List of sister cities in Michigan

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This is a list of sister states, regions, and cities in the U.S. state of Michigan. Sister cities, known in Europe as town twins, are cities which partner with each other to promote human contact and cultural links, although this partnering is not limited to cities and often includes counties, regions, states and other sub-national entities.

Many Michigan jurisdictions partner with foreign cities through Sister Cities International, an organization whose goal is to, "Promote peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation."^[1] Sister cities interact with each other across a broad range of activities, from health care and education to business and the arts.^[2]

[edit] Sister state of Michigan

Michigan Jurisdiction	Sister State, Region, or City	Country	Flag	Since
State of Michigan	Shiga Prefecture	Japan		1968[3]
	Sichuan Province	China		1982[4]

[edit] Sister cities of Michigan cities and counties

The Peterborough Lift Lock in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, amongst Ann Arbor's sisters since 1983.

What do Toyota, Japan and the Motor City have in common?

Both cities are paired because of each other's importance to the automobile industry.

Kalamazoo counts the Jamaican capital of Kingston amongst its sisters.

Two Mexican cities have relations with Michigan's capital city: Guadalajara...

...and Saltillo.

The Radcliffe Camera in Oxford, England, sister to the Michigan town of the same name.

The Welsh town of Brecon is one of two sisters to Saline.

Michigan Jurisdiction	Sister State, Region, or City	Country	Flag	Since
Adrian	Moriyama, Shiga Prefecture	Japan
Albion	Noisy-le-Roi, Yvelines	France		2001[5]
Ann Arbor	Belize City, Belize District	Belize		1967[6]
Ann Arbor	Dakar, Dakar	Senegal		1997[6]
Ann Arbor	Hikone, Shiga Prefecture	Japan		1969[6]
Ann Arbor	Juigalpa, Chontales	Nicaragua		1986[6][7]
Ann Arbor	Peterborough, Ontario	Canada		1983[6]
Ann Arbor	Remedios, Villa Clara	Cuba		2003[6]
Ann Arbor	Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg	Germany		1965[6]
Bay City	Ansbach, Bavaria	Germany		1960[8]
Bay City	Goderich, Ontario	Canada
Bay City	Lomé	Togo
Bay City	Poznań, Greater Poland	Poland		1987
Birmingham	Rittō, Shiga Prefecture	Japan		1976[9]
Bronson	Moryń, West Pomeranian Voivodeship	Poland
Clinton Charter Twp.	Yasu, Shiga Prefecture	Japan
Coldwater	Soltau, Lower Saxony	Germany		1971[10]
Dearborn	Qana, South Governorate	Lebanon
Detroit	Chongqing	China
Detroit	Dubai	United Arab Emirates		2003[11]
Detroit	Kitwe, Copperbelt Province	Zambia
Detroit	Minsk, Minsk Voblast	Belarus
Detroit	Nassau, New Providence	Bahamas
Detroit	Toyota, Aichi Prefecture	Japan		1960[11]
Detroit	Turin, Piedmont	Italy		1961
De Witt	Konan, Shiga Prefecture	Japan
Dundee	Yoshida, Niigata Prefecture	Japan		1992[12]
East Lansing	Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County	Romania
Flint	Changchun, Jilin Province	China
Flint	Hamilton, Ontario	Canada		1987[13]
Flint	Tolyatti, Samara Oblast	Russia
Frankenmuth	Gunzenhausen, Bavaria	Germany		1962[14]
Gaylord	Pontresina, Graubünden	Switzerland
Grand Rapids	Bielsko-Biała, Silesian Voivodeship	Poland		1991[15]
Grand Rapids	Ga District	Ghana		1994[16]
Grand Rapids	Ōmihachiman, Shiga Prefecture	Japan		1986[17]
Grand Rapids	Perugia, Umbria	Italy		1993[18]
Grand Rapids	Tirana	Albania
Grand Rapids	Zapopan, Jalisco	Mexico		2007[19]
Hancock	Porvoo, Eastern Uusimaa	Finland
Holland	Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro	Mexico
Kalamazoo	Kingston, Surrey	Jamaica
Kalamazoo	Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture	Japan		1963[20]
Kalamazoo	Pushkin, St. Petersburg	Russia		1992[21]
Lansing	Akuapim, South District	Ghana		1997[22]
Lansing	Belmopan, Cayo District	Belize
Lansing	Cosenza, Calabria	Italy		2000[22]
Lansing	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Mexico		1982[22]
Lansing	Lanzhou, Gansu Province	China
Lansing	Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture	Japan		1969[23]
Lansing	Saint Petersburg	Russia		1992[22]
Lansing	Sakaide, Kawaga Prefecture	Japan
Lansing	Saltillo, Coahuila	Mexico		1994[22]
Lansing	Sanming, Fujian Province	China		1997[22]
Marquette	Yokaichi, Shiga Prefecture	Japan
Marshall	Koka, Shiga Prefecture	Japan
Monroe	Tomsk, Tomsk Oblast	Russia
Muskegon	Antalya, Antalya Province	Turkey
Muskegon	Hartlepool, County Durham	England
Muskegon	Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture	Japan		1994[24]
Mount Pleasant	Okaya, Nagano Prefecture	Japan		1965[25]
Mount Pleasant	Valdivia, Los Ríos	Chile
Oxford	Oxford, Oxfordshire	England
Petoskey	Takashima, Shiga Prefecture	Japan
Pontiac	Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture	Japan
Redford	Gau-Algesheim, Rhineland-Palatinate	Germany
Redford	Georgina, Ontario	Canada
Redford	St. Anton, Tyrol	Austria
Saginaw	Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture	Japan
Saginaw	Zapopan, Jalisco	Mexico
Saline	Brecon, Powys	Wales		1966[26]
Saline	Lindenberg im Allgäu, Bavaria	Germany		2003[26]
Sault Ste. Marie	Ryūō, Shiga Prefecture	Japan
South Haven	Quilalí, Nueva Segovia	Nicaragua
Sturgis	Shigaraki, Shiga Prefecture	Japan
Traverse City	Tsuchiyama, Shiga Prefecture	Japan		1968[27]
Troy	Aley, Mount Lebanon Governorate	Lebanon
Walker	Colac, Victoria	Australia		1993[28]

[edit] See also

• List of twin towns and sister cities

[edit] Notes