, Consul General of Japan. ANNUAL REPORT This reception came just months after a devastating earthquake in Kumamoto. The earthquake prompted a quick response from San Antonio which, along with JASSA, organized a six-month Kumamoto Earthquake Relief fundraising campaign. Funds were used to help the victims and survivors of the earthquake, as well as to rebuild Kumamoto’s infrastructure and the heavily damaged Kumamoto Castle, a historic landmark similar to the Alamo in San Antonio. Over the 20 years that Crestview and Noirmoutier have been sister cities, exchanges such as these have helped Corvallis, Oregon – Uzhorod, Ukraine to deepen the ties between the two communities. As part of the Corvallis Sister Cities Association program sponsored by the U.S. Congress, a group of Ukrainian Cincinnati, Ohio – Munich, Germany doctors visited the Seattle area to meet with their peers. Since 1991, teachers from Hamilton County have In an effort to raise occupational awareness and create engaged in an exchange with teachers from Munich, awareness of democratic processes and provide cultural Germany—one of Cincinnati’s sister cities. Over an exposure, the family doctors of Uzhorod toured hospitals annual two-week trip, five or six teachers from Cincinnati and different medical units. The exchange exposed the are paired with German counterparts to exchange best doctors to differences in practicing medicine, but also practices and learn about each other’s education system. many similarities. Later in the year, German teachers travel to Cincinnati to observe the American school systems. Youth and Education Sacramento, California – Matsuyama, Japan A high school program in Sacramento, California, “The Grant Drum Line,” traveled to perform in the sister city celebration of Sacramento and Maysuyama, Japan. The program was created to provide high schoolers with the opportunity to cultivate musical ability and skill as part of a group and has grown from performing local events to performing on late night television shows. The overseas performance helped celebrate the 35th anniversary for the two cities.

Crestview, Florida – Noirmoutier, France Brought together by the Crestview-Noirmoutier Sister City relationship, six French students from the University of Nantes were competitively selected to participate in Northwest Florida State College’s Bachelor of Applied Sciences program. These students spent their third year of college, which began in August 2016, taking classes and living with local host families to be fully immersed in U.S. culture. Class subjects included business, www.sistercities.org marketing, and accounting. As a requirement of the program, the six students will return to France after the school year to finish their education or pursue a career. 8 2016 Who We Are

member programs focus on four main areas of exchange: youth and

education, business and ANNUAL REPORT trade, arts and culture, and municipal and technical exchange. Sister Cities International serves as a hub for institutional knowledge and best practices in the field of citizen diplomacy. The organization ister Cities International was created at President continues to strengthen SEisenhower’s 1956 People-to-People conference the sister cities network on citizen diplomacy, where he envisioned a network through strategic that would champion peace and prosperity by fostering institutional partnerships, bonds between people from different communities services, programs, and around the world. support for its members. By forming these relationships, President Eisenhower Sister Cities International works to help members find reasoned that people from different cultures could partners as well as to expand and improve activities. It understand, appreciate, and celebrate motivates and assists private citizens, their differences while building municipal officials, and business partnerships that would lessen the leaders to conduct long-term, mutually chance of new conflicts. beneficial sister city, county, or state relationships. Sister Cities International Sister Cities International is a continues to expand its reach to new nonpartisan 501(c)(3) nonprofit that and emerging regions of the world and serves as the national membership dedicates special focus to growing organization for individual sister partnerships in Africa, the Middle East, cities, counties, and states across Southeast Asia, and Latin America. the U.S. This network unites tens of thousands of citizen diplomats and The mission of Sister Cities International volunteers in over 500 communities is just as important today as it was with more than 2,000 partnerships in when it was founded. With international communication becoming easier and 145 countries on six continents. “There is no problem before more widespread, the values that Since its inception, the Sister Cities the American people – indeed sister cities promote—mutual respect, International network has played a key before the world – that so colors understanding, and cooperation—are role in renewing and strengthening everything we do, so colors our more relevant than ever. And despite important global relationships. thinking, our actions as does an increase in online communication, With a mission “to promote the problem of preserving the face-to-face meetings and personal peace through mutual respect, peace and providing for our own relationships developed through people- understanding, and cooperation — security.” to-people exchanges are vital and one individual, one community at irreplaceable.

– President Dwight D. Eisenhower, www.sistercities.org a time,” Sister Cities International’s September 11, 1956

9 2016 Member Benefits

• Annual Membership Directory: Be featured in the Member Directory, SCI’s flagship publication! This

ANNUAL REPORT listing of all member cities and their partnerships is distributed to our entire network, municipal and federal governments, and the diplomatic community. Communications Assistance People who participate in sister cities programs see the difference they make in the people and communities they work with, but many programs struggle to communicate their impact to other communities. Let Sister Cities International help you spotlight the great work your program is doing.

ister Cities International offers a number of • Share Your Story: Let us tell your story to the world. Sservices and resources to help members find We publicize your success through blog posts, social partners, promote their activities, expand and improve media, and press outreach. programming, and save time and money. Whether it • Member Profiles: Show off your sister city program is developing new skills, recognizing milestones, or with a customizable member profile as well as profiles providing much needed information and connections, for all of your sister city partnerships. Sister Cities International is committed to boosting • Event & Delegation Promotion: Need help the impact of its membership. At the heart of all of promoting an upcoming inbound or outbound our services is assistance by SCI’s knowledgeable delegation? We can help spread the word through staff, which has experience working with hundreds of targeted emails, social media, and press outreach. communities around the U.S. • Crisis Communications & Media Relations: To learn more about Sister Cities International’s International events can catch any communications member benefits and services please visit us online at team off guard. We can guide you on how to www.sistercities.org/member-area. effectively represent your program in times of crisis or controversy. Our media partnerships and media Your Switchboard to the World outreach can ensure that your activities get the Peer-to-peer learning and cooperation with other attention they deserve. organizations is at the heart of the sister cities model, and Sister Cities International staff can connect you with the people and programs that will help your program succeed. • Sister Cities Networking: Want to host a youth exchange? Lead a business delegation? Develop a new policy? We can connect you with other experienced members for an exchange of ideas to help you find solutions.

• Connect with the Diplomatic Corps: We work closely with the U.S. Department of State and its diplomats as well as foreign embassies in the U.S. Let us connect you with the right officials and help you get the answers and support you need. www.sistercities.org

10 2016 Services and Resources All sister city programs are unique, but most face very similar challenges and needs throughout their development. Whether you’re a brand new program or preparing to celebrate the 50th anniversary of a partnership, Sister Cities International can help.

• Discounted Background Checks: All members ANNUAL REPORT receive access to discounted Intellicorp background check services for host families, chaperones, and new hires. • Medical Services: Sister Cities International has teamed up with Passport Health to provide members with discounted immunizations and other medical services. • Free Certificates: Commemorate a new sister cities partnership or anniversary with our custom-made certificates. Social Media Campaigns • Open Webinars: Build key skills and hear from experts in our webinar series. Topics include grant- SCI uses a number of social media platforms such writing, fundraising, and volunteer recruitment. as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Medium, and our website to better tell our story of promoting peace through people-to-people relationships. SCI’s blog Insurance “The Sister Cities Exchange” features member stories Whether you’re traveling alone or with a delegation throughout the year to provide readers with an of twenty, making sure you’re prepared for the worst opportunity to learn about sister cities, global issues, is the responsible thing to do. Sometimes a slip on diplomacy, and expert content related to the role a trail or a bad stomach bug can ruin a trip, but that cities play in fostering peace. To submit a blog post, doesn’t mean it has to break your bank. Making visit http://sistercities.org/blog. sure you and your fellow sister city participants are SCI launched the 60 Days of Impact campaign covered will give you peace of mind, and it doesn’t leading up to the organization’s 60th Anniversary have to be expensive. to highlight 60 years of building peaceful global SCI offers its members discounted travel medical relationships by sharing stories, photos, and videos insurance through Seven Corners at affordable about our members and their programs. daily rates. Insurance is available for both inbound In October 2016, in partnership with the Delegation and outbound delegations, for both individuals and of the European Union to the United States, we groups, and helps protect international travelers in launched #SisterCitySunday, a 28-week campaign case of unexpected medical costs or hospitalization. showing the importance of people-to-people Seven Corners is a leader in the insurance field, and relationships in global peace-building between with a specialty in international travel they are ready the U.S. and EU through stories about business, to meet any of your international travel insurance cultural, humanitarian, municipal, or educational needs. Seven Corners is also the exclusive provider partnerships between a U.S. and EU sister city. of travel insurance for Sister Cities International’s J-1 High School Homestay program. Visit Take a look at SCI’s blog campaigns here: http://sistercities.org/insurance for more

The Sister Cities Exchange: information on Seven Corners and how you can get http://medium.com/the-sister-cities-exchange a quote. 60 Days of Impact: https://medium.com/60-days-of-impact All members can proudly #SisterCitySunday: display their membership https://medium.com/euintheus/tagged/

in one of the world’s www.sistercities.org sistercitysunday largest networks of citizen diplomats with SCI’s Member Badge. 11 2016 • New Policy Challenges-Whether it’s creating a process for evaluating potential partners, deciding how to deal with internal disputes, or responding to global events, most programs at some point will need to develop new policies to help guide them. SCI can help provide advice as well as connect you with others who have faced similar challenges ANNUAL REPORT Sister Cities International’s Governance and Policy Services is one of its fastest growing member benefits. In 2015, programs from all over the nation Governance and Policy Services utilized this service to receive assistance in structuring Sister city programs often have unique structures, with their bylaws and developing policies for their sister city nonprofits, municipal officials, volunteers, and private organization. Whether you’re a new program starting businesses all working together on projects in various from scratch or a longtime member looking to sectors and multiple countries. This community-wide restructure, Sister Cities International can help you collaboration is one of the things that makes the network establish governance that will help you address special, but it also often makes governance and policy- challenges and take advantage of your community’s making more of a challenge with so many stakeholders. resources. In the sister cities network there’s no such Our members’ communities range in size from under thing as “one size fits all” which is why we work hand-in- five hundred people to more than five million, and they hand with each member to make sure they have an often have goals, histories, and partnerships that present internal structure that suits the needs of their program. unique problems. In the sister cities network, there is no such thing as “one size fits all” when it comes to governance. SCI’s Governance and Policy Services Global Membership help programs address the challenges that come with Global Membership is open administering exchanges with such diverse groups. to non-U.S. cities, districts, • New Programs-For brand new sister city programs, counties, provinces, or other developing bylaws and other governing documents communities that wish to can be an intimidating process. SCI can help provide enjoy the benefits of the sample bylaws, connect you with other programs, Sister Cities International review draft bylaws, and work with your community network. Cities can only be registered by government every step of the way so your program has a solid employees, elected officials, or organizations formally foundation on which to grow. recognized by local government as the representative of their sister city program. If you have questions • New Stakeholders-Sometimes the bylaws you about whether you are eligible, please contact us at started with twenty years ago are not the bylaws that [email protected]. will guide you into the next twenty. In recent years there has been a rapid increase in the number of city

governments, private organizations, and other civic “We have come to rely on Sister Cities organizations looking to get involved in sister city International to support us with tools for more programs, but this often requires reorganizing bylaws effective marketing, media relations, and and policies. SCI can help you manage this process to fundraising… simply put, SCI has made us ensure that everyone has a stake in the process, and more effective and more visible.” that your community’s groups have a solid foundation –Barbara Pratzner, President,

www.sistercities.org to work constructively. Greater Columbus Sister Cities International

12 2016 The Cities Seeking Cities Program

he Cities Seeking Cities program provides Tmembers with a more hands-on, proactive

approach in establishing new sister city, county, or state ANNUAL REPORT partnerships. During the process, staff works directly with communities to identify priorities, research potential partners, reach out to appropriate points of contact, exchange information, advise on proper protocol, and ultimately assist in developing the actual partnership agreement. Staff has worked to build the Sister Cities International network within the U.S. and foreign diplomatic community to pinpoint appropriate contacts within international communities and provide valuable introductions.

About Cities Seeking Cities Machala, Ecuador -- one of several international cities If you’re looking for a sister city, please contact us at seeking a sister city in the U.S. [email protected]. After you indicate that your city is looking for a new sister city, you will receive a Finally, staff will work with you to set up a direct follow-up email from Sister Cities International staff to set conversation between your city office and your potential up a debriefing. A staff member will speak with you and sister city matches to discuss partnership. Along the your fellow members to get more details on what you way, Sister Cities International can provide information are looking for in a partner as well as information about and best practices on procedures, protocol, format, your city (such as industries, educational institutions, content of invitation letters, and partnership agreements, demographics, etc.). and serve as a general liaison. Staff will then research and provide a list of prospective cities, which the member will narrow the search to three to five communities abroad. Following this process, we In 2016, Sister Cities International worked with 71 will reach out to foreign embassies in the U.S., U.S. U.S. communities, 34 international communities, and embassies abroad, municipal associations, and other over 100 U.S. Foreign Service Officers to research U.S. and international contacts to find the appropriate and evaluate potential partners and advise on contact in the potential partner city. Our research will protocol matters; leading to three new relationships be targeted towards gauging interest and getting more and 19 successful introductions for potential new details regarding how sister cities are managed in the sister city relationships. prospective city/country. For more information on finding new partners, visit at http://sistercities.org/cities-seeking-cities or email [email protected]. “Concord might never have paired with Freeport, Bahamas had it not been for the assistance of the Cities Seeking Cities program.

We were contacted regularly by the program to see how things were coming along. Concord Sister Cities Association is most grateful for the help and the guidance and will most certainly turn to SCI again when looking for another sister city in the future!”

–John Dunlap, www.sistercities.org President, Concord Sister Cities Association

13 2016 Youth Programs

ister Cities International offers several Youth Programs that give young students the opportunity to develop Scross-cultural competence and maturity by experiencing and understanding other cultures. ANNUAL REPORT

High School Homestay navigate the exchange process, orient exchange students The J-1 Visa High School Homestay Exchange Program and host families, and assist with any issues. is an opportunity for Sister Cities International’s members to host students for a semester or year of high Young Artists and Authors Showcase school in the U.S. through the J-1 Visa Program. This Each year, the Young Artists and Authors Showcase program exposes international students to U.S. culture encourages youth from around the globe to express their and society in the spirit of citizen diplomacy, and allows creativity through original artwork and literature based on host families to become part of a young person’s life- a theme related to the work of sister city programs. This changing experience. competition is open to both U.S. member communities as well as their sister city partners. Sister city programs In 2016, Sister Cities International received J-1 designation often host their own local competition and send their from the U.S. Department of State and assisted community’s winner to compete at the national level. over 19 students from Germany, Japan, Czech Works are sent from member cities to Washington, Republic, France, and Taiwan to travel to the D.C., where a panel of judges selects winners based U.S. for the 2016-2017 school year. Sister on originality, composition, and theme interpretation. All Cities International works with local entries are posted online for viewing, and grand prize and international coordinators winners in each category receive a $1,000 prize. in member communities to In 2016, young artists, authors, filmmakers, and photographers were were asked to interpret the theme, “Peace through People.” The winning art pieces were showcased at the 60th Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., before departing on a yearlong tour to cities across

www.sistercities.org the U.S. In 2016, Sister Cities International launched a photography challenge, inviting students to share photos on Instagram as their submissions. 14 2016

YAAS 2016 Competition Winners & Finalists

28th Annual Young Artists Showcase Grand Prize Winners: Nathan Smoka, Columbia Heights, MN, “Unity”

Samuel Antwi, Kumasi, Ghana, “Together As One” ANNUAL REPORT Finalists: Jocelyn Abaray, Lakeland, FL, “One Hope” Alex Avila, Belvidere, IL, “Countries in Unity” Julia Barquin, Delray Beach, FL, “Grow Peace Through People” Astha Chourasia, Chandler, AZ, “Tear Drop” In-Hae Na, Incheon, South Korea, “The Young Olive Trees and Peace” Tatsuya Sumitomo, Yao, Japan, “Peace” Kamil Mikolaj Urban, Torun, Poland, “Wallpaper Nathan Smoka, Columbia Heights, MN, “Unity” World Peace” Elena Comarnitchi, Ungheni, Moldova, “Peace is in Our Hands” 8th Annual Young Authors Showcase Poems: Grand Prize Winner: Hannah Huebsch, Osage, IA, “My Vision of Peace” Finalists: Mattlin Stanek, Stillwater, OK, “Peace Through People” Cristal Ramirez, Santa Clarita, CA, “Peace Through People” Essays: Grand Prize Winner: Samantha Kamath, Chandler, AZ, “World Disagreement” Finalists: Katherine Hann, Phoenix, AZ, “Fighting Indifference” Samuel Antwi, Kumasi, Ghana, “Together As One” DaIn Ham, Incheon, South Korea, “There’s Not Much “I” Can Do For You”

2nd Annual Young Filmmakers Showcase Grand Prize Winner: Max Rykov, Montgomery County, MD, “Pianino for Peace” Finalist: Ethan Holleman, Highland Park, IL, “Flash Before Your Eyes” 1st Annual Young Photographers Showcase Grand Prize Winner: Isabella Cantu, San Bernadino, CA Finalists: Noah Hughes, Charlotte, NC www.sistercities.org Jessica Beall, San Antonio, TX Isabella Cantu, San Bernadino, CA

15 2016 Annual Awards Program

ister Cities International’s Annual Awards Program is an opportunity for members to be recognized Sfor outstanding achievement in a number of programmatic areas with categories for cities of all sizes.

ANNUAL REPORT Winners are highlighted throughout the year by Sister Cities International and honored at the Annual Conference’s Awards Banquet.

2016 Annual Award Winners Innovation: Arts and Culture See highlights of our winning programs throughout the Population Between 100,001 – 500,000: Membership Directory. Norfolk Sister City Association, Inc. Population Greater than 500,001: City of San Antonio International Relations Office

Innovation: Economic Development Population Less than 100,000: City of Monterey, California Population Between 100,001-500,000: Birmingham Sister Cities Population Greater than 500,001: Baltimore Sister Cities International

Innovation: Humanitarian Assistance Population Less than 100,000: Best Overall Program Coral Gables International Affairs Coordinating Council Population Less than 25,000: Population Between 100,001-500,000: Sausalito Sister Cities, Inc. Pasadena Sister Cities Committee Population Between 25,001 – 50,000: Population Greater than 500,001: Village of Hanover Park Sister Cities Committee Houston-Karachi Sister City Association Population Between 50,001 – 100,000:

Santa Barbara/Puerto Vallarta Sister City Committee Innovation: Youth and Education Population Less than 100,000: Population Between 100,001 – 300,000: Sister Cities of Wilmington, Inc. Birmingham Sister Cities Population Between 100,001-500,000: Population Between 300,001 – 500,000: Bellevue Sister Cities Association International Relations Council of Riverside, Inc. Population Greater than 500,001: Population Greater than 500,001: Phoenix Sister Cities Denver Sister Cities International Volunteer of the Year Get your sister city program recognized! Howard L. Chapman,

Nominate your program for Sister Cities Fort Wayne Sister Cities International’s 2017 Annual Awards for a chance to International be honored at the 61st Annual Conference. Diplomatic

Leadership Award Visit http://sistercities.org/AnnualAwards for The Honorable Barbara Barrett guidelines and application forms. www.sistercities.org

16 2016 Diplomatic Leadership Awards

ister Cities International honors individuals who have demonstrated dedication and excellence in citizen Sdiplomacy and international relations with Diplomatic Leadership Awards twice a year. ANNUAL REPORT

In celebration of Sister Cities International’s 60th Anniversary, two Diplomatic Leadership Award receptions were held to honor excellence in citizen diplomacy and international relations. The first reception was held on March 8, 2016 in honor of International Women’s Day. Sister Cities International highlighted the essential role that women have played, and continue to play, in world affairs by honoring two women who have been leaders in diplomacy. The Honorable Jayne Plank is former Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs at the U.S. Department of State as well as former Mayor of Kensington, Maryland, and the Honorable Robin Sanders is former U.S. Ambassador to the Congo and Nigeria. The celebration was enjoyed by an audience filled with leaders from the Washington Diplomatic Corps, Capitol Hill, the business community, and government. The second reception was held during Sister Cities International’s Fall Leadership Meetings, September

11-12, 2016, to celebrate the organization’s founding on September 11th, 1956. The Awards ceremony was hosted by Ambassador Kirsti Kauppi at the Embassy of Finland, where Senator Robert J. Dole, the Honorable Timothy Chorba, former U.S. Ambassador to Singapore, and the Honorable Connie Morella, former U.S. Congresswoman and U.S. Ambassador to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and www.sistercities.org Development were lauded for their contributions to international relations and citizen diplomacy. 17 2016 Top 10 Moments from Sister Cities International’s 60th Anniversary Celebration ANNUAL REPORT

YouthNeed Leadership higher Summit res participants photo and hold the caption Sister Cities International Flag during the Parade of Flags.

Kickoff Reception at the Japanese Ambassador’s Residence 1Hosted by Japan’s Ambassador to the U.S., the Honorable Kenichiroˉ Sasae and Mrs. Nobuko Sasae, the evening reception started the 60th Anniversary Celebration off right as delegates enjoyed the beauty of the Ambassador’s residence. Welcome remarks were made by Ambassador Sasae, Sister Cities International’s President and CEO Mary D. Kane, and Courtney Beale, Senior Director for Global Engagement and Special

Assistant to the President, National Security Council, the White House. Mary D. Kane, Ambassador Sasae, Mrs. Sasae, and Courtney Beale. The speakers reflected on how far the U.S. and Japan have come since World War II, with 206 official U.S.- Japan sister city relationships representing the most in any country in the Sister Cities International network. Guests

www.sistercities.org then enjoyed networking and delicious Japanese cuisine.

