Sister States and Regions
- Iowa, USA (since 1960)
- Minas Gerais, Brazil (since 1973)
- Sichuan Province, China (since 1985)
- Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea (since 1992)
- Saône-et-Loire, France (since 2000)
- Fairfield, California, USA (since 1970s)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Frances Fitzgerald (b. 1940)
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In those far distant coasts,
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