List of sister cities in Pennsylvania

This is a list of sister states, regions, and cities in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Sister cities, known in Europe as town twins, are municipalities (sometimes counties, regions, states and other sub-national entities) that cooperate to foster cultural links. They interact with each other across a broad range of activities, often including education, business, the arts, or health care.[1]

Many Pennsylvania jurisdictions work with foreign cities through Sister Cities International, an organization whose goal is to "Promote peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation."[2]

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Sister states of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Jurisdiction Sister State, Region, or City Country Flag Since
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Matanzas Province Cuba 2000[3]
Rhône-Alpes France 2006[4]

Sister cities of Pennsylvania cities and counties

Pennsylvania Jurisdiction Sister State, Region, or City Country Flag Since
Allentown Lelów, Silesian Voivodeship Poland
Tiberias, Lower Galilee Israel 1998[5]
Vinci, Tuscany Italy
Altoona St. Pölten, Lower Austria Austria 2000[6]
Bethlehem Murska Sobota, Prekmurje Slovenia
Schwäbisch Gmünd, Baden-Württemberg Germany 1991[7]
Tondabayashi, Osaka Japan 1972[8]
Boyertown Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv Oblast Ukraine 1993
Caln Township Calne, Wiltshire England 1982[9]
Chambersburg Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture Japan 1960[10]
Cheltenham Cheltenham, Gloucestershire England
Coatesville Greenock, Inverclyde Scotland
Curwensville Workington, Cumbria England
Dalton Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria England
Drumore Township Dromore, County Down Northern Ireland
Elizabethtown Letterkenny, County Donegal Ireland 2002[11]
Ephrata Eberbach, Baden-Württemberg Germany 1976[12]
Erie Dungarvan, County Waterford Ireland 2007[13]
Lublin, Lublin Vovoideship Poland
Mérida, Yucatán Mexico
Zibo, Shandong Province China
Fleetwood Fleetwood, Lancashire England
Gettysburg León, León Department Nicaragua 1987[14]
Greensburg Belize
Cercemaggiore, Molise Italy 2003[15]
Harrisburg Ma'alot-Tarshiha, North Israel 1998[5]
Pachuca, Hidalgo Mexico 1998[16]
Hazleton Gorzów Wielkopolski, Lubusz Voivodeship Poland
Mountain Communities of Lambro and Mingardo, Campania Italy 2001[17]
Lancaster Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem Israel 1998[5]
Sano, Tochigi Prefecture Japan 1994
Limerick Limerick, County Limerick Ireland 1990[18]
Lititz Kunvald, Ústí nad Orlicí Czech Republic 2006[19]
Montgomery County Gwanak-gu, Seoul South Korea
New Holland Longvic, Bourgogne France
Northampton Stegersbach, Burgenland Austria
Philadelphia Abruzzo Italy 1997[20]
Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur France 1998[21]
Douala, Littoral Province Cameroon 1986[22]
Florence, Tuscany Italy 1964[23]
Incheon, Sudogwon South Korea 1984[24]
Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture Japan 1986[25]
Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Russia 1992[26]
Tel Aviv Israel 1966[27]
Tianjin China 1980[28]
Toruń, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Poland 1976[29]
Pittsburgh Bilbao, Basque Country Spain 1960s[30]
Cherry Hill, New Jersey United States
Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast Ukraine 1992[31]
Fernando de la Mora, Gran Asunción Paraguay
Karmiel, North Israel 1995[32]
Matanzas, Matanzas Province Cuba 1998
Misgav, Galilee Israel 1995[32]
Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo Region Russia
Ostrava, Moravian-Silesian Region Czech Republic 2001[33]
Prešov, Prešov District Slovakia 2002[34]
Saitama, Saitama Prefecture
(includes Ōmiya-ku, Saitama Prefecture)		 Japan 1997[35]
San Isidro, Matagalpa Nicaragua
Sheffield, South Yorkshire England
Sofia Bulgaria
Wuhan, Hubei Province China 1982[36]
Zagreb Croatia 1980
Saxonburg Mühlhausen, Thuringia Germany 2008
Scranton Ballina, County Mayo Ireland
Trnava, Trnava District Slovakia
Wilkinsburg Makeni, Northern Province Sierra Leone 2004[37]
Williamsport Ma'ale Adumim, Judea and Samaria Israel 2010[38][39]
York Arles, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur France 1954[21][40]
Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Baden-Württemberg Germany 1981[40]

See also

References

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  40. ^ a b York, Pennsylvania#Sister cities
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