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Letter from the President .................................1

U.S. Partnerships Map ....................................2

U.S. Members and Partnerships Map..............4

2012 Annual Report ........................................6

2012 Donors .................................................14

Membership Directory ...................................15

Partnerships by U.S. State .........................16

Partnerships by Country/Region.................34

Board of Directors and Global Envoys ...........66

State Coordinators ........................................67

Honorary Board.............................................68

2012 Sister Cities International Staff ..............69

International Inaugural Gala ...........................70

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Greetings,

For Sister Cities International 2012 was a year to remember. This year Sister CitiesInternational leadership and staff focused on improving communications with our membersand sister cities throughout the world, as well as developing new strategic partnerships andresources to assist our members.

The response to the introduction in March of our new logo, tag line, and website at theNational Press Club in Washington, DC has been fantastic. We know that in order to increaseour exposure and success as an international nonprofit organization and provide a worldwidereach for our members we need to use technology to our benefit. With a vibrant newFacebook page and Twitter account and by taking advantage of new forms ofcommunication, we have shown that if you “Connect globally” – you can “Thrive locally.”

The Africa Urban Poverty Alleviation Program came to a close with 24 successful projectsadministered by U.S.-African sister cities. Just a few examples of the significant impact ofthis grant were Richmond, Virginia building new toilet facilities for two schools and a clinic with their partners in Segou, Mali;Milwaukee, Wisconsin constructing water points to bring potable water to 18,000 residents in uMhlathuze, South Africa; and St.Louis, Missouri developing a sanitation project, improving diabetes prevention, and renovating a high school with their sister cityof Saint Louis, Senegal. A second grant we received for the Sino-African Initiative is building trilateral relationships among U.S.sister cities in Africa and China to address economic development and urban poverty and will continue through 2013.

As we do every year, Sister Cities International held conferences for our members to network and discover new opportunities. In2012, we met in Jacksonville, Florida for our Annual Conference and Cincinnati, Ohio for our Regional Meeting. Both eventswere marked by practical skills-building sessions and peer-learning among members. Sister Cities International was alsoselected as one of nine non-profits in the Washington, D.C. area to receive pro bono management consulting services fromCompass Marketing and Booz Allen Hamilton focusing on enhancing Sister Cities International’s organizational structure toprovide optimum service for our members.

In 2012 we also formalized longstanding relationships with our friends in China, India, and Mexico. Memorandums ofUnderstanding were signed with the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries in Chengdu, China; theAll India Institute for Local Self Government in Jacksonville, Florida, and the Asociacion de Ciudades Hermanas de America inCincinnati, Ohio. These partnerships will allow us to provide better assistance to members who are looking to form new sistercities in these countries and enhance existing partnerships.

The work of the Sister Cities International network is at the forefront of international community engagement. Participation inyouth programs such as the Young Artists and Authors Showcase, sponsored by the Frank Carvey Family Foundation andProject Earth, sponsored by Ecology and Environment, Inc. has increased since we began expanding our communicationscapabilities. With the improvement of our “Cities seeking Cities” services members are receiving more assistance than ever intheir search for new partners. This has truly been a banner year for Sister Cities International and as we move forward into 2013 Iwant to thank all of our members and partners for your incredible work and support. Together, we are making a difference andcreating a better, more peaceful, and more prosperous world.

Mary D. KanePresident & CEO

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Who We Are

Sister CitiesInternational is

a 501(c)(3)nonprofit,nonpartisanorganization thathas been workingsince 1956 toadvance peace andprosperity throughcultural,educational,humanitarian, andeconomicdevelopmentexchanges. Itserves as a hub forinstitutionalknowledge andbest practices inthe field of citizendiplomacy.

Since its inception Sister Cities International has played akey role in renewing and strengthening important globalrelationships. Sister Cities International was created atPresident Eisenhower’s 1956 White House conference oncitizen diplomacy, where he envisioned an organization thatcould be a champion for peace and prosperity by fosteringbonds between people from different communities aroundthe world. By forming these relationships, PresidentEisenhower reasoned that people of different cultures couldcelebrate and appreciate their differences and buildpartnerships that would lessen the chance of new conflicts.

Sister Cities International strives to strengthen the sistercities network through strategic institutional partnerships,grants, programs, and support for its members. Sister CitiesInternational motivates and empowers private citizens,municipal officials, and business leaders to conduct long-term, mutually beneficial sister city, county, or staterelationships.

The mission of Sister Cities International is just as importanttoday as it was when it was founded. With the advent of theinternet and new technologies, the world is becomingsmaller, and the relationships and interactions between theU.S. and its foreign counterparts are more complex thanever. Despite this increase in online communication, theface-to-face meetings and personal relationships developedthrough sister cities are still vital and irreplaceable.

What is a Sister City?

Asister city, county, or state relationship is a broad-based, long-term partnership between two

communities in two countries. A sister city, county, or staterelationship is officially recognized after the highest electedor appointed official from both communities sign off on anagreement.

A city may have any number of sister cities, with communityinvolvement ranging from a half dozen to hundreds ofvolunteers. In addition to volunteers, sister city organizationsmay includerepresentativesfrom nonprofits,municipalgovernments, theprivate sector, andother civicorganizations. Sistercity relationshipsoffer the flexibility toform connectionsbetweencommunities thatare mutuallybeneficial and whichaddress issues thatare most relevantfor partners.

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President Barack Obama, current Honorary Chairman for Sister Cities International

President Dwight D. Eisenhower, SisterCities International founder


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Membership

Membership in Sister Cities International is open to cities

of all sizes, counties, states, international cities, and

individuals. Members are a part of a network of citizen

diplomats from over 500 communities with partnerships in

over 1,900 cities and 140 countries around the globe. Sister

Cities International provides members with unique support

and resources for their sister city programs and empowers

individual citizens to become diplomats who represent their

community and their country in new and meaningful ways.

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Sister City Partnerships by U.S. State

Sister City Member Communities by U.S. State

Sister City Relationships by Region

Sister City Partnerships by Country

Europe 33% Asia 26%

North America 11% South & Central America 8%

Central Asia 7% Sub‐Saharan Africa 7%

Middle East/North Africa 4% Caribbean/Island 3%

Oceania 2%

U.S. Communities ..........................494Global Members ................................7Total Members ................................501U.S. Sister Cities ..........................1884Global Sisters Cities ..........................34Total Sister Cities ..........................1918Unique Sister Cities ......................1664Countries Represented ..................144U.S. Cities Seeking Partners ............28

Membership At-a-Glance


Programs

Sister Cities International administers a number of grant

funded programs aimed at assisting members, whether

through direct funding, expertise, opportunities to promote

their work, or the provision of other resources.

Youth Ambassador Program: Trilateral North America In 2011 and 2012, Sister Cities International conducted the

U.S. State Department-funded Youth Ambassador Program,

which focused on North America and helped bring students

together from Mexico, the United States, and Canada. The

theme of this program was local, national, and international

discussion on the environment and poverty. Through

workshops, site visits to NGOs, and cultural activities,

students explored these issues and gained a sense of what

cities, countries, and individuals are doing to alleviate

problems in these areas. The program included visits to

sister cities in the U.S. and Mexico, and a week in

Washington, D.C. At the end of the program, students

applied their experiences in the planning and implementation

of local outreach projects in their cities.

The High School Home StayThe High School Home Stay exchange program is an

opportunity for U.S. communities to host students for a

semester or year of high school in the United States. The

foreign cities choose high school students who must be

between the ages of 15 and 18 ½ years old on the first day

of school. Once students are in the United States, the sister

city organization will provide oversight of the students,

organize host families, and include the students in sister city

activities. In partnership with the American Cultural

Exchange Service, Sister Cities International processes the

J-1 secondary school exchange visa for roughly 25 students

every year.

Young Artists and Authors ShowcaseEach year, the Young Artists and Authors Showcase (YAAS)

encourages youth from around the globe to express the

mission of Sister Cities International through original artwork

and literature. All students must submit their work based on

a designated theme that is announced each year. Artwork is

sent from member cities to Washington, D.C. where a panel

of judges selects the winners based on originality,

composition, and theme interpretation. There are more than

100 entries for the showcase every year, representing more

than twenty states and ten countries. YAAS is made

possible through the generous support of The Frank Carvey

Family Foundation.

Project Earth Sister Cities InternationalChallengeIn 2012 Sister Cities International announced a new

collaboration with Project Earth – “The Project Earth – Sister

Cities International Challenge” - to engage the next

generation of citizen diplomats through environmental and

renewable energy projects. Utilizing Project Earth’s online

resources and sharing platforms and the Sister Cities

International network of students, teachers, and schools,

this challenge allows youth to work with fellow students in

their sister cities to implement sustainable projects focused

on mutual environmental problems. Project Earth is a global

environmental education network designed to connect

schools, students, and teachers around the world to help

solve environmental problems. Founded by Ecology and

Environment, Inc. Project Earth’s mission is to generate

ongoing conversation and collaboration across national

boundaries that will collectively lead to positive

environmental change.

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2012 Programs At-a-GlanceNon-Salary Program Funding: over $3,000,000

Flights Provided to Members: 160

Number of U.S./Foreign Communities Participating in Programs: 145

Number of Foreign Countries Participating: 26

Number of Individual Participants: over 375


Sino-African InitiativeSister Cities International’s Sino-African Initiative (SAI) is a

two-year program designed to address the manner in which

U.S., African, and Chinese cities can collaborate on

economic development and urban poverty issues in Africa.

In order to better understand U.S.-African-Chinese trilateral

relations and its effect on economic development and urban

poverty in Africa, SAI offered $100,000 grants for three

trilateral pilot projects and exchange funding to Sister Cities

International member cities, with staff support and research

provided by Sister Cities International. In 2012, the focus of

the program was to complete the initial research and create

the application process for SAI. A call for applications was

announced in August 2012 and a number of U.S.-African-

Chinese trilateral sister city partnerships submitted project

proposals to receive grant funding. In October,

distinguished judges with backgrounds in the U.S., Africa,

China, cities, and community development projects selected

three project proposals. In mid-October, the trilateral

partnerships of Denver-Nairobi-Kunming, Asheville/Raleigh-

Osogbo-Xiangyang, and Urbana-Zomba-Haizhu district

became the subgrantees of the Sino-African Initiative, and

the pioneers to test this trilateral project concept. The Sino-

African Initiative completed the year with detailed project

proposals from the three trilateral partnerships and

subgrantees are looking forward to implementing their

projects in water sanitation, primary education, primary

health care, and waste management in 2013.

Project implementation and exchanges will continue

throughout the year and projects will officially be completed

by the end of January 2014. Sister Cities International will

produce a feasibility report by February 2014 to expand on

U.S., African, and Chinese trilateral cooperation in economic

development and urban poverty issues in Africa for use by

grantors and other sister city programs.

Leading Asia"Leading Asia: Renewing the U.S. and Japan Sister Cities

Network," is a 3 year program funded through a grant award

from the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership

(CGP). The overarching objective of this program is to

increase the institutional knowledge of U.S.-Japan sister city

partnerships by providing opportunities for current programs

to become more active and for new relationships to be

established. The program includes three core elements:

exchange funding, research, and promotion of best

practices. Exchange funding was provided to 12 US cities,

including seven cities in 2012, giving members the

opportunity to travel to their sister city to develop initiatives in

new programming areas, namely the business, green energy

and creative economy sectors.

The second element focused on outreach and research to

compile best practices from the sister cities network as well

as to develop new methods for engaging local business

communities and youth in future programming. Sister Cities

International developed a booklet entitled “Incorporating

Business Into Your U.S.-Japan Sister City Relationship,”

which outlines the important role that US-Japan sister city

partnerships play in the local economies of both countries

and ways to engage local businesses in order to expand

their local economic impact.

Finally, a combination of webinars and conference sessions

at Sister Cities International‘s national and regional

conferences served as a way for Sister Cities International to

communicate the impact of Leading Asia Exchanges as well

as to provide the U.S.-Japan sister city network with greater

access to information on best practices for exchanges and

new and innovative programming models.

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Youth Ambassadors at Sister Cities International’s Washington, D.C. headquarters


Sister Cities International’s Africa Urban Poverty Alleviation

Program (AUPAP) was designed to address urban

poverty through water, health, and sanitation projects

developed collaboratively by U.S. and African sister city

programs. This program included participation and support

from the private sector, non-governmental organizations,

community-based organizations, municipal governments,

and traditional leaders in Africa to provide sustained technical

assistance and community development strategies. Beyond

these projects, the program has developed a support

network for sister cities on the continent of Africa to promote

the mission of peace and prosperity through international

people-to-people collaboration.

Twenty-five sister city partnerships, representing 13 African

countries and 16 U.S. states, completed projects in the

areas of water, sanitation, and health to address local

problems in these areas. Projects included the construction

of toilets and showers, the renovation of health clinics and

provision of medical equipment, the construction of water

boreholes and hand pumps, and the implementation of a

waste management system. These projects were performed

across the continent, in Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya,

Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, South

Africa, Swaziland, and Tanzania.

in Eastern Africa. Together they provided programmatic and

informational support to existing partnerships and promoted

twinning between African cities and other communities

around the world.

Sister Cities International provided U.S. and African sister city

organizations with administrative and technical support for

project design, contracting, and procurement. Throughout

AUPAP, Sister Cities International was involved in the planning

and implementation process, helping sister city committees

whenever they needed assistance or guidance.

The AUPAP projects were meaningful and worthwhile to all

the U.S. and African sister cities alike, helping to strengthen

relationships and create friendships. Ron Johnson,

Jacksonville Sister Cities Association Board Member and

Vice President of Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality

Committee, shared what he relished the most about AUPAP:

“I really enjoyed the camaraderie and relationships with our

partners, as well as seeing the kids happy and smiling. I was

satisfied with the job we did—every milestone was a good

moment.” AUPAP participants recognized the importance of

citizen diplomacy and collaboration, and understood the

essence of the projects—to improve the lives of the people

living in marginalized communities and create strong bonds

of friendship. “It’s not about benefactors and takers—it was

about talking as friends and getting to know each other,”

said William Brewer, member of the Lansing Regional Sister

Cities Commission.

The sister city partnerships that participated in AUPAP plan to

track their respective projects and pursue new projects in the

future. Making sure that sanitation facilities and health clinics

are sustainable is an important concern for sister city

members. Many U.S. sister city participants are in the process

of taking trips back to their African sister cities, to follow up on

the maintenance and management of their projects. New

relationships with local schools, municipalities, and hospitals

have allowed sister city members to build on their

relationships and continue taking part in mutually beneficial

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“I learned about working together and really listening toeach other—dialogue and communication areimportant to make sure things are getting done.”

–Alderman Joe Davis, Chair of City of Milwaukee Sister Cities Committee

Mary Kane joins members of the Milwaukee-uMhlathuze partnership in inaugurating the new piping system which willprovide potable water to 18,000 residents.

Africa Urban Poverty Alleviation Program

Sister Cities International also worked closely with three

partner organizations to promote the sister cities model and

twinning in different regions of Africa: African Global Sister

Cities Foundation, based in Accra, Ghana, operating in West

Africa; Africa Sister Cities, based in Casablanca, Morocco,

operating in North Africa and francophone countries; and

Eastern Africa Sister Cities, based in Nairobi, Kenya, operating


2012 Annual Conference

The 56th Annual Conference in July brought together

over 300 citizen diplomats from across the U.S. and the

world to Jacksonville, Florida. In the opening session of the

conference, Sister Cities International and the All India

Institute of Local Self-Government signed an MoU to

promote cooperation for the mutual benefit of local

communities in the U.S. and India. Keynote speakers Amy

Liu of the Brookings Institution and Goli Ameri, founder of

the Center for Global Engagement also provided insight into

the current state of international affairs and citizen

diplomacy.

Over three days, attendees participated in specialized

sessions on innovation, technology, social media, grant

writing, fundraising, and more. Award winning programs

shared their best practices in arts and culture, youth and

education, humanitarian assistance, and general program

areas. A conference track on economic development also

provided attendees with numerous sessions on this rapidly

expanding programming area. The sessions provided sister

city members with a comprehensive set of tools to grow and

strengthen their programs.

Sister Cities International will build on this success with its

2013 Annual Conference, to be held in San Antonio, Texas.

2012 Regional Conference

The 2012 Regional Conference in October in Cincinnati,

Ohio on the theme “Diversity in Action” challenged

attendees to think of diversity in a new light. Sessions

focused on how communities and organizations are

strengthened through diversity of members, partnerships,

funding, and skills training.

Expert speakers included Deborah Foster from United Way

Worldwide and Martin Wilhelmy, Honorary Consul of the

Federal Republic of Germany. Tailored sessions included:

Why & How of Crafting a Diversity Statement, Partnering

with Diverse Networks, Building an International Strategy for

your Community, and Protocol Training. Experts from affinity

chambers in the region explored the many ways sister city

members and Chambers of Commerce can partner. The

sessions provided community leaders with a number of tools

to increase their cities’ global appeal.

Attendees also had the opportunity to attend the

TEDxCincinnati “Every Citizen a Diplomat” at the historic

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center a day

before the Regional Conference. The featured talks

showcased how citizens can influence opinions on a global

scale and stimulated discussion on the importance of

cultural understanding, diversity, and international

relationship building in creating a strong community.

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Best Overall ProgramPopulation Under 25,000- Fountain Hills, AZPopulation 25,001-50,000- Hot Springs, ARPopulation 50,001-100,000- Corvallis, ORPopulation 100,001-500,000- Birmingham, ALPopulation Over 500,000- Fort Worth, TX

Innovation in Arts & CulturePopulation Under 100,000- Brighton, COPopulation 100,001-500,000- Tacoma, WAPopulation Over 500,000- San Antonio, TX

Innovation in Humanitarian AssistancePopulation 100,000-500,000- Minneapolis, MNPopulation Over 500,000- Houston, TX

Innovation in Youth & EducationPopulation Under 100,000- Palm Desert, CAPopulation 100,001-500,000- Fort Lauderdale, FLPopulation over 500,000- Denver, CO

Innovation in Energy: Duluth, MN

Innovation in Sustainable Development: Long Beach, CA

Volunteer of the Year: Kathleen Borland, Chicago, IL

Michael A. Guido Award for Distinguished Leadership: Governor Terry Branstad, Iowa

Corporate Responsibility Award: Booz Allen Hamilton

The following programs were recognized at the 2012 Annual Conference for outstanding achievement in 2011


Member Services

O ver the past year Sister Cities International added or

enhanced a number of its services for members.

Whether it is developing new skills, recognizing milestones,

providing much needed information, or connecting members

to the world, Sister Cities International is committed to

boosting the impact of its membership. Be sure to visit

Sister Cities International’s website to see an up to date list

of all member benefits and more information on taking

advantage of these valuable services.

Cities Seeking CitiesThis year Sister Cities International greatly expanded its

Cities Seeking Cities program to help members find and

connect with new communities abroad. Cities can not only

advertise their search on their profile page, but also receive

support and guidance from Sister Cities International staff to

identify and contact potential matches abroad. Through

Sister Cities International’s global network of city-twinning

organizations, embassies, municipal associations, and other

partners, members have more support than ever to develop

links to foreign cities.

WebinarsIn 2012 Sister Cities International hosted seven interactive

webinars for members, with topics such as online

fundraising, incorporating alumni into programs, accounting

for sister city programs, and environmental innovations in

programming. Best of all, these webinars were recorded and

are available to members at any time through Sister Cities

International’s website.

Visa AssistanceSister Cities International offers members valuable

information on visa types and advice on navigating the visa

process for international delegations. In 2013 Sister Cities

International partnered with a number of experts in

immigration law and visas to provide members with pro

bono advice on specific visa questions they might have. To

request visa assistance members can visit the “Requests”

section of the “Member Area” on Sister Cities International’s

website.

InsuranceSister Cities International continues to offer members access

to affordable travel insurance and special events insurance.