18 2016 programs, as well as high school students from the 2016 Youth Leadership Summit. The flags from communities within the sister city network acted as a reminder of the many diverse communities in the network, from small farm towns to metropolitan cities across the globe that unite to promote peace through people. ANNUAL REPORT

Mary D. Kane, Lauren Vaughan, A/S Evan Ryan, and Bill Boerum make remarks during the Opening Ceremony.

The Opening Ceremony continued with remarks from Mary D. Kane, Secretary of the District of Columbia H. Res. 775: Designating July 15, 2016 as Sister Cities Lauren Vaughan, Assistant Secretary of State for International Day. Educational and Cultural Affairs Evan Ryan, and Sister Sister Cities International Day Cities International Board Chairman Bill Boerum. With a bipartisan Congressional resolution 2introduced by Congressmen Joaquin Castro (TX-20) and Ron DeSantis (FL-06) and Mayoral proclamations from nearly 50 cities throughout the U.S. and Canada, July 15, 2016 was officially announced as Sister Cities International day!

Cutting Sister Cities International’s 60th Anniversary cake! City Welcome Reception Hosted by the city of Washington, D.C. and the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, Sister 4 th Cities International celebrated its 60 Birthday during

the City Welcome Reception. With remarks provided Students and girl scouts act as flag bearers during the by Mary D. Kane; Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Parade of Flags. Bowser; Washington, D.C. Secretary of the District of Opening Ceremony and Columbia Lauren Vaughan; U.S. Department of State Parade of Flags Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Outreach Karen 3The first day of the Annual Conference began with Richardson; and Minister Li Kexin from the Embassy. an annual tradition: The Opening Ceremony and Parade Guests were entertained by local Washington, D.C. www.sistercities.org of Flags. Over 130 community flags were paraded by girl musical performances as well as a traditional Chinese scouts from the Nation’s Capital Chapter, youth involved dance act, followed by delicious Chinese cuisine. in the Department of Parks and Recreation’s summer 19 2016 Keynote Speeches The Annual Conference hosted a number of 5 keynotes including a speech by Admiral Thad Allen, Executive Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton and 23rd Commandant of the United States Coast Guard; a breakfast keynote Foreign Diplomatic Corps Panel with H.E. Ambassador Pierre Clive Agius of the Republic ANNUAL REPORT of Malta; H.E. Ambassador Grigor Hovhannissian of the Republic of Armenia; H.E. Ambassador Djerdj Matkovic of the Republic of Serbia; and an introduction Secretary Norm Mineta and Kathleen Matthews. by 60th Anniversary Celebration Honorary Co-Chair Hans Vielberth and a keynote conversation with 60th Anniversary Celebration Honorary Co-Chair Norm Moderated by journalist, corporate communications Mineta, President and CEO of Mineta and Associates, executive, and public affairs advocate Kathleen LLC and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce and U.S. Matthews, the keynote conversation with Norm Mineta Secretary of Transportation. touched audience members as he told the story of his experience in a Japanese internment camp during World War II, among his other experiences as a politician, Secretary of Commerce, and Secretary of Transportation during 9/11.

Foreign Diplomatic Corps Panel: Frances Holuba, H.E. Ambassador Djerdj Matkovic, H.E. Ambassador Grigor Hovhannissian, and H.E. Ambassador Pierre Clive Agius.

The Foreign Diplomatic Corps Panel included a panel Food, Culture, Music, and Sports: Diplomacy through of Ambassadors moderated by Politico’s Director of Unique Platforms panel with David Beame, Event Director, Global Citizen; Jane Chu, Chairman, National Social Enterprise, Frances Holuba, on the importance Endowment for the Arts; Arthur Espinoza, Jr., Executive of sister city relationships and subnational diplomacy for Director, D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, their respective country’s bilateral ties with the U.S. The Government of the District of Columbia; Donté Lamar Ambassadors discussed opportunities for a future of Stallworth, Former Professional Football Player; Mary strong, impactful sister city relationships. Beth Albright, Food Attorney, Food Writer and Food Network Star Finalist. Conference Sessions

This year’s Conference sessions featured dozens 6of inspiring experts from the fields of diplomacy, cities, international affairs, and more. Attendees had an opportunity to attend 11 engaging sessions and workshops on the topics of smart and resilient cities, peace and security, tourism, cultural diplomacy, young professional engagement, city brand management, www.sistercities.org digital communications, international protocol, the economic benefits of sister cities, and grant writing.

20 2016 The newly elected at-large Board of Directors members are Raveen Arora of Tempe, Arizona; Magdalena Carrasco of San Jose, California; Willow Darsie of Washington, D.C.; Cindy Elliott of Hays, Kansas; Lee Guio of Union City, California; Lorna Johnson of East Orange, New Jersey; Carol Robertson Lopez of Santa Fe, New Mexico; Teri Simmons of Atlanta, Georgia; and ANNUAL REPORT Peter Svarzbein of El Paso, Texas. Quigley appointed two at-large Board members, Ruther Cotter of Sunnyvale, California and Jim Moran of Alexandria, Virginia. Lawrence Panel from Herat, Afghanistan including Herat Mayor Uebner of Omaha, Nebraska was re-elected as an at- Farhad Niyaesh. large Board member and the Board’s Treasurer. Carol Robertson Lopez was elected as Secretary. Each session’s dynamic speakers covered the major The Culmination of 60 Days of Impact: conference themes of “peace through people” and the A Blog Post by U.S. Secretary of State importance of citizen-level involvement in diplomacy. John Kerry Workshops covered practical ways in which sister city 8 programs as well as others working in the field of citizen diplomacy can grow and improve their programs and local engagement.

Speaking with students at Indiana University in Bloomington on October 15, 2015. [U.S. Department of State photo]

After 60 days of engaging content curated from sister city New Board of Directors Magdalena Carrasco, Teri members, Mayors, Ambassadors, experts from the fields Simmons, Lorna Johnson, Willow Darsie, Cindy of cities, diplomacy, climate, youth, and the Sister Cities Elliott, Lee Guio, Peter Svarzbein, Raveen Arora, Carol International archives for Sister Cities International’s 60 Robertson Lopez, and Larry Uebner. Board Chairman Days of Impact campaign, Sister Cities International Tim Quigley, Board Chair Emeritus Bill Boerum, and Mary received a blog post from U.S. Secretary of State John Kane [Missing: Vice Chairman Ron Nirenberg. Kerry. His post “Engage America: Peace Happens through People” discussed the importance of citizen New Board of Directors, Board diplomacy to discover interests that people share that Chairman, and Board Vice Chairman transcend boundaries and lead to lasting peace. 7The Sister Cities International network of members elected 10 new board members during the 2016 Annual Business Meeting. Tim Quigley of San Jose, California assumed his position as Board Chairman after serving two years as Vice Chairman and

Ron Nirenberg, City Council Member of San Antonio, Texas, was elected as Vice Chairman by the Board of Directors. www.sistercities.org

21 2016 The 2016 Youth Leadership Summit The 2016 Lou Wozar Diplomatic SCI’s largest Youth Leadership Summit yet helped Awards Ceremony and Dinner 9mark Sister Cities International’s 60th year through 10To conclude the 60th celebration, the 2016 a specialized diplomatic simulation on nuclear non- Lou Wozar Diplomatic Awards Ceremony and Dinner proliferation moderated by the U.S. Diplomacy Center, featured a cocktail reception and the Annual Awards speaker sessions, peer collaboration, visits to national Ceremony and Dinner. The ceremony began monuments, a Nationals baseball game, and more. ANNUAL REPORT with a video in honor of Sister Cities International’s history and anniversary.

The whole group poses for a photo after the Final Simulation read-out. Mary D. Kane (R) presents the 2016 Diplomatic Leadership Award to Ambassador Barbara Barrett (L). Over the course of four days, students learned how different national interests drive international cooperation on critical issues and gained effective The 2016 Diplomatic Leadership Award was given problem-solving strategies, leadership skills, and to Ambassador Barbara Barrett for her active role in insights into international affairs. advancing people-to-people dialogue through aviation, See the full Youth Leadership Summit recap on the tourism, trade, commerce, sister city exchanges, and following pages. diplomatic activities. Sister city programs from across the U.S. were then awarded for their excellent 2015 initiatives in the categories of Volunteer of the Year, Best Overall, and Innovation (Arts & Culture, Economic Development, Humanitarian Assistance, and Youth & Education). Following the ceremony, attendees bid on nearly 100 items in the 60th Anniversary online auction to support Sister Cities International while eating delicious gelato from Dolci Gelati, and students from the Youth Leadership Summit took over the dance floor for their last evening together.

The ballroom filled with guests for the Annual Awards

dinner. www.sistercities.org

22 2016 2016 Youth Leadership Summit Recap

Day 1 “Once again sister cities has produced On Wednesday, July 13, students flew into Washington, an amazing experience for all of us youth

D.C. from across the U.S. and the globe to celebrate ambassadors. It’s not every day that high ANNUAL REPORT SCI’s largest Youth Leadership Summit yet with 115 schoolers get to travel to the capital of participants in attendance. the United States and participate in such an amazing experience that gives us the confidence and passion to genuinely make a difference in this world.” Day 3

Students take a photo with Ambassador Kenichiroˉ Sasae and Mrs. Nobukoˉ Sasae. That night, students kicked off the Summit with a reception at the Japanese Ambassador’s Residence where youth and adult conference attendees mingled, toured the beautiful Japanese gardens and tea house, Students march 130 flags around the Ronald Reagan ate Japanese cuisine, and took photos with Japan’s Building’s Woodrow Wilson Plaza during the Opening Ambassador to the U.S., his Excellency Kenichiroˉ Sasae Ceremony’s Parade of Flags. and Mrs. Nobuko Sasae. On Friday, youth delegates participated in the Opening Day 2 Ceremony acting as flag bearers for the Parade of Flags On Thursday, delegates visited the U.S. Capitol and with flags from 130 different member cities all over the were one of the first groups to visit the recently restored world. dome. Students were also able to sit in on sessions of Congress and watch their representatives at work.

Students visit the White House. The group then split off to visit their pick of Washington, Students break into groups to take part in the U.S. D.C.’s many Smithsonian museums on the National Mall, Diplomacy Center’s diplomatic simulation. and finished the afternoon with a view of the White House. www.sistercities.org

23 2016 “Over the past four days, I have met people from all over the country and we’ve become such great friends in such a short amount of time. This program introduces you to great inspiring leaders and expands your social network. It was an amazing experience.” ANNUAL REPORT The group then headed over to the law firm Hogan Lovells to take part in the U.S. Diplomacy Center’s diplomatic simulation. This year’s simulation focused on nuclear non-proliferation. Students learned about nuclear politics from senior scientist Mark Goodman of Students present their outcomes and thoughts on the the International Security and Nonproliferation Bureau at Summit as a whole. the U.S. Department of State, then split into groups and assumed the roles of different actors in an international To close out the Conference, students presented what nuclear negotiation. Though tensions and stakes were they had learned during the diplomatic simulation and high, all groups were able to work together to reach reflected on their overall experiences during the Youth peaceful agreements. Leadership Summit. “We learned how to take the initiative to make conversation, compromise, and strive toward peaceful resolution.” That night, the group celebrated their accomplishments at a Washington Nationals baseball game. Day 4 On their final day, the group attended the Annual Conference and heard the Breakfast Keynote Foreign Diplomatic Corps Panel with the Ambassadors of Malta, the Republic of Serbia, and Armenia. They also heard from elected officials from California and Texas as well Students dance it out at the end of the Summit! as young professionals in Washington, D.C. who spoke about the importance of engaging younger generations That night, students enjoyed dancing and dessert with sister cities. Lastly, the youth attended the Keynote after the Lou Wozar Diplomatic Awards Ceremony to Luncheon with the Honorable Norm Mineta, former celebrate their new friendships and connections. Mayor of San Jose and Secretary of Transportation. “The panels were very inspiring and made me “YLS was one of the BEST weeks of my life! I want to go back home with a plan to go out and have met so many people that are working to help the communities around me.” achieve if not the same, than a similar goal as me. Speaking with them has opened my mind and shaped the way I think. This has been

truly an AMAZING experience. 10/10, would recommend.”

“Sister Cities International is the pinnacle of citizen efforts to engage in diplomacy. This organization allows the youth of tomorrow to

www.sistercities.org Students get ready to present their outcomes at the Final experience elements of domestic government, Simulation. foreign policy making, the art of diplomacy, and the cultures of our ever-changing universe. I am honored to have been a part of this summit.” 24 2016 60 Days of Impact

“But I am talking about the exchange of professors and students and executives, the

providing of technical assistance, and of the ANNUAL REPORT ordinary traveler abroad. I am talking about doctors helping in the conquering of disease, of our free labor unions showing other peoples how they work, what they earn, how they achieve their pay and the real take-home pay that they get.”

–Dwight D. Eisenhower

CI was founded on the idea that, by forming Scommunity-led relationships, people of different cultures could appreciate their differences and build partnerships to lessen the chance of new national conflicts. With a focus on major countries involved in World War II and a mission to promote peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation – one individual one community at a time – Sister Cities International began creating relationships between cities in the U.S. and cities abroad in order to implement cultural, educational, business, and community ‘‘For 60 years, Sister Cities International has development exchanges. worked in cities, encouraging mutual respect, To highlight 60 years of building peaceful global understanding and cooperation across cultural relationships, SCI hosted 60 Days of Impact, an online and political differences by bringing together campaign featuring dynamic content for 60 days leading the residents of cities on opposite sides of up to its 60th Annual Conference. the world… Congratulations to Sister Cites Each day, stories, photos, and videos from the International on six decades of mutual learning organization’s archives, as well as original blog posts and respect: The world needs your spirit of from experts and spotlight Q&As from Mayors and cooperation now, more than ever.” Ambassadors and other thought leaders were publicized. –Pascal Mittermaier, The Nature Conservancy The 60 Days of Impact campaign illustrated the strength behind Sister Cities International’s past as well as the “To my experience, Sister Cities International important role that cities and citizen diplomats play in and HI USA share a potent mission bond, helping to shape a better world for the future.

grounded in the mutual importance we place on View the 60 Days of Impact campaign at citizen diplomacy and face-to-face interactions https://medium.com/60-days-of-impact. among people of different cultures. We both believe the world is becoming smaller and more complex than ever. We both have developed unique networks – of cities and of hostels – to build bridges of understanding. And we both www.sistercities.org have extraordinary volunteers who bring our missions to life.” –Russ Hedge, CEO, Hostelling International USA 25 2016 From Our Donors

“I was part of the first delegation from ANNUAL REPORT Regensburg to travel to Tempe in 1979. Today, approximately 3,000 people from each community have visited each other as part of both formal and informal exchanges. What makes these trips and all sister cities exchanges different from traveling as a tourist is that they are truly people to-people experiences, where individuals are able to experience the culture of each community during their stay...Through sister city exchanges, I have made more friends internationally than in my local community, despite my involvement in various local organizations. I value these exchanges and “The basis of community is give and take, partnerships because they are purely based humans talking and listening to each other – on personal connections rather than political developing informal and formal partnerships, relations. These exchanges aren’t about large and small. Sister Cities International repairing relations, but rather creating a new knows how to create and foster environments narrative based on personal experiences.” where these relationships take seed and – Dr. Hans Vielberth, grow, in what’s maybe the most fertile soil of Honorary Board Member, Sister Cities International all – curiosity about discovering the familiar in the unfamiliar.” – Masashi Oka, Executive Chairman, MUFG Americas Holdings, Sister Cities International Supporter

“The way each sister city member is so thoughtful about everything… if you’re looking to extend and expand business they provide a portfolio for everything from a manager of the hotel from a particular city that may or may not be making a pitch for incremental trade business, all the way through to peers who have already done a similar thing, all the way through to access to government affairs

and relations to what you might need on the ground in a particular area. That is extraordinarily unique and I don’t know of any organization that can provide that portfolio/ one-stop-shop without a political agenda. This is very differentiating and powerful and a testament to the efforts.” – Ruth Cotter,

www.sistercities.org Corporate Vice President of Investor Relations, AMD

26 2016

70% 30% Youth & Municipal &

Education Technical ANNUAL REPORT The Exchanges Exchanges Reach

500 2,000+ 145 The U.S. Cities Relationships Countries Programs

28% 25% Business Community & The & Trade Humanitarian Impact Exchanges Exchanges Percentage of members who reported on exchanges in this area last year

Average economic value to local economy $965,000 Overall program contributions to U.S. economy $525,700,000 Overall program contributions to global economy $537,700,000 $ Global economic impact of entire network (PPP) $41,900,000,000

10,000 15,000

U.S. residents who participated Youth who were involved in nearly 1,000 outbound exchanges 1,130,000 with their local programs

Total number of individuals 14,000 who participated in sister cities 32,000 events and exchanges www.sistercities.org

Visitors from over Volunteers who 1,100 inbound exchanges dedicated their time 27 2016 U.S. Partnerships Worldwide ANNUAL REPORT

Europe has 682 relationships

15 2 5

11 70 7 SCOTLAND 1 26 13 12 NORTHERN IRELAND 4 5 1 1 ISLE 38 OF ENGLAND 43 MAN 7 113 WALES 34 Middle East/ 1 10 15 23 1 5 North Africa have 7 2 9 11 3 4 98 7 1 2 6 4 92 90 2 MONTENEGRO 3 4 33 1 3 2 10 2 relationships 5 4 13 19 1 1

1 MALTA CYPRUS 165 48 177 LEBANON 2 8 52 4 7 PALESTINIAN 5 1 7 TERRITORIES 3 1 1 5 1 1 TAIWAN 52 172 TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 12 1 21 CAYMAN ISLANDS 1 1 5 CAPE VERDE PUERTO RICO SINT MAARTEN 1 1 4 14 ST. KITTS and NEVIS ISLANDS 1 7 2 3 4 40 4 1 4 NORTHERN 16 MARIANA ISLANDS EL SALVADOR ARUBA 1 BARBADOS 1 2 8 1 12 3 3 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 2 1 10 3 1 2 28 6 14 7 5 1 4 1 PALAU 1 1 12 1 1

12 9 BRAZZAVILLE 3 5 Sister City Relationships by Region KINSHASA 1 9 2% 14 EAST TIMOR 28 AMERICAN 1 1 FIJI SAMOA 7% 4 1 2 1 3 3 2 1 7 32% 1 20 20% 1 2 The Americas have 12 11 398 relationships

5% 11

35%

Asia Americas www.sistercities.org Europe Sub-Saharan Africa Middle East/North Africa Oceania

28 2016

Asia has 637 ANNUAL REPORT relationships

15 2 5

11 70 7 SCOTLAND 1 26 13 12 NORTHERN IRELAND 4 5 1 1 ISLE 38 OF ENGLAND 43 MAN 7 113 WALES 34 1 10 15 23 1 5 7 2 9 11 3 4 98 7 1 2 6 4 92 2 MONTENEGRO 3 4 33 1 3 2 10 2 5 4 13 19 1 1

12 9 BRAZZAVILLE 3 5 KINSHASA 1 Sub-Saharan 9 14 Africa has EAST TIMOR 28 AMERICAN 1 1 FIJI SAMOA 4 130 1

2 1 relationships 3 3 2 1 7 1 20 1 2 12

Oceania has 34 relationships www.sistercities.org

29 2016 U.S. Members and Partnerships ANNUAL REPORT

WASHINGTON ___15 ALASKA 77 VERMONT MAINE __2 2 2 7 MONTANA ______6 ___2 NORTH DAKOTA 5 3 OREGON MINNESOTA 12 18 ___1 ______NEW HAMPSHIRE 30 47 8 IDAHO NEW YORK __7_ SOUTH DAKOTA WISCONSIN MASSACHUSETTS ___3 ___15 2 ___12 31 4 ___ 54 36 MICHIGAN 6 RHODE ISLAND WYOMING ___8 19 CONNECTICUT ___4 PENNSYLVANIA IOWA 11 ___6 ___5 NEBRASKA ___15 NEW JERSEY NEVADA 36 24 ___5 37 2 OHIO __ 8 ___2 ILLINOIS INDIANA __18 DELAWARE 8 UTAH 8 ___38 ___11 79 ___2 WEST 98 27 ___13 CALIFORNIA 10 COLORADO VIRGINIA MARYLAND VIRGINIA 61 82 __15 ___1 ___ KANSAS ___16 59 MISSOURI KENTUCKY 2 376 6 DISTRICT OF ___1 ______5 ___10 58 COLUMBIA 15 11 38 25 NORTH CAROLINA ___22 ___6 __1 TENNESSEE 69 HAWAII OKLAHOMA 26 28 ARIZONA ___6 ___12 ARKANSAS SOUTH CAROLINA NEW MEXICO 23 5 49 ___6 ______8 26 11 18 ALABAMA GEORGIA ___4 ___4 MISSISSIPPI 35 25

TEXAS LOUISIANA ___26 167 FLORIDA ___37 170

KEY

Number of Member Communities Number of Partnerships 2,000+ 100+ Partnerships Partnerships 51-99 Partnerships 11-50 Partnerships

www.sistercities.org 1-10 Partnerships No Members

30 2016 500 Communities ANNUAL REPORT

TEXAS LOUISIANA ___26 167 FLORIDA ___37 170

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31 2016 2016-17 Board of Directors

ister Cities International is governed by a 25 to 27-member Board of Directors who are elected by the voting Smembership of the organization. Board members serve three-year terms, and state representative, youth, and

ANNUAL REPORT young professional representatives serve two-year terms and are elected at Sister Cities International’s Annual Business Meeting during the Annual Conference in July each year. Board members each generously support Sister Cities International through a $2,500 donation every year they serve on the Board.

