Sister Cities
Gainesville maintains sister city relationships with four cities in three separate arrangements:
- Novorossiisk, Russia (since 1982)
- Kfar Saba, Israel (since 1998)
- Qalqilya, Palestinian Territories (since 1998)
- Duhok, Kurdistan, Iraq (since 2006)
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Famous quotes containing the words sister and/or cities:
“My sister and I, you will recollect, were twins, and you know how subtle are the links which bind two souls which are so closely allied.”
—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)
“Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land,
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.”
—Emma Lazarus (1849–1887)