With members participating in thousands of delegation visits

and hundreds of events every year, insurance is a much

needed benefit which Sister Cities International is proud to

offer through its partner. For up to date information on

available insurance and to access these special rates,

members can visit the “Insurance” section of the “Member

Area” on Sister Cities International’s website.

CertificatesSister Cities International wants to make sure that whether a

sister city is new or 50 years old it is recognized as a step

forward for citizen diplomacy and peacebuilding. All

members can now request complimentary certificates for

their communities as well as their international partners that

recognize new partnerships or milestone anniversaries.

These commemorative certificates are available to Sister

Cities International members and can be requested in the

“Member Area” of Sister Cities International’s website.

Sharing Your Stories and Events CalendarWhether on Sister Cities International’s website, Facebook

page, Twitter feed, or direct press releases, every day Sister

Cities International showcases what makes it a globally

recognized organization—its members. Sister Cities

International has a dedicated "Submit Your Member Story"

page that allows members to submit details on what is

happening in their sister city organization. Members are

encouraged to send Sister Cities International details of their

organization's accomplishments, including upcoming

exchanges, events, sister city anniversaries, board meetings,

testimonials, pictures, and other activities. Once members

submit their story, Sister Cities International staff will be in

touch to find the best way to share it with the sister cities

network and the public.

Sister Cities International also maintains a publicly available

calendar of events for all members. Conferences, meetings,

fundraisers, trade delegations, student exchanges, cultural

festivals, or any other event, large or small, can be submitted

to Sister Cities International for posting.

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Member BadgeSister Cities International members can

now use Sister Cities International’s

Member Badge, as well as the tagline

“Connect globally. Thrive locally.” to

proudly display their membership in

one of the world’s largest networks of citizen diplomats. The

Member Badge is a reminder of the network’s shared

mission of promoting peace and understanding, and is

appropriate for use in any communications or in conjunction

with a member’s own logo. Members can download the

Member Badge from the “Toolkits and Templates” section of

the “Member Area” of Sister Cities International’s website.

Member ProfilesIn May 2012 Sister Cities International launched a new

website in conjunction with its new logo and tagline. In

addition to a sleek new design and easier access to member

resources, this new website offers each member the

opportunity to profile its partnerships, contact information,

social media, and information about the community itself to

the world in a user-friendly and eye-catching new format.

Members can customize their information directly through

the site, ensuring that changes take effect immediately. And

through search engine optimization, these pages are often

the first search result when anyone looks for information

about sister city organizations.

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Contact information and socialmedia fields allow the public to getin touch with members and learnmore about their program

Members can customize abrief description about theirsister city program

Sister City, Friendship City,and Emeritus relationshipsare listed and convenientlydisplayed on the map

Members canadvertise whenthey are lookingfor new partners,including specificregions or programareas where theyhave an interest


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Thanks to Sister Cities International’s 2012 Donors & Supporters$500,000+Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

$400,000+United States Department of State

$75,000+The Japan Foundation's Center forGlobal Partnership

$50,000+Sister Cities Foundation

$10,000+Amazon Web Services LLCMichael HyattMary Ellen and Michael Fox

$5,000+Robert & Martha Atherton FoundationMary PalkoThelma PressSharon ReceveurCincinnati-Liuzhou Sister CityCommittee

$2,500+The Community Foundation for theNational Capital RegionWashington ExaminerNorris Hermsmeyer

$1,000+Louis and Thelma Press TrustThe McGraw-Hill CompaniesLeroy AllalaMimi BarkerCarolyn BishopFred BlantonWilliam T. BoerumCarol BurdetteNeal BurnhamBrad ColeChris DufourGil GarciaAngie GomezJeanne GoodvinRon Gossett

James HromasNancy HuppertJoseph KressatyTom LaBongeTom LiskDr. William LitesCarol Robertson LopezFrances LorenzDavid MillerTim QuigleyDarrell SmithFrank TripicchioSteve YoshidaCarla WalkerMark WaltonPaula West

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2013 Membership Directory

Sister Cities International recognizes threecategories for partnerships:

Sister Cities: Permanent relationships formalizedwhen the mayors or highest elected/appointed officialsfrom two communities sign a partnership agreement toestablish a sister city relationship.

Friendship Cities: Less formal relationships whichnonetheless are initiated by a partnership agreementbetween two cities. The nature of friendship cityagreements varies from city to city depending ontradition and/or city policy. Although they are lessformal, many friendship cities are as active as sistercity relationships.

Emeritus Cities: Sister city relationships which havebeen put into Emeritus status by a mayor or highestelected official, usually due to dormancy. Emeritusrelationships are sometimes returned to full sister citystatus by citizens who revitalize the partnership.

Although Sister Cities International is primarily anassociation for U.S. sister city organizations, someinternational communities join as “Global Members”to take advantage of Sister Cities Internationalresources and to have their international partnershipslisted in Sister Cities International’s MembershipDirectory.

Note: All country names are short formaccording to the U.S. Department of State.


Alabama / 32BirminghamAl-Karak, Jordan Anshan, China Chao Yang District, China Coban, Guatemala u

Guediawaye, Senegal Gweru, Zimbabwe Hitachi, Japan u

Huangshi, China u

Maebashi City, Japan Plzen, Czech Republic Pomigliano d’Arco, Italy Rosh Ha’ayin, Israel Szekesfehervar, Hungary Vinnytsya, Ukraine Winneba, Ghana

MobileBolinao, Philippines Cockburn, Australia Constanta, Romania Gianjin, China Havana, Cuba Heze, China Ichihara, Japan Katowice, Poland King Shaka District Municipality, South Africa

Kosice, Slovakia Pyongtaek, South Korea Veracruz/Boca del Rio, Mexico Worms, Germany

MontevalloEchizen, Japan u

TuscaloosaNarashino, Japan Schorndorf, Germany Sunyani-Techiman, Ghana

Alaska / 13AnchorageChitose, Japan Darwin, Australia Inchon, South Korea Magadan, Russia Tromso, Norway Whitby, United Kingdom

JuneauCamiling, Philippines Mishan City, China Vladivostok, Russia Whitehorse, Canada

KetchikanGero, Japan Prince Rupert, Canada

PalmerSaroma, Japan

Arizona / 47ChandlerTullamore, Ireland

FlagstaffBarnaul, Russia Blue Mountains, Australia Hsin Tien, Chinese Taipei Manzanillo, Mexico

Fountain HillsAtaco, El Salvador Dierdorf, Germany Kasterlee, Belgium

Gila BendSeeking Partners

GilbertLeshan, China Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland

GlendaleSeeking Partners

MesaBurnaby, Canada Caraz, Peru Guaymas, Mexico Kaiping, China Upper Hutt, New Zealand

PeoriaBorough of Ards, Northern Ireland

PhoenixCalgary, Canada Catania, Italy Chengdu, China Ennis, Ireland Grenoble, France Hermosillo, Mexico Himeji, Japan Prague, Czech Republic Ramat-Gan, Israel Taipei City, Chinese Taipei

PrescottCaborca, Mexico Suchitoto, El Salvador Zeitz, Germany

ScottsdaleAlamos, Mexico Cairns, Australia Haikou City, China Interlaken, Switzerland

Kingston, Canada Marrakech, Morocco

Sierra VistaCananea, Mexico Radebeul, Germany

TempeAl-Hilla, IraqBeaulieu-sur-Mer, France Carlow, Ireland Cuenca, Ecuador Cusco, Peru Lower Hutt, New Zealand Regensburg, Germany Skopje, Macedonia Timbuktu, Mali Zhenjiang, China

Arkansas / 11FayettevilleSeeking Partners

Heber SpringsOmoa, Honduras

Hot SpringsHanamaki, Japan

Little RockChangchun, China Hanam City, South Korea Kaohsiung Municipality, Chinese Taipei La Petite Roche, France l

Mons, Belgium l

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdomu

Pachuca, Mexico Ragusa, Italy l

North Little RockUiwang City, South Korea

California / 342AlamedaArita-Machi, Japan Lidingo, Sweden

AnaheimMito, Japan Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

BakersfieldAmritsar, India Bucheon, South Korea Cixi, China Minsk Partizan District, Belarus Santiago de Queretaro, Mexico Wakayama, Japan

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BeniciaTula, Mexico

Beverly HillsAcapulco, Mexico Cannes, France Herzliya, Israel uPudong District (Shanghai), China u

Big Bear LakeAbtenau, Austria

BurbankGaborone, Botswana Incheon, South Korea Ota, Japan Solna, Sweden

CarlsbadFuttsu, Japan Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

CarsonLa Carlota, Philippines Soka, Japan Wanju-Gu County, South Korea

Chula VistaCebu City, Philippines Odawara, Japan

ComptonApia, American Samoa Onitsha, Nigeria

CoronaFuxin City, China Gotsu, Japan Ocotlan, Mexico Silkeborg, Denmark

Culver CityIksan City, South Korea Kaizuka, Japan Lethbridge, Canada Uruapan, Mexico

CupertinoBhubaneswar, India Hsinchu, Chinese Taipei Ivrea, Italy Toyokawa, Japan

EncinitasHondo, Japan

EurekaKamisu, Japan

FontanaSeeking Partners

FresnoAfula-Gilboa, Israel Etchmiadzin, Armenia Kochi, Japan Muenster, Germany Taishan, China Torreon, Mexico Verona, Italy u

GardenaHuatabampo, Mexico Ichikawa, Japan Rosarito Beach, Mexico

GilroyAngra Do Heroismo, Portugal Koror, Palau l

Monticelli d’Ongina, Italy l

Saint-Clar, France Tacco-Machi, Japan Tecate, Mexico

GlendaleGhapan, Armenia Gimpo, South Korea Goseong, South Korea Higashiosaka, Japan Hiroshima, Japan Rosarito Beach, Mexico Tlaquepaque, Mexico

GreenfieldApaseo El Alto, Mexico Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, Mexico

GridleyGbarnga, Liberia

HaywardFaro, Portugal Funabashi, Japan Ghazni, Afghanistan San Felipe, Mexico



IrvineHermosillo, Mexico Nowon-gu, South Korea u

Seocho-gu, South Korea u

Taoyuan City, Chinese Taipei Tsukuba, Japan

Laguna BeachMenton, France San Jose del Cabo, Mexico

Laguna NiguelAl Qaim, Iraq

LivermoreQuezaltenango, Guatemala Snezhinsk, Russia Yotsukaido, Japan

LodiKofu, Japan Lodi, Italy

Long BeachBacolod, Philippines u

Izmir, Turkey u

Mombasa, Kenya Phnom Penh, Cambodia u

Qingdao, China San Pablo de Manta, Ecuador Sochi, Russia Yokkaichi, Japan

Los AltosGreater Bendigo, Australia Rustington, United Kingdom Shih-Lin, Chinese Taipei Syktyvkar, Russia

Los AngelesAthens, Greece Auckland, New Zealand Beirut, Lebanon Berlin, Germany Bordeaux, France Giza, Egypt Guangzhou, China Ischia, Italy Jakarta, Indonesia Kaunas, Lithuania Lusaka, Zambia Makati, Philippines Mexico City, Mexico Mumbai, India Nagoya, Japan Salvador, Brazil St. Petersburg, Russia Taipei Municipality, Chinese Taipei Tehran, Iran Vancouver, Canada Yerevan, Armenia

MalibuLijiang, China

MartinezDunbar, Scotland Hanchuan, China Milazzo, Italy Stresa, Italy

MendocinoMiasa-Omachi, Japan

MercedAlbury, Australia Somoto, Nicaragua

MillbraeLa Serena, Chile Mosta, Malta

MilpitasDagupan, Philippines Figline Valdarno, Italy Huizhou, China Tsukuba, Japan

ModestoAguascalientes, Mexico Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine Kurume, Japan Laval, France Mengzi City, China Vernon, Canada q

Vijayawada, India

Morgan HillHeadford, Ireland Mizuho, Japan San Casciano in Val di Pesa, Italy San Martin de Hidalgo, Mexico Seferihisar, Turkey

Mountain ViewHasselt, Belgium Iwata, Japan

Newport BeachAntibes, France Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Okazaki, Japan Vung Tau Ba Ria City, Vietnam u

OaklandAgadir, Morocco u

Bahir Dar, Ethiopia u

Benin City, NigeriaChangping District, China u

Chengdu, China u

Dalian, China Foshan, China Fukuoka, Japan

Guangzhou, China u

Haikou City, China u

Jingan District, China u

Jinzhou, China u

Jurong, China u

Livorno, Italy Maoming, China u

Mianyang, China u

Nakhodka, Russia Nanning, China u

Ocho Rios, Jamaica Port-de-Paix, Haiti Pudong, China u

Qingdao, China u

Santiago de Cuba, Cuba Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana

OrindaLanphun, Thailand Tabor, Czech Republic

Palm DesertGisborne, New Zealand Ixtapa, Mexico

Palo AltoAlbi, France Enschede, Netherlands Linkoping, Sweden Oaxaca, Mexico Palo, Philippines Tsuchiura, Japan

ParlierEnsenada, Mexico

PasadenaLudwigshafen, Germany Järvenpää, Finland Mishima, Japan Paju, South Korea u

Vanadzor, Armenia Xicheng District, China

Rancho CordovaTurrialba, Costa Rica

RedlandsHino, Japan Linli, China San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

Redondo BeachEnsenada, Mexico Itoman City, Japan u

La Paz, Mexico Zhangjiagang, China

RiverbankFuyang City, China Tamazula de Gordiano, Mexico

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RiversideCuautla, Mexico Ensenada, Mexico Erlangen, Germany Gangnam-Gu, South Korea Hyderabad, India Jiangmen, China Obuasi, Ghana Sendai, Japan

SacramentoAshkelon, Israel Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories Chisinau, Moldova Hamilton, New Zealand Jinan, China Liestal, Switzerland Manila, Philippines Matsuyama, Japan San Juan de Oriente, Nicaragua Yongsan-Gu, South Korea

San BernardinoHerzliya, Israel Ile-Ife, Nigeria Kigali, Rwanda Mexicali, Mexico Roxas, Philippines Tachikawa, Japan Tauranga, New Zealand Villahermosa, Mexico Yushu, China Zavolzhie, Russia

San DiegoAlcala de Henares, Spain Campinas, Brazil Cavite City, Philippines Edinburgh, Scotland Jalalabad, Afghanistan Jeonju, South Korea Leon, Mexico Perth, Australia q

Taichung City, Chinese Taipei Tema, Ghana Tijuana, Mexico Vladivostok, Russia Warsaw Province, Poland Yantai, China Yokohama, Japan

San FranciscoAbidjan, Ivory Coast Amman, Jordan u

Assisi, Italy Bangalore, India u

Barcelona, Spain u

Cork, Ireland Haifa, Israel Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Krakow, Poland u

Manila, Philippines Osaka, Japan Seoul, South Korea Shanghai, China Sydney, Australia Taipei Municipality, Chinese Taipei Thessaloniki, Greece Zurich, Switzerland

San JoseDublin, Ireland Ekaterinburg, Russia Okayama, Japan Pune, India San Jose, Costa Rica Tainan City, Chinese Taipei Veracruz, Mexico

San PabloManzanillo, Mexico

Santa BarbaraDingle, Ireland Kotor, Montenegro Patras, Greece Puerto Vallarta, Mexico San Juan, Philippines Toba, Japan Weihai, China

Santa ClaraCoimbra, Portugal Izumo, Japan

Santa Clara CountyFlorence Province, Italy Hsinchu, Chinese Taipei Moscow, Russia

Santa ClaritaSariaya, Philippines Tena, Ecuador

Santa CruzAlushta, Ukraine County Roscommon, Ireland u

Galway, Ireland Jinotepe, Nicaragua Kasese, Uganda u

Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela Sestri Levante, Italy Shingu, Japan

Santa MonicaCassino/San’t Elia, Italy Fujinomiya, Japan Hamm, Germany Mazatlan, Mexico

SausalitoCascais, Portugal Sakaide, Japan Viña del Mar, Chile

SebastopolChyhyryn, Ukraine Takeo, Japan

SonomaAswan, Egypt Chambolle-Musigny, France Greve-in-Chianti, Italy Kaniv, Ukraine Patzcuaro, Mexico Penglai, China Tokaj, Hungary

South San FranciscoAtotonilco, Mexico Kishiwada, Japan Lucca, Italy Pasig City, Philippines St. Jean Pied de Port, France

StocktonAsaba, Nigeria Battambang, Cambodia Empalme, Mexico Foshan, China Iloilo, Philippines Parma, Italy Shimizu (Shizuoka), Japan

TemeculaDaisen (Nakayama), Japan Leidschendam-Voorburg, Netherlands

Temple CityHawkesbury, Australia Magdelena, Mexico

Union CityAsadabad, Afghanistan Chiang Rai, Thailand Jalandhar, India Liyang, China Pasay City, Philippines Santa Rosalia, Mexico

UplandCaborca, Mexico Mildura, Australia

VallejoAkashi, Japan Bagamoyo, Tanzania Baguio, Philippines Jincheon, South Korea La Spezia, Italy Trondheim, Norway



WalnutShin Lin District, Chinese Taipei

Walnut CreekNoceto, Italy Siofok, Hungary

WhittierChangshu, China

Colorado / 49ArvadaJinzhou, China Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan

AspenChamonix, France Davos, Switzerland Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Queenstown, New Zealand San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina Shimukappu, Japan

AuroraSeeking Partners

BoulderCiudad Mante, Mexico Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Jalapa, Nicaragua u

Kisumu, Kenya Lhasa, China Yamagata, Japan Yateras, Cuba

BrightonZiebice, Poland

Colorado SpringsBankstown, Australia Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Fujiyoshida, Japan Kaohsiung Municipality, Chinese Taipei Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico Smolensk, Russia

DenverAkureyri, Iceland u

Axum, Ethiopia Brest, France Chennai, India Cuernavaca, Mexico Karmiel, Israel Kunming, China Nairobi, Kenya Potenza, Italy Takayama, Japan Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Denver Regional Council ofGovernments

Baghdad, Iraq

ErieSeeking Partners

Estes ParkMonteverde, Costa Rica

FirestoneSeeking Partners

LakewoodChester, United Kingdom Portsmouth, United Kingdom Stade, Germany Sutherland Shire, Australia

LongmontChino, Japan Ciudad Guzmán, Mexico

ParkerSeeking Partners

PuebloBergamo, Italy Chihuahua, Mexico Lucca Sicula, Italy Maribor, Slovenia Puebla, Mexico Weifang, China

Steamboat SpringsSaasfee, Switzerland San Martin de los Andes, Argentina

Connecticut / 28EssexDeschapelles, Haiti

HartfordCaguas, Puerto Rico l

Cape Coast, Ghana l

Couva, Trinidad and Tobago l

Dongguan, China l

Floridia, Italy Hertford, United Kingdom Mangualde, Portugal lMao Velverde, Dominican Republic l

Masindi, Uganda u

Morant Bay, Jamaica New Ross, Ireland Ocotal, Nicaragua Quetzaltenango, Guatemala u

Sogakope, Ghana u

Thessaloniki, Greece l

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New BritainAtsugi, Japan Gianittsa, Greece Priolo and Solorino, Italy Pultusk, Poland Rastatt, Germany

New HavenAfula-Gilboa, Israel Amalfi, Italy Avignon, France Freetown, Sierra Leone Huế, Vietnam León, Nicaragua Tetlanohcan, Mexico

Delaware / 8Rehoboth BeachGreve-in-Chianti, Italy

WilmingtonFulda, Germany Kalmar, Sweden Nemours, France Ningbo, China u

Olevano sul Tusciano, Italy Osogbo, Nigeria Watford, United Kingdom

District Of Columbia / 13WashingtonBrussels, Belgium Accra, Ghana Ankara, Turkey Athens, GreeceBangkok, Thailand Beijing, China Brasilia, Brazil Dakar, Senegal Paris, France Rome, Italy Seoul, South Korea Sunderland, United Kingdom Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa

