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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