List of twin towns and sister cities in Asia

This is a list of "twin towns" or "sistercities" in the continent of Asia — that is, pairs of towns or cities in different countries which have town twinning arrangements. Where known, the date of formation of the twinning agreement is included in parentheses.

Note that the list is likely to always remain incomplete, since no canonical list of such arrangements exists; even those towns that are listed may well have arrangements which are not listed here.However, a searchable, interactive list is maintained by Sister Cities International. Note also that any twinning arrangement "should" be listed at two locations in the series of lists: once for each of the towns involved in the arrangement.

Armenia

*Jermuk:flagicon|FRA Saint-Raphaël, France (1994)

*Kapan:flagicon|USA Glendale, United States

*Vanadzor:flagicon|USA Pasadena, United States

*Gyumri:flagicon|USA Alexandria, United States:flagicon|GEO Kutaisi, Georgia:flagicon|BRA Osasco, Brazil:flagicon|BUL Plovdiv, Bulgaria

*Yerevan:flagicon|MAD Antananarivo, Madagascar:flagicon|GRE Athens, Greece:flagicon|LBN Beirut, Lebanon:flagicon|SVK Bratislava, Slovakia:flagicon|ARG Buenos Aires, Argentina:flagicon|USA Cambridge, United States:flagicon|ITA Carrara, Italy:flagicon|MDA Chişinău, Moldova:flagicon|SYR Damascus, Syria:flagicon|ITA Florence, Italy:flagicon|IRI Isfahan, Iran:flagicon|UKR Kiev, Ukraine:flagicon|USA Los Angeles, United States (2006) [http://clkrep.lacity.org/councilfiles/05-1748_rpt_cla_10-17-06.pdf] :flagicon|FRA Lyon, France:flagicon|FRA Marseille, France:flagicon|BLR Minsk, Belarus:flagicon|CAN Montreal, Canada:flagicon|RUS Moscow, Russia:flagicon|UKR Odessa, Ukraine:flagicon|FRA Paris, France (1998):flagicon|MNE Podgorica, Montenegro (2006):flagicon|RUS Rostov-on-Don, Russia:flagicon|RUS Saint Petersburg, Russia:flagicon|BRA São Paulo, Brazil (1999):flagicon|RUS Stavropol, Russia:flagicon|GEO Tbilisi, Georgia:flagicon|RUS Volgograd, Russia (1998)

Azerbaijan

*Baku:flagicon|Jordan Amman, Jordan:flagicon|Iraq Basra, Iraq (1979):flagicon|France Bordeaux, France (1979):flagicon|Senegal Dakar, Senegal (1970):flagicon|United States flagicon|Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.:flagicon|United States flagicon|Texas Houston, Texas, U.S. (1979):flagicon|Turkey Istanbul, Turkey:flagicon|Turkey İzmir, Turkey (1986):flagicon|Saudi Arabia Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:flagicon|Ukraine Kiev, Ukraine:flagicon|Turkey Konya, Turkey:flagicon|Germany Mainz, Germany (1984):flagicon|Italy Naples, Italy (1972):flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1972):flagicon|Russia Saint Petersburg, Russia:flagicon|Iran Tabriz, Iran (1994):flagicon|Vietnam Vung Tau, Vietnam (1985)

*Ganja:flagicon|RUS Derbent, Dagestan, Russia (2008):flagicon|UKR Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine (2005):flagicon|United States flagicon|New Jersey Newark, New Jersey, U.S.:flagicon|GEO Rustavi, Georgia

*Mingachevir:flagicon|RUS Tolyatti, Russia (2005)

*Shamakhi:flagicon|Turkey Iğdır, Turkey (2006)

*Shaki:flagicon|BUL Gabrovo, Bulgaria

*Sumqayit:flagicon|UKR Cherkassy, Ukraine:flagicon|GER Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany

Cambodia

*Battambang:flagicon|USA Stockton, United States

*Phnom Penh:flagicon|USA Long Beach, United States:flagicon|USA Providence, United States