Florida / 181Boynton BeachLes Cayes, Haiti Qufu, China

CocoaBeit Shemesh, Israel

Coral GablesAix-en-Provence, France Cartagena, Colombia El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain Granada, Spain La Antigua, Guatemala

Pisa, Italy Quito, Ecuador

CrestviewNoirmoutier, France

Daytona BeachBayonne, France Campeche, Mexico Diamantina, Brazil

Delray BeachMiyazu, Japan Moshi, Tanzania

DoralSeeking Partners

Fort LauderdaleAgogo, Ghana Belo Horizonte, Brazil Cap-Haitien, Haiti Gold Coast, Australia Haifa, Israel Kaohsiung City, Chinese Taipei La Romana, Dominican Republic Mar del Plata, Argentina Margarita Island, Venezuela Medellin, Colombia Mugla, Turkey Panama City, Panama Quepos, Costa Rica Rimini, Italy Sao Sebastiao, Brazil Venice, Italy

GainesvilleDuhok, Iraq Jacmel, Haiti Kfar Saba, Israel Manizales, Colombia Matagalpa, Nicaragua Novorossiisk, Russia Qalqilya, Palestinian Territories Rzeszow, Poland u

Tegucigalpa, Honduras

JacksonvilleBahia Blanca, Argentina Changwon City, South Korea Curitiba, Brazil Murmansk, Russia Nantes, France Nelson Mandela Metropolitan BayMunicipality, South Africa

Ningbo, China u

San Juan, Puerto Rico Shaoxing, China u

Suzhou, China l

Yingkou, China

LakelandBalti, Moldova Chongming County, China Fengxian District (Shanghai), China u

Imabari, Japan Jiaxing, China u

Portmore St. Catherine, Jamaica Richmond Hill, Canada Rybnitsa, Moldova u

Lauderdale-by-the-SeaHenley-on-Thames, United Kingdom San Isidro, Peru Suzano, Brazil

MiamiAgadir, Morocco l

Amman, Jordan l

Buenos Aires, Argentina Cochabamba, Bolivia l

Kagoshima, Japan Kaohsiung Municipality, Chinese Taipei lLima, Peru Managua, Nicaragua l

Montes de Oca, Costa Rica l

Murcia, Spain l

Nice, France l

Palermo, Italy l

Panama City, Panama l

Port-au-Prince, Haiti Qingdao, China u

Ramat-Hasharon, Israel lSantiago, Chile Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Varna, Bulgaria l

Miami BeachAlmonte, Spain Basel, Switzerland Brampton, Canada Cozumel, Mexico Fortaleza, Brazil Fujisawa, Japan Ica, Peru Nahariya, Israel Pescara, Italy Rio de Janeiro, BrazilSanta Marta, Colombia

Miami DadeAsti, Italy Asuncion, ParaguayCayman Islands l

Dakar, Senegal Iquique, Chile l

Kingston, Jamaica Lamentin (Guadeloupe), France l

Maldonado, Uruguay Monagas, Venezuela l

Mondoza, Argentina Pereira, Colombia



Petit Goave, Haiti Prague, Czech Republic Pucallpa, Peru l

San Jose, Costa Rica Santa Cruz, Bolivia l

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Sao Paolo, Brazil St. Kitts and Nevis Islands l

Stockholm County, Sweden Taipei County, Chinese Taipei Tenerife (Canary Islands), Spain The Bahamas Turks and Caicos Islands l

Veracruz, Spain

MiramarSanta Ana, El Salvador

Mount DoraForres, Scotland

New Port RicheyCavalaire-sur-Mer, France Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France

North MiamiDelmas, Haiti

OcalaPisa, Italy Sincelejo, Colombia

OrlandoCuritiba, Brazil Guilin, China Monterrey, Mexico Orenburg, Russia Reykjanesbaer, Iceland Seine-et-Marne Region, France Tainan, Chinese Taipei Urayasu, Japan Valladolid, Spain

Palm BaySeeking Partners

PensacolaChimbote, Peru Escazu, Costa Rica Gero, Japan Gorlovka, Ukraine Kaohsiung City, Chinese Taipei Macharaviaya, Spain Miraflores, Peru

PinecrestCognac, France

SarasotaDunfermline, Scotland Hamilton, Canada Merida, Mexico Perpignan, France Siming District (Xiamen City), China Tel Mond, Israel Treviso, Italy Vladimir, Russia

St. AugustineAviles, Spain Cartagena, Colombia Ciudadella de Menorca, Spain George-Town Great Exuma, TheBahamas

San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

St. PetersbergFigueres, Spain u

St. Petersburg, Russia u

Takamatsu, Japan

Sunny Isles BeachNetanya, Israel Taormina, Italy

TallahasseeKonongo-Odumasi, Ghana Krasnodar, Russia Ramat-Hasharon, Israel Rugao, China Sligo, Ireland Sint Maarten

TampaAgrigento, Italy Ashdod, Israel Barranquilla, Colombia q

Boca del Rio, Mexico Izmir, Turkey Le Havre, France Oviedo, Spain Veracruz, Mexico

Tarpon SpringsKalymnos, GreeceHalki, GreeceSymi, GreeceLarnaca, Cyprus

TavaresXindian, Chinese Taipei

West Palm BeachBudva, Montenegro

Georgia / 42AthensAthens, Greece Cortona, Italy Iaşi, Romania

AtlantaAncient Olympia, Greece Brussels, Belgium Bucharest, Romania Cotonou, Benin Daegu, South Korea Fukuoka, Japan Lagos, Nigeria Montego Bay, Jamaica Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom Nuremberg, Germany Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Ra’anana, Israel Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Salcedo, Dominican Republic Salzburg, Austria Taipei, Chinese Taipei Tbilisi, Georgia Toulouse, France

BrunswickGanzhou, China Ilan, Chinese Taipei

ColumbusBistrita, Romania Kiryu, Japan Zugdidi, Georgia

DecaturBousse, Burkina Faso Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso Trujillo, Peru

ElbertonMure, Japan

HinesvilleMarsabit, Kenya

LaGrangeCraigavon, Northern Ireland q

MaconElmina, Ghana Kaohsiung Municipality, Chinese Taipei Kurobe, Japan Macon, France

MariettaSeongdong-Gu, South Korea

SavannahBat’umi, Georgia

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Halle, Germany Jiujiang, China Kaya, Burkina Faso Patras, Greece

Hawaii / 26Maui County Albi, France American SamoaArequipa, Peru Bacarra City, Philippines Badoc, Philippines Cabugao, Philippines Embo, Scotland Fukuyama, Japan Funchal, Portugal Goyang, South Korea Hachijo Island, Japan Hainan Province, China Hirara City, Japan Madrid, Spain Manila, Philippines Pingtung, Chinese Taipei Puerto Princesa, Philippines Quezon City, Philippines Rapa Nui, Chile Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands San Cristobal Island (Galapogos),Ecuador u

San Nicholas, Philippines Santa & San Juan, Philippines Sao Miguel Island, Portugal Sarrat, Philippines Zambales Province, Philippines

Idaho / 4Idaho FallsTokai-Mura, Japan

MoscowVilla Carlos Fonseca, Nicaragua

PocatelloIwamizawa, Japan Kwaremanguel, Burkina Faso

Illinois / 98AddisonTriggiano, Italy

BartlettMiaoli, Chinese Taipei

BellevillePaderborn, Germany

BelvidereSchwieberdingen, Germany Vaux-le-Pénil, France

BerwynHradec Kralove, Czech Republic

Bloomington / NormalAsahikawa, Japan Caibarien, Cuba Canterbury, United Kingdom Remedios, Cuba Vladimir, Russia

CarbondaleNakajo-Niigata, Japan Shimla, India Tainan City, Chinese Taipei Taipei, Chinese Taipei

ChicagoAccra, Ghana Amman, Jordan Athens, Greece Belgrade, Serbia Birmingham, United Kingdom Bogota, Colombia Busan, South Korea Casablanca, Morocco Delhi, India Durban, South Africa Galway, Ireland Gothenburg, Sweden Hamburg, Germany Kyiv, Ukraine Lahore, Pakistan Lucerne, Switzerland Mexico City, Mexico Milan, Italy Moscow, Russia Osaka, Japan Paris, France Petach Tikva, Israel Prague, Czech Republic Shanghai, China Shenyang, China Toronto, Canada q

Vilnius, Lithuania Warsaw, Poland

Chicago HeightsAsuogyaman District, Ghana Cedral, Mexico San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy Wadowice, Poland

ColumbiaGedern, Germany

DecaturSeevetal, Germany

DixonCastlebar, Ireland Dikson, Russia

Herzberg, Germany Thika, Kenya

Elk Grove VillageTermini Imerese, Italy

Hanover ParkCape Coast, Ghana Valparaiso, Mexico

Hawthorn WoodsSeeking Partners

HighlandSursee, Switzerland

Highland ParkFerrara, Italy Kiryat Gat, Israel uLagos, Nigeria u

Modena, Italy Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Hoffman EstatesAngoulême, France

Lake ZurichNittenau, Germany

MillstadtGross-Bieberau, Germany

Mount ProspectSevres, France

NapervilleNitra, Slovakia Patzcuaro, Mexico

PalatineFontenay-le-Comte, France

Park RidgeKinver, United Kingdom

PeoriaBenxi, China Clonmel, Ireland Friedrichshafen, Germany

QuincyHerford, Germany

Richton ParkSeeking Partners

RockfordBorgholm, Sweden Brovary, Ukraine Changzhou, China



Cluj-Napoca, Romania Ferentino, Italy Schwieberdingen, Germany Taszár, Hungary Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan Vaux-le-Pénil, France

RoselleBochnia, Poland

SchaumburgHyderabad, India u

Namerikawa, Japan Schaumburg, Germany

SpringfieldAshikaga, Japan Killarney, Ireland u

San Pedro de las Colonias, Mexico

Tinley ParkBudingen, Germany Mallow, Ireland

UrbanaHaizhu District (Guangzhou), China Zomba, Malawi

WaterlooPorta Westfalica, Germany

West ChicagoTaufkirchen (Vils), Germany

WilmetteMona Vale, Australia

Wood DaleCefalu’, Italy

Indiana / 34BloomingtonLuChou Province, Chinese Taipei Posoltega, Nicaragua Santa Clara, Cuba

CarmelKawachinagano, Japan

ElkhartBurton upon Trent, United Kingdom Kurdjali, Bulgaria

EvansvilleOsnabrück, Germany Tizimin, Mexico Tochigi-Shi, Japan

FishersBillericay, United Kingdom

Fort WayneGera, Germany Plock, Poland Taizhou, China Takaoka, Japan

GoshenNumazu, Japan

GreenfieldKakuda, Japan

IndianapolisCampinas, Brazil Cologne, Germany Hangzhou, China Hyderabad, India Monza, Italy Northhamptonshire County, UnitedKingdom

Piran, Slovenia Taipei, Chinese Taipei

JasperPfaffenweiler, Germany

LafayetteLongkou, China Ota, Japan

MadisonSeeking Partners

NewburghNewburgh, Scotland

NoblesvilleCittadella, Italy Nova Prata, Brazil

RichmondDaito-Cho, Japan Serpukhov, Russia Zweibrucken, Germany u

Iowa / 35ClarindaTamana, Japan

Council BluffsEl Hajeb, Morocco Karadah (Baghdad), Iraq Tobolsk, Russia

DavenportCarlow County, Ireland Ilheus, Brazil Kaiserslautern, Germany

Des MoinesKofu, Japan Provincia di Catanzaro, Italy Saint-Etienne, France Shijiazhuang, China Stavropol, Russia

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DubuqueDornbirn, Austria Handan, China Pyatigorsk, Russia

ElkaderMascara, Algeria

Fort MadisonPrum, Germany

GrinnellZheleznovodsk, Russia

JohnstonPeja, Kosovo

LaurensLaurens, France

MuscatineCrespo, Argentina Drohobych, Ukraine Ichikawadaimon, Japan Kislovodsk, Russia Lomza, Poland Ludwigslust, Germany Parana, Argentina Paysandu, Uruguay l

Ramallah, Palestinian Territories Zhengding, China

NewtonSmila, Ukraine Wuchi Town, Chinese Taipei

OsageLermontov, Russia

ShenandoahTisovec, Slovakia

WaverlyEisenach, Germany

Kansas / 14HaysNeustadt an der Waldnaab, Germany Santa Maria, Paraguay Xinzheng, China

LawrenceEutin, Germany Hiratsuka, Japan Iniades, Greece

OlatheChur, Switzerland Ocotlan, Mexico

Prairie VillageDolyna, Ukraine

VictoriaKubelstein Stadt Schesslitz, Germany

WichitaCancun, Mexico Kaifeng, China Orleans, France Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico

Kentucky / 22Bowling GreenKawanishi, Japan

DanvilleCarrickfergus, Northern Ireland

GeorgetownTahara, Japan

LexingtonCounty Kildare, Ireland Deauville, France Newmarket, United Kingdom Shinhidaka, Japan

LouisvilleAdapazari, Turkey Jiujiang, China La Plata, Argentina Leeds, United Kingdom Mainz, Germany Montpellier, France Perm, Russia Quito, Ecuador Tamale, Ghana q

MadisonvilleSeeking Partners

MidwaySeeking Partners

MoreheadBallymena, Northern Ireland Yangshuo County, China

OwensboroNisshin, Japan Olomouc, Czech Republic Olomouc Kraj, Czech Republic

ParisSeeking Partners

PikevilleAnkang, China

Louisiana / 14New OrleansCaracas, Venezuela Durban, South Africa Innsbruck, Austria Juan-les-Pins, France Maracaibo, Venezuela Matsue, Japan Merida, Mexico Pointe Noire, Congo (Brazzaville)San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina Tegucigalpa, Honduras

St. MartinvilleBouctouche, Canada Chaudfontaine, Belgium Goree Island, Senegal Nova Scotia, Canada

Maine / 5PortlandArkhangelsk, Russia Cap-Haitien, Haiti Mytilene, Greece Shinagawa, Japan

WatervilleKotlas, Russia

Maryland / 42BaltimoreAlexandria, Egypt Ashkelon, Israel Bremerhaven, Germany u

Ely O’Carroll, Ireland u

Gbarnga, Liberia Genoa, Italy Kawasaki, Japan Luxor, Egypt Odessa, Ukraine Piraeus, Greece Rotterdam, Netherlands Xiamen, China

Charles CountyJogeva, Estonia Waldorf, Germany

ColumbiaCergy-Pontoise, France Tema, Ghana u

Tres Cantos, Spain

District HeightsMbuji-Mayi, Congo (Kinshasa) Thomonde, Haiti

Maryland StateAnhui Province, China Bong County, Liberia County Cork, Ireland



Gyeongsangnam, South Korea Harju County, Estonia Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan Leningrad Region, Russia Lodz, Poland Maryland County, Liberia Nord-Pas de Calais, France Rio de Janeiro, Brazil State of Jalisco, Mexico Walloon Region, Belgium

Montgomery CountyGondar, Ethiopia Morazan, El Salvador

OaklandTorva, Estonia u

Valga, Estonia u

Riverdale ParkIpala, Guatemala

RockvilleJiaxing, China u

Pinneberg, Germany

SalisburyDalian, China Salisbury, United Kingdom Tartu, Estonia

Massachusetts / 28AmesburyEsabalu, Kenya Nagaokakyo, Japan Port Arlington, Ireland Teosinte, El Salvador

BostonBarcelona, Spain Hangzhou, China Kyoto, Japan Melbourne, Australia Padua, Italy Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana Strasbourg, France Taipei Municipality, Chinese Taipei

CambridgeCienfuegos, Cuba Coimbra, Portugal Gaeta, Italy Galway, Ireland San Jose Las Flores, El Salvador Tsukuba Science City (Yatabe), Japan Yerevan, Armenia

NewburyportBura, Kenya Zelengorsk, Russia

PittsfieldBallina, Ireland Cava di Tirreni, Italy Chung Ju, South Korea Malpaisillo, Nicaragua

SomervilleGaeta, Italy Tiznit, Morocco Yucuaiquin, El Salvador

Michigan / 24ChelseaShimizu (Hokkaido), Japan

ColdwaterSoltau, Germany

FrankenmuthGunzenhausen, Germany

Grand RapidsBielsko-Biala, Poland Ga East and West, Ghana Omihachiman, Japan Perugia, Italy Zapopan, Mexico

HancockPorvoo, Finland

LansingAkuapem South District, Ghana Asan, South Korea Dar es Salaam, Tanzania u

Guadalajara, Mexico Lanzhou, China u

Nsawam Adwojiri Municipality, Ghana

Otsu, Japan Saltillo, Mexico Sanming, China Tipitapa, Nicaragua u

MuskegonAntalya Kepez, Turkey Omuta, Japan

SalineBrecon, Wales Lindenberg, Germany

South HavenQuilali, Nicaragua

Minnesota / 35BloomingtonIzumi City, Japan

Columbia HeightsLomianki, Poland

DuluthIsumi-shi, Japan Petrozavodsk, Russia Thunder Bay, Canada q

Växjö, Sweden

Elbow LakeFlekkefjord, Norway

Fergus FallsNordhordland Region, Norway

HibbingWaldsrode, Germany

MelroseBuhl, Germany Legden, Germany

MinneapolisCuernavaca, Mexico Eldoret, Kenya Harbin, China Ibaraki City, Japan Kuopio, Finland Najaf, Iraq Novosibirsk, Russia Santiago, Chile Tours, France Uppsala, Sweden

MoorheadDruskininkai, Lithuania Vimmerby, Sweden

New UlmNeu-Ulm, Germany Ulm, Germany

NorthfieldSeeking Partners

PaynesvillePaynesville, Liberia

Red WingIkata, Japan Kongsberg, Norway Quzhou, China

Saint PeterPetatlan, Mexico

ShoreviewEinhausen, Germany

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St. AnthonySalo, Finland

WinonaBytow, Poland Misato, Japan

WorthingtonCrailsheim, Germany

Mississippi / 3GreenvilleGreenville, Liberia Kronach, Germany

JacksonKahramanmara, Turkey

Missouri / 32JoplinBethlehem, Palestinian Territories

Kansas CityArusha, Tanzania Freetown, Sierra Leone Guadalajara, Mexico Hannover, Germany Kurashiki, Japan Metz, France Morelia, Mexico Port Harcourt, Nigeria Ramla, Israel San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico Seville, Spain Tainan, Chinese Taipei Xi’an, China

SpringfieldIsesaki, Japan Tlaquepaque, Mexico

St. CharlesLudwigsburg, Germany

St. LouisBogor, Indonesia Bologna, Italy Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina Donegal County, Ireland Galway, Ireland Georgetown, Guyana Lyon, France Nanjing, China Samara, Russia San Luis Potosi, Mexico Saint-Louis, Senegal Stuttgart, Germany Suwa, Japan Szczecin, Poland Wuhan, China

Montana / 2LivingstonNaganohara, Japan

MissoulaPalmerston North, New Zealand

Nebraska / 7KearneySeeking Partners

OmahaBraunschweig, Germany Naas, Ireland Shizuoka, Japan Siauliai, Lithuania Xalapa, Mexico Yantai, China

PapillionSeeking Partners

Scottsbluff - GeringBamiyan, Afghanistan

Nevada / 2FallonVani Municipality, Georgia

TonopahNana Kenieba, Mali

New Hampshire / 7PortsmouthAburi, Ghana Kitase, Ghana Nichinan, Japan Parnu, Estonia Portsmouth, United Kingdom u

Severodvinsk, Russia Szolnok, Hungary

New Jersey / 23MontclairBarnet, United Kingdom Cherepovets, Russia Graz, Austria Laguna de Perlas, Nicaragua

New BrunswickCounty Limerick, Ireland Debrecen, Hungary Fukui City, Japan Tsuruoka, Japan

NewarkAveiro, Portugal Banjul, The Gambia Belo Horizonte, Brazil Douala, Cameroon

