This is a list of sister states, regions, and cities in the U.S. state of Florida. Sister cities, known in Europe as twin towns, are cities which partner with each other to promote human contact and cultural links, although this partnering is not limited to cities and often includes counties, regions, states and other sub-national entities.
Florida jurisdictions often partner with foreign cities through Sister Cities International, an organization whose goal is to "promote peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation". Sister cities interact with each other across a broad range of activities, from health care and education to business and the arts.
Florida has 491 sister cities as of December 2023.
Sisters of Florida State, cities and counties The lists below were compiled from the official Sister Cities International website (unless noted), corrected on orthography and region listed. Sister Cities will recognize cities only when the partnership is filed with them and remove relationships when one of the involved cities makes a formal request. Partnerships can be active, inactive (no actions taken from any of the partners for some time) or officially canceled. The list below has relationships in all three statuses. Examples of canceled partnerships are Hialeah-Managua and West Miami-León, Nicaragua, canceled because of political differences during the Sandinista regime; Hollywood-San Salvador, canceled as a protest against the Salvadoran Civil War; and Boca Raton-Spandau Borough, Berlin. Years can be approximate; in this case the number is followed by "~". The year listed will be the first date that the relationship is mentioned in media articles.
Florida state Florida jurisdictionSister jurisdictionCountryYearState of FloridaGyeonggi-do South Korea2000Languedoc-Roussillon France1989Nueva Esparta Venezuela1999Taiwan Province Taiwan1992Wakayama Prefecture Japan1995Western Cape South Africa1995
Florida cities and counties
<onlyinclude> Florida jurisdictionSister jurisdictionCountryYearApalachicolaColumbus, Georgia USA1800Bay CountyMérida, Yucatán Mexico2003Bay Harbor IslandsMarechal Deodoro, Alagoas Brazil2003Bonita SpringsGrünstadt, Rhineland-Palatinate Germany1991Boynton BeachQufu, Shandong China2001Les Cayes, Sud Haiti2001BradentonBarcarrota, Extremadura Spain1962Cape CanaveralGuidonia Montecelio, Lazio Italy1988Ithaca, Kefallinia Greece2005~This is the first reference to the city in the SCI file.Kloten, Zurich Switzerland2000~Sagres, Algarve Portugal2004|}</onlyinclude>Cape CoralNyeri, Nyeri Kenya2014ClearwaterKalamaria, Thessaloniki Greece2001Nagano, Nagano Japan1959Wyong, New South Wales Australia2001~CocoaBeit Shemesh, Jerusalen District Israel2004Directory of Consulates, Bi-National Chambers and Sister Cities in Florida Enterprise Florida. October 2019Cocoa BeachKyustendil, Kyustendil Bulgaria2004Santa Marta, Magdalena Colombia1965Cooper CityKillarney, County Kerry Ireland2003Coral GablesAix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur France1997Antigua Guatemala, Antigua Guatemala1993Quito, Pichincha Ecuador1983~Coral SpringsParaíso, Cartago Costa Rica2002CrestviewNoirmoutier-en-l'Île, Pays de la Loire France2001~Daytona BeachBayonne, Aquitaine France1998Campeche, Campeche Mexico1996~Deerfield BeachAcre, North Israel1994DeLandBelén, Guanacaste Costa Rica1996 Delray BeachMiyazu, Kyoto Japan1977Moshi, Arusha Tanzania2001 Aquin, Sud Haiti2014 Pesaro, Marche Italy2015 DeltonaSanford, Florida USA2013DestinSaint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, Pays de la Loire France1994DoralXizhi District Taiwan1964DunedinStirling Scotland, UK1964 Retrieved December 31, 2016Summerside, Prince Edward Island Canada2000 EatonvilleBamenda, Northwest Province Cameroon1976~ Fort MyersGomel, Gomel Oblast Belarus2016Fort LauderdaleAgogo, Asante Akim North Ghana2001~Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais Brazil2003Cap-Haïtien, Nord Haiti2003Duisburg Germany2003Mataró Spain2003Panama