*Preah Seihanu:flagicon|USA Seattle, United States

China, People's Republic of

East Timor

*Dili:flagicon|AUS Canberra, Australia

Gaza Strip

*Gaza:flagicon|ITA Turin, Italy:flagicon|NOR Tromsø, Norway (2001)

*Rafah:flagicon|USA Olympia, United States

Georgia

*Borjomi:flagicon|USA Philippi, United States (2006)

*Kutaisi:flagicon|WAL Newport, Wales (1989)

*Mtskheta:flagicon|FRA Leuville-sur-Orge, France (2001)

*Tbilisi:flagicon|TUR Ankara, Turkey:flagicon|USA Atlanta, United States (1988):flagicon|ESP Bilbao, Spain:flagicon|ENG Bristol, England (1987):flagicon|UKR Kiev, Ukraine:flagicon|AUT Innsbruck, Austria (1982):flagicon|SVN Ljubljana, Slovenia:flagicon|ITA Palermo, Italy:flagicon|GER Saarbrücken, Germany (1975)

*Telavi:flagicon|GER Biberach an der Riß, Germany (1987):flagicon|USA Napa County, United States (1987)

Indonesia

*Bandung:flagicon|GER Braunschweig, Germany:flagicon|USA Fort Worth, United States (1990's):flagicon|KOR Suwon, South Korea

*Jakarta:flagicon|CHN Beijing, China:flagicon|GER Berlin, Germany:flagicon|TUR Istanbul, Turkey:flagicon|USA Los Angeles, United States:flagicon|AUS New South Wales, Australia:flagicon|FRA Paris, France:flagicon|PRK Pyongyang, North Korea:flagicon|NED Rotterdam, Netherlands:flagicon|KOR Seoul, South Korea:flagicon|JPN Tokyo, Japan

*Medan:flagicon|MYS Penang, Malaysia

*Surabaya:flagicon|USA Seattle, United States

*Semarang:flagicon|AUS Brisbane, Australia

India

Iran

*Isfahan:flagicon|ESP Barcelona, Spain:flagicon|EGY Cairo, Egypt:flagicon|ITA Florence, Italy:flagicon|GER Freiburg, Germany:flagicon|CUB Havana, Cuba:flagicon|ROM Iaşi, Romania:flagicon|MYS Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [ [http://www.council.isfahan.ir/EStatic/WFESisterhood.aspx :Isfahan Islamic Council: ] ] :flagicon|KUW Kuwait, Kuwait:flagicon|PAK Lahore, Pakistan:flagicon|RUS Saint Petersburg, Russia:flagicon|CHN Xi'an,China:flagicon|ARM Yerevan, Armenia

*Kashan:flagicon|SWE Umeå, Sweden

*Mashad:flagicon|PAK Lahore, Pakistan:flagicon|ESP Santiago de Compostela, Spain

*Qom:flagicon|ESP Santiago de Compostela, Spain

*Tehran:flagicon|CHN Beijing, China:flagicon|VEN Caracas, Venezuela:flagicon|CUB Havana, Cuba:flagicon|USA Los Angeles, United States:flagicon|RSA Pretoria, South Africa:flagicon|ENG London, England

Iraq

*Baghdad:flagicon|EGY Cairo, Egypt:flagicon|Jordan Amman, Jordan:flagicon|Lebanon Beirut, Lebanon:flagicon|Yemen Sana'a, Yemen

Israel

:For West Bank see West Bank below:For The Gaza Strip see Gaza Strip above

Japan

Jordan

*Amman:flagicon|EGY Cairo, Egypt

*Madaba:flagicon|USA Denton, United States

Kazakhstan

*Almaty:flagicon|France Rennes, France:flagicon|USA Tucson, United States

*Astana:flagicon|POL Gdańsk, Poland:flagicon|POL Warsaw, Poland

*Uralsk:flagicon|ROM Ploieşti, Romania

*Temirtau:flagicon|BIH Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1982)