Freeport, The Bahamas Ganja, Azerbaijan Governador Valadares, Brazil Kumasi, Ghana Monrovia, Liberia Porto Alegre, Brazil Reserva, Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Xuzhou, China

PrincetonColmar, France Pettoranello, Italy

New Mexico / 22AlbuquerqueAlburquerque, Spain Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Chihuahua, Mexico Guadalajara, Mexico Helmstedt, Germany Hua Lien City, Chinese Taipei Lanzhou, China Rehovot, Israel Sasebo, Japan

ClovisKasama, Zambia

Las CrucesCiudad Lerdo, Mexico Nienburg, Germany

Los AlamosSarov, Russia

Santa FeBukhara, Uzbekistan Holguin, Cuba Livingston, Zambia Nevsehir, Turkey u

Parral, Mexico Santa Fe de la Vega (Granada), Spain Sorrento, Italy Tsuyama, Japan Zhangjiajie City, China

New York / 59AlbanyErthamadura, Spain Ghent, Belgium Grand Bahama Island, The Bahamas Nijmegen, Netherlands Quebec City, Canada Tula, Russia Verona, Italy

AstoriaSeeking Partners



BinghamtonBorovichi, Russia La Teste, France

BuffaloAboadze, Ghana Bani, Dominican Republic Bursa, Turkey Cape Coast, Ghana Changzhou, China u

Dortmund, Germany Drohobych, Ukraine Horlivka, Ukraine Kanazawa, Japan Kiryat Gat, Israel Lille, France Muhanga, Rwanda Rzeszow, Poland Siena, Italy St. Ann, Jamaica Torremaggiore, Italy Tver, Russia

CanisteoWauchope, Australia

CorningKakegawa (Osuka), Japan Lviv, Ukraine San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy

Great Neck PlazaTiberias, Israel

Honeoye FallsBorgne, Haiti

HorseheadsBato-Machi, Japan

IrondequoitPescara, Italy Poltava, Ukraine

LackawannaSeeking Partners

New York CityBeijing, China Budapest, Hungary u

Cairo, Egypt Jerusalem, Israel Johannesburg, South Africa London, United Kingdom Madrid, Spain Rome, Italy Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Tokyo, Japan

Niagara FallsSeeking Partners

NorthportSochi, Russia

Red HookMas’ha, Palestinian Territories

RochesterAlytus, Lithuania Bamako, Mali Caltanissetta, Italy Hamamatsu, Japan Kraków, Poland Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic Rehovot, Israel Rennes, France Velikiy Novgorod, Russia Waterford, Ireland Würzburg, Germany Xianyang, China

North Carolina / 52AshevilleKarpenisi, Greece Osogbo, Nigeria San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico Saumur, France u

Valladolid, Mexico Vladikavkaz, Russia

BooneCollingwood, Canada

BrevardPietroasa, Romania

Burlington-AlamanceGwacheon City, South Korea Soledad, Mexico

CaryLe Touquet, France County Meath, Ireland Hsinchu, Chinese Taipei Markham, Canada

CharlotteArequipa, Peru Baoding, China Hadera, Israel Krefeld, Germany Kumasi, Ghana Limoges, France Voronezh, Russia Wroclaw, Poland

ConcordKillarney, Ireland

DurhamArusha, Tanzania Durham, United Kingdom

Kostroma, Russia Kunshan, China u

Toyama, Japan Zhuzhou, China

FayettevilleSaint-Avold, France

GastoniaGotha, Germany Santiago de Surco, Peru

HendersonvilleAlmuñécar, Spain

LaurinburgSan Juan de Oriente, Nicaragua

LenoirSeeking Partners

MooresvilleHockenheim, Germany

RaleighCompiegne, France Kingston-upon-Hull, United Kingdom Nairobi, Kenya u

Rostock, Germany Xiangyang, China

Southern PinesNewry and Mourne, Northern Ireland

Western PiedmontAltenburg County, Germany Torre Pellice, Italy

WilmingtonBridgetown, Barbados Dandong, China Doncaster, United Kingdom San Pedro, Belize

Winston-SalemBuchanan, Liberia Kumasi, Ghana Nassau, The Bahamas Ungheni City, Moldova Yangpu District, China

Ohio / 69AkronChemnitz, Germany Kiryat Ekron, Israel

CentervilleBad Zwishenahn, Germany Waterloo, Canada

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CincinnatiGifu, Japan Harare, Zimbabwe Kharkiv, Ukraine Liuzhou, China Munich, Germany Mysore, India Nancy, France New Taipei City, Chinese Taipei

ClevelandAlexandria, Egypt Bahir Dar, Ethiopia Bangalore, India Brasov, Romania Bratislava, Slovakia Cleveland, United Kingdom Conakry, Guinea Fier, Albania Gdansk, Poland Heidenheim, Germany Holon, Israel Ibadan, Nigeria Klaipeda, Lithuania Lima, Peru Ljubljana, Slovenia Miskolc, Hungary Rouen, France Segundo Montes, El Salvador Taipei City, Chinese Taipei Volgograd, Russia

ColumbusAhmedabad, India Dresden, Germany Genoa, Italy Hefei, China Herzliya, Israel Odense, Denmark Seville, Spain Tainan City, Chinese Taipei

DaytonAugsburg, Germany Holon, Israel Monrovia, Liberia Oiso, Japan Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

DelawareBaumholder, Germany

Huber HeightsDover, United Kingdom Rheinsberg, Germany

KetteringSteyr, Austria

LimaHarima, Japan

MontgomeryNeuilly-Plaisance, France

OberlinIle-Ife, Nigeria

PortsmouthZittau, Germany

ToledoBekaa Valley, Lebanon Coimbatore, India Csongrad County, Hungary Delmenhorst, Germany Hyderabad, Pakistan Londrina, Brazil Poznan, Poland Qinhuangdao, China Szeged, Hungary Tanga, Tanzania Toledo, Spain Toyohashi, Japan

VandaliaLichtenfels, Germany Prestwick, Scotland

WestlakeKingsville, Canada Tralee, Ireland

Oklahoma / 17AdaSeeking Partners

EdmondEngels, Russia

Oklahoma CityHaikou City, China Kigali, Rwanda Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Tainan, Chinese Taipei Taipei, Chinese Taipei Ulyanovsk, Russia

StillwaterKameoka, Japan

TulsaAmiens, France Beihai, China Celle, Germany Kaohsiung Municipality, Chinese Taipei San Luis Potosi, Mexico Tiberias, Israel Utsunomiya, Japan Zelenograd, Russia



Yukon Krnov, Czech Republic

Oregon / 28AstoriaWalldorf, Germany

BeavertonBirobidjan, Russia Cheonan, South Korea Cluses, France Gotemba, Japan Hsin Chu, Chinese Taipei Trossingen, Germany

CorvallisGondar, Ethiopia Uzhgorod, Ukraine

EugeneChinju, South Korea Irkutsk, Russia Kakegawa, Japan Kathmandu, Nepal

Grants Pass/Josephine CountyRubtsovsk, Russia

Hood RiverTsuruta, Japan

JacksonvilleSan Juan, Puerto Rico

MedfordAlba, Italy

OntarioOsakasayma City, Japan

PortlandBologna, Italy Guadalajara, Mexico Kaohsiung Municipality, Chinese Taipei Khabarovsk, Russia Mutare, Zimbabwe Sapporo, Japan Suzhou, China Ulsan, South Korea

RoseburgAranda de Duero, Spain Kuki, Japan

Pennsylvania / 20BoyertownBohodukhiv, Ukraine

ErieDungarvan, Ireland Lublin, Poland

Merida, Mexico Zibo, China

HazletonGorzow Wielkopolski, Poland Lambro and Mingardo, Italy

NorthamptonStegersbach, Austria

PhiladelphiaAbruzzo, Italy Aix-en-Provence, France Douala, Cameroon Florence, Italy Incheon, South Korea Kobe, Japan Mosul, IraqNizhny Novgorod, Russia Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel Tianjin, China Torun, Poland

SaxonburgMuehlhausen, Germany

South Carolina / 18AndersonCarrickfergus, Northern Ireland Western Isles, Scotland

CharlestonSpoleto, Italy

CloverLarne, Northern Ireland

ColumbiaAccra, Ghana Chelyabinsk, Russia Cluj-Napoca, Romania Kaiserslautern, Germany Plovdiv, Bulgaria Yibin City, China

GreenvilleBergamo, Italy Kortrijk, Belgium Tianjin, China

Myrtle BeachBurlington, Canada Keighley, United Kingdom Killarney, Ireland Pinamar, Argentina

NewberryHamm/Sieg, Germany

South Dakota / 4BrittonSeeking Partners

Rapid CityApolda, Germany Nikko, Japan

Sioux FallsNewry and Mourne, Northern Ireland Potsdam, Germany

Tennessee / 25Blount CountyZheleznogorsk, Russia

ChattanoogaGangneung, South Korea Givatayim, Israel Hamm, Germany Nizhnii Tagil, Russia Wolfsburg, Germany Wuxi, China

Franklin & Willamson CountyCarleton Place, Canada County Laois, Ireland

GermantownKönigs Wusterhausen, Germany

Greater Tri-CitiesGuaranda, Ecuador Ronneby, Sweden Rybinsk, Russia Teterow, Germany

MemphisKanifing, The Gambia Kaolack, Senegal

NashvilleBelfast, Northern Ireland Caen, France Crouy, France u

Edmonton, Canada Magdeburg, Germany Mendoza, Argentina Port de la Selva, Spain u

Taiyuan, China Tamworth, Australia

Texas / 171ArlingtonBad Königshofen, Germany

AustinAdelaide, Australia Angers, France

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Antalya Kepez, Turkey Gwangmyeong, South Korea Koblenz, Germany Lima, Peru London Borough of Hackney, UnitedKingdom u

Maseru, Lesotho Oita City, Japan Orlu, Nigeria Saltillo, Mexico Siem Reap, Cambodia u

Taichung City, Chinese Taipei Tehuacan, Mexico u

Villefranche Sur Mer, France u

Xishuangbanna, China

BanderaStrzelce Opolskie County, Poland Tysmenytsia, Ukraine

Bryan / College StationGreifswald, Germany Kazan, Russia Salamanca, Mexico Zuazua, Mexico u l

DallasBrno, Czech Republic Dijon, France Monterrey, Mexico Riga, Latvia Saratov, Russia Sendai, Japan u

Tianjin, China u

Valencia, Spain

FateSeeking Partners

Fort WorthBandung, Indonesia Budapest, Hungary Guiyang, China Mbabane, Swaziland Nagaoka, Japan Reggio Emilia, Italy Toluca, Mexico Trier, Germany

FriscoSeeking Partners

GoliadHidalgo, Mexico

Grand PrairieCharlesbourg, Canada Gueishan, China Kalush, Ukraine

HoustonAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Baku, Azerbaijan Chiba City, Japan Grampian Region, Scotland Guayaquil, Ecuador Huelva, Spain Istanbul, Turkey Karachi, Pakistan Leipzig, Germany Luanda, Angola Nice, France Perth, Australia q

Shenzhen, China Stavanger, Norway Taipei, Chinese Taipei Tampico, Mexico Tyumen, Russia

IrvingBoulogne-Billancourt, France Darkhan, Mongolia Espoo, Finland Marino, Italy Merton, United Kingdom

Karnes CityLesnica, Poland

KilleenOsan City, South Korea San Juan, Puerto Rico

La GrangeFrenstat, Czech Republic Olfen, Germany

LaredoAcambaro, Mexico Campeche, Mexico Cerralvo, Mexico Chenzhou, China Cienega de Flores, Mexico Ciudad Valles, Mexico Cuernavaca, Mexico u

Escobedo, Mexico General Teran, Mexico Guadalajara, Mexico u

Guadalupe, Mexico Jerez de Garcia Salinas, Mexico La Cruz, Costa Rica Lampazos, Mexico Laredo, Spain Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico u

Leon, Mexico u

Los Herreras, Mexico Lower Hutt, New Zealand Mexiticacan, Mexico Mexticacan, Mexico Moncolva, Mexico Montemorelos, Mexico Murray Bridge, Australia

Nuevo Laredo, Mexico Papantla, Mexico San Antonio de Areco, Argentina San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Tainan Hsien, Chinese Taipei Tepatitlan, Mexico Tlahuailo, Mexico Tonala, Mexico Torreon, Mexico Veracruz, Mexico u

Zixing City, China

McAllenAcapulco, Mexico Belize City, Belize Cadereyta, Mexico Ciudad Guadalupe, Mexico Ciudad Victoria, Mexico Ganzhou, China Garcia, Mexico

Irapuato, Mexico Ixtapa, Mexico Monterrey, Mexico Reynosa, Mexico San Jose, Costa Rica Tampico, Mexico Taxco, Mexico Ville Saint Laurent, Canada Zihuatanejo, Mexico

Nassau BayStar City, Russia

PasadenaHadano, Japan

PharrAbasolo, Mexico Aguascalientes, Mexico Burgos, Mexico Cancun, Mexico Ciudad Valles, Mexico Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico General Escobedo, Mexico Hualahuises, Mexico Matehuala, Mexico Mazatlan, Mexico Metepec, Mexico Ocuituco, Mexico Port of Brownsville, United States Ramos Arizpe, Mexico Reynosa, Mexico Rio Bravo, Mexico San Andres Tuxtla, Mexico San Jose Iturbide, Mexico San Luis de la Paz, Mexico San Luis Potosi, Mexico Santa Maria del Rio, Mexico Tetela Del Volcan, Mexico Teziutlan, Mexico Tierra Blanca, Mexico



Veracruz, Mexico Yecapixtla, Mexico Zacualpan de Amilpas, Mexico

Prairie ViewBelize City, Belize Pabellón de Arteaga, Mexico

San AntonioChennai, India Guadalajara, Mexico Gwangju, South Korea Kaohsiung Municipality, Chinese Taipei Kumamoto, Japan Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain Monterrey, Mexico Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

Suzhou, China u

Tel Aviv, Israel uWuxi, China

SouthlakeEl Fuerte Sinaloa, Mexico Suzhou Wuzhong District, China u

Tome (Toyoma), Japan

TomballTelgte, Germany

TylerJelenia Gora, Poland Lo Barnechea, Chile San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Yachiyo City, Japan

Utah / 9Salt Lake CityChernivtsi, Ukraine Izhevsk, Russia Keelung City, Chinese Taipei Matsumoto, Japan Oruro, Bolivia Quezon City, Philippines Thurles Town, Ireland Torino, Italy Trujillo, Peru u

Vermont / 6BurlingtonArad, Israel Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories Honfleur, France Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua Yaroslavl, Russia

HartfordKratovo, Macedonia

Virginia / 54AlexandriaCaen, France Dundee, Scotland Gyumri, Armenia Helsingborg, Sweden

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

CharlottesvilleBesancon, France Pleven, Bulgaria Poggio a Caiano, Italy Winneba, Ghana

ChesapeakeJoinville, Brazil

HamptonAnyang, South Korea Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Southampton, United Kingdom Vendome, France

Henrico CountyEssex County, United Kingdom Saarpfalz-Kreis, Germany Yangju City, South Korea

LynchburgGlauchau, Germany Rueil Malmaison, France

Newport NewsNeyagawa, Japan Taizhou, China

NorfolkCagayan de Oro, Philippines Halifax, Canada Kaliningrad, Russia Kitakyushu, Japan Kochi, India Ningbo, China u

Norfolk County, United Kingdom Tema, Ghana Toulon, France Wilhelmshaven, Germany

RichmondOlsztyn, Poland Richmond upon Thames, United Kingdom

Saitama City (Urawa), Japan Segou, Mali Uijongbu, South Korea

Windhoek, Namibia Zhengzhou, China

RoanokeFlorianopolis, Brazil Kisumu, Kenya Lijiang, China Opole, Poland Pskov, Russia Saint-Lo, France Wonju, South Korea

SuffolkOderzo, Italy Suffolk, United Kingdom

Virginia BeachMoss, Norway North Down Borough, Northern Ireland

YorktownPort Vendres, France

Washington / 68AnacortesLomonosov, Russia Nikaho, Japan Sidney, Canada Vela Luka, Croatia

AuburnGuanghan, China Moda di Bari, Italy Pyeongchang, South Korea Tamba (Kasuga), Japan

BellevueHua Lien City, Chinese Taipei Kladno, Czech Republic

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Liepaja, Latvia Yao, Japan

BellinghamNakhodka, Russia Port Stephens, Australia Punta Arenas, Chile Tateyama, Japan Tsetserleg, Mongolia

ChehalisInasa-Cho, Japan

IssaquahChaouen, Morocco Sunndal, Norway

KirklandEmmerich, Germany

LakewoodBauang, Philippines Danzhou, China u

Gimhae, South Korea u

Okinawa City, Japan

Mercer IslandThonon-les-Bains, France

OlympiaKato, Japan Samarkand, Uzbekistan

OthelloWulensi, Ghana

Port TownsendIchikawa, Japan

SeattleBeer Sheva, Israel Bergen, Norway Cebu City, Philippines Chongqing, China Christchurch, New Zealand Daejeon, South Korea Galway, Ireland Gdynia, Poland Haiphong, Vietnam Kaohsiung Municipality, Chinese Taipei Kobe, Japan Limbe, Cameroon Mazatlán, Mexico Mombasa, Kenya Nantes, France Pécs, Hungary Perugia, Italy Reykjavik, Iceland

Sihanoukville, Cambodia Surabaya, Indonesia Tashkent, Uzbekistan

SpokaneJecheon, South Korea Jilin, China Limerick, Ireland Nishinomiya, Japan

TacomaAlesund, Norway Biot, France Cienfuegos, Cuba Davao, Philippines El Jadida, Morocco Fuzhou, China George, South Africa Gunsan, South Korea Kiryat Motzkin, Israel Kitakyushu, Japan Puerto Vallarta, Mexico u

Taichung City, Chinese Taipei Vladivostok, Russia

West Virginia / 3MorgantownGuanajuato, Mexico Xuzhou, China u

NitroAlfreton, United Kingdom

Wisconsin / 36De PereÅmål, Sweden

Eau ClaireLismore, Australia

KenoshaCosenza, Italy Douai, France Moshi, Tanzania Quezon City, Philippines Wolfenbuttel, Germany

La CrosseBantry, Ireland Dubna, Russia Epinal, France Førde, Norway Friedberg, Germany Kumbo, Cameroon Luoyang, China

LublinLublin, Poland

MenomonieKonakovo, Russia Nasukarasuyama, Japan

MilwaukeeCarora, Venezuela Galway, Ireland Morogoro, Tanzania Schwerin, Germany uMhlathuze, South Africa

Milwaukee CountyBialystok, Poland Buffalo City Municipality, South Africa

RacineAalborg, Denmark Bluefields, Nicaragua u

Fortaleza, Brazil uMontélimar, France Oiso, Japan Zapotlanejo, Mexico

Rice LakeMiharu-Machi, Japan Zamberk, Czech Republic

SpoonerAmi-Machi, Japan

Stevens PointEsteli, Nicaragua Gulcz, Poland Rostov Veliky, Russia

U.S. Territories and ProtectoratesAmerican Samoa / 2ApiaCompton, California Maui County, Hawaii

Northern Mariana Islands / 1SaipanMaui County, Hawaii

Puerto Rico / 4CaguasHartford, Connecticut l

San JuanJacksonville, Florida Jacksonville, Oregon Killeen, Texas



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2 0 1 3 M e m b e r s h i p D i r e c t o r y b y C o u n t r y / R e g i o n