City Panama2001~Gold Coast, Queensland Australia1980Haifa, Haifa Israel2002Margarita Island, Nueva Esparta Venezuela1997La Romana, La Romana Dominican Republic1995Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Argentina2000Medellín, Antioquia Colombia1967Muğla, Muğla Turkey1995~Quepos, Puntarenas Costa Rica2003Rimini, Emilia-Romagna Italy1985São Sebastião, São Paulo Brazil2001~Fort Walton BeachQuezon City, Metro Manila Philippines2007GainesvilleHo, Ghana Ghana2022Duhok, Duhok Iraq2006Jacmel, Sud-Est Haiti1998Kfar Saba, Center Israel1998Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai Russia1982Rzeszów, Podkarpackie Voivodeship Poland2001~HialeahBucaramanga, Región Andina Colombia2001~Cartago, Cartago Costa Rica1984Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza Argentina1986Managua, Managua Nicaragua1966HollywoodBaia Mare, Maramureş Romania2003Ciudad de la Costa, Canelones Uruguay1996~Guatemala City, Guatemala Guatemala1988Herzliya, Tel Aviv Israel1988Lechería, Anzoátegui Venezuela2003~Romorantin-Lanthenay, Centre France1989Salvaleón de Higüey, La Altagracia Dominican Republic2003Vlorë, Vlorë Albania1994HomesteadLiberia, Guanacaste Costa Rica1977Petit Goâve, Ouest Haiti2007InvernessInverness, Highland Scotland, UK2001~JacksonvilleBahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Argentina1967Changwon, South Gyeongsang South Korea1983Murmansk, Murmansk Russia1975Nantes, Pays de la Loire France1984Nelson Mandela Bay, Eastern Cape South Africa2000San Juan Puerto Rico2009Curitiba, Paraná Brazil2010Yingkou, Liaoning China1990Jensen BeachGregory Town, Eleuthera The Bahamas1989Key WestGreen Turtle Cay, Abaco2004KissimmeeHualien, Hualien County Taiwan1989Miaoli1989Lake PlacidLake Placid, New YorkUSA1991Lake WorthLappeenranta, South Karelia Finland1991~LakelandBălţi, Bălţi Moldova1997Imabari, Ehime Japan1993Richmond Hill, Ontario Canada1990Jiaxing, Zheijiang China1993Fengxian, Shanghai1993Chongming, Shanghai1993Rîbnița, Rîbnița District Moldova (Transnistria)1993Portmore, Saint Catherine Jamaica1993LantanaLapua, South Ostrobothnia Finland1979LargoTosayamada, Kōchi Japan1969Lauderdale-by-the-SeaHenley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire England, UK2007 San Isidro, Lima Peru2004Lauderdale LakesPort-de-Paix, Nord-Ouest Haiti2005 LauderhillChaguanas Trinidad and Tobago2001Gemlik, Bursa Turkey2002Falmouth, Trelawny Jamaica2002Pétionville, Ouest Haiti2002Suzano, São Paulo Brazil2002Madeira BeachMachico, Ilha da Madeira Portugal1974MiamiAgadir, Souss-Massa-Draâ Morocco1995Amman, Amman Jordan1995Bogotá, Distrito Capital Colombia1971Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Argentina1979Cochabamba, Cochabamba Bolivia1995Ibiza, Balearic Islands Spain1986~Kagoshima, Kagoshima Japan1990Kaohsiung Taiwan1987Lima, Lima Peru1977Madrid, Madrid Spain1997~Managua, Managua Nicaragua1991Margherita di Savoia, Puglia Italy2011Montes de Oca, San José Costa Rica1986~Murcia, Murcia Spain1993Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur France1986~Palermo, Sicilia Italy2001~Port-au-Prince, Ouest Haiti2001Qingdao, Shandong China2005Salvador, Bahia Brazil2006Santiago Chile1986~Santiago de Cali, Pacific Region Colombia1986~Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional Dominican Republic1987~Varna, Varna Bulgaria1994~Yeruham, Hadarom Israel2007Miami BeachCozumel, Quintana Roo Mexico1992Fortaleza, Ceará Brazil2006Fujisawa, KanagawaJapan1959Ica, Ica Peru1996Pescara, Abruzzo Italy1997~Nahariya, North District Israel1971Almonte, Andalusia Spain1971Brampton, Ontario Canada1971Basel Switzerland1971Santa Marta, Magdalena Colombia1983~Miami-Dade CountyAsunción, Asunción Paraguay1994Cabildo de Tenerife, Tenerife Spain1993~Cape Town, Western Cape South Africa2007Kingston, Surrey Jamaica1987~Maldonado, Maldonado Uruguay2001~Mendoza, Mendoza Argentina2001Monagas Venezuela1996Pereira, Risaralda Colombia2002Petit Goâve, Ouest Haiti2001~Prague Czech Republic2010 Provincia di Asti, Piemonte