Executive Committee Chairman Parliamentarian of the Board Executive Committee (At-large) Tim Quigley Tom Lisk Joe Bice President & CEO (ex-officio) Treasurer Carolina Rendeiro Mary Kane Lawrence F. Uebner Executive Committee (At-large), Vice Chairman Secretary Young Professional Representative Joshua Walker Ron Nirenberg Carol Robertson Lopez

Directors Ed Adams Ajaipal “AJ” Chahal, Lorna Johnson Leroy Allala Youth Representative Steve Kalishman Raveen Arora Ruth Cotter Holly Lazzerini Gary Barnabo John Dabeet Jim Moran Bill Boerum, Chair Emeritus Willow Darsie Clare Petrich (Ex-officio) Al Durtka, State Representative Teri Simmons Magdalena Carrasco Cindy Elliott Peter Svarzbein Lee Guio Christine Warnke

Global Envoys Global Envoys are highly distinguished volunteer leaders of Sister Cities International who represent the organization. There is no higher honor in the organization. The role of a Global Envoy is to represent Sister Cities International at events around the world and to serve as a diplomat and spokesperson for the organization.

Nancy Huppert Ambassador Advisory Council Chair Rochester, New York Ambassador Barbara Barrett Mary Palko Mayors Advisory Council Chair Fort Worth, Texas Honorable Rodger Randle Thelma Press San Diego, California Dr. Johann Vielberth Regensberg Germany www.sistercities.org

32 2016 State Representatives

ister Cities International’s State Representatives are a volunteer group of leaders in the sister cities network who Sprovide expertise and assistance to members in their respective states. ANNUAL REPORT

Alabama Deleware Kansas Scotty Colson Dennis Sheer Barbara Dolcie [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 205-254-2317 302-740-9558 913-669-2628

Alaska District of Columbia Kentucky Leslye Korvola Christine Warnke Kay Sargent [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 907-474-0620 202-637-5645 859-258-3137

Arizona Florida Louisiana Milt Laflen Pat Buchanan Julie Emerson [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 480-540-8895 801-425-6305 337-886-4687

Arkansas Georgia Maine Mark Martin Launa Kowalski Neal Duffett [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 501-682-3470 404-702-3535 207-775-1515

California (Northern) Hawaii Maryland Starr Hurley Lily Ong Esther Yu [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 916-425-5558 808-779-0001 410-260-3896

California (Northern) Idaho Massachusetts Brenda Brumfield Carole Walters Brian Corr [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 707-642-8015 208-521-4163 617-349-4694

California (Southern) Illinois (Northern) Michigan Kathleen Roche-Tansey Janet Kenney John Roy Castillo [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 858-481-6856 207-414-6606 517-204-7694

California (Southern) Illinois (Southern) Minnesota Pat Fallin Josephine Wittenauer Gerry Wenner [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 805 245-9075 618-281-5384 651-332-9739

Colorado Indiana Minnesota Gayle Stallings Jane Gehlhausen Karen Karkula [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 303-246-7528 317-828-3379 763-571-2406

Connecticut Iowa Mississippi David Youtz John Dabeet Lynn Houston [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

203-432-0883 563-554-1353 601-318-6231 www.sistercities.org

33 2016 State Representatives Cont’d.

Missouri Ohio Texas Renee Franklin James Hartung Luis Cantu

ANNUAL REPORT [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 314-323-0950 419-270-1060 956-682-2871

Montana Oklahoma Utah Katie Willcockson Michael Taylor Olga Efimov [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 406-841-2750 405-365-0306 801-703-7311

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ister Cities International’s Honorary Board is comprised of key individuals who have shown great leadership Sin Sister Cities International through the years. They are long-standing volunteers from membership, former

members of the Board of Directors, or former State Coordinators who, because of their outstanding support and ANNUAL REPORT involvement in the organization, were voted as Honorary Board members. As a self-governing body, the Honorary Board stands ready to assist Sister Cities International members with a wealth of institutional knowledge.

Launa Kowalski (2016) Johns Creek, Georgia Michael Hyatt Fort Worth, Texas Nancy Eidam (2016) Santa Cruz, California Laverne Johnson Washington, D.C. Raymond Schultz (2016) The Villages, Florida Tom LaBonge Los Angeles, California James Amato Lexington, Kentucky Carol Robertson Lopez Santa Fe, New Mexico Tony Anderson Tacoma, Washington Boubker Mazoz Casablanca, Morocco Martha Atherton Palatine, Illinois Sandra McCormick La Crosse, Wisconsin Randy Avon Fort Lauderdale, Florida Georgiana McLeod Huntington Beach, California Sherman Banks Little Rock, Arkansas The Honorable Norman Mineta San Jose, California Mimi Barker New York, New York Virginia Mueller Sacramento, California Carolyn Bishop Atlanta, Georgia The Honorable Sue Myrick Washington, D.C. Fred Blanton Washington, District Of Columbia Richard Neuheisel Tempe, Arizona Carol Burdette Anderson, South Carolina Len Olender London, UK Carlo Capua Fort Worth, Texas Mary Palko Fort Worth, Texas Alan Chambers Bangor, Northern Island Thelma Press San Diego, California Brad Cole Carbondale, Illinois Brian Propp Loveland, Colorado Henry I. Cole Noblesville, Indiana Avi Rabinovitch Tel Aviv, Israel Jim Conway St. Louis, Missouri Jack Raeside West Olive, Michigan Mary Cort Sonoma, California Rodger Randle Tulsa, Oklahoma Michael Curd Tempe, Arizona Carlos Reyes Washington, D.C. Rick Donohue Greensboro, North Carolina Shirley Rivens-Smith Washington, D.C. Joanna Edgerton Kansas City, Missouri Kathleen Roche-Tansey Solana Beach, California Mary Jean Eisenhower Kansas City, Missouri Patricia Sanders Palo Alto, California Bill Evans Tacoma, Washington Kay Sargent Lexington, Kentucky Pat Fallin Solvang, California Sylvia Sass Tacoma, Washington Mae Ferguson Fort Worth, Texas Ethelda Singer Los Angeles, California Stelle Feuers Huntington Beach, California Brian Smith Hartford, Connecticut Ruth Hodges Fraser Virginia Beach, Virginia Charles Stokke Menomonie, Wisconsin John Henry Fullen San Mateo, California Dr. Robert J. Swart Naples, Florida Ann M. Galloway Toledo, Ohio Frank Tripicchio Bakersfield, California Gilbert Garcia Santa Barbara, California Jane Tublin New Brunswick, New Jersey Jose Luis Garcia San Antonio, Texas Jean Van Buskirk Baltimore, Maryland Tom Gittins Falls Church, Virginia Hans Vielberth Regensberg, Germany

Roxana Goin Santa Cruz, California Carla Walker Cincinnati, Ohio Angie Gomez Pasadena, California Mark Walton New York, New York Glenn Gray Vashon Island, Washington Paula West Phoenix, Arizona Robert Greninger Prescott, Arizona Dr. Charles Wheeler Kansas City, Missouri Priscilla Harris Tulsa, Oklahoma Linda Whitton Rehoboth Beach, Delaware Robert Heuermann St. Louis, Missouri Wylie Williams Charlotte, North Carolina Kevin Hill Greenacre, Australia Jane Wood Jacksonville, Florida www.sistercities.org Nancy Huppert Rochester, New York

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Ambassadors/Diplomatic Global Envoys Leadership Council Nancy Huppert

ANNUAL REPORT Chair – Ambassador Barbara Barrett Mary Palko Thelma Press Hans Vielberth Mayors Leadership Council Chair – Mayor Rodger Randall

SCI Country Representatives EU/Germany – Teri Simmons United Kingdom – Rodger Randall Russia – Bill Boerum Brazil – Carolina Rendeiro China – Carolyn Bishop Lithuania – Ramune Abromaitis Mexico – Gil Garcia Uzbekistan – Carol Robertson Lopez Central America – Bob Greninger Turkey – Joshua Walker Middle East - Steve Kalishman France – Mary Palko India – Raveen Arora Africa – Lorna Johnson Palestine - John Dabeet Poland – John Henry Fullen Israel – Peter Svarzbein Japan – Mark Jackson

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Naming Policy The following policy is applicable to the names of cities, states, countries, and other administrative areas (provinces, oblasts, prefectures, protectorates, et al.) in Sister Cities International’s printed and online directories. Community names are listed in Latinate form, either in common English or in their local form with respective diacritical marks (e.g. Gothenburg or Göteborg).

U.S. cities are listed with their respective state and may not include a country designation. Cities outside the U.S. may include a regional designation such as a prefecture or province when necessary to differentiate cities (e.g. Santa Fe, Cebu, Philippines and Santa Fe, Leyte, Philippines). Districts, boroughs, and other such communities may include the city in the listing (e.g. Brooklyn, New York City, New York or Haizhu District, Guangzhou, China). Communities listed may also include regional markers (e.g. Milwaukee County, Wisconsin or Warsaw Province, Poland). Dependencies, protectorates,

departments, and areas of special sovereignty may also be listed underWSSU Photo, Garrett Garms their sovereignty (e.g. Le Marin, Martinique, France or Curaçao, Netherlands). Cities in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales are listed under the United Kingdom along with their respective country/region. If a sister city relationship is formed with a city that subsequently changes its name the original name is listed in parentheses (e.g. Tamba (Kasuga), Japan).

Country and area names are short-form according to the U.S. Department of State. If the sovereignty of an area is disputed, Sister Cities International shall refer to the policy of the U.S. Department of State for the purpose of identifying in which country the community is located. Country names are listed solely for clarity of location; Sister Cities International takes no formal stance on the status of borders or territorial disputes. For a list of countries and other areas recognized by the U.S. Department of State please visit their website at http://www.state.gov/misc/list/.

Requests to alter the name of a city, region, or country in Sister Cities International’s directory may be directed to the Membership Department and may be subject to approval by Sister Cities International’s Executive Staff or Board of Directors for final judgment.

Sister Cities: Permanent relationships formalized when Charter Sister Cities: When two U.S. communities have the mayors or highest elected/appointed officials from two the same sister city, the partnership that was first signed is communities sign a partnership agreement to establish a acknowledged as the “Charter Sister City” relationship. sister city relationship. Although Sister Cities International is primarily an association Friendship Cities: Less formal relationships which for U.S. sister city organizations, some international nonetheless are initiated by a partnership agreement communities join as Global Members to take advantage between two cities. The nature of friendship city agreements of Sister Cities International resources and to have their varies from city to city depending on tradition and/or city international partnerships listed in Sister Cities International’s policy. Although they are less formal, many friendship cities Membership Directory. are as active as sister city relationships. To request edits, additions, designations as Charter Sister Emeritus Cities: Sister city relationships which have been Cities, or any other changes to the Directory, please email WSSU Photo, Garrett Garms put into Emeritus status by a mayor or highest elected [email protected]. official, usually due to dormancy. Emeritus relationships are sometimes returned to full sister city status by citizens who revitalize the partnership. 40 2017 COUNTRY PARTNERSHIPS

Country/Region Partners Country/Region Partners Country/Region Partners Afghanistan 4 Ivory Coast 1 Portugal 10 Albania 1 Jamaica 7 Puerto Rico 2 Algeria 1 Japan 177 Romania 6 Angola 1 Jordan 5 Russia 70 Argentina 11 Kazakhstan 2 Rwanda 3 Armenia 5 Kenya 11 Saint Kitts and Nevis Islands 1 Aruba 1 Kyrgyzstan 2 Scotland, United Kingdom 13 Australia 20 Latvia 1 Senegal 4 Austria 7 Lebanon 2 Serbia 1 Azerbaijan 4 Lesotho 1 Sierra Leone 2 Bahamas 1 Liberia 6 Slovakia 5 Barbados 1 Lithuania 5 Slovenia 3 Belarus 1 Luxembourg 1 Somalia 1 Belgium 10 Macedonia 3 South Africa 12 Belize 4 Malawi 1 South Korea 48 Benin 1 Malaysia 1 Spain 33 Bolivia 2 Mali 3 Swaziland 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 Malta 1 Sweden 15 Botswana 1 Mexico 172 Switzerland 9 Brazil 28 Moldova 4 Taiwan 52 Bulgaria 3 Mongolia 4 Tajikistan 1 Burkina Faso 3 Montenegro 2 Tanzania 9 Burma 1 Morocco 7 Thailand 4 Cambodia 3 Mozambique 1 The Bahamas 8 Cameroon 4 Namibia 2 Trinidad and Tobago 2 Canada 26 Nepal 1 Turkey 19 Cape Verde 1 Netherlands 7 Turkmenistan 1 Cayman Islands 1 New Zealand 11 Turks and Caicos Islands 1 Chile 7 Nicaragua 16 Uganda 1 China 165 Nigeria 14 Ukraine 23 Colombia 12 Northern Ireland, United Kingdom 12 United Arab Emirates 1 Costa Rica 10 Norway 11 United Kingdom 38 Croatia 7 Pakistan 3 United States 2 Cuba 12 Palau 1 Uruguay 2 Czech Republic 15 Palestinian Territories 7 Uzbekistan 2 Democratic Republic of Congo Panama 3 Venezuela 5 (Kinshasa) 1 Paraguay 3 Vietnam 8 Denmark 4 Peru 14 Wales, United Kingdom 1 Dominican Republic 5 Philippines 40 Zambia 4 Ecuador 9 Poland 34 Zimbabwe 3 Egypt 5 El Salvador 12 Estonia 7 Sister City Partnerships by Region Ethiopia 7 Finland 5 450 442 France 98 Gambia 2 400 Georgia 4 357 Germany 113 350 Ghana 28 300 Greece 13 Guatemala 4 250 Guinea 1 196 Guyana 1 200 Haiti 14 147 Honduras 1 150 108 Hungary 11 97 100 81 77 Iceland 2 66 66 62 54 48 India 21 50 39 25 32 26 25 34 Indonesia 5 6 13 Iran 1 0 Asia Asia Asia Asia Iraq 8 AfricaAfricaAfricaAfrica Africa AmericaAmerica America Oceania Ireland 43 Caribbean est East W MiddleNorth East Central South Central North South estern EuropeCentral EuropeEastern Europe Eastern Southeast Isle of Man 1 Central W Southern EuropeNorthern Europe Southern Israel 52 Southeastern Europe Italy 92 www.sistercities.org 2017 STATE PARTNERSHIPS 41

U.S. State Members Partners U.S. State Members Partners Alabama 4 35 Missouri 5 38 Alaska 2 7 Montana 2 3 Arizona 12 49 Nebraska 5 8 Arkansas 5 11 Nevada 2 8 California 82 376 New Hampshire 1 8 Colorado 15 59 New Jersey 5 24 Connecticut 4 11 New Mexico 6 26 Delaware 2 8 New York 15 54 District Of Columbia 1 15 North Carolina 22 69 Florida 37 170 Ohio 18 79 Georgia 4 25 Oklahoma 6 23 Hawaii 1 28 Oregon 12 30 Idaho 3 4 Pennsylvania 6 36 Illinois 38 98 South Carolina 8 18 Indiana 11 27 South Dakota 2 6 Iowa 15 37 Tennessee 6 26 Kansas 6 11 Texas 26 167 Kentucky 10 25 Utah 2 10 Maine 2 5 Vermont 2 6 Maryland 13 61 Virginia 16 58 Massachusetts 7 31 Washington 15 77 Michigan 8 19 West Virginia 1 2 Minnesota 18 47 Wisconsin 12 36 Sister City Partnerships by Country/Region Sister City Partnerships by U.S. State

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Alabama Arizona Sierra Vista Birmingham Chandler Radebeul, Germany Anshan, China Tullamore, Ireland Cananea, Mexico Chao Yang District, Beijing, China Q Tainan City, Taiwan u Huangshi, China u Tempe Plzen, Czech Republic Fountain Hills Zhenjiang, China Winneba, Ghana Q Kasterlee, Belgium Cuenca, Ecuador Coban, Guatemala u Ataco, El Salvador Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France Szekesfehervar, Hungary Dierdorf, Germany Regensburg, Germany Rosh Ha’ayin, Israel Zamość, Poland Agra, India Pomigliano d’Arco, Italy Al-Hilla, Iraq u Kingston, Jamaica Gila Bend Carlow, Ireland Hitachi, Japan u Seeking Partners Skopje, Macedonia Q Maebashi, Japan Timbuktu, Mali Al-Karak, Jordan Gilbert Lower Hutt, New Zealand Guediawaye, Senegal u Leshan, China Cusco, Peru Krasnodon, Ukraine Antrim-Newtownabbey, Northern Trollhättan, Sweden u Vinnytsya, Ukraine Ireland, United Kingdom Liverpool, United Kingdom Arkansas Gweru, Zimbabwe Glendale Fayetteville Ørland, Norway Seeking Partners Jasper Seeking Partners Mesa Gilbert Burnaby, Canada Bride, Isle of Man Mobile Kaiping, China Q Cockburn, Australia Guaymas, Mexico Hot Springs Heze, China Upper Hutt, New Zealand Hanamaki, Japan Tianjin, China Caraz, Peru Havana, Cuba Little Rock Worms, Germany Nogales Mons, Belgium l Ichihara, Japan Seeking Partners Changchun, China Veracruz/Boca del Rio, Mexico La Petite Roche, France l Ariel, Palestinian Territories (Israeli Phoenix Ragusa, Italy l Settlement) Calgary, Canada Pachuca, Mexico l Bolinao, Philippines Chengdu, China Q Hanam, South Korea Katowice, Poland Prague, Czech Republic Kaohsiung Municipality, Taiwan Constanta, Romania Grenoble, France Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kosice, Slovakia Ennis, Ireland Kingdom King Shaka District Municipality, South Ramat-Gan, Israel Africa Catania, Italy North Little Rock Pyeongtaek, South Korea Himeji, Japan Uiwang, South Korea Hermosillo, Mexico Q Taipei, Taiwan Q Tuscaloosa California Schorndorf, Germany Alameda Sunyani-Techiman, Ghana Prescott Jiangyin, China Narashino, Japan Suchitoto, El Salvador Zeitz, Germany Dumaguete, Philippines Caborca, Mexico Q Alaska Anaheim Juneau Scottsdale Mito, Japan Whitehorse, Canada Cairns, Australia Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain Mishan, China Kingston, Canada Camiling, Philippines l Bakersfield Haikou, Hainan, China Kalibo, Aklan, Philippines Partyzanski District, Minsk, Belarus Killarney, Ireland Vladivostok, Russia Cixi, China Uasin Gishu County, Kenya Chia-Yi, Taiwan Amritsar, India Alamos, Mexico Wakayama, Japan Marrakech, Morocco Palmer Queretaro, Mexico Q Interlaken, Switzerland Saroma, Japan Bucheon, South Korea

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Benicia Cupertino Irvine Tula, Mexico Bhubaneswar, India Tsukuba, Japan Copertino, Italy Hermosillo, Mexico Beverly Hills Toyokawa, Japan Nowon, South Korea u Pudong District, Shanghai, China u Hsinchu, Taiwan Seocho, South Korea Cannes, France Taoyuan, Taiwan Herzliya, Israel u Dublin Acapulco, Mexico Q Seeking Partners La Cañada Flintridge Seeking Partners Big Bear Lake Elk Grove Abtenau, Austria Concepion de Ataco, El Salvador La Habra Heights Seeking Partners Burbank Fresno Gaborone, Botswana Etchmiadzin, Armenia Laguna Beach Ota, Japan Q Taishan, China Menton, France Incheon, South Korea Q Châteauroux, France San Jose del Cabo, Mexico Solna, Sweden Muenster, Germany St. Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom Afula-Gilboa, Israel Q Carlsbad Verona, Italy u Laguna Niguel Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic Kochi, Japan Al Qaim, Iraq l Futtsu, Japan Taraz, Kazakhstan Torreon, Mexico Livermore Carson Morogoro, Tanzania Q Quezaltenango, Guatemala Soka, Japan Yotsukaido, Japan La Carlota, Philippines Gardena Snezhinsk, Russia Wanju-Gu County, South Korea Ichikawa, Japan Huatabampo, Mexico Livingston Commerce Rosarito Beach, Mexico Yingtan City, China Nanning, China u Wakami-Machi, Japan Gilroy Corona Saint-Clar, France Lodi Fuxin, China Monticelli d’Ongina, Italy Lodi, Italy Silkeborg, Denmark Tacco-Machi, Japan Kofu, Japan Gotsu, Japan Tecate, Mexico Ocotlan, Mexico Koror, Palau l Long Beach Angra Do Heroismo, Portugal Phnom Penh, Cambodia Culver City Qingdao, China Lethbridge, Canada Hayward San Pablo de Manta, Ecuador Kaizuka, Japan Ghazni, Afghanistan Venice, Italy Uruapan, Mexico Funabashi, Japan Yokkaichi, Japan Iksan, South Korea San Felipe, Mexico Mombasa, Kenya Q Faro, Portugal Rosarito Beach, Mexico Q Bacolod, Philippines Sochi, Russia Izmir, Turkey u

Best Overall Los Angeles Program Yerevan, Armenia Population Between Salvador, Brazil 25,001 – 50,000: Vancouver, Canada Guangzhou, China Q Village of Hanover Split, Croatia Park Sister Cities Giza, Egypt Committee San Salvador, El Salvador Bordeaux, France Berlin, Germany Athens, Greece Q Mumbai, India Jakarta, Indonesia Tehran, Iran

