Sister Cities
The City of Rockdale has sister city links that encourage cultural and social contact, as well as giving the cities involved the chance to explore educational and economic opportunities. The sister cities are:
- Takéo, Cambodia
- Tianjin, Tanggu, China
- Bitola, Macedonia
- Glyfada, Greece
- Rockdale, Texas, USA
- Bint Jbeil, Lebanon
- Yamatsuri, Fukushima, Japan
- Gilgandra, New South Wales, Australia
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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)
“The cities of the world are concentric, isomorphic, synchronic. Only one exists and you are always in the same one. It’s the effect of their permanent revolution, their intense circulation, their instantaneous magnetism.”
—Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929)