Sister Cities
The "Sheffield International Linking Committee" promotes Sheffield overseas, especially with four sister cities:
- Anshan City, China
- Bochum, Germany
- Donetsk, Ukraine
- Estelí, Nicaragua
A further four cities have a Friendship Agreement with Sheffield:
- Kawasaki, Japan
- Kitwe, Zambia
- Kotli, Pakistan-administered Kashmir
- Pittsburgh, United States
Two roads in Sheffield have been named after sister cities; a section of the A6102 in Norton is named Bochum Parkway, and a road in Hackenthorpe is named Donetsk Way. Likewise in Bochum, Germany there is a major road called the Sheffield-ring.
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