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Eilat, Israel Ischia, Italy Nagoya, Japan Innovation, Youth and Education Beirut, Lebanon Population Greater Than 500,001: Phoenix Sister Cities Kaunas, Lithuania Mexico City, Mexico Q Auckland, New Zealand Makati, Philippines St. Petersburg, Russia Q Busan, South Korea Q Taipei, Taiwan Lusaka, Zambia Q

Malibu Lijiang, China

Martinez Hanchuan, China Milazzo, Italy Stresa, Italy Dunbar, Scotland, United Kingdom

Mendocino Miasa-Omachi, Japan

Menlo Park Galway, Ireland

Millbrae La Serena, Chile Q u Huadu District, Guangzhou, China u Tainan City, Taiwan Jingan District, China u Kaiping, China u Kusadasi, Turkey Jinzhou, China u Lengshuijian City, Hunana, China u Jurong, China Morgan Hill u Taishan, China u Q Maoming, China Headford, Ireland u Zhongshan City, China u Mianyang, China San Casciano in Val di Pesa, Italy u Hany , Japan u Nanning, China ū Mizuho, Japan u Mosta, Malta Pudong, China San Martin de Hidalgo, Mexico Qingdao, China u Milpitas Seferihisar, Turkey SongShang, China u Huizhou Municipality, China Tanggu District, Tianjin, China u Mountain View Figline Valdarno, Italy Weifang, China u Hasselt, Belgium Kukizaki, Japan Santiago de Cuba, Cuba Iwata, Japan Tsukuba, Japan Bahir Dar, Ethiopia u Dagupan, Philippines Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana Q Needles Port-de-Paix, Haiti Seeking Partners Modesto Ocho Rios, Jamaica Vernon, British Columbia, Canada Fukuoka, Japan Q Newport Beach Mengzi, China Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia u Antibes, France Laval, France Agadir, Morocco u Okazaki, Japan Vijayawada, India Bauchi, Nigeria Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Kurume, Japan Benin City, Nigeria Yochon, South Korea u Aguascalientes, Mexico Funchal, Portugal Vung Tau Provence, Vietnam u Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine Nakhodka, Russia Q Da Nang, Vietnam Oakland Monterey Changping District, China u Lankaran, Azerbaijan Ontario Chengdu, China u Dubrovnik, Croatia Brockville, Canada Dalian, China Q Trapani, Italy Guamuchil, Mexico Foshan, China Nanao, Japan Mocorito, Mexico Guangzhou, China u Lleida, Spain Winterhuir, Switzerland Haikou, Hainan, China u

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Orinda Sacramento Osaka, Japan Tabor, Czech Republic Jinan, China Amman, Jordan Lanphun, Thailand Ashkelon, Israel Manila, Philippines Matsuyama, Japan Kraków, Poland u Q Palm Desert Mexicali, Mexico Seoul, South Korea Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Mexico Chişinău, Moldova Barcelona, Spain u Gisborne, New Zealand Hamilton, New Zealand Zurich, Switzerland San Juan de Oriente, Nicaragua Taipei, Taiwan Palo Alto Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories Q Caracas, Venezuela l Albi, France Q Manila, Philippines Q Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tsuchiura, Japan Pasay, Philippines Q Oaxaca, Mexico Yongsan-Gu, South Korea San Jose Enschede, Netherlands Liestal, Switzerland San Jose, Costa Rica Palo, Philippines Pune, India Linkoping, Sweden Salinas Dublin, Ireland Q Kushikino, Japan Okayama, Japan Pasadena Guanajuato, Mexico Guadalajara, Mexico Vanadzor, Armenia Jerecuaro, Mexico Veracruz, Mexico Xicheng District, China Cebu City, Philippines Ekaterinburg, Russia Järvenpää, Finland Tainan City, Taiwan Ludwigshafen Am Rhein, Germany San Bernardino Kasukabe, Japan u Yushu, China San Mateo Mishima, Japan Herzliya, Israel Q Varde, Denmark Paju, South Korea u Tachikawa, Japan Toyonaka, Japan Mexicali, Mexico Q Rancho Cordova Villahermosa, Mexico San Pablo Turrialba, Costa Rica Tauranga, New Zealand Manzanillo, Mexico Ile-Ife, Nigeria Redlands Roxas, Philippines Santa Ana Linli, China Zavolzhie, Russia Seeking Partners Hino, Japan Kigali, Rwanda Q San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Santa Barbara San Diego Weihai, China Redondo Beach Jalalabad, Afghanistan Patras, Greece Zhangjiagang, China Perth, Australia Q Dingle, Ireland Itoman, Japan u Campinas, Brazil Q Toba, Japan Ensenada, Mexico Yantai, China Q Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Q La Paz, Mexico Tema, Ghana Q Kotor, Montenegro Yokohama, Japan San Juan, Philippines Q Redwood City Leon, Mexico Zhuhai, China Tijuana, Mexico Q Santa Clara Ciudad Guzman, Mexico Panama City, Panama Q Nagpur, India u Colima, Mexico Cavite City, Philippines County Limerick, Ireland Warsaw Province, Poland Izumo, Japan Richmond Vladivostok, Russia Q Coimbra, Portugal Zhoushan, China Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom Regla, Cuba Jeonju, South Korea Santa Clara County Shimada, Japan Alcala de Henares, Spain Florence Province, Italy Taichung, Taiwan Moscow, Russia Riverside Hsinchu County, Taiwan Jiangmen, China San Francisco Erlangen, Germany Sydney, Australia Santa Clarita Obuasi, Ghana Shanghai, China Tena, Ecuador Hyderabad, India Q Paris, France u Sariaya, Philippines Sendai, Japan Thessaloniki, Greece Cuautla, Mexico Bangalore, India u Santa Cruz Ensenada, Mexico Cork, Ireland Chiverico, Cuba u Gangnam-Gu, South Korea Haifa, Israel Riva Trigoso, Italy Can Tho, Vietnam Assisi, Italy Sestri Levante, Italy Abidjan, Ivory Coast Shingu, Japan

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Innovation, Economic Development Population Greater Than 500,001: Baltimore Sister Cities International

Jinotepe, Nicaragua Sunnyvale Whittier Kasese, Uganda u Iizuka, Japan Changshu, China Alushta, Ukraine Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela Temecula Colorado Daisen (Nakayama), Japan Arvada Santa Fe Springs Leidschendam-Voorburg, Netherlands Mechelen, Belgium Q Tirschenreuth, Germany Jinzhou, China Q Navojoa, Mexico Temple City Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan Q Hawkesbury, Australia Santa Monica Magdelena, Mexico Aspen Hamm, Germany San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina Fujinomiya, Japan Union City Chamonix, France Mazatlan, Mexico Q Asadabad, Afghanistan Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Liyang, China Shimukappu, Japan Sausalito Jalandhar, India Queenstown, New Zealand Viña del Mar, Chile Santa Rosalia, Mexico Davos, Switzerland Sakaide, Japan Baybay, Philippines Cascais, Portugal Pasay, Philippines Aurora Chiang Rai, Thailand Jaco, Costa Rica Sebastopol Antiguo Cuscatlán, El Salvador u Takeo, Japan Upland Adama, Ethiopia Chyhyryn, Ukraine Mildura, Australia Zielona Gora, Poland Caborca, Mexico Seongnam City, South Korea Sonoma Penglai, China Vallejo Boulder Aswan, Egypt La Spezia, Italy Lhasa, China Chambolle-Musigny, France Akashi, Japan Yateras, Cuba Tokaj, Hungary Trondheim, Norway Yamagata, Japan Q Greve-in-Chianti, Italy Baguio, Philippines Kisumu, Kenya Q Patzcuaro, Mexico Jincheon, South Korea Ciudad Mante, Mexico Kaniv, Ukraine Bagamoyo, Tanzania Jalapa, Nicaragua u Nablus, Palestinian Territories South San Francisco Walnut Dushanbe, Tajikistan St. Jean Pied de Port, France Calamba City, Philippines Lucca, Italy Shin Lin District, Taiwan Brighton Kishiwada, Japan Ziebice, Poland Atotonilco, Mexico Walnut Creek Pasig City, Philippines Siofok, Hungary Broomfield Noceto, Italy Ueda, Japan

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Colorado Springs Essex Coral Gables Bankstown, Australia Deschapelles, Haiti Cartagena, Colombia Ancient Olympia, Greece Quito, Ecuador l Fujiyoshida, Japan New Haven Aix-en-Provence, France Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Avignon, France La Antigua, Guatemala Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico Afula-Gilboa, Israel Pisa, Italy l Smolensk, Russia Amalfi, Italy El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain u Kaohsiung Municipality, Taiwan Tetlanohcan, Mexico Granada, Spain León, Nicaragua Commerce City Freetown, Sierra Leone Crestview Seeking Partners Hue, Vietnam Noirmoutier, France

Denver Norwalk Delray Beach Kunming, China Nagarote, Nicaragua Aquin, Haiti Axum, Ethiopia Pesaro, Italy Brest, France Delaware Miyazu, Japan Akureyri, Iceland u Rehoboth Beach Moshi, Tanzania Q Chennai, India Greve-in-Chianti, Italy Karmiel, Israel Doral Ramat HaNegev, Israel u Wilmington Oranjestad, Aruba Potenza, Italy Ningbo, China u Barranquilla, Colombia Takayama, Japan Nemours, France Xizhi District, New Taipei City, Taiwan Nairobi, Kenya Fulda, Germany Cuernavaca, Mexico Olevano sul Tusciano, Italy Dunedin Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Osogbo, Nigeria Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom Kalmar, Sweden Denver Regional Council of Watford, United Kingdom Fort Lauderdale Governments Mar del Plata, Argentina Baghdad, Iraq Gold Coast, Australia District Of Columbia Belo Horizonte, Brazil Estes Park Washington Sao Sebastiao, Brazil Monteverde, Costa Rica Brussels, Belgium Medellín, Colombia Brasilia, Brazil Quepos, Costa Rica Lakewood Beijing, China La Romana, Dominican Republic Sutherland Shire, Australia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Duisburg, Germany Stade, Germany Paris, France Agogo, Ghana Chester, United Kingdom Accra, Ghana Cap-Haitien, Haiti Portsmouth, United Kingdom Q Athens, Greece Haifa, Israel Rome, Italy Rimini, Italy Longmont Dakar, Senegal Venice, Italy Q Chino, Japan Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Panama City, Panama Ciudad Guzman, Mexico South Africa Mataró, Spain Seoul, South Korea Kaohsiung City, Taiwan Pueblo Bangkok, Thailand Mugla, Turkey Weifang, China Ankara, Turkey Margarita Island, Venezuela Bergamo, Italy Sunderland, United Kingdom Lucca Sicula, Italy Fort Pierce Chihuahua, Mexico Florida Seeking Partners Puebla, Mexico Apalachicola Maribor, Slovenia Seeking Partners Gainesville Manizales, Colombia l Steamboat Springs Boynton Beach Jacmel, Haiti San Martin de los Andes, Argentina Qufu, China Tegucigalpa, Honduras l Saasfee, Switzerland Rauma, Finland Duhok, Iraq Les Cayes, Haiti Kfar Saba, Israel Connecticut Deir Alla, Jordan Enfield Clearwater Matagalpa, Nicaragua Ronneby, Sweden Wyong, Australia Qalqilya, Palestinian Territories Chung Li, Taoyuan City, Taiwan Kalamaria, Greece Rzeszów, Poland Nagano, Japan Novorossisk, Russia

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Gulfport Pereira, Colombia Treviso, Italy Seeking Partners San Jose, Costa Rica Q Merida, Mexico Prague, Czech Republic Vladimir, Russia Jacksonville Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Dunfermline, Scotland, United Bahia Blanca, Argentina Lamentin, Guadeloupe, France l Kingdom Curitiba, Brazil Q Petit Goave, Haiti Ningbo, China u Q Provincia di Asti, Italy St. Augustine Shaoxing, China u Kingston, Jamaica Q Cartagena de Indias, Colombia Suzhou, China u Q Veracruz, Mexico San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Q Yingkou, China Asuncion, Paraguay Aviles, Spain Nantes, France Q Pucallpa, Peru l Ciudadella de Menorca, Spain San Juan, Puerto Rico Q Saint Kitts and Nevis Islands, Saint George-Town, Great Exuma, The Murmansk, Russia Kitts and Nevis Islands l Bahamas Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, Dakar, Senegal Q South Africa Cape Town, South Africa St. Petersburg Changwon City, South Korea Cabildo de Tenerife, Spain Takamatsu, Japan Stockholm County, Sweden Isla Mujeres, Mexico Lakeland Taipei, Taiwan St. Petersburg, Russia u Richmond Hill, Canada Turks and Caicos Islands, Turks and Figueres, Spain Chongming County, China Caicos Islands l Fengxian District, Shanghai, China u Maldonado, Uruguay Sunny Isles Beach Jiaxing, China u Q Antolín del Campo, Venezuela Netanya, Israel Portmore St. Catherine, Jamaica Monagas State, Venezuela Taormina, Italy Imabari, Japan Hengchun, Taiwan Balti, Moldova Mount Dora Rybnitsa, Moldova u Forres, Scotland, United Kingdom Surfside Seeking Partners Lauderhill New Port Richey Suzano, Brazil Cavalaire-sur-mer, France Tallahassee Petionville, Haiti Rugao, China Herzliya, Israel North Miami Konongo-Odumasi, Ghana Trelawny Parish, Jamaica Delmas, Haiti l Sligo, Ireland Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago Ramat-Hasharon, Israel Gemlik, Turkey Pembroke Park Sint Maarten, Netherlands Seeking Partners Krasnodar, Russia Marathon Seeking Partners Pensacola Tampa Escazu, Costa Rica Porto Alegre, Brazil Q Miami Beach Gero, Japan Guangping Duan, Lanzhou, China Fortaleza, Brazil Isla Mujeres, Mexico Barranquilla, Colombia Q Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Chimbote, Peru Le Havre, France Brampton, Canada Miraflores, Peru Dublin, Ireland Santa Marta, Colombia Macharaviaya, Spain Ashdod, Israel Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic Kaohsiung City, Taiwan Agrigento, Italy Nahariya, Israel Gorlovka, Ukraine Veracruz/Boca del Rio, Mexico Q Ramat Gan, Israel Oviedo, Spain Pescara, Italy Pinecrest Izmir, Turkey Q Fujisawa, Japan Cognac, France Cozumel, Mexico Tavares Ica, Peru Pinellas County Xindian, Taiwan Almonte, Spain Seeking Partners Basel, Switzerland Volusia County Pompano Beach Diamantina, Brazil Miami Dade County Seeking Partners Bayonne, France Mendoza, Argentina Q Campeche, Mexico The Bahamas Sarasota Santa Cruz, Bolivia l Hamilton, Canada West Palm Beach Sao Paulo, Brazil Siming District, Xiamen, China Tzahar Region, Israel Cayman Islands, Cayman Islands l Perpignan, France San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Iquique, Chile l Tel Mond, Israel

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Hirara (Miyakujima), Japan Arequipa, Peru Innovation, Economic Development Bacarra, Philippines Population Between 100,001 – 500,000: Badoc, Philippines Birmingham Sister Cities Cabugao, Philippines Manila, Philippines Puerto Princesa, Philippines Quezon City, Philippines Q San Juan, Philippines San Nicolas, Philippines Santa, Philippines Sarrat, Philippines Zambales Province, Philippines Funchal, Portugal Q Sao Miguel Island, Portugal Embo, Scotland, United Kingdom Goyang, South Korea Madrid, Spain Pingtung, Taiwan

Idaho Idaho Falls Tokai-Mura, Japan

Moscow Villa El Carmen, Nicaragua

Pocatello Kwaremanguel, Burkina Faso Iwamizawa, Japan

Illinois Aledo Budva, Montenegro Newcastle upon Tyne, United Aledo, Spain Mersin, Turkey Kingdom Q Bartlett West Park Decatur Miaoli, Taiwan Seeking Partners Bousse, Burkina Faso Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso Belleville Georgia Trujillo, Peru Paderborn, Germany Atlanta Salzburg, Austria Elberton Belvidere Brussels, Belgium Mure, Japan Vaux-le-Penil, France Cotonou, Benin Schwieberdingen, Germany Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Q LaGrange Salcedo, Dominican Republic Poti, Georgia Bensenville Toulouse, France Aso, Japan Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Mexico Tbilisi, Georgia Craigavon, County Armagh, Northern Nuremberg, Germany Ireland, United Kingdom Bloomington-Normal Ancient Olympia, Greece Q Caibarien, Cuba Ra’anana, Israel Hawaii Remedios, Cuba Montego Bay, Jamaica Maui Asahikawa, Japan Fukuoka, Japan Rapa Nui, Chile Vladimir, Russia Q Lagos, Nigeria Hainan Province, China Canterbury, United Kingdom Bucharest, Romania Sanya County, Hainan, China Daegu, South Korea San Cristobal Island, Ecuador u Carbondale Taipei, Taiwan Albi, France Shimla, India Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Fukuyama, Japan Tainai City, Japan Hachijo Island, Japan Tainan City, Taiwan

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Charleston Havana Springfield Fengshan, Taiwan Seeking Partners Killarney, Ireland u Ashikaga, Japan Chicago Highland San Pedro de las Colonias, Mexico Toronto, Canada Sursee, Switzerland Shanghai, China Q Tinley Park Shenyang, China Highland Park Budingen, Germany Bogotá, Colombia Kiryat Gat, Israel u Mallow, Ireland Prague, Czech Republic Q Yerucham, Israel Paris, France Q Ferrara, Italy Urbana Hamburg, Germany Modena, Italy Haizhu District, Guangzhou, China Accra, Ghana Q Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Thionville, France Athens, Greece Zomba, Malawi Delhi, India Hoffman Estates Galway, Ireland Angoulême, France Waterloo Petach Tikva, Israel Porta Westfalica, Germany Milan, Italy Lake Zurich Osaka, Japan Q Nittenau, Germany West Chicago Amman, Jordan Q Taufkirchen, Germany Vilnius, Lithuania Lockport Mexico City, Mexico Asiago, Italy West Dundee Casablanca, Morocco Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom Lahore, Pakistan Millstadt Warsaw, Poland Gross-Bieberau, Germany Wilmette Moscow, Russia Q Mona Vale, Australia Belgrade, Serbia Mount Prospect Durban, South Africa Sevres, France Indiana Busan, South Korea Bloomington Gothenburg, Sweden Naperville Santa Clara, Cuba Lucerne, Switzerland Patzcuaro, Mexico Posoltega, Nicaragua Kyiv, Ukraine Nitra, Slovakia Birmingham, United Kingdom Carmel Palatine Xiangyang, China Chicago Heights Fontenay-le-Comte, France Kawachinagano, Japan Asuogyaman, Ghana Park Ridge Fishers Chicago Heights Kinver, United Kingdom Billericay, United Kingdom San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy Cedral, Mexico Quincy Fort Wayne Wadowice, Poland Herford, Germany Mawlamyine, Burma u Taizhou, China Richton Park Columbia Gera, Germany Cat Island, The Bahamas Gedern, Germany Takaoka, Japan Plock, Poland Decatur Rockford Changzhou, China Q Seevetal, Germany Goshen Taszár, Hungary Tokorozawa, Japan Bexbach, Germany Ferentino, Italy Emmeloord, Netherlands Dixon Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan Herzberg, Germany Cluj-Napoca, Romania Greenfield Castlebar, Ireland Borgholm, Sweden Kakuda, Japan Thika, Kenya Lidkoping, Sweden Dickson, Russia Brovary, Ukraine Indianapolis Campinas, Brazil Elk Grove Village Roselle Hangzhou, China u Termini Imerese Sicily, Italy Bochnia, Poland Cologne, Germany Hyderabad, India u Schaumburg Hanover Park Monza, Italy Schaumburg, Germany Cape Coast, Ghana Piran, Slovenia Namerikawa, Japan Valparaiso, Mexico Taipei, Taiwan Safranbolu, Turkey

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Northamptonshire County, United Zhengding, China Lexington Kingdom Ludwigslust, Germany Deauville, France Ichikawadaimon, Japan County Kildare, Ireland Jasper Ramallah, Palestinian Territories Shinhidaka, Japan Pfaffenweiler, Germany Lomza, Poland Newmarket, Suffolk, United Kingdom Kislovodsk, Russia Lafayette Drohobych, Ukraine Louisville Longkou, China Paysandu, Uruguay l La Plata, Argentina Ota, Japan Chengdu, China u Newton Jiujiang, China Newburgh Wuchi Town, Taiwan Quito, Ecuador Newburgh, United Kingdom Smila, Ukraine Montpellier, France Mainz, Germany Noblesville Osage Tamale, Ghana Nova Prata, Brazil Lermontov, Russia Perm, Russia Cittadella, Italy Adapazari, Turkey Shenandoah Leeds, United Kingdom Iowa Tisovek, Slovakia Clarinda Midway Tamana, Japan Waverly Seeking Partners Eisenach, Germany Council Bluffs Morehead Herat, Afghanistan West Des Moines Yangshuo County, China Karradah District, Baghdad Mateh Asher, Israel Ballymena, Northern Ireland, United El Hajeb, Morocco Kingdom Tobolsk, Russia Kansas Abilene Owensboro Davenport Omitama (Minori), Japan Olomouc, Czech Republic Ilheus, Brazil Olomouc Kraj, Czech Republic Kaiserslautern, Germany Bonner Springs Nisshin, Japan Carlow County, Ireland Seeking Partners Paris Des Moines Hays Lamotte-Beuvron, France Shijiazhuang, China Xinzheng, China Saint-Etienne, France Santa Maria, Paraguay Pikeville Provincia di Catanzaro, Italy Ankang, China Kofu, Japan Q Lawrence Dundalk, Ireland Stavropol, Russia Eutin, Germany Iniades, Greece Maine Dubuque Hiratsuka, Japan Portland Dornbirn, Austria Mytilene, Greece Handan, China Victoria Cap-Haitien, Haiti Pyatigorsk, Russia Kubelstein Stadt Schesslitz, Germany Shinagawa, Japan Arkhangelsk, Russia Elkader Wichita Mascara, Algeria Kaifeng, China Waterville Orleans, France Kotlas, Russia Fort Madison Cancun, Mexico Prum, Germany Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico Maryland Annapolis Grinnell Kentucky Changsha, China Zheleznovodsk, Russia Danville Tallinn, Estonia Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, United Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France Marshalltown Kingdom Banjul, Gambia Minami-Alps, Japan Wexford, Ireland Budyonnovsk, Russia Frankfort Marsala, Italy Shimamoto, Japan Nithsdale, Scotland, United Kingdom Muscatine Newport, United Kingdom Crespo, Argentina Georgetown Parana, Argentina Tahara, Japan