Afghanistan / 4AsadabadUnion City, California

BamiyanScottsbluff - Gering, Nebraska

GhazniHayward, California

JalalabadSan Diego, California

Albania / 1FierCleveland, Ohio

Algeria / 1MascaraElkader, Iowa

Angola / 1LuandaHouston, Texas

Argentina / 14Bahia BlancaJacksonville, Florida

Buenos AiresBarranquilla, Colombia q

Miami, Florida

CrespoMuscatine, Iowa

La PlataLouisville, Kentucky

Mar del PlataFort Lauderdale, Florida

MendozaMiami Dade, Florida Nashville, Tennessee

ParanaMuscatine, Iowa

PinamarMyrtle Beach, South Carolina

San Antonio de ArecoLaredo, Texas

San Carlos de BarilocheAspen, Colorado

San Martin de los AndesSteamboat Springs, Colorado

San Miguel de TucumanNew Orleans, Louisiana

Armenia / 6EtchmiadzinFresno, California

GhapanGlendale, California

GyumriAlexandria, Virginia

VanadzorPasadena, California

YerevanCambridge, Massachusetts Los Angeles, California

Australia / 31AdelaideAustin, Texas

AlburyMerced, California

BankstownColorado Springs, Colorado

Blue MountainsFlagstaff, Arizona

CairnsScottsdale, Arizona

CockburnMobile, Alabama

DarwinAnchorage, Alaska

Gold CoastFort Lauderdale, Florida

Greater BendigoLos Altos, California

HawkesburyTemple City, California

LismoreEau Claire, Wisconsin

MelbourneBoston, Massachusetts

MilduraUpland, California

Mona ValeWilmette, Illinois

Murray BridgeLaredo, Texas

Perth q

Chengdu, ChinaHouston, TexasKagoshima, JapanMegisti, GreeceNanjing, ChinaPerth, ScotlandRhodes, GreeceSan Diego, CaliforniaSeocho City, South KoreaTaipei, Chinese TaipeiVasto, Italy

Port StephensBellingham, Washington

Sutherland ShireLakewood, Colorado

SydneySan Francisco, California

TamworthNashville, Tennessee

WauchopeCanisteo, New York

Austria / 8AbtenauBig Bear Lake, California

DornbirnDubuque, Iowa

FrankenburgVernon, Canada q

GrazMontclair, New Jersey

InnsbruckNew Orleans, Louisiana

SalzburgAtlanta, Georgia

StegersbachNorthampton, Pennsylvania

SteyrKettering, Ohio



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Azerbaijan / 2BakuHouston, Texas

GanjaNewark, New Jersey

The Bahamas / 5The BahamasMiami Dade, Florida

FreeportNewark, New Jersey

George-Town Great ExumaSt. Augustine, Florida

Grand Bahama IslandAlbany, New York

NassauWinston-Salem, North Carolina

Barbados / 1BridgetownWilmington, North Carolina

Belarus / 1Minsk Partizan DistrictBakersfield, California

Belgium / 9BrusselsWashington, District Of Columbia

BrusselsAtlanta, Georgia

ChaudfontaineSt. Martinville, Louisiana

GhentAlbany, New York

HasseltMountain View, California

KasterleeFountain Hills, Arizona

KortrijkGreenville, South Carolina

MonsLittle Rock, Arkansas l

Walloon RegionMaryland State, Maryland

Belize / 3Belize CityMcAllen, Texas Prairie View, Texas

San PedroWilmington, North Carolina

Benin / 1CotonouAtlanta, Georgia

Bolivia / 3CochabambaMiami, Florida l

OruroSalt Lake City, Utah

Santa CruzMiami Dade, Florida l

Bosnia and Herzegovina / 2BrčkoSt. Louis, Missouri

SarajevoDayton, Ohio

Botswana / 1GaboroneBurbank, California

Brazil / 27Belo HorizonteFort Lauderdale, Florida

Belo HorizonteNewark, New Jersey

BrasiliaWashington, District Of Columbia

CampinasIndianapolis, Indiana San Diego, California

CuritibaJacksonville, Florida Orlando, Florida

DiamantinaDaytona Beach, Florida

FlorianopolisRoanoke, Virginia

FortalezaMiami Beach, Florida

FortalezaRacine, Wisconsin u

Governador ValadaresNewark, New Jersey

IlheusDavenport, Iowa

JoinvilleChesapeake, Virginia

LondrinaToledo, Ohio

Nova PrataNoblesville, Indiana

Porto AlegreNewark, New Jersey

ReservaNewark, New Jersey

Rio de JaneiroAtlanta, Georgia Maryland State, Maryland Miami Beach, FloridaNewark, New Jersey Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

SalvadorLos Angeles, California

Sao PaoloMiami Dade, Florida

Sao SebastiaoFort Lauderdale, Florida

SuzanoLauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida

Bulgaria / 4KurdjaliElkhart, Indiana

PlevenCharlottesville, Virginia

PlovdivColumbia, South Carolina

VarnaMiami, Florida l

Burkina Faso / 5BousseDecatur, Georgia



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Fada N’gourmaTamale, Ghana q

KayaSavannah, Georgia

KwaremanguelPocatello, Idaho

OuahigouyaDecatur, Georgia

Cambodia / 4BattambangStockton, California

Phnom PenhLong Beach, California u

Siem ReapAustin, Texas u

SihanoukvilleSeattle, Washington

Cameroon / 4DoualaNewark, New Jersey Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

KumboLa Crosse, Wisconsin

LimbeSeattle, Washington

Canada / 38BouctoucheSt. Martinville, Louisiana

BramptonMiami Beach, Florida

BurlingtonMyrtle Beach, South Carolina

BurnabyMesa, Arizona

CalgaryPhoenix, Arizona

Carleton PlaceFranklin & Willamson County, Tennessee

CharlesbourgGrand Prairie, Texas

CollingwoodBoone, North Carolina

EdmontonNashville, Tennessee

HalifaxNorfolk, Virginia

HamiltonSarasota, Florida

KingstonScottsdale, Arizona

KingsvilleWestlake, Ohio

LethbridgeCulver City, California

MarkhamCary, North Carolina

Nova ScotiaSt. Martinville, Louisiana

Prince RupertKetchikan, Alaska

Quebec CityAlbany, New York



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Richmond HillLakeland, Florida

SidneyAnacortes, Washington

St. LambertVernon, Canada q

Thunder Bay q

Duluth, MinnesotaGifu, JapanLittle Canada, MinnesotaSeinäjoki, Finland

Toronto q

Chicago, IllinoisChongqing, ChinaFrankfurt, GermanyMilan, Italy

VancouverLos Angeles, California

Vernon q

Frankenburg, AustriaModesto, CaliforniaSri Anandpur Sahib, IndiaSt. Lambert (Quebec), CanadaTavullia, ItalyTome, Japan

Ville Saint LaurentMcAllen, Texas

WaterlooCenterville, Ohio

WhitehorseJuneau, Alaska

Cayman Islands / 1Miami Dade, Florida l

Chile / 8IquiqueMiami Dade, Florida l

La SerenaMillbrae, California

Lo BarnecheaTyler, Texas

Punta ArenasBellingham, Washington

Rapa NuiMaui County, Hawaii

SantiagoMiami, Florida Minneapolis, Minnesota

Viña del MarSausalito, California

China / 152Anhui ProvinceMaryland State, Maryland

AnkangPikeville, Kentucky

AnshanBirmingham, Alabama

BaodingCharlotte, North Carolina

BeihaiTulsa, Oklahoma

BeijingNew York City, New York Washington, District Of Columbia

BenxiPeoria, Illinois

ChangchunLittle Rock, Arkansas

Changping DistrictOakland, California u

ChangshuWhittier, California

ChangzhouBuffalo, New York u

Rockford, Illinois

Chao Yang DistrictBirmingham, Alabama

ChengduOakland, California u

Perth, Australia q

Phoenix, Arizona

ChenzhouLaredo, Texas

Chongming CountyLakeland, Florida

ChongqingSeattle, Washington Toronto, Canada q

CixiBakersfield, California

DalianOakland, California Salisbury, Maryland

DandongWilmington, North Carolina

DanzhouLakewood, Washington u

DongguanHartford, Connecticut l

Fengxian District (Shanghai)Lakeland, Florida u

FoshanOakland, California Stockton, California

Fuxin CityCorona, California

Fuyang CityRiverbank, California

FuzhouTacoma, Washington

GanzhouBrunswick, Georgia McAllen, Texas

GianjinMobile, Alabama

GuanghanAuburn, Washington

GuangzhouLos Angeles, California Oakland, California u

GueishanGrand Prairie, Texas

GuilinOrlando, Florida

GuiyangFort Worth, Texas

Haikou CityOakland, California u

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Scottsdale, Arizona



38


Hainan ProvinceMaui County, Hawaii

Haizhu District (Guangzhou)Urbana, Illinois

HanchuanMartinez, California

HandanDubuque, Iowa

HangzhouBoston, Massachusetts Indianapolis, Indiana u

HarbinMinneapolis, Minnesota

HefeiColumbus, Ohio

HezeMobile, Alabama

HuangshiBirmingham, Alabama u

HuizhouMilpitas, California

JiangmenRiverside, California

JiaxingLakeland, Florida u

Rockville, Maryland u

JilinSpokane, Washington

JinanSacramento, California

Jingan DistrictOakland, California u

JinzhouArvada, Colorado Oakland, California u

JiujiangLouisville, KentuckySavannah, Georgia

JurongOakland, California u

KaifengWichita, Kansas

KaipingMesa, Arizona

KunmingDenver, Colorado

KunshanDurham, North Carolina u

LanzhouAlbuquerque, New Mexico Lansing, Michigan u

LeshanGilbert, Arizona

LhasaBoulder, Colorado

LijiangMalibu, California Roanoke, Virginia

LinliRedlands, California

LiuzhouCincinnati, Ohio

LiyangUnion City, California

LongkouLafayette, Indiana

LuoyangLa Crosse, Wisconsin

MaomingOakland, California u

Mengzi CityModesto, California

MianyangOakland, California u

Mishan CityJuneau, Alaska

NanjingBarranquilla, Colombia q

Perth, Australia q

St. Louis, Missouri

NanningOakland, California u

NingboJacksonville, Florida u

Norfolk, Virginia u

Wilmington, Delaware u

PenglaiSonoma, California

PudongOakland, California u

Pudong District (Shanghai)Beverly Hills, California u

QingdaoLong Beach, California Miami, Florida u

Oakland, California u

QinhuangdaoToledo, Ohio

QufuBoynton Beach, Florida

QuzhouRed Wing, Minnesota

RugaoTallahassee, Florida

SanmingLansing, Michigan

ShanghaiChicago, Illinois San Francisco, California

ShaoxingJacksonville, Florida u

ShenyangChicago, Illinois

ShenzhenHouston, Texas

ShijiazhuangDes Moines, Iowa

Siming District (Xiamen City)Sarasota, Florida

SuzhouJacksonville, Florida l u

Portland, Oregon San Antonio, Texas u

Suzhou Wuzhong DistrictSouthlake, Texas u

TaishanFresno, California

TaiyuanNashville, Tennessee



39


TaizhouFort Wayne, Indiana Newport News, Virginia

TianjinDallas, Texas u

Greenville, South Carolina Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

WeifangPueblo, Colorado

WeihaiSanta Barbara, California

WuhanSt. Louis, Missouri

WuxiChattanooga, Tennessee San Antonio, Texas

Xi’anKansas City, Missouri

XiamenBaltimore, Maryland

XiangyangRaleigh, North Carolina

XianyangRochester, New York

Xicheng DistrictPasadena, California

XinzhengHays, Kansas

XishuangbannaAustin, Texas

XuzhouMorgantown, West Virginia u

Newark, New Jersey

Yangpu DistrictWinston-Salem, North Carolina

Yangshuo CountyMorehead, Kentucky

YantaiOmaha, Nebraska San Diego, California

Yibin CityColumbia, South Carolina

YingkouJacksonville, Florida

YushuSan Bernardino, California

ZhangjiagangRedondo Beach, California

Zhangjiajie CitySanta Fe, New Mexico

ZhengdingMuscatine, Iowa

ZhengzhouRichmond, Virginia

ZhenjiangTempe, Arizona

ZhuzhouDurham, North Carolina

ZiboErie, Pennsylvania

Zixing CityLaredo, Texas

Chinese Taipei / 51Hsin ChuBeaverton, Oregon

Hsin TienFlagstaff, Arizona

HsinchuCary, North Carolina Cupertino, California Santa Clara County, California

Hua Lien CityAlbuquerque, New Mexico Bellevue, Washington

IlanBrunswick, Georgia

KaohsiungBarranquilla, Colombia q

Kaohsiung CityFort Lauderdale, Florida Pensacola, Florida

Kaohsiung MunicipalityColorado Springs, Colorado Little Rock, Arkansas Macon, Georgia Miami, Florida l

Portland, Oregon San Antonio, Texas Seattle, Washington Tulsa, Oklahoma

Keelung CitySalt Lake City, Utah

LuChou ProvinceBloomington, Indiana

MiaoliBartlett, Illinois

New Taipei CityCincinnati, Ohio

PingtungMaui County, Hawaii

Shih-LinLos Altos, California

Shin Lin DistrictWalnut, California

Taichung CityAustin, Texas Tacoma, Washington San Diego, California

TainanCarbondale, Illinois Columbus, Ohio Kansas City, Missouri Orlando, Florida Oklahoma City, Oklahoma San Jose, California

Tainan HsienLaredo, Texas

TaipeiAtlanta, Georgia Carbondale, Illinois Houston, Texas Indianapolis, Indiana Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Perth, Australia q

Taipei CityCleveland, Ohio Phoenix, Arizona

Taipei CountyMiami Dade, Florida

Taipei MunicipalityBoston, Massachusetts Los Angeles, California San Francisco, California



40


Taoyuan CityIrvine, California

Wuchi TownNewton, Iowa

XindianTavares, Florida

Colombia / 12Barranquilla q

Buenos Aires, ArgentinaKaohsiung, Chinese TaipeiNanjing, ChinaTampa, Florida

BogotaChicago, Illinois

CartagenaCoral Gables, Florida St. Augustine, Florida

ManizalesGainesville, Florida

MedellinFort Lauderdale, Florida

PereiraMiami Dade, Florida

Santa MartaMiami Beach, Florida

SincelejoOcala, Florida

Congo (Brazzaville) / 1Pointe NoireNew Orleans, Louisiana

Congo (Kinshasa) / 1Mbuji-MayiDistrict Heights, Maryland

Costa Rica / 9EscazuPensacola, Florida

La CruzLaredo, Texas

Montes de OcaMiami, Florida l

MonteverdeEstes Park, Colorado

QueposFort Lauderdale, Florida

San JoseMcAllen, Texas Miami Dade, Florida San Jose, California

TurrialbaRancho Cordova, California

Croatia / 1Vela LukaAnacortes, Washington

Cuba / 9CaibarienBloomington / Normal, Illinois

CienfuegosCambridge, Massachusetts Tacoma, Washington

HavanaMobile, Alabama

HolguinSanta Fe, New Mexico

RemediosBloomington / Normal, Illinois

Santa ClaraBloomington, Indiana

Santiago de CubaOakland, California

YaterasBoulder, Colorado

Cyprus / 1LarnacaTarpon Springs

Czech Republic / 14BrnoDallas, Texas

FrenstatLa Grange, Texas

Hradec KraloveBerwyn, Illinois

Karlovy VaryCarlsbad, California



41


KladnoBellevue, Washington

KrnovYukon , Oklahoma

OlomoucOwensboro, Kentucky

Olomouc KrajOwensboro, Kentucky

PlzenBirmingham, Alabama

PragueChicago, Illinois Miami Dade, Florida Phoenix, Arizona

TaborOrinda, California

ZamberkRice Lake, Wisconsin

Denmark / 3AalborgRacine, Wisconsin

OdenseColumbus, Ohio

SilkeborgCorona, California

Dominican Republic / 8BaniBuffalo, New York

La RomanaFort Lauderdale, Florida

Mao VelverdeHartford, Connecticut l

Puerto PlataRochester, New York

SalcedoAtlanta, Georgia

Santo DomingoMiami, Florida Miami Dade, Florida New York City, New York

Ecuador / 8CuencaTempe, Arizona

GuarandaGreater Tri-Cities, Tennessee

GuayaquilHouston, Texas

QuitoLouisville, Kentucky Coral Gables, Florida

San Cristobal Island (Galapogos)Maui County, Hawaii u

San Pablo de MantaLong Beach, California

TenaSanta Clarita, California

Egypt / 6AlexandriaBaltimore, Maryland Cleveland, Ohio

AswanSonoma, California

CairoNew York City, New York

GizaLos Angeles, California

LuxorBaltimore, Maryland

El Salvador / 9AtacoFountain Hills, Arizona

MorazanMontgomery County, Maryland

San Jose Las FloresCambridge, Massachusetts

San MiguelArlington, Virginia

Santa AnaMiramar, Florida

Segundo MontesCleveland, Ohio

SuchitotoPrescott, Arizona

TeosinteArlington, Massachusetts

YucuaiquinSomerville, Massachusetts

Estonia / 6Harju CountyMaryland State, Maryland

JogevaCharles County, Maryland

ParnuPortsmouth, New Hampshire

TartuSalisbury, Maryland

TorvaOakland, Maryland u

ValgaOakland, Maryland u

Ethiopia / 5AxumDenver, Colorado

Bahir DarCleveland, Ohio Oakland, California u

GondarCorvallis, Oregon Montgomery County, Maryland

Finland / 6EspooIrving, Texas

JärvenpääPasadena, California

KuopioMinneapolis, Minnesota

PorvooHancock, Michigan

SaloSt. Anthony, Minnesota

SeinäjokiThunder Bay, Canada q

France / 87Le TouquetCary, North Carolina

Aix-en-ProvenceCoral Gables, Florida Philadelphia, Pennsylvania



42


AlbiMaui County, Hawaii Palo Alto, California

AmiensTulsa, Oklahoma

AngersAustin, Texas

AngoulêmeHoffman Estates, Illinois

AntibesNewport Beach, California

AvignonNew Haven, Connecticut

BayonneDaytona Beach, Florida

Beaulieu-sur-MerTempe, Arizona

BesanconCharlottesville, Virginia

BiotTacoma, Washington

BordeauxLos Angeles, California

Boulogne-BillancourtIrving, Texas

BrestDenver, Colorado

CaenAlexandria, Virginia Nashville, Tennessee

CannesBeverly Hills, California

Cavalaire-sur-MerNew Port Richey, Florida

Cergy-PontoiseColumbia, Maryland

Chambolle-MusignySonoma, California

ChamonixAspen, Colorado

ClusesBeaverton, Oregon

CognacPinecrest, Florida

ColmarPrinceton, New Jersey

CompiegneRaleigh, North Carolina

CrouyNashville, Tennessee u

DeauvilleLexington, Kentucky

DijonDallas, Texas

DouaiKenosha, Wisconsin

EpinalLa Crosse, Wisconsin

Fontenay-le-ComtePalatine, Illinois

GrenoblePhoenix, Arizona

HonfleurBurlington, Vermont

Juan-les-PinsNew Orleans, Louisiana

La Petite RocheLittle Rock, Arkansas l

La TesteBinghamton, New York

Lamentin (Guadeloupe)Miami Dade, Florida l

LaurensLaurens, Iowa

LavalModesto, California

Le HavreTampa, Florida

LilleBuffalo, New York

LimogesCharlotte, North Carolina

LyonSt. Louis, Missouri

MaconMacon, Georgia

MentonLaguna Beach, California

MetzKansas City, Missouri

MontélimarRacine, Wisconsin

MontpellierLouisville, Kentucky

NancyCincinnati, Ohio

NantesJacksonville, Florida Seattle, Washington

NemoursWilmington, Delaware

Neuilly-PlaisanceMontgomery, Ohio

NiceHouston, Texas Miami, Florida l

NoirmoutierCrestview, Florida

Nord-Pas de CalaisMaryland State, Maryland

OrleansWichita, Kansas

ParisChicago, Illinois Washington, District Of Columbia

PerpignanSarasota, Florida

Port VendresYorktown, Virginia

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’AzurNew Port Richey, Florida