Kyrgyzstan

*Bishkek:flagicon|USA Colorado Springs, United States (1994)

Kuwait

Kuwait City
*flagicon|TUR Ankara, Turkey
*flagicon|LBN Beirut, Lebanon
*flagicon|IRI Isfahan, Iran
*flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Lebanon

*Beirut:flagicon|France Lyon, France [http://www.beirut.gov.lb/www.beirut.gov.lb/MCMSEN/Twinning+the+Cities/ Twinning the Cities] . Retrieved November 15th, 2007] :flagicon|France Marseille, France:flagicon|Armenia Yerevan, Armenia:flagicon|Jordan Amman, Jordan:flagicon|Mexico Mexico City, Mexico:flagicon|Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait:flagicon|Canada Quebec, Canada:flagicon|Greece Athens, Greece:flagicon|UAE Dubai, UAE:Flagicon|IRN Isfahan, Iran (2007) [cite web |url=http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID= |title=Isfahan, Beirut named sister cities |accessdate= |accessmonthday= |accessdaymonth = |accessyear= |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=MNA |pages= |language=English |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] :flagicon|Iraq Baghdad, Iraq:flagicon|Palestine Jerusalem, West Bank

Malaysia

*George Town:flagicon|AUS Adelaide, Australia (1973):flagicon|IDN Medan, Indonesia:flagicon|CHN Xiamen, China (1991)

*Ipoh:flagicon|JPN Fukuoka, Japan

*Johor Bahru:flagicon|TUR Istanbul, Turkey:flagicon|KSA Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:flagicon|CHN Shenzhen, China (2006)

*Kuala Lumpur:flagicon|TUR Ankara, Turkey:flagicon|IRI Isfahan, Iran:flagicon|MYS Malacca Town, Malaysia (1989):flagicon|GER Berlin, Germany

*Kota Kinabalu:flagicon|AUS City of Rockingham, Australia:flagicon|KOR Yongin, South Korea:flagicon|PHI Zamboanga, Philipine

*Malacca Town:flagicon|NED Hoorn, Netherlands (1989):flagicon|MYS Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (1989):flagicon|POR Lisbon, Portugal (1984):flagicon|CHN Nanjing, China (2001):flagicon|CHL Valparaiso, Chile (1991)

*Sandakan:flagicon|AUS Brisbane, Australia

*Tawau:flagicon|IDN Ujung Pandang, Indonesia

Mongolia

*Ulan Bator:flagicon|China Tianjin, People's Republic of China:flagicon|Republic of China Taipei, Taiwan:flagicon|South Korea Seoul, South Korea:flagicon|Russia Moscow, Russia:flagicon|USA Denver, Colorado, USA:flagicon|Australia Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia:flagicon|Japan Miyakonojo, Miyazaki, Japan

*Darkhan:Flagicon|USA Irving, Texas, USA:Flagicon|Hungary Kaposvár, Hungary

Nepal

*Kathmandu:flagicon|USA Eugene, United States:flagicon|Japan Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan:flagicon|China Xi'an, People's Republic of China

Pakistan

*Islamabad
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*Karachi:flagicon|UAE Dubai, United Arab Emirates:flagicon|TUR İzmir, Turkey:flagicon|TUR Istanbul, Turkey:flagicon|KSA Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:flagicon|IND Kolkata, India:flagicon|IND Mumbai, India:flagicon|MRI Port Louis, Mauritius:flagicon|CHN Shanghai, China:flagicon|UZB Tashkent, Uzbekistan

*Lahore:flagicon|SER Belgrade, Serbia:flagicon|USA Chicago, United States:flagicon|USA Fresno, United States:flagicon|SCO Glasgow, Scotland (2006):flagicon|ENG Hounslow, England:flagicon|IRI Isfahan, Iran:flagicon|TUR Istanbul, Turkey:flagicon|IRI Mashad, Iran:flagicon|CHN Xi'an (西安), China