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Baltimore Xiamen, China Alexandria, Egypt Best Overall Program Luxor, Egypt Population Between 300,001 – 500,000: Bremerhaven, Germany International Relations Council of Riverside, Inc. Piraeus, Greece Q Ely O’Carroll, Ireland u Ashkelon, Israel Genoa, Italy Kawasaki, Japan Gbarnga, Liberia Rotterdam, Netherlands Odessa, Ukraine

Charles County Jogeva County, Estonia Walldorf, Germany

Columbia Cergy-Pontoise, France Tema, Ghana Cap-Haitien, Haiti Tres Cantos, Spain

District Heights Mbuji-Mayi, Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) Thomonde, Haiti Oakland Cambridge Torva, Estonia u Yerevan, Armenia Q Hagerstown Valga, Estonia u Cienfuegos, Cuba Wesel, Germany San Jose Las Flores, El Salvador Ocean City Galway, Ireland Maryland State Finale Ligure, Italy Gaeta, Italy Q Walloon Region, Belgium Ischia, Italy State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Riverdale Park Coimbra, Portugal Q Anhui Province, China Ipala, Guatemala Harju County, Estonia Newburyport Nord-Pas de Calais, France Rockville Bura, Kenya County Cork, Ireland Jiaxing, China u Zelengorsk, Russia Negev, Israel Pinneberg, Germany Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan Pittsfield Bong County, Liberia Salisbury Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland Maryland County, Liberia Dalian, China u Cava de Tirreni, Italy State of Jalisco, Mexico Tartu, Estonia Malpaisillo, Nicaragua Cross River State, Nigeria Salisbury, United Kingdom Chung Ju, South Korea Ondo State, Nigeria Lodz Region, Poland Massachusetts Somerville Leningrad Oblast, Russia Boston Yucuaiqu, El Salvador KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Melbourne, Australia Gaeta, Italy Gyeongsangnam-Do, South Korea Praia, Cape Verde Tiznit, Morocco Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality, Hangzhou, China Turkey Strasbourg, France West Springfield Ninh Thuan Province, Vietnam Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana Seeking Partners Padua, Italy Montgomery County Kyoto, Japan Worcester Xi’an, China Beira, Mozambique Piraeus, Greece Morazán, El Salvador Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Afula, Israel Gondar, Ethiopia Kingdom Pushkino, Russia Hyderabad, India Barcelona, Spain Worcester, United Kingdom Taipei, Taiwan

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Michigan Fergus Falls Worthington Boyne City Nordhordland Region, Norway Crailsheim, Germany Seeking Partners Lindstrom Missouri Chelsea Tingsryd, Sweden Columbia Shimizu, Hokkaido, Japan Laoshan District, China Melrose K’ut’aisi, Georgia Frankenmuth Buhl, Germany Hakusan (Matto), Japan Gunzenhausen, Germany Legden, Germany Sibiu, Romania Suncheon, South Korea Holland Minneapolis Queretaro, Mexico Winnipeg, Canada Kansas City Santiago, Chile Xi’an, China Q Lansing Harbin, China Yan’an, China Lanzhou, China u Kuopio, Finland Metz, France Sanming, China Tours, France Hannover, Germany Akuapem South District, Ghana Najaf, Iraq Ramla, Israel Nsawam Adoagyiri Municipality, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan Kurashiki, Japan Ghana Eldoret, Kenya Guadalajara, Mexico Pianezza, Italy Cuernavaca, Mexico Morelia, Mexico Otsu, Japan Novosibirsk, Russia San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico l Guadalajara, Mexico Bosaso, Somalia Port Harcourt, Nigeria Saltillo, Mexico Uppsala, Sweden Freetown, Sierra Leone Q Tipitapa, Nicaragua l Seville, Spain Montgomery Asan, South Korea Tainan City, Taiwan Seeking Partners Dar es Salaam, Tanzania u Arusha, Tanzania New Ulm Muskegon Springfield Neu-Ulm, Germany Omuta, Japan Isesaki, Japan Ulm, Germany Antalya Kepez, Turkey Q Tlaquepaque, Mexico Red Wing Saline St. Charles Quzhou, China Lindenberg, Germany Ludwigsburg, Germany Ikata, Japan Brecon, Wales, United Kingdom Carndonagh/Inishowen, Ireland Kongsberg, Norway South Haven St. Louis Saint Paul Quilali, Nicaragua Br ko, Bosnia and Herzegovina Changsha, China Q č Nanjing, China Quito, Ecuador Q Minnesota Wuhan, China Ciudad Romero, El Salvador Brooklyn Center Lyon, France Neuss, Germany Seeking Partners Stuttgart, Germany Tiberias, Israel Georgetown, Guyana Nagasaki, Japan Cambridge Bogor, Indonesia Culiacán, Mexico Beli Manastir, Croatia Donegal, Ireland Manzanillo, Mexico Yuasa, Japan Galway, Ireland Novosibirsk, Russia Rattvik, Sweden Bologna, Italy Lawaaikamp, South Africa l Suwa, Japan Columbia Heights San Luis Potosi, Mexico Q Saint Peter Lomianki, Poland Szczecin, Poland Petatlan, Mexico Samara, Russia Duluth St. Louis, Senegal Thunder Bay, Canada Shoreview Einhausen, Germany Rania, Iraq Montana Isumi-shi, Japan St. Anthony Livingston Petrozavodsk, Russia Salo, Finland Naganohara, Japan Växjö, Sweden Winona Missoula Elbow Lake Misato, Japan Neckargemünd, Germany Flekkefjord, Norway Bytow, Poland Palmerston North, New Zealand

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Nebraska Fukui, Japan Bukhara, Uzbekistan Boys Town Tsuruoka, Japan Livingston, Zambia Ballymoe, Ireland Newark New York Kearney Ganja, Azerbaijan Albany Opava, Czech Republic Belo Horizonte, Brazil Ghent, Belgium Governador Valadares, Brazil Quebec City, Canada Nebraska City Porto Alegre, Brazil Verona, Italy Seeking Partners Reserva, Brazil Nijmegen, Netherlands Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Tula, Russia Omaha Douala, Cameroon Freeport, The Bahamas Yantai, China Xuzhou, China Grand Bahama Island, The Bahamas Braunschweig, Germany Banjul, Gambia Q Naas, Ireland Kumasi, Ghana Q Amityville Shizuoka, Japan Monrovia, Liberia Le Bourget, France Siauliai, Lithuania Umuaka, Nigeria Xalapa, Mexico Aveiro, Portugal Brooklyn Seia, Portugal Baku, Azerbaijan Papillion Freeport, The Bahamas Q Chao Yang District, Beijing, China Seeking Partners Besiktas, Turkey Toms River Üsküdar, Turkey Nevada Matera, Italy Fallon Buffalo Vani Municipality, Georgia New Mexico Changzhou, China Albuquerque Bani, Dominican Republic Reno Lanzhou, China Q Lille, France Hatzor, Israel l Helmstedt, Germany Dortmund, Germany Sorrento, Italy u Rehovot, Israel Aboadze, Ghana Q Guadalupe, Nuevo León, Mexico l Sasebo, Japan Cape Coast, Ghana Wanganui, New Zealand Chihuahua, Mexico Kiryat Gat, Israel Q San Sabastian, Spain Guadalajara, Mexico Siena, Italy Taichung, Taiwan Q Alburquerque, Spain Torremaggiore, Italy Udonthani, Thailand Hua Lien City, Taiwan St. Ann, Jamaica Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Kanazawa, Japan New Hampshire Lusaka, Zambia Abuja, Nigeria Q Portsmouth Rzeszów, Poland Parnu, Estonia Clovis Tver, Russia Aburi, Ghana Kasama, Zambia Muhanga District, Rwanda Kitase, Ghana Yeongcheon, South Korea Szolnok, Hungary Las Cruces Bursa Yildirim, Turkey Nichinan, Japan Nienburg, Germany Drohobych, Ukraine Q Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, United Ciudad Lerdo, Mexico Horlivka, Ukraine Kingdom Q Los Alamos Severodvinsk, Russia Canisteo Sarov, Russia Portsmouth, United Kingdom Wauchope, Australia Ruidoso Corning New Jersey Puerto Peñasco, Mexico San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy Manasquan Kakegawa (Osuka), Japan Q Seeking Partners Santa Fe Lviv, Ukraine Zhangjiajie, China Montclair Holguin, Cuba Honeoye Falls Graz, Austria Sorrento, Italy Q Borgne, Haiti Laguna de Perlas, Nicaragua Tsuyama, Japan Cherepovets, Russia Parral, Mexico Horseheads Barnet, United Kingdom San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Nakagawa-machi, Tochigi, Japan Icheon, South Korea New Brunswick Santa Fe de la Vega, Spain Irondequoit Debrecen, Hungary Nevsehir, Turkey u Pescara, Italy Q Limerick and Limerick County, Ireland Poltava, Ukraine

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Little Falls Beaufort sur Gervanne, France Toyama, Japan Seeking Partners Beaufort-Haute-Garonne, France Kostroma, Russia Beaufort-Isere, France Arusha, Tanzania Q Northport Beaufort-Jura, France Durham, United Kingdom Sochi, Russia Beaufort-Nord, France Chapdes-Beaufort, France Gastonia Red Hook Montmorency-Beaufort, France Gotha, Germany Mas’ha, Palestinian Territories Beaufort, Haiti Santiago de Surco, Peru Beaufort, Ireland Rochester Beaufort, Luxembourg Greenville Xiangyang, China Q Beaufort, Malaysia Seeking Partners Puerta Plata, Dominican Republic Fort Beaufort, South Africa Rennes, France Hendersonville Würzburg, Germany Burlington-Alamance Verbania, Italy Waterford, Ireland Soledad de Graciano Sánchez, San Almuñecar, Spain Rehovot, Israel Q Luis Potosi, Mexico Caltanissetta, Italy Gwacheon, South Korea Laurinburg Hamamatsu, Japan Oban, Scotland, United Kingdom Alytus, Lithuania Cary Bamako, Mali Markham, Canada Lenoir Kraków, Poland Le Touquet, France Seeking Partners Velikiy Novgorod, Russia County Meath, Ireland Hsinchu, Taiwan Matthews Trumansburg Sainte Maxime, France Seeking Partners Charlotte Baoding, China Mooresville-South Iredell Village of Great Neck Plaza Limoges, France Hockenheim, Germany Tiberias, Israel Krefeld, Germany Kumasi, Ghana Morehead City North Carolina Hadera, Israel Seeking Partners Asheville Arequipa, Peru Q Oriental Saumur, France Wroclaw, Poland Seeking Partners Karpenisi, Greece Voronezh, Russia San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico Raleigh Valladolid, Mexico Concord Xiangyang, China Osogbo, Nigeria Q Killarney, Ireland Compiegne, France Vladikavkaz, Russia Siena, Italy Freeport, The Bahamas Rostock, Germany Nairobi, Kenya Beaufort Kingston-upon-Hull, United Kingdom Beaufort, Australia Durham Beaufort en Vallee, France Kunshan, China u Saluda Beaufort sur Doron, France Zhuzhou, China Carunchio, Italy

Sanford Yixing, China Innovation, Humanitarian Assistance Population Less Southern Pines Than 100,000: Newry and Mourne District, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Coral Gables International Wilmington Affairs Bridgetown, Barbados San Pedro, Belize Coordinating Dandong, China Council Doncaster, United Kingdom

Winston-Salem Yangpu District, Shanghai, China Kumasi, Ghana

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Buchanan, Liberia Seville, Spain Q Westlake Ungheni, Moldova Tainan City, Taiwan Kingsville, Ontario, Canada Freeport, The Bahamas Tralee, Ireland Nassau, The Bahamas Dayton Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Oklahoma Ohio Augsburg, Germany Edmond Akron Holon, Israel Q Qingyang, China Chemnitz, Germany Oiso, Japan Q Engels, Russia Kiryat Ekron, Israel Monrovia, Liberia Q Norman Centerville Delaware Clermont-Ferrand, France Waterloo, Canada Baumholder, Germany Arezzo, Italy Bad Zwischenahn, Germany Seika, Japan Kettering Colima, Mexico Q Cincinnati Steyr, Austria Liuzhou, China Kettering, United Kingdom Oklahoma City Nancy, France Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Munich, Germany Lima Haikou, Hainan, China Q Mysore, India Harima-cho, Japan Puebla, Mexico Q Gifu, Japan Ulyanovsk, Russia Miami Amman, Jordan Kigali, Rwanda Seeking Partners New Taipei City, Taiwan Tainan City, Taiwan Kharkiv, Ukraine Taipei, Taiwan Montgomery Harare, Zimbabwe Neuilly-Plaisance, France Stillwater Cleveland Kameoka, Japan Oakwood Fieri, Albania Outremont, Canada Alexandria, Egypt Tulsa Le Vésinet, France Segundo Montes, El Salvador Beihai, China Unterhaching, Germany u Bahir Dar, Ethiopia Q Amiens, France Rouen, France Celle, Germany Oberlin Heidenheim, Germany Tiberias, Israel Q Ile-Ife, Nigeria Q Conakry, Guinea Utsunomiya, Japan Miskolc, Hungary San Luis Potosi, Mexico Oxford Bangalore, India Zelenograd, Russia Seeking Partners West Mayo, Ireland Kaohsiung Municipality, Taiwan Q Holon, Israel Portsmouth Vincenza, Italy Yukon Zittau, Germany Klaipeda, Lithuania Krnov, Czech Republic Orizaba, Mexico Ibadan, Nigeria Corby, United Kingdom Lima, Peru Oregon Gdansk, Poland Toledo Albany Brasov, Romania Londrina, Brazil Seeking Partners Volgograd, Russia Qinhuangdao, China Bratislava, Slovakia Delmenhorst, Germany Ashland Ljubljana, Slovenia Csongrad County, Hungary Guanajuato, Mexico Taipei, Taiwan Szeged, Hungary Cleveland, United Kingdom Coimbatore, India Astoria Cleveland County, United Kingdom Toyohashi, Japan Walldorf, Germany Bekaa Valley, Lebanon Columbus Hyderabad, Pakistan Beaverton Curitiba, Brazil Poznan, Poland Cluses, France Hefei, China Toledo, Spain Q Trossingen, Germany Odense, Denmark Tanga, Tanzania Gotemba, Japan Dresden, Germany Ogaki, Japan u Accra, Ghana Vandalia Birobidjan, Russia Ahmedabad, India Lichtenfels, Germany Cheonan, South Korea Herzliya, Israel Prestwick, Scotland, United Kingdom Hsinchu, Taiwan Q Genoa, Italy Q

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Corvallis Pittsburgh Killarney, Ireland Gondar, Ethiopia Q Sofia, Bulgaria Keighley, United Kingdom Uzhhorod, Ukraine Wuhan, China Zagreb, Croatia Spartanburg Eugene Matanzas, Cuba Seeking Partners Kakegawa (Osuka), Japan Ostrava, Czech Republic Kathmandu, Nepal Saarbrucken, Germany South Dakota Irkutsk, Russia Karmiel, Israel Q Rapid City Chinju, South Korea Misgav, Israel Apolda, Germany Omiya, Japan Thüringen, Germany Grants Pass Saitama (Urawa), Japan Imaichi, Japan Rubtsovsk, Russia Skopje, Macedonia Nikko, Japan Naucalpan, Mexico Hood River San Isidro, Nicaragua Sioux Falls Tsuruta, Japan Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay Potsdam, Germany Presov, Slovakia Newry and Mourne District, Northern Medford Bilbao, Spain Ireland, United Kingdom Q Alba, Italy Gaziantep, Turkey Donetsk, Ukraine Ontario Sheffield, United Kingdom Tennessee Chattanooga Osakasayama, Japan Da Nang, Vietnam Wuxi, China Q Oregon City Saxonburg Hamm, Germany Tateshina, Japan Muehlhausen, Germany Wolfsburg, Germany Givatayim, Israel Portland Manfredonia, Italy Suzhou, China South Carolina Nizhni Tagil, Russia Anderson Ashkelon, Israel Gangneung, South Korea Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, United Bologna, Italy Q Kingdom Sapporo, Japan Franklin Western Isles, Scotland, United Guadalajara, Mexico Carleton Place, Canada Kingdom Utrecht, Netherlands u Bad Soden am Taunus, Germany Khabarovsk, Russia County Laois, Ireland Charleston Ulsan, South Korea Spoleto, Italy Kaohsiung Municipality, Taiwan Germantown Panama City, Panama Mutare, Zimbabwe Konigs Wusterhausen, Germany

Clover Greater Tri-Cities Pennsylvania Larne, Northern Ireland, United Guaranda, Ecuador Ephrata Kingdom Teterow, Germany Eberbach, Germany Rybinsk, Russia Columbia Hazleton Plovdiv, Bulgaria Nashville Lambro and Mingardo, Italy Yibin, China Mendoza, Argentina Gorzow Wielkopolski, Poland Kaiserslautern, Germany Q Tamworth, Australia Accra, Ghana Edmonton, Canada Northampton Cluj-Napoca, Romania Taiyuan, China Stegersbach, Austria Chelyabinsk, Russia Caen, France Q Crouy, France u Philadelphia Fountain Inn Magdeburg, Germany Douala, Cameroon Q Seeking Partners Kamakura, Japan Tianjin, China Q Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Aix-en-Provence, France Q Greenville Kingdom Q Frankfurt am Main, Germany Kortrijk, Belgium Port de la Selva, Spain u Tel Aviv - Yafo, Israel Q Tianjin, China Abruzzo, Italy Bergamo, Italy Q Oak Ridge Florence, Italy Nakashi (Naka Machi), Japan Kobe, Japan Q Myrtle Beach Obninsk, Russia Torun, Poland Pinamar, Argentina Nizhny Novgorod, Russia Burlington, Canada Incheon, South Korea

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Texas Reggio Emilia, Italy Acambaro, Mexico Arlington Nagaoka, Japan Angostura, Mexico Bad Königshofen, Germany Toluca, Mexico Campeche, Mexico Mbabane, Swaziland Cerralvo, Mexico Austin Cienega de Flores, Mexico Adelaide, Australia Grand Prairie Ciudad Valles, Mexico Siem Reap, Cambodia u Baden bei Wien, Austria Corregidora, Mexico Xishuangbanna, China Charlesbourg, Canada Cuautla, Mexico Angers, France Gueishan, Taiwan Cuernavaca, Mexico Villefranche Sur Mer, France u Kalush, Ukraine Escobedo, Mexico Koblenz, Germany Francisco I. Madero, Coahuila, Mexico Oita, Japan Houston General Teran, Mexico Maseru, Lesotho Luanda, Angola Guadalajara, Mexico Saltillo, Mexico Q Perth, Australia Guadalupe, Nuevo León, Mexico Q Tehuacan, Mexico u Baku, Azerbaijan Jalpan de Serra, Mexico Orlu, Nigeria Shanghai, China u Jerez de Garcia Salinas, Mexico Lima, Peru Q Shenzhen, China Lampazos, Mexico Gwangmyeong, South Korea Guayaquil, Ecuador Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico Taichung, Taiwan Nice, France Leon, Mexico Antalya Kepez, Turkey Leipzig, Germany León Guanajuato, Mexico London Borough of Hackney, United Basrah, Iraq Los Herreras, Mexico Kingdom Chiba City, Japan Mexticacan, Mexico Tampico, Mexico Moncolva, Mexico Bandera Stavanger, Norway Montemorelos, Mexico Strzelce Opolskie County, Poland Karachi, Pakistan Nuevo Laredo, Mexico Tysmenytsia, Ukraine Tyumen, Russia Papantla, Mexico Grampian Region, Aberdeen, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Briarcliff Scotland, United Kingdom Tepatitlán, Mexico Seeking Partners Huelva, Spain Tijuana, Mexico Taipei, Taiwan Tlahualilo Durango, Mexico Bryan-College Station Istanbul, Turkey Tonala, Mexico Bastogne, Belgium Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Torreon, Mexico Q Greifswald, Germany Veracruz, Mexico u Salamanca, Mexico Irving Lower Hutt, New Zealand Zuazua, Mexico l Espoo, Finland Cantabria, Spain Kazan, Russia l Boulogne-Billancourt, France Laredo, Spain Marino, Italy Tainan City, Taiwan Corpus Christi Leon, Mexico Tainan Hsien, Taiwan Agen, France Darkhan, Mongolia Yokosuka, Japan Merton, United Kingdom McAllen Veracruz, Mexico Q Belize City, Belize Q Toledo, Spain Karnes Saint Laurent, Canada Keelung City, Taiwan Lesnica, Poland Ganzhou, China San Jose, Costa Rica Denison Killeen Acapulco, Mexico Cognac, France Q San Juan, Puerto Rico Cadereyta Jiménez, Mexico Osan, South Korea Ciudad Victoria, Mexico El Paso Garcia, Nuevo León, Mexico Hadera, Israel La Grange Guadalupe, Nuevo León, Mexico Frenstat, Czech Republic Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico Farmers Branch Olfen, Germany Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Mexico Q Garbsen, Germany Monterrey, Mexico Schonebeck, Germany Laredo Reynosa, Mexico Bassetlaw District, United Kingdom San Antonio de Areco, Argentina San Luis Potosi, Mexico Murray Bridge, Australia Tampico, Mexico Q Fort Worth Chenzhou, China Taxco, Mexico Guiyang, China Wenzhou, China Trier, Germany Wuwei, China Odessa Budapest, Hungary Zixing, China Seeking Partners Bandung, Indonesia La Cruz, Costa Rica