43


ReimsArlington, Virginia

RennesRochester, New York

RouenCleveland, Ohio

Rueil MalmaisonLynchburg, Virginia

Saint-AvoldFayetteville, North Carolina

Saint-ClarGilroy, California

Saint-EtienneDes Moines, Iowa

Saint-LoRoanoke, Virginia

SaumurAsheville, North Carolina u

Seine-et-Marne RegionOrlando, Florida

SevresMount Prospect, Illinois

St. Jean Pied de PortSouth San Francisco, California

StrasbourgBoston, Massachusetts

Thonon-les-BainsMercer Island, Washington

ToulonNorfolk, Virginia

ToulouseAtlanta, Georgia

ToursMinneapolis, Minnesota

Vaux-le-PénilBelvidere, Illinois Rockford, Illinois

VendomeHampton, Virginia

Villefranche Sur MerAustin, Texas u

The Gambia / 2BanjulNewark, New Jersey

KanifingMemphis, Tennessee

Georgia / 4Bat’umiSavannah, Georgia

TbilisiAtlanta, Georgia

Vani MunicipalityFallon, Nevada

ZugdidiColumbus, Georgia

Germany / 112AachenArlington, Virginia

Altenburg CountyWestern Piedmont, North Carolina

ApoldaRapid City, South Dakota

AugsburgDayton, Ohio

Bad KönigshofenArlington, Texas

Bad ZwishenahnCenterville, Ohio

BaumholderDelaware, Ohio

BerlinLos Angeles, California

BraunschweigOmaha, Nebraska

BremerhavenBaltimore, Maryland u

BudingenTinley Park, Illinois

BuhlMelrose, Minnesota

CelleTulsa, Oklahoma

ChemnitzAkron, Ohio

CologneIndianapolis, Indiana

CrailsheimWorthington, Minnesota

DelmenhorstToledo, Ohio

DierdorfFountain Hills, Arizona

DortmundBuffalo, New York

DresdenColumbus, Ohio

EinhausenShoreview, Minnesota

EisenachWaverly, Iowa

EmmerichKirkland, Washington

ErlangenRiverside, California

EutinLawrence, Kansas

FrankfurtToronto, Canada q

FriedbergLa Crosse, Wisconsin

FriedrichshafenPeoria, Illinois

FuldaWilmington, Delaware

Garmisch-PartenkirchenAspen, Colorado

GedernColumbia, Illinois

GeraFort Wayne, Indiana

GlauchauLynchburg, Virginia



44


GothaGastonia, North Carolina

GreifswaldBryan / College Station, Texas

Gross-BieberauMillstadt, Illinois

GunzenhausenFrankenmuth, Michigan

HalleSavannah, Georgia

HamburgChicago, Illinois

HammChattanooga, Tennessee Santa Monica, California

Hamm/SiegNewberry, South Carolina

HannoverKansas City, Missouri

HeidenheimCleveland, Ohio

HelmstedtAlbuquerque, New Mexico

HerfordQuincy, Illinois

HerzbergDixon, Illinois

HockenheimMooresville, North Carolina

KaiserslauternColumbia, South Carolina Davenport, Iowa

KoblenzAustin, Texas

Königs WusterhausenGermantown, Tennessee

KrefeldCharlotte, North Carolina

KronachGreenville, Mississippi

Kubelstein Stadt SchesslitzVictoria, Kansas

LegdenMelrose, Minnesota

LeipzigHouston, Texas

LichtenfelsVandalia, Ohio

LindenbergSaline, Michigan

LudwigsburgSt. Charles, Missouri

LudwigshafenPasadena, California

LudwigslustMuscatine, Iowa

MagdeburgNashville, Tennessee

MainzLouisville, Kentucky

MuehlhausenSaxonburg, Pennsylvania

MuensterFresno, California

MunichCincinnati, Ohio

Neu-UlmNew Ulm, Minnesota

Neustadt an der WaldnaabHays, Kansas

NienburgLas Cruces, New Mexico

NittenauLake Zurich, Illinois

NurembergAtlanta, Georgia

OlfenLa Grange, Texas

OsnabrückEvansville, Indiana

PaderbornBelleville, Illinois

PfaffenweilerJasper, Indiana

PinnebergRockville, Maryland

Porta WestfalicaWaterloo, Illinois

PotsdamSioux Falls, South Dakota

PrumFort Madison, Iowa

RadebeulSierra Vista, Arizona

RastattNew Britain, Connecticut

RegensburgTempe, Arizona

RheinsbergHuber Heights, Ohio

RostockRaleigh, North Carolina

Saarpfalz-KreisHenrico County, Virginia

SchaumburgSchaumburg, Illinois

SchorndorfTuscaloosa, Alabama

SchwerinMilwaukee, Wisconsin

SchwieberdingenBelvidere, Illinois Rockford, Illinois

SeevetalDecatur, Illinois

SoltauColdwater, Michigan

StadeLakewood, Colorado

StuttgartSt. Louis, Missouri

Taufkirchen (Vils)West Chicago, Illinois



45


TelgteTomball, Texas

TeterowGreater Tri-Cities, Tennessee

TrierFort Worth, Texas

TrossingenBeaverton, Oregon

UlmNew Ulm, Minnesota

WaldorfCharles County, Maryland

WaldsrodeHibbing, Minnesota

WalldorfAstoria, Oregon

WilhelmshavenNorfolk, Virginia

WolfenbuttelKenosha, Wisconsin

WolfsburgChattanooga, Tennessee

WormsMobile, Alabama

WürzburgRochester, New York

ZeitzPrescott, Arizona

ZittauPortsmouth, Ohio

ZweibruckenRichmond, Indiana u

Ghana / 33AboadzeBuffalo, New York

AburiPortsmouth, New Hampshire

AccraChicago, Illinois Columbia, South Carolina Washington, District Of Columbia

AgogoFort Lauderdale, Florida

Akuapem South DistrictLansing, Michigan

Asuogyaman DistrictChicago Heights, Illinois

Cape CoastBuffalo, New York Hanover Park, Illinois Hartford, Connecticut l

ElminaMacon, Georgia

Ga East and WestGrand Rapids, Michigan

KitasePortsmouth, New Hampshire

Konongo-OdumasiTallahassee, Florida

KumasiCharlotte, North Carolina Newark, New Jersey Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Nsawam Adwojiri MunicipalityLansing, Michigan

ObuasiRiverside, California

Sekondi-TakoradiBoston, Massachusetts Oakland, California

SogakopeHartford, Connecticut u

Sunyani-TechimanTuscaloosa, Alabama

Tamale q

Commune il Niamey, NigerFada N’gourma, Burkina FasoLouisville, Kentucky

TemaColumbia, Maryland u

San Diego, California Norfolk, Virginia

WinnebaBirmingham, Alabama Charlottesville, Virginia



46


WulensiOthello, Washington

Greece / 19Ancient OlympiaAtlanta, Georgia

AthensAthens, Georgia Chicago, Illinois Los Angeles, California Washington, District Of Columbia s

GianittsaNew Britain, Connecticut

HalkiTarpon Springs

IniadesLawrence, Kansas

KalymnosTarpon Springs

KarpenisiAsheville, North Carolina

MegistiPerth, Australia q

MytilenePortland, Maine

PatrasSanta Barbara, California

PatrasSavannah, Georgia

PiraeusBaltimore, Maryland

RhodesPerth, Australia q

SymiTarpon Springs, Florida

ThessalonikiHartford, Connecticut l

San Francisco, California

Guatemala / 5CobanBirmingham, Alabama u

IpalaRiverdale Park, Maryland

La AntiguaCoral Gables, Florida

QuetzaltenangoHartford, Connecticut u

Livermore, California

Guinea / 1ConakryCleveland, Ohio

Guyana / 1GeorgetownSt. Louis, Missouri

Haiti / 11BorgneHoneoye Falls, New York

Cap-HaitienFort Lauderdale, Florida Portland, Maine

DelmasNorth Miami, Florida

DeschapellesEssex, Connecticut

JacmelGainesville, Florida

Les CayesBoynton Beach, Florida

Petit GoaveMiami Dade, Florida

Port-au-PrinceMiami, Florida

Port-de-PaixOakland, California

ThomondeDistrict Heights, Maryland

Honduras / 3OmoaHeber Springs, Arkansas

TegucigalpaGainesville, Florida New Orleans, Louisiana

Hungary / 12BudapestFort Worth, Texas New York City, New York u

Csongrad CountyToledo, Ohio

DebrecenNew Brunswick, New Jersey

MiskolcCleveland, Ohio

PécsSeattle, Washington

SiofokWalnut Creek, California

SzegedToledo, Ohio

SzekesfehervarBirmingham, Alabama

SzolnokPortsmouth, New Hampshire

TaszárRockford, Illinois

TokajSonoma, California

Iceland / 3AkureyriDenver, Colorado u

ReykjanesbaerOrlando, Florida

ReykjavikSeattle, Washington

India / 20AhmedabadColumbus, Ohio

AmritsarBakersfield, California

BangaloreSan Francisco, California u

BangaloreCleveland, Ohio

BhubaneswarCupertino, California

ChennaiDenver, Colorado San Antonio, Texas



47


CoimbatoreToledo, Ohio

DelhiChicago, Illinois

HyderabadIndianapolis, Indiana u

Riverside, California Schaumburg, Illinois u

JalandharUnion City, California

KochiNorfolk, Virginia

MumbaiLos Angeles, California

MysoreCincinnati, Ohio

PuneSan Jose, California

ShimlaCarbondale, Illinois

RhodesPerth, Australia q

VijayawadaModesto, California

Indonesia / 4BandungFort Worth, Texas

BogorSt. Louis, Missouri

JakartaLos Angeles, California

SurabayaSeattle, Washington

Iran / 1TehranLos Angeles, California

Iraq / 7Al QaimLaguna Niguel, California

Al-HillaTempe, Arizona

BaghdadDenver Regional Council ofGovernments, Colorado

DuhokGainesville, Florida

Karadah (Baghdad)Council Bluffs, Iowa

MosulPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

NajafMinneapolis, Minnesota

Ireland/ 40BallinaCraigavon, Northern Ireland q

Ballina (County Mayo)Pittsfield, Massachusetts

BantryLa Crosse, Wisconsin

CarlowTempe, Arizona

Carlow CountyDavenport, Iowa

CastlebarDixon, Illinois

ClonmelPeoria, Illinois

CorkSan Francisco, California

County CorkMaryland State, Maryland

County KildareLexington, Kentucky

County LaoisFranklin & Willamson County, Tennessee

County LimerickNew Brunswick, New Jersey

County MeathCary, North Carolina

County RoscommonSanta Cruz, California u

DingleSanta Barbara, California

Donegal CountySt. Louis, Missouri

DublinSan Jose, California

DungarvanErie, Pennsylvania

Ely O’CarrollBaltimore, Maryland u

EnnisPhoenix, Arizona

GalwayCambridge, Massachusetts Chicago, Illinois Milwaukee, WisconsinSanta Cruz, California Seattle, Washington St. Louis, Missouri

HeadfordMorgan Hill, California

KillarneyConcord, North Carolina Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Springfield, Illinois u

LimerickSpokane, Washington

MallowTinley Park, Illinois

NaasOmaha, Nebraska

New RossHartford, Connecticut

Port ArlingtonArlington, Massachusetts

SligoTallahassee, Florida

Thurles TownSalt Lake City, Utah

TraleeWestlake, Ohio

TullamoreChandler, Arizona

WaterfordRochester, New York



48


Israel / 40Afula-GilboaFresno, California New Haven, Connecticut

AradBurlington, Vermont

AshdodTampa, Florida

AshkelonBaltimore, Maryland Sacramento, California

Beer ShevaSeattle, Washington

Beit ShemeshCocoa, Florida

GivatayimChattanooga, Tennessee

HaderaCharlotte, North Carolina

HaifaFort Lauderdale, Florida San Francisco, California

HerzliyaBeverly Hills, California u

Columbus, Ohio San Bernardino, California

HolonCleveland, Ohio Dayton, Ohio

JerusalemNew York City, New York

KarmielDenver, Colorado

Kfar SabaGainesville, Florida

Kiryat EkronAkron, Ohio

Kiryat GatBuffalo, New York Highland Park, Illinois u

Kiryat MotzkinTacoma, Washington

NahariyaMiami Beach, Florida

NetanyaSunny Isles Beach, Florida

Petach TikvaChicago, Illinois

Ra’ananaAtlanta, Georgia

Ramat-GanPhoenix, Arizona

Ramat-HasharonMiami, Florida l

Tallahassee, Florida

RamlaKansas City, Missouri

RehovotAlbuquerque, New Mexico Rochester, New York

Rosh Ha’ayinBirmingham, Alabama

Tel AvivSan Antonio, Texas u

Tel Aviv-YafoPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

Tel MondSarasota, Florida

TiberiasGreat Neck Plaza, New York Tulsa, Oklahoma

Italy / 89AbruzzoPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

AgrigentoTampa, Florida

AlbaMedford, Oregon

AmalfiNew Haven, Connecticut

AssisiSan Francisco, California

AstiMiami Dade, Florida

BergamoPueblo, Colorado

BergamoGreenville, South Carolina

BolognaPortland, Oregon St. Louis, Missouri

CaltanissettaRochester, New York

Cassino/San’t EliaSanta Monica, California

CataniaPhoenix, Arizona

Cava di TirreniPittsfield, Massachusetts

Cefalu’Wood Dale, Illinois

CittadellaNoblesville, Indiana

CortonaAthens, Georgia

CosenzaKenosha, Wisconsin

FerentinoRockford, Illinois

FerraraHighland Park, Illinois

Figline ValdarnoMilpitas, California

FlorencePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

Florence ProvinceSanta Clara County, California

FloridiaHartford, Connecticut

GaetaCambridge, Massachusetts Somerville, Massachusetts

GenoaBaltimore, Maryland Columbus, Ohio

Greve-in-ChiantiRehoboth Beach, Delaware Sonoma, California



49


IschiaLos Angeles, California

IvreaCupertino, California

La SpeziaVallejo, California

Lambro and MingardoHazleton, Pennsylvania

LivornoOakland, California

LodiLodi, California

LuccaSouth San Francisco, California

Lucca SiculaPueblo, Colorado

MarinoIrving, Texas

MilanChicago, Illinois Toronto, Canada q

MilazzoMartinez, California

Moda di BariAuburn, Washington

ModenaHighland Park, Illinois

Monticelli d’OnginaGilroy, California l

MonzaIndianapolis, Indiana

NocetoWalnut Creek, California

OderzoSuffolk, Virginia

Olevano sul TuscianoWilmington, Delaware

PaduaBoston, Massachusetts

PalermoMiami, Florida l

ParmaStockton, California

PerugiaGrand Rapids, Michigan Seattle, Washington

PescaraIrondequoit, New York Miami Beach, Florida

PettoranelloPrinceton, New Jersey

PisaCoral Gables, Florida Ocala, Florida

Poggio a CaianoCharlottesville, Virginia

Pomigliano d’ArcoBirmingham, Alabama

PotenzaDenver, Colorado

Priolo and SolorinoNew Britain, Connecticut

Provincia di CatanzaroDes Moines, Iowa

RagusaLittle Rock, Arkansas l

Reggio EmiliaFort Worth, Texas

RiminiFort Lauderdale, Florida

RomeNew York City, New York Washington, District Of Columbia

San Benedetto del TrontoChicago Heights, Illinois

San Casciano in Val di PesaMorgan Hill, California

San Giovanni ValdarnoCorning, New York

Sestri LevanteSanta Cruz, California

SienaBuffalo, New York

SorrentoSanta Fe, New Mexico

SpoletoCharleston, South Carolina

StresaMartinez, California

TaorminaSunny Isles Beach, Florida

TavulliaVernon, Canada q

Termini ImereseElk Grove Village, Illinois

TorinoSalt Lake City, Utah

Torre PelliceWestern Piedmont, North Carolina

TorremaggioreBuffalo, New York

TrevisoSarasota, Florida

TriggianoAddison, Illinois

VastoPerth, Australia q

VeniceFort Lauderdale, Florida

VeronaAlbany, New York Fresno, California u

Ivory Coast / 1AbidjanSan Francisco, California

Jamaica / 6KingstonMiami Dade, Florida

Montego BayAtlanta, Georgia

Morant BayHartford, Connecticut

Ocho RiosOakland, California



50


Portmore St. CatherineLakeland, Florida

St. AnnBuffalo, New York

Japan / 178AkashiVallejo, California

Ami-MachiSpooner, Wisconsin

Arita-MachiAlameda, California

AsahikawaBloomington / Normal, Illinois

AshikagaSpringfield, Illinois

AtsugiNew Britain, Connecticut

Bato-MachiHorseheads, New York

Chiba CityHouston, Texas

ChinoLongmont, Colorado

ChitoseAnchorage, Alaska

Daisen (Nakayama)Temecula, California

Daito-ChoRichmond, Indiana

EchizenMontevallo, Alabama u

FujinomiyaSanta Monica, California

FujisawaMiami Beach, Florida

FujiyoshidaColorado Springs, Colorado

Fukui CityNew Brunswick, New Jersey

FukuokaAtlanta, Georgia Oakland, California

FukuyamaMaui County, Hawaii

FunabashiHayward, California

FuttsuCarlsbad, California

GeroKetchikan, Alaska Pensacola, Florida

GifuCincinnati, Ohio Thunder Bay, Canada q

GotembaBeaverton, Oregon

GotsuCorona, California

Hachijo IslandMaui County, Hawaii

HadanoPasadena, Texas

HamamatsuRochester, New York



51


HanamakiHot Springs, Arkansas

HarimaLima, Ohio

HigashiosakaGlendale, California

HimejiPhoenix, Arizona

HinoRedlands, California

Hirara CityMaui County, Hawaii

HiratsukaLawrence, Kansas

HiroshimaGlendale, California

HitachiBirmingham, Alabama u

HondoEncinitas, California

Ibaraki CityMinneapolis, Minnesota

IchiharaMobile, Alabama

IchikawaGardena, California Port Townsend, Washington

IchikawadaimonMuscatine, Iowa

IkataRed Wing, Minnesota

ImabariLakeland, Florida

Inasa-ChoChehalis, Washington

IsesakiSpringfield, Missouri

Isumi-shiDuluth, Minnesota

Itoman CityRedondo Beach, California u

IwamizawaPocatello, Idaho

IwataMountain View, California

Izumi CityBloomington, Minnesota

IzumoSanta Clara, California

KagoshimaPerth, Australia q

Miami, Florida

KaizukaCulver City, California

KakegawaEugene, Oregon

Kakegawa (Osuka)Corning, New York

KakudaGreenfield, Indiana

KameokaStillwater, Oklahoma

KamisuEureka, California

Kanagawa PrefectureMaryland State, Maryland

KanazawaBuffalo, New York

KatoOlympia, Washington

KawachinaganoCarmel, Indiana

KawasakiBaltimore, Maryland Bowling Green, Kentucky

KiryuColumbus, Georgia

KishiwadaSouth San Francisco, California

KitakyushuNorfolk, Virginia Tacoma, Washington

KobePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania Seattle, Washington