Italy1986San Jose Costa Rica1990Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional Dominican Republic1975São Paulo, São Paulo Brazil1988Stockholm County Sweden1996New Taipei City Taiwan1990The Bahamas The Bahamas1996Veracruz, Veracruz Mexico1993MiramarSanta Ana, Santa Ana El Salvador2001~Miami LakesDesamparados, San José Costa Rica2006Mount DoraForres, Moray Scotland, UK1990 Retrieved December 29, 2016New Port RicheyCavalaire-sur-Mer, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur France2001~NicevilleLes Sables-d'Olonne, Pays de la Loire France2001~North LauderdaleYatağan, Muğla Turkey2002North MiamiDelmas, Ouest Haiti2008North Miami BeachMigdal, North Israel1989San Pedro Sula, Cortés Honduras1989Sosúa, Puerto Plata Dominican Republic1989Gonaives, Artibonite Haiti1989La Chapelle, Artibonite1989Tabarre, Ouest1989Accra Metropolis District, Greater Accra Ghana1989Pingzhen District, Taoyuan City Taiwan1989OcalaPisa, Toscana Italy2004 Newbridge, County Kildare Ireland2008 Sincelejo, Sucre Colombia1967Opa-LockaIsla Pucu, Cordillera Paraguay1996Regular commission meeting City of Opa-Locka, October 23, 2013OrlandoCuritiba, Paraná Brazil1996Guilin, Guangxi China1986Monterrey, Nuevo León Mexico1995Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France France1991Tainan Taiwan1982Urayasu, Chiba Japan1989Valladolid, Castilla y León Spain2006OviedoOviedo, Spain Spain1877PalatkaPalatka Russia1991Palm CoastLiberia, Guanacaste Costa Rica2005Pembroke PinesAstrakhan, Astrakhan Russia1996PensacolaChimbote, Santa Peru1964Escazú, San José Costa Rica1981Gero, GifuAlso referred as Hagiwara in some sites. Hagiwara is part of Gero. Japan1988Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast Ukraine1981Kaohsiung Taiwan1977Miraflores, Lima Peru1964Macharaviaya, Andalusia Spain1981Pinecrest (Dade County)Cognac, Charente France1964Plant CityPortage la Prairie, Manitoba Canada2001~Port St. LuciePutuo District, Zhoushan China2007Royal Palm BeachCălăraşi, Călăraşi Romania2005Saint AugustineAvilés, Asturias Spain1963Cartagena, Bolívar Colombia2001~Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional Dominican Republic2001~Menorca, Baleares Islands Spain2001Saint Pete BeachSandown, Isle of Wight England, UK1999Saint PetersburgTakamatsu, Kagawa Japan1960Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Russia2003Figueres, Catalonia Spain2003SanfordDeltona, Florida USA2013SarasotaDunfermline, Fife Scotland, UK1990Perpignan, Languedoc-Roussillon France1994Tel Mond, Center Israel1999Vladimir, Vladimir Russia1994Siming District, Xiamen, Fujian China2008Mérida, Yucatán Mexico2010Southwest RanchesClifden, Connacht Ireland2006St. CloudLynn Haven USA1995Sunny Isles BeachNetanya, Center Israel2005Hengchun, Pingtung County Taiwan2005Taormina, Sicily Italy2005SunriseYavne, Center Israel1985StuartHope Town, Abaco Bahamas2014SweetwaterGuitiriz, Lugo Spain1990La Paz Centro, León Nicaragua1996San Felipe de Puerto Plata, Puerto Plata Dominican Republic1983TallahasseeSt. Maarten Netherlands2001~TamaracFatsa, Ordu Turkey2002TampaAgrigento, Sicilia Italy1987Ashdod, South Israel2005Barranquilla, Atlántico Colombia1966Boca del Río, Veracruz Mexico2002İzmir, İzmir Turkey2001~Le Havre, Haute-Normandie France2001~Oviedo, Asturias Spain2001~Veracruz, Veracruz Mexico2002Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul Brazil2002Tarpon SpringsKalymnos, Dhodhekanisos Greece2000Larnaca, Larnaca District Cyprus2000Halki, Dhodhekanisos Greece2000Symi, Dhodhekanisos2000TavaresXindian District, New Taipei City Taiwan2000Temple TerraceEastleigh, Hampshire England, UK1989TitusvilleCeadîr-Lunga, Gagauzia Moldova2001~Soest, Utrecht Netherlands1982Yueyang, Hunan China1988Volusia CountyBayonne, Aquitaine France1998Campeche State Mexico1995West MiamiLeón, León Nicaragua1974Santa Cruz del Quiché, Quiché Guatemala1987West Palm BeachTzahar Region, North Israel1996Winter HavenSambuca di Sicilia, Sicilia Italy1987
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