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Vermont Burlington Innovation, Humanitarian Assistance Arad, Israel Population Greater Than 500,001: Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua Houston – Karachi Sister City Association Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories Yaroslavl, Russia

Hartford Cenon, France Kratovo, Macedonia

Virginia Alexandria Gyumri, Armenia Caen, France Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom Helsingborg, Sweden

Arlington San Miguel, El Salvador Reims, France Aachen, Germany Coyoacan, Mexico Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

Charlottesville Pleven, Bulgaria Besancon, France Pasadena Southlake Winneba, Ghana u Hadano, Japan Wuzhong District, Suzhou, China u Poggio a Caiano, Italy Tome (Toyoma), Japan Port Arthur Chesapeake Seeking Partners Tomball Joinville, Brazil Telgte, Germany Prairie View Gordonsville Belize City, Belize Tyler Thoré-la-Rochette, France Punta Gorda, Belize Lo Barnechea, Chile Guachené, Colombia Liberia, Costa Rica Hampton Manta, Colombia Yachiyo, Chiba, Japan Vendome, France Santander de Quilichao, Colombia San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Pietermaritzburg Msunduzi, South Santa Tecla, El Salvador Jelenia Gora, Poland Africa Aseseeso, Ghana Anyang, South Korea Southampton, United Kingdom Pabellón de Arteaga, Mexico Utah Park City Henrico County San Antonio Courchevel, France Suzhou, China u Saarpfalz-Kreis, Germany Wuxi, China Yangju, South Korea Salt Lake City Essex County, United Kingdom Darmstadt, Germany u Oruro, Bolivia Chennai, India Q Thurles, Ireland Lynchburg Tel Aviv - Yafo, Israel u Torino, Italy Kumamoto, Japan Rueil Malmaison, France Matsumoto, Japan Glauchau, Germany Guadalajara, Mexico Q Trujillo, Peru u Q Monterrey, Mexico Q Quezon City, Philippines Newport News Windhoek, Namibia Izhevsk, Russia Gwangju, South Korea Taizhou, China Keelung City, Taiwan Greifswald, Germany Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain Chernivtsi, Ukraine Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain Neyagawa, Japan Kaohsiung Municipality, Taiwan

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Norfolk Bellevue Mercer Island Halifax, Canada Kladno, Czech Republic Thonon-les-Bains, France Ningbo, China Yao, Japan Toulon, France Liepaja, Latvia Point Roberts Wilhelmshaven, Germany Hualien, Taiwan Seeking Partners Tema, Ghana Kochi, India Bellingham Port Townsend Kitakyushu, Japan Port Stephens, Australia Ichikawa, Japan Q Cagayan de Oro, Philippines Punta Arenas, Chile Kaliningrad, Russia Vaasa, Finland Seattle Norfolk County, United Kingdom Tateyama, Japan Sihanoukville, Cambodia Tsetserleg, Mongolia Limbe, Cameroon Richmond Nakhodka, Russia Chongqing, China Zhengzhou, China Cheongju, South Korea Nantes, France Saitama (Urawa), Japan Pecs, Hungary Segou, Mali Camas Reykjavik, Iceland Windhoek, Namibia Q Hosoecho, Japan Surabaya, Indonesia Richmond upon Thames, United Taki-Cho, Japan Galway, Ireland Q Kingdom Krapkowice, Poland Beer Sheva, Israel Morawica, Poland Perugia, Italy Roanoke Zabierzow, Poland Kobe, Japan Florianopolis, Brazil Mombasa, Kenya Lijiang, China Q Issaquah Mazatlan, Mexico Saint-Lo, France Chaouen, Morocco Christchurch, New Zealand Kisumu, Kenya Q Sunndal, Norway Bergen, Norway Opole, Poland Cebu City, Philippines Q Pskov, Russia Lakewood Gdynia, Poland Wonju, South Korea Danzhou, China u Daejon, South Korea Okinawa City, Japan Kaohsiung Municipality, Taiwan Stanardsville Bauang La Union, Philippines Tashkent, Uzbekistan Seeking Partners Gimhae, South Korea u Haiphong, Vietnam

Suffolk Oderzo, Italy Suffolk, United Kingdom Innovation, Economic Development Virginia Beach Population Less Than 100,000: Waiblingen, Germany City of Monterey, California Miyazaki, Japan San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua u North Down Borough, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Moss, Norway Olongapo, Philippines

Yorktown Port Vendres, France

Washington Anacortes Sidney, Canada Vela Luka, Croatia Nikaho, Japan Lomonosov, Russia

Auburn Guanghan, China u Mola di Bari, Italy Tamba (Kasuga), Japan Pyeongchang, South Korea

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Snoqualmie Door County Racine Chaclacayo, Peru Seeking Partners Fortaleza, Brazil u Gangjin, South Korea Aalborg, Denmark Eau Claire Montélimar, France Spokane Lismore, Australia Oiso, Japan Jilin, China Zapotlanejo, Mexico Limerick, Ireland Kenosha Bluefields, Nicaragua u Cagli, Italy Douai, France Nishinomiya, Japan Wolfenbuttel, Germany Rice Lake San Luis Potosi, Mexico Cosenza, Italy Zamberk, Czech Republic Jecheon, South Korea Quezon City, Philippines Miharu-Machi, Japan Moshi, Tanzania Tacoma Stevens Point Fuzhou, China La Crosse Gulcz, Poland Hvar, Croatia Kumbo, Cameroon Rostov Veliky, Russia Cienfuegos, Cuba Q Luoyang, China Biot, France Epinal, France Kiryat Motzkin, Israel Friedberg, Germany U.S. Territories and Bantry, Ireland Kitakyushu, Japan Protectorates Puerto Vallarta, Mexico u Førde, Norway El Jadida, Morocco Dubna, Russia American Samoa Alesund, Norway Apia Davao, Philippines Lublin Maui, Hawaii Vladivostok, Russia Lublin, Poland George, South Africa Northern Mariana Islands Gunsan, South Korea Menomonie Saipan Taichung, Taiwan Nasukarasuyama, Japan Maui, Hawaii Konakovo, Russia Walla Walla Puerto Rico Cannara, Italy Milwaukee San Juan Sasayama, Japan Ningbo, China u Jacksonville, Florida Zadar, Croatia Killeen, Texas West Virginia Medan, Indonesia Galway, Ireland Morgantown Bomet, Kenya Xuzhou, China u uMhlathuze, South Africa Guanajuato, Mexico Tarime, Tanzania

Wisconsin Milwaukee County De Pere Bialystok, Poland Åmål, Sweden Buffalo City Municipality, South Africa

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Afghanistan Armenia Port Stephens Asadabad Etchmiadzin Bellingham, Washington Union City, California Fresno, California Sutherland Shire Ghazni Gyumri Lakewood, Colorado Hayward, California Alexandria, Virginia Sydney Herat Vanadzor San Francisco, California Council Bluffs, Iowa Pasadena, California Tamworth Jalalabad Yerevan Nashville, Tennessee San Diego, California Cambridge, Massachusetts Q Los Angeles, California Wauchope Albania Canisteo, New York Fieri Aruba Cleveland, Ohio Oranjestad Wyong Doral, Florida Clearwater, Florida Algeria Mascara Australia Austria Elkader, Iowa Adelaide Abtenau Austin, Texas Big Bear Lake, California Angola Luanda Bankstown Baden bei Wien Houston, Texas Colorado Springs, Colorado Grand Prairie, Texas

Argentina Beaufort Dornbirn Bahia Blanca Beaufort, North Carolina Dubuque, Iowa Jacksonville, Florida Cairns Graz Crespo Scottsdale, Arizona Montclair, New Jersey Muscatine, Iowa Cockburn Salzburg La Plata Mobile, Alabama Atlanta, Georgia Louisville, Kentucky Gold Coast Stegersbach Mar del Plata Fort Lauderdale, Florida Northampton, Pennsylvania Fort Lauderdale, Florida Hawkesbury Steyr Mendoza Temple City, California Kettering, Ohio Miami Dade County, Florida Q Nashville, Tennessee Lismore Azerbaijan Eau Claire, Wisconsin Baku Parana Brooklyn, New York Muscatine, Iowa Melbourne Houston, Texas Boston, Massachusetts Pinamar Ganja Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Mildura Newark, New Jersey Upland, California San Antonio de Areco Lankaran Laredo, Texas Mona Vale Monterey, California Wilmette, Illinois San Carlos de Bariloche The Bahamas Aspen, Colorado Murray Bridge The Bahamas Laredo, Texas Miami Dade County, Florida San Martin de los Andes Steamboat Springs, Colorado Perth Cat Island Houston, Texas Richton Park, Illinois San Diego, California Q

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Freeport Punta Gorda Ilheus Albany, New York Prairie View, Texas Davenport, Iowa Concord, North Carolina Newark, New Jersey Q San Pedro Joinville Winston-Salem, North Carolina Wilmington, North Carolina Chesapeake, Virginia

George-Town, Great Exuma Benin Londrina St. Augustine, Florida Cotonou Toledo, Ohio Atlanta, Georgia Grand Bahama Island Nova Prata Albany, New York Bolivia Noblesville, Indiana Oruro Nassau Salt Lake City, Utah Porto Alegre Winston-Salem, North Carolina Newark, New Jersey Santa Cruz Tampa, Florida Q Barbados Miami Dade County, Florida l Bridgetown Reserva Wilmington, North Carolina Bosnia and Herzegovina Newark, New Jersey Brčko Belarus St. Louis, Missouri Rio de Janeiro Partyzanski District, Minsk Atlanta, Georgia Q Bakersfield, California Sarajevo Miami Beach, Florida Dayton, Ohio Newark, New Jersey Belgium Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Bastogne Botswana Salvador Bryan-College Station, Texas Gaborone Los Angeles, California Burbank, California Brussels Atlanta, Georgia Sao Paulo Brazil Miami Dade County, Florida Washington, District of Columbia Belo Horizonte Fort Lauderdale, Florida Sao Sebastiao Ghent Newark, New Jersey Albany, New York Fort Lauderdale, Florida Brasilia State of Rio de Janeiro Hasselt Washington, District of Columbia Mountain View, California Maryland State, Maryland Campinas Suzano Kasterlee Indianapolis, Indiana Lauderhill, Florida Fountain Hills, Arizona San Diego, California Q

Kortrijk Curitiba Bulgaria Greenville, South Carolina Columbus, Ohio Pleven Jacksonville, Florida Q Charlottesville, Virginia Mechelen Arvada, Colorado Diamantina Plovdiv Volusia County, Florida Columbia, South Carolina Mons Little Rock, Arkansas l Florianopolis Sofia Roanoke, Virginia Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Walloon Region Maryland State, Maryland Fortaleza Burkina Faso Miami Beach, Florida Bousse Belize Racine, Wisconsin u Decatur, Georgia Belize City McAllen, Texas Q Governador Valadares Kwaremanguel Prairie View, Texas Newark, New Jersey Pocatello, Idaho

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Ouahigouya Kingston Sidney Decatur, Georgia Scottsdale, Arizona Anacortes, Washington

Burma Kingsville, Ontario Thunder Bay Mawlamyine Westlake, Ohio Duluth, Minnesota Fort Wayne, Indiana u Lethbridge Toronto Cambodia Culver City, California Chicago, Illinois Phnom Penh Long Beach, California Markham Vancouver Cary, North Carolina Los Angeles, California Siem Reap Austin, Texas u Outremont Vernon, British Columbia Oakwood, Ohio Modesto, California Sihanoukville Seattle, Washington Quebec City Waterloo Albany, New York Centerville, Ohio Cameroon Douala Richmond Hill Whitehorse Newark, New Jersey Lakeland, Florida Juneau, Alaska Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Q Saint Laurent Winnipeg Kumbo McAllen, Texas Minneapolis, Minnesota La Crosse, Wisconsin

Limbe Seattle, Washington

Canada Innovation, Arts & Culture Brampton Miami Beach, Florida Population Between 100,001-500,000: Norfolk Sister City Association, Inc. Brockville Ontario, California

Burlington Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Burnaby Mesa, Arizona

Calgary Phoenix, Arizona

Carleton Place Franklin, Tennessee

Charlesbourg Grand Prairie, Texas

Edmonton Nashville, Tennessee

Halifax Norfolk, Virginia

Hamilton Sarasota, Florida

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Cape Verde Changzhou Guiyang Praia Buffalo, New York Fort Worth, Texas Boston, Massachusetts Rockford, Illinois Q Haikou, Hainan Cayman Islands Chao Yang District, Beijing Oakland, California u Cayman Islands Birmingham, Alabama Q Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Q Miami Dade County, Florida l Brooklyn, New York Scottsdale, Arizona

Chile Chengdu Hainan Province u Iquique Louisville, Kentucky Maui, Hawaii Miami Dade County, Florida l Oakland, California u Phoenix, Arizona Q Haizhu District, Guangzhou La Serena Urbana, Illinois Millbrae, California Chenzhou Laredo, Texas Hanchuan Lo Barnechea Martinez, California Tyler, Texas Chongming County Lakeland, Florida Handan Punta Arenas Dubuque, Iowa Bellingham, Washington Chongqing Seattle, Washington Hangzhou Rapa Nui Boston, Massachusetts Maui, Hawaii Cixi Indianapolis, Indiana u Bakersfield, California Santiago Harbin Minneapolis, Minnesota Dalian Minneapolis, Minnesota Oakland, California Q Salisbury, Maryland u Viña del Mar Hefei Sausalito, California Columbus, Ohio Dandong Wilmington, North Carolina China Heze Mobile, Alabama Anhui Province Danzhou Maryland State, Maryland Lakewood, Washington u Huadu District, Guangzhou Millbrae, California u Ankang Fengxian District, Shanghai Pikeville, Kentucky Lakeland, Florida u Huangshi Birmingham, Alabama u Anshan Foshan Birmingham, Alabama Oakland, California Huizhou Municipality Milpitas, California Baoding Fuxin Charlotte, North Carolina Corona, California Jiangmen Riverside, California Beihai Fuzhou Tulsa, Oklahoma Tacoma, Washington Jiangyin Alameda, California Beijing Ganzhou Washington, District of Columbia McAllen, Texas Jiaxing Lakeland, Florida u Q Changchun Guanghan Rockville, Maryland u Little Rock, Arkansas Auburn, Washington u Jilin Changping District Guangping Duan, Lanzhou Spokane, Washington Oakland, California u Tampa, Florida Jinan Changsha Guangzhou Sacramento, California Annapolis, Maryland Los Angeles, California Q Saint Paul, Minnesota Q Oakland, California u Whittier, California

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Jingan District Luoyang Sanya County, Hainan Oakland, California u La Crosse, Wisconsin Maui, Hawaii

Jinzhou Maoming Shanghai Arvada, Colorado Q Oakland, California u Chicago, Illinois Q Oakland, California u Houston, Texas u Mengzi San Francisco, California Jiujiang Modesto, California Louisville, Kentucky Shaoxing Mianyang Jacksonville, Florida u Jurong Oakland, California u Oakland, California u Shenyang Mishan Chicago, Illinois Kaifeng Juneau, Alaska Wichita, Kansas Shenzhen Nanjing Houston, Texas Kaiping St. Louis, Missouri Mesa, Arizona Q Shijiazhuang Millbrae, California u Nanning Des Moines, Iowa Commerce, California u Kunming Oakland, California u Siming District, Xiamen Denver, Colorado Sarasota, Florida Ningbo Kunshan Jacksonville, Florida u Q SongShang Durham, North Carolina u Milwaukee, Wisconsin u Oakland, California u Norfolk, Virginia Lanzhou Wilmington, Delaware u Suzhou Albuquerque, New Mexico Q Jacksonville, Florida u Q Lansing, Michigan u Penglai Portland, Oregon Sonoma, California San Antonio, Texas u Laoshan District Columbia, Missouri Pudong Taishan Oakland, California u Fresno, California Lengshuijian City, Hunana Millbrae, California u Q Millbrae, California u Pudong District, Shanghai Beverly Hills, California u Taiyuan Leshan Nashville, Tennessee Gilbert, Arizona Qingdao Long Beach, California Taizhou Lhasa Oakland, California u Fort Wayne, Indiana Boulder, Colorado Newport News, Virginia Qingyang Lijiang Edmond, Oklahoma Tanggu District, Tianjin Malibu, California Oakland, California u Roanoke, Virginia Q Qinhuangdao Toledo, Ohio Tianjin Linli Greenville, South Carolina Redlands, California Qufu Mobile, Alabama Boynton Beach, Florida Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Q Liuzhou Cincinnati, Ohio Quzhou Weifang Red Wing, Minnesota Oakland, California u Liyang Pueblo, Colorado Union City, California Rugao Tallahassee, Florida Weihai Longkou Santa Barbara, California Lafayette, Indiana Sanming Lansing, Michigan

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Wenzhou Yingkou Manizales Laredo, Texas Jacksonville, Florida Gainesville, Florida l

Wuhan Yingtan City Manta Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Livingston, California Prairie View, Texas St. Louis, Missouri Yixing Medellín Wuwei Sanford, North Carolina Fort Lauderdale, Florida Laredo, Texas Yushu Pereira Wuxi San Bernardino, California Miami Dade County, Florida Chattanooga, Tennessee Q San Antonio, Texas Zhangjiagang Santa Marta Redondo Beach, California Miami Beach, Florida Wuzhong District, Suzhou Southlake, Texas u Zhangjiajie Santander de Quilichao Santa Fe, New Mexico Prairie View, Texas Xi’an Kansas City, Missouri Q Zhengding Costa Rica Montgomery County, Maryland Muscatine, Iowa Escazu Pensacola, Florida Xiamen Zhengzhou Baltimore, Maryland Richmond, Virginia Jaco Aurora, Colorado Xiangyang Zhenjiang Carmel, Indiana Tempe, Arizona La Cruz Raleigh, North Carolina Laredo, Texas Rochester, New York Q Zhongshan City Millbrae, California u Liberia Xicheng District Tyler, Texas Pasadena, California Zhoushan Richmond, California Monteverde Xinzheng Estes Park, Colorado Hays, Kansas Zhuhai Redwood City, California Quepos Xishuangbanna Fort Lauderdale, Florida Austin, Texas Zhuzhou Durham, North Carolina San Jose Xuzhou McAllen, Texas Morgantown, West Virginia u Zixing Miami Dade County, Florida Q Newark, New Jersey Laredo, Texas San Jose, California

Yan’an Colombia Turrialba Kansas City, Missouri Barranquilla Rancho Cordova, California Doral, Florida Yangpu District, Shanghai Tampa, Florida Q Croatia Winston-Salem, North Carolina Beli Manastir Bogotá Cambridge, Minnesota Yangshuo County Chicago, Illinois Morehead, Kentucky Dubrovnik Cartagena Monterey, California Yantai Coral Gables, Florida Omaha, Nebraska Hvar San Diego, California Q Cartagena de Indias Tacoma, Washington St. Augustine, Florida Yibin Split Columbia, South Carolina Guachené Los Angeles, California Prairie View, Texas

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Vela Luka Krnov Salcedo Anacortes, Washington Yukon, Oklahoma Atlanta, Georgia

Zadar Olomouc Santo Domingo Milwaukee, Wisconsin Owensboro, Kentucky Miami Dade County, Florida

Zagreb Olomouc Kraj Ecuador Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Owensboro, Kentucky Cuenca Tempe, Arizona Cuba Opava Caibarien Kearney, Nebraska Guaranda Bloomington-Normal, Illinois Greater Tri-Cities, Tennessee Ostrava Chiverico Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Guayaquil Santa Cruz, California u Houston, Texas Plzen Cienfuegos Birmingham, Alabama Quito Cambridge, Massachusetts Coral Gables, Florida l Tacoma, Washington Q Prague Louisville, Kentucky Chicago, Illinois Q Saint Paul, Minnesota Q Havana Miami Dade County, Florida Mobile, Alabama Phoenix, Arizona San Cristobal Island Maui, Hawaii u Holguin Tabor Santa Fe, New Mexico Orinda, California San Pablo de Manta Long Beach, California Matanzas Zamberk Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Rice Lake, Wisconsin Tena Santa Clarita, California Regla Democratic Republic of Richmond, California Congo (Kinshasa) Egypt Mbuji-Mayi Alexandria Remedios District Heights, Maryland Baltimore, Maryland Bloomington-Normal, Illinois Cleveland, Ohio Denmark Santa Clara Aalborg Aswan Bloomington, Indiana Racine, Wisconsin Sonoma, California

Santiago de Cuba Odense Giza Oakland, California Columbus, Ohio Los Angeles, California