KochiFresno, California

KofuDes Moines, Iowa Lodi, California

KukiRoseburg, Oregon

KumamotoSan Antonio, Texas

KurashikiKansas City, Missouri

KurobeMacon, Georgia

KurumeModesto, California

KyotoBoston, Massachusetts

Maebashi CityBirmingham, Alabama

MatsueNew Orleans, Louisiana

MatsumotoSalt Lake City, Utah

MatsuyamaSacramento, California

Miasa-OmachiMendocino, California

Miharu-MachiRice Lake, Wisconsin

MisatoWinona, Minnesota

MishimaPasadena, California

MitoAnaheim, California

MiyazuDelray Beach, Florida

MizuhoMorgan Hill, California



52


MureElberton, Georgia

NaganoharaLivingston, Montana

NagaokaFort Worth, Texas

NagaokakyoArlington, Massachusetts

NagoyaLos Angeles, California

Nakajo-NiigataCarbondale, Illinois

NamerikawaSchaumburg, Illinois

NarashinoTuscaloosa, Alabama

NasukarasuyamaMenomonie, Wisconsin

NeyagawaNewport News, Virginia

NichinanPortsmouth, New Hampshire

NikahoAnacortes, Washington

NikkoRapid City, South Dakota

NishinomiyaSpokane, Washington

NisshinOwensboro, Kentucky

NumazuGoshen, Indiana

OdawaraChula Vista, California

OisoDayton, Ohio Racine, Wisconsin

Oita CityAustin, Texas

OkayamaSan Jose, California

OkazakiNewport Beach, California

Okinawa CityLakewood, Washington

OmihachimanGrand Rapids, Michigan

OmutaMuskegon, Michigan

OsakaChicago, Illinois San Francisco, California

Osakasayma CityOntario, Oregon

OtaBurbank, California Lafayette, Indiana

OtsuLansing, Michigan

Saitama City (Urawa)Richmond, Virginia

SakaideSausalito, California

SapporoPortland, Oregon

SaromaPalmer, Alaska

SaseboAlbuquerque, New Mexico

SendaiDallas, Texas u

Riverside, California

Shimizu (Hokkaido)Chelsea, Michigan

Shimizu (Shizuoka)Stockton, California

ShimukappuAspen, Colorado

ShinagawaPortland, Maine

ShinguSanta Cruz, California

ShinhidakaLexington, Kentucky

ShizuokaOmaha, Nebraska

SokaCarson, California

SuwaSt. Louis, Missouri

Tacco-MachiGilroy, California

TachikawaSan Bernardino, California

TaharaGeorgetown, Kentucky

TakamatsuSt. Petersberg, Florida

TakaokaFort Wayne, Indiana

TakayamaDenver, Colorado

TakeoSebastopol, California

TamanaClarinda, Iowa

Tamba (Kasuga)Auburn, Washington

TateyamaBellingham, Washington

TobaSanta Barbara, California

Tochigi-ShiEvansville, Indiana

Tokai-MuraIdaho Falls, Idaho

TokyoNew York City, New York

TomeVernon, Canada q

Tome (Toyoma)Southlake, Texas



53


ToyamaDurham, North Carolina

ToyohashiToledo, Ohio

ToyokawaCupertino, California

TsuchiuraPalo Alto, California

TsukubaIrvine, California Milpitas, California

Tsukuba Science City (Yatabe)Cambridge, Massachusetts

TsuruokaNew Brunswick, New Jersey

TsurutaHood River, Oregon

TsuyamaSanta Fe, New Mexico

UrayasuOrlando, Florida

UtsunomiyaTulsa, Oklahoma

WakayamaBakersfield, California

Yachiyo CityTyler, Texas

YamagataBoulder, Colorado

YaoBellevue, Washington

YokkaichiLong Beach, California

YokohamaSan Diego, California

YotsukaidoLivermore, California

Jordan / 4Al-KarakBirmingham, Alabama

AmmanChicago, Illinois

Miami, Florida l

San Francisco, California u

Kazakhstan / 1KyzylordaArvada, Colorado

Kenya / 11BuraNewburyport, Massachusetts

EldoretMinneapolis, Minnesota

EsabaluAmesbury, Massachusetts

KisumuBoulder, Colorado Roanoke, Virginia

MarsabitHinesville, Georgia

MombasaLong Beach, California Seattle, Washington

NairobiDenver, Colorado Raleigh, North Carolina u

ThikaDixon, Illinois

Kosovo / 1PejaJohnston, Iowa

Kyrgyzstan / 2BishkekColorado Springs, Colorado

TokmokRockford, Illinois

Latvia / 2LiepajaBellevue, Washington

RigaDallas, Texas

Lebanon / 2BeirutLos Angeles, California

Bekaa ValleyToledo, Ohio

Lesotho / 1MaseruAustin, Texas

Liberia / 9Bong CountyMaryland State, Maryland

BuchananWinston-Salem, North Carolina

GbarngaBaltimore, Maryland Gridley, California

GreenvilleGreenville, Mississippi

Maryland CountyMaryland State, Maryland

MonroviaDayton, OhioNewark, New Jersey

PaynesvillePaynesville, Minnesota

Lithuania / 6AlytusRochester, New York

DruskininkaiMoorhead, Minnesota

KaunasLos Angeles, California

KlaipedaCleveland, Ohio

SiauliaiOmaha, Nebraska

VilniusChicago, Illinois

Macedonia / 2KratovoHartford, Vermont

SkopjeTempe, Arizona

Malawi / 1ZombaUrbana, Illinois



54


Mali / 4BamakoRochester, New York

Nana KeniebaTonopah, Nevada

SegouRichmond, Virginia

TimbuktuTempe, Arizona

Malta / 1MostaMillbrae, California

Mexico / 182AbasoloPharr, Texas

AcambaroLaredo, Texas

AcapulcoBeverly Hills, California McAllen, Texas

AguascalientesModesto, California Pharr, Texas

AlamosScottsdale, Arizona

Apaseo El AltoGreenfield, California

AtotonilcoSouth San Francisco, California

Boca del RioTampa, Florida

BurgosPharr, Texas

Cabo San LucasNewport Beach, California

CaborcaPrescott, Arizona Upland, California

CadereytaMcAllen, Texas

CampecheDaytona Beach, Florida Laredo, Texas

CananeaSierra Vista, Arizona

CancunPharr, Texas Wichita, Kansas

CedralChicago Heights, Illinois

CerralvoLaredo, Texas

ChihuahuaAlbuquerque, New Mexico Pueblo, Colorado

Cienega de FloresLaredo, Texas

Ciudad GuadalupeMcAllen, Texas

Ciudad GuzmánLongmont, Colorado

Ciudad LerdoLas Cruces, New Mexico

Ciudad ManteBoulder, Colorado

Ciudad VallesLaredo, Texas Pharr, Texas

Ciudad VictoriaMcAllen, Texas

CoyoacanArlington, Virginia

CozumelMiami Beach, Florida

CuautlaRiverside, California

CuernavacaDenver, Colorado Laredo, Texas u

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Dolores HidalgoPharr, Texas

El Fuerte SinaloaSouthlake, Texas

EmpalmeStockton, California

EnsenadaParlier, California Redondo Beach, California Riverside, California

EscobedoLaredo, Texas

GarciaMcAllen, Texas

General EscobedoPharr, Texas

General TeranLaredo, Texas

GuadalajaraAlbuquerque, New Mexico Kansas City, Missouri Lansing, Michigan Laredo, Texas u

Portland, Oregon San Antonio, Texas

GuadalupeLaredo, Texas

GuanajuatoMorgantown, West Virginia

GuaymasMesa, Arizona

HermosilloIrvine, California Phoenix, Arizona

HidalgoGoliad, Texas

HualahuisesPharr, Texas

HuatabampoGardena, California

IrapuatoMcAllen, Texas

IxtapaMcAllen, Texas Palm Desert, California

Jerez de Garcia SalinasLaredo, Texas

La PazRedondo Beach, California

LampazosLaredo, Texas



55


Lazaro CardenasLaredo, Texas u

LeonLaredo, Texas u

San Diego, California

Los HerrerasLaredo, Texas

MagdelenaTemple City, California

ManzanilloFlagstaff, Arizona San Pablo, California

MatehualaPharr, Texas

MazatlanPharr, Texas Santa Monica, California Seattle, Washington

MeridaErie, Pennsylvania New Orleans, Louisiana Sarasota, Florida

MetepecPharr, Texas

MexicaliSan Bernardino, California

Mexico CityChicago, Illinois Los Angeles, California

MexticacanLaredo, Texas

MoncolvaLaredo, Texas

MontemorelosLaredo, Texas

MonterreyDallas, Texas McAllen, Texas Orlando, Florida San Antonio, Texas

MoreliaKansas City, Missouri

Nuevo Casas GrandesColorado Springs, Colorado

Nuevo LaredoLaredo, Texas

OaxacaPalo Alto, California

OcotlanCorona, California Olathe, Kansas

OcuitucoPharr, Texas

Pabellón de ArteagaPrairie View, Texas

PachucaLittle Rock, Arkansas

PapantlaLaredo, Texas

ParralSanta Fe, New Mexico

PatzcuaroNaperville, Illinois Sonoma, California

PetatlanSaint Peter, Minnesota

PueblaPueblo, Colorado

Puerto VallartaHighland Park, Illinois Santa Barbara, California Tacoma, Washington u

Ramos ArizpePharr, Texas

ReynosaMcAllen, Texas Pharr, Texas

Rio BravoPharr, Texas

Rosarito BeachGardena, California Glendale, California

SalamancaBryan / College Station, Texas

SaltilloAustin, Texas Lansing, Michigan

San Andres TuxtlaPharr, Texas

San Cristobal de las CasasAsheville, North Carolina

San FelipeHayward, California

San Jose del CaboLaguna Beach, California

San Jose IturbidePharr, Texas

San Luis de la PazPharr, Texas

San Luis PotosiPharr, Texas St. Louis, Missouri Tulsa, Oklahoma

San Martin de HidalgoMorgan Hill, California

San Miguel de AllendeLaredo, Texas Redlands, California St. Augustine, Florida Tyler, Texas

San Nicolas de los GarzaKansas City, Missouri

San Pedro de las ColoniasSpringfield, Illinois

Santa Maria del RioPharr, Texas

Santa RosaliaUnion City, California

Santiago de QueretaroBakersfield, California

Santiago Pinotepa NacionalGreenfield, California

SoledadBurlington-Alamance, North Carolina

State of JaliscoMaryland State, Maryland

Tamazula de GordianoRiverbank, California



56


TampicoHouston, Texas McAllen, Texas

TaxcoMcAllen, Texas

TecateGilroy, California

TehuacanAustin, Texas u

TepatitlanLaredo, Texas

Tetela Del VolcanPharr, Texas

TetlanohcanNew Haven, Connecticut

TeziutlanPharr, Texas

Tierra BlancaPharr, Texas

TijuanaSan Diego, California

TiziminEvansville, Indiana

TlahuailoLaredo, Texas

Tlalnepantla de BazWichita, Kansas

TlaquepaqueGlendale, California Springfield, Missouri

TolucaFort Worth, Texas

TonalaLaredo, Texas

TorreonFresno, California Laredo, Texas

TulaBenicia, California

UruapanCulver City, California

ValladolidAsheville, North Carolina

ValparaisoHanover Park, Illinois

VeracruzLaredo, Texas u

Pharr, Texas San Jose, California Tampa, Florida

Veracruz/Boca del RioMobile, Alabama

VillahermosaSan Bernardino, California

XalapaOmaha, Nebraska

YecapixtlaPharr, Texas

Zacualpan de AmilpasPharr, Texas

ZapopanGrand Rapids, Michigan

ZihuatanejoMcAllen, Texas Racine, Wisconsin

ZuazuaBryan / College Station, Texas l u

Moldova / 4BaltiLakeland, Florida

ChisinauSacramento, California

RybnitsaLakeland, Florida u

Ungheni CityWinston-Salem, North Carolina

Mongolia / 3DarkhanIrving, Texas

TsetserlegBellingham, Washington

UlaanbaatarDenver, Colorado

Montenegro / 2BudvaWest Palm Beach, Florida

KotorSanta Barbara, California

Morocco / 8AgadirMiami, Florida l

Oakland, California u

CasablancaChicago, Illinois

ChaouenIssaquah, Washington

El HajebCouncil Bluffs, Iowa

El JadidaTacoma, Washington

MarrakechScottsdale, Arizona

TiznitSomerville, Massachusetts

Namibia / 1WindhoekRichmond, Virginia

Nepal / 1KathmanduEugene, Oregon

Netherlands / 4EnschedePalo Alto, California

Leidschendam-VoorburgTemecula, California

NijmegenAlbany, New York

RotterdamBaltimore, Maryland

New Zealand / 10AucklandLos Angeles, California

ChristchurchSeattle, Washington

GisbornePalm Desert, California



57


HamiltonSacramento, California

Lower HuttLaredo, Texas Tempe, Arizona

Palmerston NorthMissoula, Montana

QueenstownAspen, Colorado

TaurangaSan Bernardino, California

Upper HuttMesa, Arizona

Nicaragua / 18BluefieldsRacine, Wisconsin u

EsteliStevens Point, Wisconsin

JalapaBoulder, Colorado u

JinotepeSanta Cruz, California

Laguna de PerlasMontclair, New Jersey

LeónNew Haven, Connecticut

MalpaisilloPittsfield, Massachusetts

ManaguaMiami, Florida l

MatagalpaGainesville, Florida

OcotalHartford, Connecticut

PosoltegaBloomington, Indiana

Puerto CabezasBurlington, Vermont

QuilaliSouth Haven, Michigan

San Juan de OrienteLaurinburg, North Carolina Sacramento, California

SomotoMerced, California

TipitapaLansing, Michigan u

Villa Carlos FonsecaMoscow, Idaho

Niger / 1Commune il NiameyTamale, Ghana q

Nigeria / 12AsabaStockton, California

Benin CityOakland, California

IbadanCleveland, Ohio

Ile-IfeOberlin, Ohio San Bernardino, California

LagosAtlanta, Georgia Highland Park, Illinois u

OnitshaCompton, California

OrluAustin, Texas

OsogboAsheville, North Carolina Wilmington, Delaware

Port HarcourtKansas City, Missouri

Norway / 11AlesundTacoma, Washington

BergenSeattle, Washington

FlekkefjordElbow Lake, Minnesota

FørdeLa Crosse, Wisconsin

KongsbergRed Wing, Minnesota

MossVirginia Beach, Virginia

Nordhordland RegionFergus Falls, Minnesota

StavangerHouston, Texas

SunndalIssaquah, Washington

TromsoAnchorage, Alaska

TrondheimVallejo, California

Pakistan / 3HyderabadToledo, Ohio

KarachiHouston, Texas

LahoreChicago, Illinois

Palau / 1KororGilroy, California l

Palestinian Territories / 6BethlehemBurlington, Vermont Joplin, Missouri Sacramento, California

Mas’haRed Hook, New York

QalqilyaGainesville, Florida

RamallahMuscatine, Iowa

Panama / 2Panama CityFort Lauderdale, Florida Miami, Florida l



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Paraguay / 2AsuncionMiami Dade, Florida

