Sister Cities
San Diego has 16 sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International:
- Alcalá de Henares, Spain
- Campinas, Brazil
- Cavite, Philippines
- Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Jalalabad, Afghanistan
- Jeonju, South Korea
- León, Mexico
- Perth, Australia
- Quanzhou, China
- Taichung City, Taiwan
- Tema, Ghana
- Tijuana, Mexico
- Vladivostok, Russia
- Warsaw, Poland
- Yantai, China
- Yokohama, Japan
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Famous quotes containing the words sister and/or cities:
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You can endure the livery of a nun,
For aye to be in shady cloister mewed,
To live a barren sister all your life,
Chanting faint hymns to the cold fruitless moon.
Thrice blessed they that master so their blood
To undergo such maiden pilgrimage.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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