Yateras Silkeborg Luxor Boulder, Colorado Corona, California Baltimore, Maryland

Czech Republic Varde El Salvador Cesky Krumlov San Mateo, California Antiguo Cuscatlán Miami Beach, Florida Aurora, Colorado u Dominican Republic Frenstat Bani Ataco La Grange, Texas Buffalo, New York Fountain Hills, Arizona

Karlovy Vary La Romana Ciudad Romero Carlsbad, California Fort Lauderdale, Florida Saint Paul, Minnesota

Kladno Puerta Plata Concepion de Ataco Bellevue, Washington Rochester, New York Elk Grove, California

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Morazán Torva Vaasa Montgomery County, Maryland Oakland, Maryland u Bellingham, Washington

San Jose Las Flores Valga France Cambridge, Massachusetts Oakland, Maryland u Agen Corpus Christi, Texas San Miguel Ethiopia Arlington, Virginia Adama Aix-en-Provence Aurora, Colorado Coral Gables, Florida San Salvador Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Q Los Angeles, California Addis Ababa Washington, District Of Columbia Albi Santa Tecla Maui, Hawaii Prairie View, Texas Axum Palo Alto, California Q Denver, Colorado Segundo Montes Amiens Cleveland, Ohio Bahir Dar Tulsa, Oklahoma Cleveland, Ohio Q Suchitoto Oakland, California u Angers Prescott, Arizona Austin, Texas Gondar Yucuaiqu Corvallis, Oregon Q Angoulême Somerville, Massachusetts Montgomery County, Maryland Hoffman Estates, Illinois

Estonia Finland Antibes Harju County Espoo Newport Beach, California Maryland State, Maryland Irving, Texas Avignon Jogeva County Järvenpää New Haven, Connecticut Charles County, Maryland Pasadena, California Bayonne Parnu Kuopio Volusia County, Florida Portsmouth, New Hampshire Minneapolis, Minnesota Beaufort en Vallee Tallinn Rauma Beaufort, North Carolina Annapolis, Maryland Boynton Beach, Florida Beaufort sur Doron Tartu Salo Beaufort, North Carolina Salisbury, Maryland St. Anthony, Minnesota Beaufort sur Gervanne Beaufort, North Carolina

Innovation, Beaufort-Haute-Garonne Arts & Culture Beaufort, North Carolina Population Greater Beaufort-Isere Than 500,001: Beaufort, North Carolina City of San Antonio International Beaufort-Jura Beaufort, North Carolina Relations Office Beaufort-Nord Beaufort, North Carolina

Beaulieu-sur-Mer Tempe, Arizona

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Besancon Charlottesville, Virginia Volunteer of Biot the Year Tacoma, Washington Howard L. Chapman, Bordeaux Fort Wayne Los Angeles, California Sister Cities Boulogne-Billancourt International Irving, Texas

Brest Denver, Colorado

Caen Alexandria, Virginia Nashville, Tennessee Q

Cannes Beverly Hills, California

Cavalaire-sur-mer New Port Richey, Florida

Cenon Hartford, Vermont

Cergy-Pontoise Columbia, Maryland

Chambolle-Musigny Crouy Laval Sonoma, California Nashville, Tennessee u Modesto, California

Chamonix Deauville Le Bourget Aspen, Colorado Lexington, Kentucky Amityville, New York

Chapdes-Beaufort Douai Le Havre Beaufort, North Carolina Kenosha, Wisconsin Tampa, Florida

Châteauroux Epinal Le Touquet Fresno, California La Crosse, Wisconsin Cary, North Carolina

Clermont-Ferrand Fontenay-le-Comte Le Vésinet Norman, Oklahoma Palatine, Illinois Oakwood, Ohio

Cluses Grenoble Lille Beaverton, Oregon Phoenix, Arizona Buffalo, New York

Cognac La Petite Roche Limoges Denison, Texas Q Little Rock, Arkansas l Charlotte, North Carolina Pinecrest, Florida Lamentin, Guadeloupe Lyon Compiegne Miami Dade County, Florida l St. Louis, Missouri Raleigh, North Carolina Lamotte-Beuvron Menton Courchevel Paris, Kentucky Laguna Beach, California Park City, Utah

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Metz Rouen Gambia Kansas City, Missouri Cleveland, Ohio Banjul Annapolis, Maryland Montélimar Rueil Malmaison Newark, New Jersey Q Racine, Wisconsin Lynchburg, Virginia Georgia Montmorency-Beaufort Saint-Clar K’ut’aisi Beaufort, North Carolina Gilroy, California Columbia, Missouri

Montpellier Saint-Etienne Poti Louisville, Kentucky Des Moines, Iowa LaGrange, Georgia

Nancy Saint-Lo Tbilisi Cincinnati, Ohio Roanoke, Virginia Atlanta, Georgia

Nantes Sainte Maxime Vani Municipality Jacksonville, Florida Q Matthews, North Carolina Fallon, Nevada Seattle, Washington Saumur Germany Nemours Asheville, North Carolina Aachen Wilmington, Delaware Arlington, Virginia Sevres Neuilly-Plaisance Mount Prospect, Illinois Apolda Montgomery, Ohio Rapid City, South Dakota St. Jean Pied de Port Nice South San Francisco, California Augsburg Houston, Texas Dayton, Ohio Strasbourg Noirmoutier Boston, Massachusetts Bad Königshofen Crestview, Florida Arlington, Texas Thionville Nord-Pas de Calais Urbana, Illinois Bad Soden am Taunus Maryland State, Maryland Franklin, Tennessee Thonon-les-Bains Orleans Mercer Island, Washington Bad Zwischenahn Wichita, Kansas Centerville, Ohio Thoré-la-Rochette Paris Gordonsville, Virginia Baumholder Chicago, Illinois Q Delaware, Ohio San Francisco, California u Toulon Washington, District Of Columbia Norfolk, Virginia Berlin Los Angeles, California Perpignan Toulouse Sarasota, Florida Atlanta, Georgia Bexbach Goshen, Indiana Port Vendres Tours Yorktown, Virginia Minneapolis, Minnesota Braunschweig Omaha, Nebraska Reims Vaux-le-Penil Arlington, Virginia Belvidere, Illinois Bremerhaven Baltimore, Maryland Rennes Vendome Rochester, New York Hampton, Virginia Budingen Tinley Park, Illinois Rochefort, Charente-Maritime Villefranche Sur Mer Annapolis, Maryland Austin, Texas u Buhl Melrose, Minnesota

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Celle Garmisch-Partenkirchen Konigs Wusterhausen Tulsa, Oklahoma Aspen, Colorado Germantown, Tennessee

Chemnitz Gedern Krefeld Akron, Ohio Columbia, Illinois Charlotte, North Carolina

Cologne Gera Kubelstein Stadt Schesslitz Indianapolis, Indiana Fort Wayne, Indiana Victoria, Kansas

Crailsheim Glauchau Legden Worthington, Minnesota Lynchburg, Virginia Melrose, Minnesota

Darmstadt Gotha Leipzig San Antonio, Texas u Gastonia, North Carolina Houston, Texas

Delmenhorst Greifswald Lichtenfels Toledo, Ohio Bryan-College Station, Texas Vandalia, Ohio Newport News, Virginia Dierdorf Lindenberg Fountain Hills, Arizona Gross-Bieberau Saline, Michigan Millstadt, Illinois Dortmund Ludwigsburg Buffalo, New York Gunzenhausen St. Charles, Missouri Frankenmuth, Michigan Dresden Ludwigshafen Am Rhein Columbus, Ohio Hamburg Pasadena, California Chicago, Illinois Duisburg Ludwigslust Fort Lauderdale, Florida Hamm Muscatine, Iowa Chattanooga, Tennessee Eberbach Santa Monica, California Magdeburg Ephrata, Pennsylvania Nashville, Tennessee Hannover Einhausen Kansas City, Missouri Mainz Shoreview, Minnesota Louisville, Kentucky Heidenheim Eisenach Cleveland, Ohio Muehlhausen Waverly, Iowa Saxonburg, Pennsylvania Helmstedt Erlangen Albuquerque, New Mexico Muenster Riverside, California Fresno, California Herford Eutin Quincy, Illinois Munich Lawrence, Kansas Cincinnati, Ohio Herzberg Frankfurt am Main Dixon, Illinois Neckargemünd Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Missoula, Montana Hockenheim Friedberg Mooresville-South Iredell, North Neu-Ulm La Crosse, Wisconsin Carolina New Ulm, Minnesota

Fulda Kaiserslautern Neuss Wilmington, Delaware Columbia, South Carolina Q Saint Paul, Minnesota Davenport, Iowa Garbsen Nienburg Farmers Branch, Texas Koblenz Las Cruces, New Mexico Austin, Texas

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Nittenau Rostock Telgte Lake Zurich, Illinois Raleigh, North Carolina Tomball , Texas

Nuremberg Saarbrucken Teterow Atlanta, Georgia Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Greater Tri-Cities, Tennessee

Olfen Saarpfalz-Kreis Thüringen La Grange, Texas Henrico County, Virginia Rapid City, South Dakota

Paderborn Schaumburg Tirschenreuth Belleville, Illinois Schaumburg, Illinois Santa Fe Springs, California

Pfaffenweiler Schonebeck Trier Jasper, Indiana Farmers Branch, Texas Fort Worth, Texas

Pinneberg Schorndorf Trossingen Rockville, Maryland Tuscaloosa, Alabama Beaverton, Oregon

Porta Westfalica Schwieberdingen Ulm Waterloo, Illinois Belvidere, Illinois New Ulm, Minnesota

Potsdam Seevetal Unterhaching Sioux Falls, South Dakota Decatur, Illinois Oakwood, Ohio u

Prum Stade Waiblingen Fort Madison, Iowa Lakewood, Colorado Virginia Beach, Virginia

Radebeul Stuttgart Walldorf Sierra Vista, Arizona St. Louis, Missouri Astoria, Oregon Charles County, Maryland Regensburg Taufkirchen Tempe, Arizona West Chicago, Illinois Wesel Hagerstown, Maryland

Wilhelmshaven Best Overall Program Norfolk, Virginia Population Between 50,001 – 100,000: Santa Barbara/Puerto Vallarta Sister City Committee Wolfenbuttel Kenosha, Wisconsin

Wolfsburg Chattanooga, Tennessee

Worms Mobile, Alabama

Würzburg Rochester, New York

Zeitz Prescott, Arizona

Zittau Portsmouth, Ohio

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Ghana Tema Guyana Aboadze Columbia, Maryland Georgetown Buffalo, New York Norfolk, Virginia St. Louis, Missouri San Diego, California Q Aburi Haiti Portsmouth, New Hampshire Winneba Aquin Birmingham, Alabama Q Delray Beach, Florida Accra Charlottesville, Virginia u Chicago, Illinois Q Beaufort Columbia, South Carolina Greece Beaufort, North Carolina Columbus, Ohio Ancient Olympia Washington, District Of Columbia Atlanta, Georgia Q Borgne Colorado Springs, Colorado Honeoye Falls, New York Agogo Fort Lauderdale, Florida Athens Cap-Haitien Chicago, Illinois Columbia, Maryland Akuapem South District Los Angeles, California Q Fort Lauderdale, Florida Lansing, Michigan Washington, District Of Columbia Portland, Maine

Aseseeso Iniades Delmas Prairie View, Texas Lawrence, Kansas North Miami, Florida l

Asuogyaman Kalamaria Deschapelles Chicago Heights, Illinois Clearwater, Florida Essex, Connecticut

Cape Coast Karpenisi Jacmel Buffalo, New York Q Asheville, North Carolina Gainesville, Florida Hanover Park, Illinois Mytilene Les Cayes Kitase Portland, Maine Boynton Beach, Florida Portsmouth, New Hampshire Patras Petionville Konongo-Odumasi Santa Barbara, California Lauderhill, Florida Tallahassee, Florida Piraeus Petit Goave Kumasi Baltimore, Maryland Q Miami Dade County, Florida Charlotte, North Carolina Worcester, Massachusetts Newark, New Jersey Q Port-de-Paix Winston-Salem, North Carolina Thessaloniki Oakland, California San Francisco, California Nsawam Adoagyiri Municipality Thomonde Lansing, Michigan Guatemala District Heights, Maryland Coban Obuasi Birmingham, Alabama u Honduras Riverside, California Tegucigalpa Ipala Gainesville, Florida l Sekondi-Takoradi Riverdale Park, Maryland Boston, Massachusetts Hungary Oakland, California Q La Antigua Budapest Coral Gables, Florida Fort Worth, Texas Sunyani-Techiman Tuscaloosa, Alabama Quezaltenango Csongrad County Livermore, California Toledo, Ohio Tamale Louisville, Kentucky Guinea Debrecen Conakry New Brunswick, New Jersey Cleveland, Ohio

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Miskolc Hyderabad Baghdad Cleveland, Ohio Indianapolis, Indiana u Denver Regional Council of Montgomery County, Maryland Governments, Colorado Pecs Riverside, California Q Seattle, Washington Basrah Jalandhar Houston, Texas Siofok Union City, California Walnut Creek, California Duhok Kochi Gainesville, Florida Szeged Norfolk, Virginia Toledo, Ohio Karadah District, Baghdad Mumbai Council Bluffs, Iowa Szekesfehervar Los Angeles, California Birmingham, Alabama Najaf Mysore Minneapolis, Minnesota Szolnok Cincinnati, Ohio Portsmouth, New Hampshire Rania Nagpur Duluth, Minnesota Taszár Santa Clara, California u Rockford, Illinois Ireland Pune Ballina, County Mayo Tokaj San Jose, California Pittsfield, Massachusetts Sonoma, California Shimla Ballymoe Iceland Carbondale, Illinois Boys Town, Nebraska Akureyri Denver, Colorado u Vijayawada Bantry Modesto, California La Crosse, Wisconsin Reykjavik Seattle, Washington Indonesia Beaufort Bandung Beaufort, North Carolina India Fort Worth, Texas Agra Carlow Tempe, Arizona Bogor Tempe, Arizona St. Louis, Missouri Ahmedabad Carlow County Columbus, Ohio Jakarta Davenport, Iowa Los Angeles, California Amritsar Carndonagh/Inishowen Bakersfield, California Medan St. Charles, Missouri Milwaukee, Wisconsin Bangalore Castlebar Cleveland, Ohio Surabaya Dixon, Illinois San Francisco, California u Seattle, Washington Cork Bhubaneswar Iran San Francisco, California Cupertino, California Tehran Los Angeles, California County Cork Chennai Maryland State, Maryland Denver, Colorado Iraq San Antonio, Texas Q Al Qaim County Kildare Laguna Niguel, California l Lexington, Kentucky Coimbatore Toledo, Ohio Al-Hilla County Laois Tempe, Arizona u Franklin, Tennessee Delhi Chicago, Illinois County Limerick Santa Clara, California

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County Meath Tralee Herzliya Cary, North Carolina Westlake, Ohio Beverly Hills, California u Columbus, Ohio Dingle Tullamore Lauderhill, Florida Santa Barbara, California Chandler, Arizona San Bernardino, California Q

Donegal Waterford Holon St. Louis, Missouri Rochester, New York Cleveland, Ohio Dayton, Ohio Q Dublin West Mayo San Jose, California Q Cleveland, Ohio Karmiel Tampa, Florida Denver, Colorado Wexford Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Q Dundalk Annapolis, Maryland Pikeville, Kentucky Kfar Saba Isle of Man Gainesville, Florida Ely O’Carroll Bride Baltimore, Maryland u Gilbert, Arkansas Kiryat Ekron Akron, Ohio Ennis Israel Phoenix, Arizona Afula Kiryat Gat Worcester, Massachusetts Buffalo, New York Q Galway Highland Park, Illinois u Cambridge, Massachusetts Afula-Gilboa Chicago, Illinois Fresno, California Q Kiryat Motzkin Menlo Park, California New Haven, Connecticut Tacoma, Washington Milwaukee, Wisconsin Seattle, Washington Q Arad Mateh Asher St. Louis, Missouri Burlington, Vermont West Des Moines, Iowa

Headford Ashdod Misgav Morgan Hill, California Tampa, Florida Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killarney Ashkelon Nahariya Concord, North Carolina Baltimore, Maryland Miami Beach, Florida Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Portland, Oregon Scottsdale, Arizona Sacramento, California Negev Springfield, Illinois u Maryland State Beer Sheva Limerick Seattle, Washington Netanya Spokane, Washington Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Eilat Limerick and Limerick County Los Angeles, California Petach Tikva New Brunswick, New Jersey Chicago, Illinois Givatayim Mallow Chattanooga, Tennessee Ra’anana Tinley Park, Illinois Atlanta, Georgia Hadera Naas Charlotte, North Carolina Ramat Gan Omaha, Nebraska El Paso, Texas Miami Beach, Florida Phoenix, Arizona Sligo Haifa Tallahassee, Florida Fort Lauderdale, Florida Ramat HaNegev San Francisco, California Denver, Colorado u Thurles Salt Lake City, Utah Hatzor Ramat-Hasharon Reno, Nevada l Tallahassee, Florida

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Ramla Agrigento Cannara Kansas City, Missouri Tampa, Florida Walla Walla, Washington

Rehovot Alba Carunchio Albuquerque, New Mexico Medford, Oregon Saluda, North Carolina Rochester, New York Q Amalfi Catania Rosh Ha’ayin New Haven, Connecticut Phoenix, Arizona Birmingham, Alabama Arezzo Cava de Tirreni Tel Aviv - Yafo Norman, Oklahoma Pittsfield, Massachusetts Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Q San Antonio, Texas u Asiago Cittadella Lockport, Illinois Noblesville, Indiana Tel Mond Sarasota, Florida Assisi Copertino San Francisco, California Cupertino, California Tiberias Saint Paul, Minnesota Bergamo Cosenza Tulsa, Oklahoma Q Greenville, South Carolina Q Kenosha, Wisconsin Village of Great Neck Plaza, New York Pueblo, Colorado Ferentino Tzahar Region Bologna Rockford, Illinois West Palm Beach, Florida Portland, Oregon Q St. Louis, Missouri Ferrara Yerucham Highland Park, Illinois Highland Park, Illinois Cagli Spokane, Washington Figline Valdarno Italy Milpitas, California Abruzzo Caltanissetta Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Rochester, New York Finale Ligure Ocean City, Maryland

Florence Innovation, Youth and Education Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Population Between 100,001 – 500,000: Florence Province Bellevue Sister Cities Association Santa Clara County, California

Gaeta Cambridge, Massachusetts Q Somerville, Massachusetts

Genoa Baltimore, Maryland Columbus, Ohio Q

Greve-in-Chianti Rehoboth Beach, Delaware Sonoma, California Q

Ischia Cambridge, Massachusetts Los Angeles, California

La Spezia Vallejo, California

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Lambro and Mingardo Pesaro Ragusa Hazleton, Pennsylvania Delray Beach, Florida Little Rock, Arkansas l

Lodi Pescara Reggio Emilia Lodi, California Irondequoit, New York Q Fort Worth, Texas Miami Beach, Florida Lucca Rimini South San Francisco, California Pianezza Fort Lauderdale, Florida Lansing, Michigan Lucca Sicula Riva Trigoso Pueblo, Colorado Pisa Santa Cruz, California Coral Gables, Florida l Manfredonia Rome Chattanooga, Tennessee Poggio a Caiano Washington, District Of Columbia Charlottesville, Virginia Marino San Benedetto del Tronto Irving, Texas Pomigliano d’Arco Chicago Heights, Illinois Birmingham, Alabama Marsala San Casciano in Val di Pesa Annapolis, Maryland Potenza Morgan Hill, California Denver, Colorado Matera San Giovanni Valdarno Toms River, New Jersey Provincia di Asti Corning, New York Miami Dade County, Florida Milan Sestri Levante Chicago, Illinois Provincia di Catanzaro Santa Cruz, California Des Moines, Iowa Milazzo Martinez, California

Modena Highland Park, Illinois Best Overall Program Population Less Than 25,000: Sausalito Sister Cities, Inc. Mola di Bari Auburn, Washington

Monticelli d’Ongina Gilroy, California

Monza Indianapolis, Indiana

Noceto Walnut Creek, California

Oderzo Suffolk, Virginia

Olevano sul Tusciano Wilmington, Delaware

Padua Boston, Massachusetts

Perugia Seattle, Washington

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Siena Ocho Rios Gero Buffalo, New York Oakland, California Pensacola, Florida Concord, North Carolina Portmore St. Catherine Gifu Sorrento Lakeland, Florida Cincinnati, Ohio Reno, Nevada u Santa Fe, New Mexico Q St. Ann Gotemba Buffalo, New York Beaverton, Oregon Spoleto Charleston, South Carolina Trelawny Parish Gotsu Lauderhill, Florida Corona, California Stresa Martinez, California Japan Hachijo Island Akashi Maui, Hawaii Taormina Vallejo, California Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Hadano Asahikawa Pasadena, Texas Termini Imerese Sicily Bloomington-Normal, Illinois Elk Grove Village, Illinois Hakusan (Matto) Ashikaga Columbia, Missouri Torino Springfield, Illinois Salt Lake City, Utah Hamamatsu Aso Rochester, New York Torremaggiore LaGrange, Georgia Buffalo, New York Hanamaki Chiba City Hot Springs, Arkansas Trapani Houston, Texas Monterey, California Hanyū Chino Millbrae, California u Treviso Longmont, Colorado Sarasota, Florida Harima-cho Daisen (Nakayama) Lima, Ohio Venice Temecula, California Fort Lauderdale, Florida Q Himeji Long Beach, California Fujinomiya Phoenix, Arizona Santa Monica, California Verbania Hino Hendersonville, North Carolina Fujisawa Redlands, California Miami Beach, Florida Verona Hirara (Miyakujima) Albany, New York Fujiyoshida Maui, Hawaii Fresno, California u Colorado Springs, Colorado Hiratsuka Vincenza Fukui Lawrence, Kansas Cleveland, Ohio New Brunswick, New Jersey Hitachi Ivory Coast Fukuoka Birmingham, Alabama u Abidjan Atlanta, Georgia San Francisco, California Oakland, California Q Hosoecho Camas, Washington Jamaica Fukuyama Kingston Maui, Hawaii Ibaraki, Osaka Birmingham, Alabama Minneapolis, Minnesota Miami Dade County, Florida Q Funabashi Hayward, California Ichihara Montego Bay Mobile, Alabama Atlanta, Georgia Futtsu Carlsbad, California