Santa MariaHays, Kansas

Peru / 15ArequipaMaui County, Hawaii

ArequipaCharlotte, North Carolina

CarazMesa, Arizona

ChimbotePensacola, Florida

CuscoTempe, Arizona

IcaMiami Beach, Florida

LimaAustin, Texas Cleveland, Ohio Miami, Florida

MirafloresPensacola, Florida

PucallpaMiami Dade, Florida l

San IsidroLauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida

Santiago de SurcoGastonia, North Carolina

TrujilloDecatur, Georgia Salt Lake City, Utah u

Philippines / 35Bacarra CityMaui County, Hawaii

BacolodLong Beach, California u

BadocMaui County, Hawaii

BaguioVallejo, California

BauangLakewood, Washington

BolinaoMobile, Alabama

CabugaoMaui County, Hawaii

Cagayan de OroNorfolk, Virginia

CamilingJuneau, Alaska

Cavite CitySan Diego, California

Cebu CityChula Vista, California Seattle, Washington

DagupanMilpitas, California

DavaoTacoma, Washington

IloiloStockton, California

La CarlotaCarson, California

MakatiLos Angeles, California

ManilaMaui County, Hawaii Sacramento, California San Francisco, California

PaloPalo Alto, California

Pasay CityUnion City, California

Pasig CitySouth San Francisco, California

Puerto PrincesaMaui County, Hawaii

Quezon CityKenosha, Wisconsin Maui County, Hawaii Salt Lake City, Utah

RoxasSan Bernardino, California

San JuanSanta Barbara, California

San NicholasMaui County, Hawaii

Santa & San JuanMaui County, Hawaii

SariayaSanta Clarita, California

SarratMaui County, Hawaii

Zambales ProvinceMaui County, Hawaii

Poland / 33BialystokMilwaukee County, Wisconsin

Bielsko-BialaGrand Rapids, Michigan

BochniaRoselle, Illinois

BytowWinona, Minnesota

GdanskCleveland, Ohio

GdyniaSeattle, Washington

Gorzow WielkopolskiHazleton, Pennsylvania

GulczStevens Point, Wisconsin

Jelenia GoraTyler, Texas

KatowiceMobile, Alabama

KrakówRochester, New York San Francisco, California u

LesnicaKarnes City, Texas



59


LodzMaryland State, Maryland

LomiankiColumbia Heights, Minnesota

LomzaMuscatine, Iowa

LublinErie, Pennsylvania Lublin, Wisconsin

OlsztynRichmond, Virginia

OpoleRoanoke, Virginia

PlockFort Wayne, Indiana

PoznanToledo, Ohio

PultuskNew Britain, Connecticut

RzeszowBuffalo, New York Gainesville, Florida u

Strzelce Opolskie CountyBandera, Texas

SzczecinSt. Louis, Missouri

TorunPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

WadowiceChicago Heights, Illinois

WarsawChicago, Illinois

Warsaw ProvinceSan Diego, California

WroclawCharlotte, North Carolina

ZiebiceBrighton, Colorado

Portugal / 9Angra Do HeroismoGilroy, California

AveiroNewark, New Jersey

CascaisSausalito, California

CoimbraCambridge, Massachusetts Santa Clara, California

FaroHayward, California

FunchalMaui County, Hawaii

MangualdeHartford, Connecticut l

Sao Miguel IslandMaui County, Hawaii

Romania / 8BistritaColumbus, Georgia

BrasovCleveland, Ohio

BucharestAtlanta, Georgia

Cluj-NapocaColumbia, South Carolina Rockford, Illinois

ConstantaMobile, Alabama

IaşiAthens, Georgia

PietroasaBrevard, North Carolina



60


Russia / 75ArkhangelskPortland, Maine

BarnaulFlagstaff, Arizona

BirobidjanBeaverton, Oregon

BorovichiBinghamton, New York

ChelyabinskColumbia, South Carolina

CherepovetsMontclair, New Jersey

DiksonDixon, Illinois

DubnaLa Crosse, Wisconsin

EkaterinburgSan Jose, California

EngelsEdmond, Oklahoma

IrkutskEugene, Oregon

IzhevskSalt Lake City, Utah

KaliningradNorfolk, Virginia

KazanBryan / College Station, Texas

KhabarovskPortland, Oregon

KislovodskMuscatine, Iowa

KonakovoMenomonie, Wisconsin

KostromaDurham, North Carolina

KotlasWaterville, Maine

KrasnodarTallahassee, Florida

Leningrad RegionMaryland State, Maryland

LermontovOsage, Iowa

LomonosovAnacortes, Washington

MagadanAnchorage, Alaska

MoscowChicago, Illinois Santa Clara County, California

MurmanskJacksonville, Florida

NakhodkaBellingham, Washington Oakland, California

Nizhnii TagilChattanooga, Tennessee

Nizhny NovgorodPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

NovorossiiskGainesville, Florida

NovosibirskMinneapolis, Minnesota

OrenburgOrlando, Florida

PermLouisville, Kentucky

PetrozavodskDuluth, Minnesota

PskovRoanoke, Virginia

PyatigorskDubuque, Iowa

Rostov VelikyStevens Point, Wisconsin

RubtsovskGrants Pass/Josephine County, Oregon

RybinskGreater Tri-Cities, Tennessee

SamaraSt. Louis, Missouri

SaratovDallas, Texas

SarovLos Alamos, New Mexico

SerpukhovRichmond, Indiana

SeverodvinskPortsmouth, New Hampshire

SmolenskColorado Springs, Colorado

SnezhinskLivermore, California

SochiLong Beach, California Northport, New York

St. PetersburgLos Angeles, California St. Petersberg, Florida u

Star CityNassau Bay, Texas

StavropolDes Moines, Iowa

SyktyvkarLos Altos, California

TobolskCouncil Bluffs, Iowa

TulaAlbany, New York

TverBuffalo, New York

TyumenHouston, Texas

UlyanovskOklahoma City, Oklahoma

Velikiy NovgorodRochester, New York

VladikavkazAsheville, North Carolina

VladimirBloomington / Normal, Illinois Sarasota, Florida



61


VladivostokJuneau, Alaska San Diego, California Tacoma, Washington

VolgogradCleveland, Ohio

VoronezhCharlotte, North Carolina

YaroslavlBurlington, Vermont

ZavolzhieSan Bernardino, California

ZelengorskNewburyport, Massachusetts

ZelenogradTulsa, Oklahoma

ZheleznogorskBlount County, Tennessee

ZheleznovodskGrinnell, Iowa

Rwanda / 3KigaliOklahoma City, Oklahoma San Bernardino, California

MuhangaBuffalo, New York

Senegal / 6DakarMiami Dade, Florida Washington, District Of Columbia

Goree IslandSt. Martinville, Louisiana

GuediawayeBirmingham, Alabama

KaolackMemphis, Tennessee

Saint-LouisSt. Louis, Missouri

Serbia / 1BelgradeChicago, Illinois

Sierra Leone / 2FreetownKansas City, Missouri New Haven, Connecticut

Sint Maarten / 1Tallahassee, Florida

Slovakia / 4BratislavaCleveland, Ohio

KosiceMobile, Alabama

NitraNaperville, Illinois TisovecShenandoah, Iowa

Slovenia / 3LjubljanaCleveland, Ohio

MariborPueblo, Colorado

PiranIndianapolis, Indiana

South Africa / 10Buffalo City MunicipalityMilwaukee County, Wisconsin

DurbanChicago, Illinois New Orleans, Louisiana

GeorgeTacoma, Washington

JohannesburgNew York City, New York

King Shaka District MunicipalityMobile, Alabama

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan BayMunicipality

Jacksonville, Florida

PietermaritzburgHampton, Virginia

Tshwane Metropolitan MunicipalityWashington, District Of Columbia

uMhlathuzeMilwaukee, Wisconsin

South Korea / 46AnyangHampton, Virginia

AsanLansing, Michigan

BucheonBakersfield, California

BusanChicago, Illinois

Changwon CityJacksonville, Florida

CheonanBeaverton, Oregon

ChinjuEugene, Oregon

Chung JuPittsfield, Massachusetts

DaeguAtlanta, Georgia

DaejeonSeattle, Washington

Gangnam-GuRiverside, California

GangneungChattanooga, Tennessee

GimhaeLakewood, Washington u

GimpoGlendale, California

GoseongGlendale, California

GoyangMaui County, Hawaii

GunsanTacoma, Washington

Gwacheon CityBurlington-Alamance, North Carolina

GwangjuSan Antonio, Texas

GwangmyeongAustin, Texas



62


GyeongsangnamMaryland State, Maryland

Hanam CityLittle Rock, Arkansas

Iksan CityCulver City, California

InchonAnchorage, Alaska Burbank, California Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

JecheonSpokane, Washington

JeonjuSan Diego, California

JincheonVallejo, California

Nowon-guIrvine, California u

Osan CityKilleen, Texas

PajuPasadena, California u

PyeongchangAuburn, Washington

PyongtaekMobile, Alabama

Seocho CityPerth, Australia q

Seocho-guIrvine, California u

Seongdong-GuMarietta, Georgia

SeoulSan Francisco, California Washington, District Of Columbia

UijongbuRichmond, Virginia

Uiwang CityNorth Little Rock, Arkansas

UlsanPortland, Oregon

Wanju-Gu CountyCarson, California

WonjuRoanoke, Virginia

Yangju CityHenrico County, Virginia

Yongsan-GuSacramento, California

Spain / 33AlburquerqueAlbuquerque, New Mexico

Alcala de HenaresSan Diego, California

AlmonteMiami Beach, Florida

AlmuñécarHendersonville, North Carolina

Aranda de DueroRoseburg, Oregon

AvilesSt. Augustine, Florida

BarcelonaBoston, Massachusetts San Francisco, California u

Ciudadella de MenorcaSt. Augustine, Florida

El Puerto de Santa MariaCoral Gables, Florida

ErthamaduraAlbany, New York

FigueresSt. Petersberg, Florida u

GranadaCoral Gables, Florida

HuelvaHouston, Texas

LaredoLaredo, Texas

Las Palmas de Gran CanariaSan Antonio, Texas

MacharaviayaPensacola, Florida



63


MadridMaui County, Hawaii New York City, New York

MurciaMiami, Florida l

OviedoTampa, Florida

Port de la SelvaNashville, Tennessee u

Santa Cruz de TenerifeSan Antonio, Texas

Santa Fe de la Vega (Granada)Santa Fe, New Mexico

SevilleColumbus, OhioKansas City, Missouri

Tenerife (Canary Islands)Miami Dade, Florida

ToledoToledo, Ohio

Tres CantosColumbia, Maryland

ValenciaDallas, Texas

ValladolidOrlando, Florida

VeracruzMiami Dade, Florida

Vitoria-GasteizAnaheim, California

St. Kitts and Nevis Islands / 1Miami Dade, Florida l

Swaziland / 1MbabaneFort Worth, Texas

Sweden / 13ÅmålDe Pere, Wisconsin

BorgholmRockford, Illinois

GothenburgChicago, Illinois

HelsingborgAlexandria, Virginia

KalmarWilmington, Delaware

LidingoAlameda, California

LinkopingPalo Alto, California

RonnebyGreater Tri-Cities, Tennessee

SolnaBurbank, California

Stockholm CountyMiami Dade, Florida

UppsalaMinneapolis, Minnesota

VäxjöDuluth, Minnesota

VimmerbyMoorhead, Minnesota

Switzerland / 9BaselMiami Beach, Florida

ChurOlathe, Kansas

DavosAspen, Colorado

InterlakenScottsdale, Arizona

LiestalSacramento, California

LucerneChicago, Illinois

SaasfeeSteamboat Springs, Colorado

SurseeHighland, Illinois

ZurichSan Francisco, California

Tajikistan / 1DushanbeBoulder, Colorado

Tanzania / 8ArushaKansas City, Missouri

ArushaDurham, North Carolina

BagamoyoVallejo, California

Dar es SalaamLansing, Michigan u

MorogoroMilwaukee, Wisconsin

MoshiDelray Beach, Florida

MoshiKenosha, Wisconsin

TangaToledo, Ohio

Thailand / 3BangkokWashington, District Of Columbia

Chiang RaiUnion City, California

LanphunOrinda, California

Trinidad and Tobago / 2CouvaHartford, Connecticut l

Port of SpainAtlanta, Georgia

Turkey / 12AdapazariLouisville, Kentucky

AnkaraWashington, District Of Columbia

Antalya KepezMuskegon, Michigan

Antalya KepezAustin, Texas

BursaBuffalo, New York



64


IstanbulHouston, Texas

IzmirLong Beach, California u

Tampa, Florida

KahramanmaraJackson, Mississippi

MuglaFort Lauderdale, Florida

NevsehirSanta Fe, New Mexico u

SeferihisarMorgan Hill, California

Turkmenistan / 1AshgabatAlbuquerque, New Mexico

Turks and Caicos Islands / 1Miami Dade, Florida l

Uganda / 2KaseseSanta Cruz, California u

MasindiHartford, Connecticut u

Ukraine / 23AlushtaSanta Cruz, California

BohodukhivBoyertown, Pennsylvania

BrovaryRockford, Illinois

ChernivtsiSalt Lake City, Utah

ChyhyrynSebastopol, California

DolynaPrairie Village, Kansas

DrohobychBuffalo, New York Muscatine, Iowa

GorlovkaPensacola, Florida

HorlivkaBuffalo, New York

Ivano-FrankivskArlington, Virginia

KalushGrand Prairie, Texas

KanivSonoma, California

KharkivCincinnati, Ohio

KhmelnytskyiModesto, California

KyivChicago, Illinois

LvivCorning, New York

OdessaBaltimore, Maryland

PoltavaIrondequoit, New York

SmilaNewton, Iowa

TysmenytsiaBandera, Texas

UzhgorodCorvallis, Oregon

VinnytsyaBirmingham, Alabama

United Arab Emirates / 1Abu DhabiHouston, Texas

United Kingdom / 60

England/ 36AlfretonNitro, West Virginia

BarnetMontclair, New Jersey

BillericayFishers, Indiana

BirminghamChicago, Illinois

Burton upon TrentElkhart, Indiana

CanterburyBloomington / Normal, Illinois

ChesterLakewood, Colorado

ClevelandCleveland, Ohio

DoncasterWilmington, North Carolina

DoverHuber Heights, Ohio

DurhamDurham, North Carolina

Essex CountyHenrico County, Virginia

Henley-on-ThamesLauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida

HertfordHartford, Connecticut

KeighleyMyrtle Beach, South Carolina

Kingston-upon-HullRaleigh, North Carolina

KinverPark Ridge, Illinois

LeedsLouisville, Kentucky

LondonNew York City, New York

London Borough of HackneyAustin, Texas u

MertonIrving, Texas

Newcastle-upon-TyneAtlanta, Georgia Little Rock, Arkansas u

NewmarketLexington, Kentucky

Norfolk CountyNorfolk, Virginia



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Northhamptonshire CountyIndianapolis, Indiana

PortsmouthLakewood, Colorado Portsmouth, New Hampshire u

Richmond upon ThamesRichmond, Virginia

RustingtonLos Altos, California

SalisburySalisbury, Maryland

SouthamptonHampton, Virginia

SuffolkSuffolk, Virginia

SunderlandWashington, District Of Columbia

WatfordWilmington, Delaware

WhitbyAnchorage, Alaska

Northern Ireland / 12BallymenaMorehead, Kentucky

BelfastNashville, Tennessee

Borough of ArdsPeoria, Arizona

CarrickfergusAnderson, South Carolina Danville, Kentucky

Craigavon q

Ballina, IrelandLaGrange, Georgia

LarneClover, South Carolina

Newry and MourneSioux Falls, South Dakota Southern Pines, North Carolina

NewtownabbeyGilbert, Arizona

North Down BoroughVirginia Beach, Virginia

Scotland / 11DunbarMartinez, California

DundeeAlexandria, Virginia

DunfermlineSarasota, Florida

EdinburghSan Diego, California

EmboMaui County, Hawaii

ForresMount Dora, Florida

Grampian RegionHouston, Texas

NewburghNewburgh, Indiana

PerthPerth, Australia q

PrestwickVandalia, Ohio

Western IslesAnderson, South Carolina

Wales / 1BreconSaline, Michigan

Uruguay / 2MaldonadoMiami Dade, Florida

PaysanduMuscatine, Iowa l

Uzbekistan / 3BukharaSanta Fe, New Mexico

SamarkandOlympia, Washington

TashkentSeattle, Washington

Venezuela / 6CaracasNew Orleans, Louisiana

CaroraMilwaukee, Wisconsin

MaracaiboNew Orleans, Louisiana

Margarita IslandFort Lauderdale, Florida

MonagasMiami Dade, Florida l

Puerto La CruzSanta Cruz, California

Vietnam / 4HaiphongSeattle, Washington

Ho Chi Minh CitySan Francisco, California

HuếNew Haven, Connecticut

Vung Tau Ba Ria CityNewport Beach, California u

Zambia / 3KasamaClovis, New Mexico

LivingstonSanta Fe, New Mexico

LusakaLos Angeles, California

Zimbabwe / 3GweruBirmingham, Alabama

HarareCincinnati, Ohio

MutarePortland, Oregon



Executive CommitteeChairmanMr. Tom LiskRichmond, VA

Vice ChairMr. Bill BoerumSonoma, CA

TreasurerMr. Norris HermsmeyerBoulder, CO

SecretaryThe Honorable Carol RobertsonLopez

Santa Fe, NM

At LargeMr. Stephen “Tim” QuigleySan Jose, CA

At Large/Young ProfessionalRepresentative

Mr. Carlos ReyesArlington, VA

DirectorsMr. Leroy AllalaChicago, IL

Dr. Carolyn G. BishopAtlanta, GA

Ms. Carol BurdetteAnderson, SC

Mr. Neal BurnhamFredericksburg, TX

Mr. Christopher DufourArlington, VA

The Honorable Gilbert (Gil) GarciaSanta Barbara, CA

Ms. Angie GomezAlhambra, CA

Ms. Jeanne GoodvinWichita, KS

Mr. Ron GossettSarasota, FL

The Honorable Tom LaBongeLos Angeles, CA

Dr. William “Wes” LitesLouisville, KY

Ms. Frances LorenzTacoma, WA

Mr. David K. MillerLancaster, NY

Mr. Darrell SmithLos Angeles, CA

Ms. Carla WalkerCincinnati, OH

Ms. Paula K. WestPhoenix, AZ

State Coordinator RepresentativeMs. Louise Simon SchoeneBuffalo, NY

Youth RepresentativeMr. Nicholas JaberNewport Beach, CA

Chair Emeritus (Non-VotingMember)

The Honorable Brad Cole Carbondale, IL

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Global Envoys

Global Envoys are highly distinguished volunteer leaders of Sister CitiesInternational who represent the organization. There is no higher honor

in the Sister Cities International network. The role of a Global Envoy is torepresent Sister Cities International at events around the world and to serve as a diplomat and spokesperson for the organization.

Nancy HuppertRochester, [email protected]

Mary PalkoFort Worth, [email protected]

Thelma PressSan Diego, [email protected]

Sharon ReceveurLouisville, [email protected]


Alabama Scotty Colson(205) [email protected]

Arizona Robert Greninger(928) 775-0044 (H)(928) 925-2115 (C)[email protected]

California (Northern) Brenda Brumfield Ross(707) [email protected]

California (Southern)Orange County and points South/East Kathleen Roche-Tansey(858) 481-6856 [email protected]

California (Southern)L.A. County and points North/West Pat Fallin(805) [email protected]

Colorado Christine Hall Chair, State Coordinators(970) [email protected]

Florida Pat Buchanan801-425-6305 (C) [email protected]

Georgia Launa Kowalski(404) 414-0225 (O)[email protected]

Hawaii Steve Yoshida(808) [email protected]

Illinois (Northern) Susan Minott(847) [email protected]

Illinois (Southern) Josephine C. Wittenauer(618) [email protected]

Indiana Henry C. Cole(317) 573-2250 [email protected]

Iowa Ann Geiger(563) 289-3267 (H)(563) 508-3945 (C)[email protected]

Kentucky Kay Sargent(859) 258-3137 (O)[email protected]

Maryland Robert Agee(443)[email protected]

MinnesotaDolores Puente Strand(763) 571-1709 [email protected]

MinnesotaGerry Wenner(651) [email protected]

MissouriRenee Franklin(314) 323-0950 (C)[email protected]

NebraskaLarry Uebner(402) 493-2535(402) 490-5140 (C)[email protected]

New JerseyJon [email protected]

New MexicoCarol Robertson Lopez(505) [email protected]

New YorkLouise Schoene(716) [email protected]

North CarolinaDavid Van Pelt(336) [email protected]

OhioShari Spearman(937) [email protected]

South Carolina Jane CahalyVice Chair, State Coordinators(864) 261-8532 (H)(864) 314-2561 (C)[email protected]

Texas Mae Ferguson(817) [email protected]

VirginiaRuth Hodges Fraser(757) 385-8343 (O)(757) 523-1153 (H)(757) 642-1694 (C)[email protected]

Washington Barbara Sanchez(360) [email protected]

Wisconsin Alexander P. Durtka, Jr.(414) [email protected]

Wyoming Noah Miles(903) [email protected]

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State Coordinators

Sister Cities International’s State Coordinators are a volunteer group of leaders in the sister cities network who provideexpertise and assistance to members in their respective states.


James Amato

Tony Anderson

Martha Atherton

Randy Avon

Sherman Banks

Mimi Barker

Fred Blanton

Carlo Capua

Alan Chambers

Henry Cole

Mary Cort

Michael Curd

Rick Donohue

Jody Edgerton

Nancy Eidam

Mary Jean Eisenhower

Bill Evans

Patricia Fallin

Mae Ferguson

Stelle Feuers

Ann Galloway

José Luis Garcia

Roxi Goin

Ron Gossett

Glenn Gray

Priscilla Harris

Rob Heuermann

Kevin Hill

James Hromas

Nancy Huppert

Michael Hyatt

Laverne Johnson

Launa Kowalski

Boubker Mazoz

Sandra McCormick

Georgiana McLeod

William Mitchell

Virginia Mueller

Sue Myrick

Richard Neuheisel

Len Olender

Mary Palko

Thelma Press

Avi Rabinovitch

John Raeside

Rodger Randle

Sharon Receveur

Shirley Rivens-Smith

Kathleen Roche-Tansey

Patricia Sanders

Kay Sargent

Sylvia Sass

Raymond Schultz

Michael Scorcio

Ethelda Singer

Brian Smith

Charles Stokke

Robert Swart

Tom Tenhoeve

Frank Tripiccio

Jane Tublin

Jim Turner

Jean Van Buskirk

Hans Vielberth

Mark Walton

Amanda Wash

Paula West

Charles Wheeler

Linda Whitton

Wylie Williams

Jane Wood

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Honorary Board

The Honorary Board is comprised of key individuals who have shown great leadership in Sister Cities International throughthe years. They are long-standing volunteers from the membership, former members of the Board of Directors, or former

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


Executive StaffMary D. KanePresident & [email protected]

Taylor WoodruffAdministrative [email protected]

DevelopmentBrian SandlerDevelopment [email protected]

External AffairsMeghan SchmidtConference and Events [email protected]

Megha SwamyCommunications [email protected]

FinanceYvette BrownDirector of Finance and [email protected]

Maya HoustonFinance [email protected]

Membership and ProgramsAdam KaplanDirector of [email protected]

Nuole (Lula) ChenProgram [email protected]

Paul RothmanMembership [email protected]

Aveen KarimMembership [email protected]

Amena ZamanProgram [email protected]

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Sister Cities International holds the distinct honor of

having the President of the United States serve as its

Honorary Chairperson. It was thus fitting that on the evening

of January 17, 2013, the first-ever Sister Cities International

Inaugural Gala kicked-off the 2013 Presidential Inaugural

celebrations in Washington, D.C.

Prior to the start of the Gala, an exclusive VIP reception set

an upbeat mood for the start of a great evening. Washington

D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, European Union Ambassador to

the U.S. João Vale de Almeida, other visiting dignitaries, and

elected officials mingled with members of the nonprofit,

diplomatic, and corporate worlds.

The President’s own U.S. Marine Band provided the opening

performance, and the Air Force Color Guard presented the

colors as the band played the United States national

anthem. The Inaugural Gala Host Committee’s Mae

Ferguson, Mary Palko, and Tim Quigley welcomed the

guests, and VIPs were joined by citizen diplomats and

community leaders who showcased the thriving sister city

network. Sister Cities International Chairman Thomas A.

Lisk, Mayor Gray, Ambassador Almeida, and Mike E. Fox Sr.

provided opening remarks.

In a special address, Congressman Mike Honda (CA-17)

praised the network’s citizen diplomats, calling them “some

of the most giving people I’ve met.” He later added, “The

energy in the room and spirit of the event showcased the

commitment, passion, and strong principles of this network

in its efforts to achieve peace and prosperity for all.”

Sister Cities International thanks MGM Resorts International,

Amazon Web Services LLC, Mike Hyatt, Mary Ellen & Mike

E. Fox Sr., Deloitte LLP, the Consulate General of the Federal

Republic of Nigeria, The Sister Cities Foundation, Mary

Palko, Thelma Press, Sharon Receveur, and Ridgewells

Catering for their generous support of the Inaugural Gala.

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