Sister Cities and Friendship Cities
Nanjing currently has 18 sister cities (areas):
- Alsace, France
- Barranquilla, Colombia
- Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Bloemfontein, South Africa
- Daejeon, South Korea
- Dallas, Texas, United States
- Eindhoven, Netherlands
- Florence, Italy
- Hauts-de-Seine, France
- Leipzig, Germany
- Limassol, Cyprus
- London, Ontario, Canada
- Malacca Town, Malaysia (2001)
- Mexicali, Mexico
- Perth, Australia
- St. Louis, Missouri, United States (November 2, 1978, the first pair of Twin Cities between the United States and People's Republic of China)
- Sunderland, England, United Kingdom
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