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Ichikawa Kasukabe Miharu-Machi Gardena, California Pasadena, California u Rice Lake, Wisconsin Port Townsend, Washington Q Kawachinagano Minami-Alps Ichikawadaimon Carmel, Indiana Marshalltown, Iowa Muscatine, Iowa Kawasaki Misato Iizuka Baltimore, Maryland Winona, Minnesota Sunnyvale, California Kishiwada Mishima Ikata South San Francisco, California Pasadena, California Red Wing, Minnesota Kitakyushu Mito Imabari Norfolk, Virginia Anaheim, California Lakeland, Florida Tacoma, Washington Miyazaki Imaichi Kobe Virginia Beach, Virginia Rapid City, South Dakota Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Q Seattle, Washington Miyazu Isesaki Delray Beach, Florida Springfield, Missouri Kochi Fresno, California Mizuho Isumi-shi Morgan Hill, California Duluth, Minnesota Kofu Des Moines, Iowa Q Mure Itoman Lodi, California Elberton, Georgia Redondo Beach, California u Kukizaki Nagano Iwamizawa Milpitas, California Clearwater, Florida Pocatello, Idaho Kumamoto Naganohara Iwata San Antonio, Texas Livingston, Montana Mountain View, California Kurashiki Nagaoka Izumo Kansas City, Missouri Fort Worth, Texas Santa Clara, California Kurume Nagasaki Kaizuka Modesto, California Saint Paul, Minnesota Culver City, California Kushikino Nagoya Kakegawa (Osuka) Salinas, California Los Angeles, California Corning, New York Q Eugene, Oregon Kyoto Nakagawa-machi, Tochigi Boston, Massachusetts Horseheads, New York Kakuda Greenfield, Indiana Maebashi Nakashi (Naka Machi) Birmingham, Alabama Oak Ridge, Tennessee Kamakura Nashville, Tennessee Matsumoto Namerikawa Salt Lake City, Utah Schaumburg, Illinois Kameoka Stillwater, Oklahoma Matsuyama Nanao Sacramento, California Monterey, California Kanagawa Prefecture Maryland State, Maryland Miasa-Omachi Narashino Mendocino, California Tuscaloosa, Alabama Kanazawa Buffalo, New York

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Nasukarasuyama Ota Soka Menomonie, Wisconsin Burbank, California Q Carson, California Lafayette, Indiana Neyagawa Suwa Newport News, Virginia Otsu St. Louis, Missouri Lansing, Michigan Nichinan Tacco-Machi Portsmouth, New Hampshire Saitama (Urawa) Gilroy, California Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Nikaho Richmond, Virginia Tachikawa Anacortes, Washington San Bernardino, California Sakaide Nikko Sausalito, California Tahara Rapid City, South Dakota Georgetown, Kentucky Sapporo Nishinomiya Portland, Oregon Tainai City Spokane, Washington Carbondale, Illinois Saroma Nisshin Palmer, Alaska Takamatsu Owensboro, Kentucky St. Petersburg, Florida Sasayama Ogaki Walla Walla, Washington Takaoka Beaverton, Oregon u Fort Wayne, Indiana Sasebo Oiso Albuquerque, New Mexico Takayama Dayton, Ohio Q Denver, Colorado Racine, Wisconsin Seika Norman, Oklahoma Takeo Oita Sebastopol, California Austin, Texas Sendai Riverside, California Taki-Cho Okayama Camas, Washington San Jose, California Shimada Richmond, California Tamana Okazaki Clarinda, Iowa Newport Beach, California Shimamoto Frankfort, Kentucky Tamba (Kasuga) Okinawa City Auburn, Washington Lakewood, Washington Shimizu, Hokkaido Chelsea, Michigan Tateshina Omitama (Minori) Oregon City, Oregon Abilene, Kansas Shimukappu Aspen, Colorado Tateyama Omiya Bellingham, Washington Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Shinagawa Portland, Maine Toba Omuta Santa Barbara, California Muskegon, Michigan Shingu Santa Cruz, California Tokai-Mura Osaka Idaho Falls, Idaho Chicago, Illinois Q Shinhidaka San Francisco, California Lexington, Kentucky Tokorozawa Decatur, Illinois Osakasayama Shizuoka Ontario, Oregon Omaha, Nebraska Tome (Toyoma) Southlake, Texas

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Best Overall Program Population Between 100,001 – 300,000: Birmingham Sister Cities

Toyama Wakayama Kazakhstan Durham, North Carolina Bakersfield, California Taraz Fresno, California Toyohashi Yachiyo, Chiba Toledo, Ohio Tyler, Texas Kyzylorda Arvada, Colorado Toyokawa Yamagata Cupertino, California Boulder, Colorado Kenya Bomet Toyonaka Yao Milwaukee, Wisconsin San Mateo, California Bellevue, Washington Bura Tsuchiura Yokkaichi Newburyport, Massachusetts Palo Alto, California Long Beach, California Eldoret Tsukuba Yokohama Minneapolis, Minnesota Irvine, California San Diego, California Milpitas, California Kisumu Yokosuka Boulder, Colorado Tsuruoka Corpus Christi, Texas Roanoke, Virginia Q New Brunswick, New Jersey Yotsukaido Mombasa Tsuruta Livermore, California Long Beach, California Q Hood River, Oregon Seattle, Washington Yuasa Tsuyama Cambridge, Minnesota Nairobi Santa Fe, New Mexico Denver, Colorado Jordan Raleigh, North Carolina Ueda Al-Karak Broomfield, Colorado Birmingham, Alabama Thika Dixon, Illinois Utsunomiya Amman Tulsa, Oklahoma Chicago, Illinois Q Uasin Gishu County Cincinnati, Ohio Scottsdale, Arizona Wakami-Machi San Francisco, California Livingston, California Kyrgyzstan Deir Alla Bishkek Gainesville, Florida Colorado Springs, Colorado

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Tokmok Macedonia Cadereyta Jiménez Rockford, Illinois Kratovo McAllen, Texas Hartford, Vermont Latvia Campeche Liepaja Skopje Laredo, Texas Bellevue, Washington Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Volusia County, Florida Tempe, Arizona Q Lebanon Cananea Beirut Malawi Sierra Vista, Arizona Los Angeles, California Zomba Urbana, Illinois Cancun Bekaa Valley Wichita, Kansas Toledo, Ohio Malaysia Beaufort Cedral Lesotho Beaufort, North Carolina Chicago Heights, Illinois Maseru Austin, Texas Mali Cerralvo Bamako Laredo, Texas Liberia Rochester, New York Bong County Chihuahua Maryland State, Maryland Segou Albuquerque, New Mexico Richmond, Virginia Pueblo, Colorado Buchanan Winston-Salem, North Carolina Timbuktu Cienega de Flores Tempe, Arizona Laredo, Texas Gbarnga Baltimore, Maryland Malta Ciudad Guzman Longmont, Colorado Mosta Redwood City, California Maryland County Millbrae, California Maryland State, Maryland Ciudad Lerdo Mexico Las Cruces, New Mexico Monrovia Acambaro Dayton, Ohio Q Laredo, Texas Newark, New Jersey Ciudad Mante Boulder, Colorado Acapulco Lithuania Beverly Hills, California Q Ciudad Valles Alytus McAllen, Texas Laredo, Texas Rochester, New York Aguascalientes Ciudad Victoria Kaunas Modesto, California McAllen, Texas Los Angeles, California Alamos Colima Klaipeda Scottsdale, Arizona Norman, Oklahoma Q Cleveland, Ohio Redwood City, California Angostura Siauliai Laredo, Texas Corregidora Omaha, Nebraska Laredo, Texas Atotonilco Vilnius South San Francisco, California Coyoacan Chicago, Illinois Arlington, Virginia Cabo San Lucas Newport Beach, California Luxembourg Cozumel Beaufort Miami Beach, Florida Beaufort, North Carolina Caborca Prescott, Arizona Q Cuautla Upland, California Laredo, Texas Riverside, California

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Cuernavaca Isla Mujeres Mexticacan Denver, Colorado Q Pensacola, Florida Laredo, Texas Laredo, Texas St. Petersburg, Florida Minneapolis, Minnesota Mocorito Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Ontario, California Culiacán Bensenville, Illinois Saint Paul, Minnesota McAllen, Texas Q Moncolva Palm Desert, California Laredo, Texas Ensenada Redondo Beach, California Jalpan de Serra Montemorelos Riverside, California Laredo, Texas Laredo, Texas

Escobedo Jerecuaro Monterrey Laredo, Texas Salinas, California McAllen, Texas San Antonio, Texas Q Francisco I. Madero, Coahuila Jerez de Garcia Salinas Laredo, Texas Laredo, Texas Morelia Kansas City, Missouri Garcia, Nuevo León La Paz McAllen, Texas Redondo Beach, California Naucalpan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania General Teran Lampazos Laredo, Texas Laredo, Texas Navojoa Santa Fe Springs, California Guadalajara Lazaro Cardenas Albuquerque, New Mexico Laredo, Texas Nuevo Casas Grandes Kansas City, Missouri Colorado Springs, Colorado Lansing, Michigan Leon Laredo, Texas Irving, Texas Nuevo Laredo Portland, Oregon Laredo, Texas Q Laredo, Texas San Antonio, Texas Q San Diego, California San Jose, California Oaxaca León Guanajuato Palo Alto, California Guadalupe, Nuevo León Laredo, Texas Laredo, Texas Ocotlan McAllen, Texas Los Herreras Corona, California Reno, Nevada l Laredo, Texas Orizaba Guamuchil Magdelena Portsmouth, Ohio Ontario, California Temple City, California Pabellón de Arteaga Guanajuato Manzanillo Prairie View, Texas Ashland, Oregon Saint Paul, Minnesota Morgantown, West Virginia San Pablo, California Pachuca Salinas, California Little Rock, Arkansas l Mazatlan Guaymas Santa Monica, California Q Papantla Mesa, Arizona Seattle, Washington Laredo, Texas

Hermosillo Merida Parral Irvine, California Sarasota, Florida Santa Fe, New Mexico Phoenix, Arizona Q Mexicali Patzcuaro Huatabampo Sacramento, California Naperville, Illinois Gardena, California San Bernardino, California Q Sonoma, California Q

Irapuato, Guanajuato Mexico City Petatlan McAllen, Texas Chicago, Illinois Saint Peter, Minnesota Los Angeles, California Q

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Puebla San Cristobal de las Casas Santa Rosalia Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Q Asheville, North Carolina Union City, California Pueblo, Colorado San Felipe Soledad de Graciano Sánchez, San Puerto Peñasco Hayward, California Luis Potosi Ruidoso, New Mexico Burlington-Alamance, North Carolina San Jose del Cabo Puerto Vallarta Laguna Beach, California State of Jalisco Highland Park, Illinois Maryland State, Maryland Santa Barbara, California Q San Luis Potosi Tacoma, Washington u McAllen, Texas Tampico Spokane, Washington Houston, Texas Queretaro St. Louis, Missouri Q McAllen, Texas Q Bakersfield, California Q Tulsa, Oklahoma Holland, Michigan Taxco San Martin de Hidalgo McAllen, Texas Reynosa Morgan Hill, California McAllen, Texas Tecate San Miguel de Allende Gilroy, California Rosarito Beach Laredo, Texas Gardena, California Redlands, California Tehuacan Long Beach, California Q Santa Fe, New Mexico Austin, Texas u St. Augustine, Florida Q Salamanca Tyler, Texas Tepatitlán Bryan-College Station, Texas West Palm Beach, Florida Laredo, Texas

Saltillo San Nicolas de los Garza Tetlanohcan Austin, Texas Q Kansas City, Missouri l New Haven, Connecticut Lansing, Michigan San Pedro de las Colonias Tijuana Springfield, Illinois Laredo, Texas San Diego, California Q

Tlahualilo Durango Innovation, Youth and Education Laredo, Texas Population Less Than 100,000: Tlalnepantla de Baz Sister Cities of Wilmington, Inc. Wichita, Kansas

Tlaquepaque Springfield, Missouri

Toluca Fort Worth, Texas

Tonala Laredo, Texas

Torreon Fresno, California Laredo, Texas Q

Tula Benicia, California

Uruapan Culver City, California

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Valladolid Morocco New Zealand Asheville, North Carolina Agadir Auckland Oakland, California u Los Angeles, California Valparaiso Hanover Park, Illinois Casablanca Christchurch Chicago, Illinois Seattle, Washington Veracruz Corpus Christi, Texas Q Chaouen Gisborne Laredo, Texas u Issaquah, Washington Palm Desert, California Miami Dade County, Florida San Jose, California El Hajeb Hamilton Council Bluffs, Iowa Sacramento, California Veracruz/Boca del Rio Mobile, Alabama El Jadida Lower Hutt Tampa, Florida Q Tacoma, Washington Laredo, Texas Tempe, Arizona Villahermosa Marrakech San Bernardino, California Scottsdale, Arizona Palmerston North Missoula, Montana Xalapa Tiznit Omaha, Nebraska Somerville, Massachusetts Queenstown Aspen, Colorado Zapotlanejo Mozambique Racine, Wisconsin Beira Tauranga Boston, Massachusetts San Bernardino, California Zuazua Bryan-College Station, Texas l Namibia Upper Hutt Windhoek Mesa, Arizona Moldova Richmond, Virginia Q Balti San Antonio, Texas Wanganui Lakeland, Florida Reno, Nevada Nepal Chişinău Kathmandu Nicaragua Sacramento, California Eugene, Oregon Bluefields Racine, Wisconsin u Rybnitsa Netherlands Lakeland, Florida u Emmeloord Jalapa Goshen, Indiana Boulder, Colorado u Ungheni Winston-Salem, North Carolina Enschede Jinotepe Palo Alto, California Santa Cruz, California Mongolia Darkhan Leidschendam-Voorburg Laguna de Perlas Irving, Texas Temecula, California Montclair, New Jersey

Tsetserleg Nijmegen León Bellingham, Washington Albany, New York New Haven, Connecticut

Ulaanbaatar Rotterdam Malpaisillo Denver, Colorado Q Baltimore, Maryland Pittsfield, Massachusetts Oakland, California u Utrecht Matagalpa Montenegro Portland, Oregon u Gainesville, Florida Budva West Palm Beach, Florida Sint Maarten Nagarote Sint Maarten, Netherlands Norwalk, Connecticut Kotor Tallahassee, Florida Santa Barbara, California

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Posoltega Port Harcourt Bethlehem Bloomington, Indiana Kansas City, Missouri Burlington, Vermont Sacramento, California Q Puerto Cabezas Umuaka Burlington, Vermont Newark, New Jersey Mas’ha Red Hook, New York Quilali Norway South Haven, Michigan Alesund Nablus Tacoma, Washington Boulder, Colorado San Isidro Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Bergen Qalqilya Seattle, Washington Gainesville, Florida San Juan de Oriente Sacramento, California Flekkefjord Ramallah Elbow Lake, Minnesota Muscatine, Iowa San Juan del Sur Virginia Beach, Virginia u Førde Panama La Crosse, Wisconsin Panama City Tipitapa Charleston, South Carolina Lansing, Michigan l Kongsberg Fort Lauderdale, Florida Red Wing, Minnesota San Diego, California Q Villa El Carmen Moscow, Idaho Moss Paraguay Virginia Beach, Virginia Asuncion Nigeria Miami Dade County, Florida Abuja Nordhordland Region Buffalo, New York Fergus Falls, Minnesota Fernando de la Mora Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Bauchi Ørland Oakland, California Glendale, Arizona Santa Maria Hays, Kansas Benin City Stavanger Oakland, California Houston, Texas Peru Arequipa Cross River State Sunndal Charlotte, North Carolina Q Maryland State, Maryland Issaquah, Washington Maui, Hawaii

Ibadan Trondheim Caraz Cleveland, Ohio Vallejo, California Mesa, Arizona

Ile-Ife Pakistan Chaclacayo Oberlin, Ohio Q Hyderabad Snoqualmie, Washington San Bernardino, California Toledo, Ohio Chimbote Lagos Karachi Pensacola, Florida Atlanta, Georgia Houston, Texas Cusco Ondo State Lahore Tempe, Arizona Maryland State, Maryland Chicago, Illinois Ica Orlu Palau Miami Beach, Florida Austin, Texas Koror Gilroy, California l Lima Osogbo Austin, Texas Q Asheville, North Carolina Q Palestinian Territories Cleveland, Ohio Wilmington, Delaware Ariel (Israeli Settlement) Mobile, Alabama Miraflores Pensacola, Florida

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Pucallpa Dumaguete Zambales Province Miami Dade County, Florida l Alameda, California Maui, Hawaii

Santiago de Surco Kalibo, Aklan Poland Gastonia, North Carolina Juneau, Alaska Bialystok Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Trujillo La Carlota Decatur, Georgia Carson, California Bochnia Salt Lake City, Utah u Q Roselle, Illinois Makati Philippines Los Angeles, California Bytow Bacarra Winona, Minnesota Maui, Hawaii Manila Maui, Hawaii Gdansk Bacolod Sacramento, California Q Cleveland, Ohio Long Beach, California San Francisco, California Gdynia Badoc Olongapo Seattle, Washington Maui, Hawaii Virginia Beach, Virginia Gorzow Wielkopolski Baguio Palo Hazleton, Pennsylvania Vallejo, California Palo Alto, California Gulcz Bauang La Union Pasay Stevens Point, Wisconsin Lakewood, Washington Sacramento, California Q Union City, California Jelenia Gora Baybay Tyler, Texas Union City, California Pasig City South San Francisco, California Katowice Bolinao Mobile, Alabama Mobile, Alabama Puerto Princesa Maui, Hawaii Kraków Cabugao Rochester, New York Maui, Hawaii Quezon City San Francisco, California u Q Kenosha, Wisconsin Cagayan de Oro Maui, Hawaii Q Krapkowice Norfolk, Virginia Salt Lake City, Utah Camas, Washington

Calamba City Roxas Lesnica Walnut, California San Bernardino, California Karnes, Texas

Camiling San Juan Lodz Region Juneau, Alaska l Maui, Hawaii Maryland State, Maryland Santa Barbara, California Q Cavite City Lomianki San Diego, California San Nicolas Columbia Heights, Minnesota Maui, Hawaii Cebu City Lomza Salinas, California Santa Muscatine, Iowa Seattle, Washington Q Maui, Hawaii Lublin Dagupan Sariaya Lublin, Wisconsin Milpitas, California Santa Clarita, California Morawica Davao Sarrat Camas, Washington Tacoma, Washington Maui, Hawaii Opole Roanoke, Virginia

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Plock Faro Irkutsk Fort Wayne, Indiana Hayward, California Eugene, Oregon Salt Lake City, Utah Poznan Funchal Toledo, Ohio Maui, Hawaii Q Kaliningrad Oakland, California Norfolk, Virginia Rzeszów Buffalo, New York Q Sao Miguel Island Kazan Gainesville, Florida Maui, Hawaii Bryan-College Station, Texas l

Strzelce Opolskie County Seia Khabarovsk Bandera, Texas Newark, New Jersey Portland, Oregon

Szczecin Romania Kislovodsk St. Louis, Missouri Brasov Muscatine, Iowa Cleveland, Ohio Torun Konakovo Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Bucharest Menomonie, Wisconsin Atlanta, Georgia Wadowice Kostroma Chicago Heights, Illinois Cluj-Napoca Durham, North Carolina Columbia, South Carolina Warsaw Rockford, Illinois Kotlas Chicago, Illinois Waterville, Maine Constanta Warsaw Province Mobile, Alabama Krasnodar San Diego, California Tallahassee, Florida Sibiu Wroclaw Columbia, Missouri Leningrad Oblast Charlotte, North Carolina Maryland State, Maryland Russia Zabierzow Arkhangelsk Lermontov Camas, Washington Portland, Maine Osage, Iowa

Zamość Birobidjan Lomonosov Fountain Hills, Arizona Beaverton, Oregon Anacortes, Washington

Ziebice Budyonnovsk Moscow Brighton, Colorado Marshalltown, Iowa Chicago, Illinois Q Santa Clara County, California Zielona Gora Chelyabinsk Aurora, Colorado Columbia, South Carolina Murmansk Jacksonville, Florida Portugal Cherepovets Angra Do Heroismo Montclair, New Jersey Nakhodka Gilroy, California Bellingham, Washington Dickson Oakland, California Q Aveiro Dixon, Illinois Newark, New Jersey Nizhni Tagil Dubna Chattanooga, Tennessee Cascais La Crosse, Wisconsin Sausalito, California Nizhny Novgorod Ekaterinburg Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Coimbra San Jose, California Cambridge, Massachusetts Q Novorossisk Santa Clara, California Engels Gainesville, Florida Edmond, Oklahoma

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Daegu Atlanta, Georgia Best Overall Program Population Greater Than 500,001: Daejon Denver Sister Cities International Seattle, Washington

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