*Rahim Yar Khan:flagicon|UAE Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates:flagicon|EGY Cairo, Egypt:flagicon|FRA Paris, France:flagicon|AUS Sydney, Australia

*Gujar Khan:flagicon|ENG Redditch, England

Philippines

Russia

audi Arabia

*Jeddah:flagicon|TUR Adana, Turkey:flagicon|EGY Alexandria, Egypt:flagicon|KAZ Almaty, Kazakhstan:flagicon|JOR Amman, Jordan:flagicon|AZE Baku, Azerbaijan:flagicon|EGY Cairo, Egypt:flagicon|MAR Casablanca, Morocco:flagicon|UAE Dubai, United Arab Emirates:flagicon|TUR Istanbul, Turkey:flagicon|IDN Jakarta, Indonesia:flagicon|MYS Johor Bahru, Malaysia:flagicon|RUS Kazan, Russia:flagicon|PAK Karachi, Pakistan:flagicon|TKM Mari, Turkmenistan:flagicon|UKR Odessa, Ukraine:flagicon|KGZ Osh, Kyrgyzstan:flagicon|BUL Plovdiv, Bulgaria:flagicon|BRA Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:flagicon|JPN Shimonoseki, Japan:flagicon|RUS St. Petersburg, Russia:flagicon|FRA Strasbourg, France:flagicon|GER Stuttgart, Germany:flagicon|ROC Taipei, Taiwan:flagicon|CHN Xi'an, China

*Riyadh:flagicon|MEX Acapulco, Mexico

outh Korea

Taiwan (Republic of China)

Tajikistan

*Dushanbe:flagicon|TUR Ankara, Turkey:flagicon|USA Boulder, United States

Thailand

*Bangkok:flagicon|CHN Beijing, China:flagicon|PHI Manila, Philippines:flagicon|RUS Moscow, Russia:flagicon|USA Washington, D.C., United States:flagicon|South Korea Seoul, South Korea (2006):flagicon|Turkey Ankara, Turkey (2006):flagicon|Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam (2006):flagicon|Mongolia Ulanbator, Mongolia (2006):flagicon|Australia Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (2007):flagicon|Italy Milan, Italy (2007):flagicon|United Kingdom Liverpool, United Kingdom (2007):flagicon|Japan Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan (2007):flagicon|Hungary Budapest, Hungary (2007)

*Chiangmai:flagicon|CHN Shanghai, China

*Phuket:flagicon|FRA Nice, France:flagicon|USA Las Vegas, United States

Turkey

United Arab Emirates (UAE)

*Dubai:flagicon|ALG Algiers, Algeria:flagicon|MAR Casablanca, Morocco:flagicon|SYR Damascus, Syria:flagicon|USA Detroit, United States:flagicon|SCO Dundee, Scotland:flagicon|SUI Geneva, Switzerland:flagicon|AUS Gold Coast, Australia:flagicon|TUR Istanbul, Turkey:flagicon|BHR Manama, Bahrain:flagicon|KSA Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:flagicon|PHI Mandaluyong, Philippines:flagicon|PAK Karachi, Pakistan:flagicon|JPN Osaka, Japan:flagicon|CHN Shanghai, China:flagicon|ARM Yerevan, Armenia

Uzbekistan

*Tashkent:flagicon|USA Seattle, United States

*Samarkand:flagicon|Peru Cusco, Peru

Vietnam

*Haiphong:flagicon|USA Seattle, United States

*Hanoi:flagicon|KOR Seoul, South Korea

*Ho Chi Minh City:flagicon|USA San Francisco, United States:flagicon|RUS Moscow, Russia

West Bank (occupied territory)

*Bethlehem:flagicon|USA Burlington, United States:flagicon|GER Cologne, Germany (1996):flagicon|SCO Glasgow, Scotland

*Jericho:flagicon|ITA Alessandria, Italy (2004)

*Nablus:flagicon|SCO Dundee, Scotland (1980):flagicon|FRA Lille, France (1998)

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