List of twin towns and sister cities in Asia

This is a list of "twin towns" or "sister cities" in the continent of Asia – that is, pairs of towns or cities in different countries which have town twinning arrangements. Where known, the date of formation of the twinning agreement is included in parentheses.

A searchable, interactive list is maintained by Sister Cities International.

Afghanistan


Gering, Nebraska, United States[1]
Hayward, California, United States[1]
San Diego, California, United States[1]
Istanbul, Turkey[2]
Kazan, Russia[3]
Ankara, Turkey (2003)[4]

Armenia

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States[5][6]
Los Angeles, California, United States (2006)[7]

Azerbaijan


Akanthou, Northern Cyprus since 2005 [8]
Rizokarpaso, Northern Cyprus since 2005 [8]
Ayios Seryios, Northern Cyprus since 2005 [8]

Cambodia

Long Beach, California, United States
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Savannakhet, Laos
Vientiane, Laos
Mandalay, Myanmar
Busan, South Korea
Incheon, South Korea
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Hanoi, Vietnam
Cần Thơ, Vietnam
Lâm Đồng, Vietnam
Shanghai, China
Tianjin, China
Kunming, China

Seattle, Washington, United States
Miami, Florida, United States

China

East Timor

Madison, Wisconsin, USA[10]

India

Indonesia

Iran

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[11]
Lahore, Pakistan [12]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (October 2006)[13]

Israel

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Riga, Latvia[14]
Gdańsk, Poland, (1996)[15]
Tbilisi, Georgia (2005) [16]
Manila, Philippines[17]
Beijing, China[18]

Kuwait

Lebanon

Athens, Greece
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Brest, France
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Strasbourg, France
Lyon, France
Marseille, France
Yerevan, Armenia
Karachi, Pakistan
Damascus, Syria
Moscow, Russia
Quebec City, Canada
Baghdad, Iraq
Amman, Jordan
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Los Angeles, United States
Isfahan, Iran
Mexico City, Mexico

Malaysia

Pakistan

Palestinian territories

Philippines

Russia

South Korea

Syria

Taiwan

Thailand

Washington, D.C., United States (1962, 2002)[39][40]
Beijing, China (1993)[41]
Budapest, Hungary (1997)[42]
Brisbane, Australia (1997)[43]
Moscow, Russia (1997)[44]
Saint Petersburg, Russia (1997)[45][46]
Manila, Philippines (1997)[17][47]
Jakarta, Indonesia (2002)[48]
Hanoi, Vietnam (2004)[49]
Vientiane, Laos (2004)[50]
Astana, Kazakhstan (2004)[51]
Chaozhou, China (2005)[52][53]
Fukuoka, Japan (2006)[54]
Seoul, South Korea (2006)[55]
Guangzhou, China (2009)[56][57]
Lausanne, Switzerland (2009)[58]
Busan, South Korea (2011)[59]
Chonqing, China (2011)[60]
Tianjin, China (2012)[61]
Ankara, Turkey (2012)[62]
Penang, Malaysia (2012)[63]
Aichi, Japan (2012)[64]
Shanghai, China (2012)[65]
Phnom Penh, Cambodia (2013)[66]
Shandong, China (−)[67]
Wuhan, China (−)[68]
Tehran, Iran (2012)[69]
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2015)[70]
Shenzhen, China (2015)[71]
Lisbon, Portugal (2016)[72]
Dalian, China (2016)[73]
Porto, Portugal (2016)[74]
Huế, Vietnam (2016)[75]

Turkey

Turkmenistan

İzmir, Turkey [76]

United Arab Emirates

Bethlehem, Palestine [77]
Madrid, Spain (2007)[78]
Houston, United States (2002)[79]
Brisbane, Australia (2009)[80]
Minsk, Belarus (2007) [81]

Yemen

Ankara, Turkey (2004)[82]

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