List of sister cities in Maryland

This is a list of sister states, regions, and cities in the U.S. state of Maryland. 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 Maryland jurisdictions partner with foreign cities through Sister Cities International, an organization whose goal is to, "Promote peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation."^[1] The first sister city relationship in Maryland, however, was between Salisbury, Maryland and Salisbury, England, and predated Sister Cities International. Sister cities interact with each other across a broad range of activities, from health care and education to business and the arts.^[2] The partnerships in this list vary in how formalized their relationships are. Recently, a number of Maryland cities have partnered with cities in Estonia through a program developed by the Maryland National Guard after Estonia gained its independence from the Soviet Union.^[3]

Sister states, regions and cities of Maryland

A major street in the city of Huainan, northern Anhui Province, one of Maryland's sister regions.

Maryland Jurisdiction	Sister State, Region, or City	Country	Since
State of Maryland	Anhui Province	China	1980[4]
	Tartu	Estonia	2003[3]
	Gyeongsangnam-do Province	South Korea	1991[4]
	Jalisco State	Mexico	1993[4]
	Kanagawa Prefecture	Japan	1981[4]
	Bong County	Liberia	2007[4]
	Maryland County	Liberia	2007[4]
	Łódź Province	Poland	1993[4]
	Nord-Pas de Calais	France	1981[5]
	State of Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	1999[4]
	Saint Petersburg Leningrad Oblast	Russia	1993[4][6]
	Wallonia Region	Belgium	1989[4]
	County Cork	Ireland

Sister cities of Maryland cities and counties

Rio de Janeiro, the capital of Maryland's sister state of Rio de Janeiro.

Devorgilla Bridge in Dumfries, Scotland, one of Annapolis' sister cities.

Unique architecture in Rotterdam, Baltimore's sister city in the Netherlands.

Rishon Le Zion on Israel's central coastal strip, sister city to Prince George's County.

A church in Paide, Estonia, sister city to Westminster, Maryland.

Maryland Jurisdiction	Sister State, Region, or City	Country	Since
Annapolis	Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia	Canada	1980[7]
	Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland, UK	1987[8][9]
	Karlskrona, Blekinge County	Sweden	1994[7]
	Newport	Wales, UK	1982[7]
	Niterói, Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	1982[7]
	Redwood City, California	US	1976[7]
	Tallinn, Harju County	Estonia	1999[7]
	Wexford, County Wexford	Ireland	1993[7]
Baltimore	Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate	Egypt	1995[10]
	Ashkelon, Southern District	Israel	2005[10]
	Bremerhaven	Germany	2007[10]
	Gbarnga, Bong County	Liberia	1973[10]
	Genoa, Liguria	Italy	1985[10]
	Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture	Japan	1978[10]
	Luxor, Luxor Governorate	Egypt	1981[10]
	Odessa, Odessa Oblast	Ukraine	1974[10]
	Piraeus, Attica	Greece	1982[10]
	Rotterdam, South Holland	Netherlands	1985[10]
	Xiamen, Fujian	China	1985[10]
Charles County	Jõgeva, Jõgeva County	Estonia	2012[11]
	Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg	Germany	2002
Columbia	Cergy-Pontoise, Île-de-France	France	1977[12]
	Tres Cantos, Community of Madrid	Spain	1990[12]
Cumberland	Tapa, Lääne-Viru County	Estonia	2000[13]
District Heights	Mbuji-Mayi, Kasai-Oriental Province	DR Congo	2008[14]
	Thomonde, Centre	Haiti
Frederick	Aquiraz, Ceará	Brazil	2006[15]
	Mörzheim, Landau	Germany	1982[16]
	Schifferstadt, Rhineland-Palatinate	Germany	1982[16]
Frostburg	Viljandi, Viljandi County	Estonia	2000[13]
Grantsville	Tõrva, Valga County	Estonia	2000[13]
Hagerstown	Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia	Germany	1952[17]
Havre de Grace	Sillamäe, Ida-Viru County	Estonia	2000[13]
McHenry	Otepää, Valga County	Estonia	2000[13]
Montgomery County	Gondar, Amhara	Ethiopia
	Morazán Department	El Salvador	2011[18]
Oakland	Tőrca, Valga County	Estonia
	Valga, Valga County	Estonia	2000[13]
Ocean City	Finale Ligure, Liguria	Italy	1996[19]
	Pärnu, Pärnu County	Estonia	2003[20]
Prince George's County	Rishon Le Zion, Central District	Israel	1990[21]
	Royal Bafokeng Nation, North West Province	South Africa	1998[22]
	Ziguinchor, Casamance	Senegal	1987[23]
Riverdale Park	Ipala, Chiquimula	Guatemala	2008[24]
Rockville	Jiaxing, Zhejiang	China	2008[25]
	Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein	Germany	1957[26]
Salisbury	Salisbury, Wiltshire	England, UK	1932[27]
	Tartu, Tartu County	Estonia	1999[28]
Westminster	Paide, Järva County	Estonia	2002[29]

See also

• List of twin towns and sister cities

Notes