List of twin towns and sister cities in Asia

This is a list of "twin towns" or "sister cities" 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.

A searchable, interactive list is maintained by Sister Cities International.

Afghanistan
Istanbul, Turkey[1]
Kazan, Russia[2]
Ankara, Turkey (2003)[3]

Hamburg

Armenia
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States[4][5]

Azerbaijan
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Azerbaijan

Bangladesh
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Bangladesh

Cambodia

China
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in China

East Timor (Timor-Leste)
Madison, Wisconsin, United States[6]

Egypt
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Egypt

Georgia

India
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in India

Indonesia

Iran
Seoul
Los Angeles
Havana
Moscow
Minsk
Ankara
Tbilisi
Budapest
Sarajevo
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[16]
Lahore, Pakistan[17]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (October 2006)[18]
Langkawi, Malaysia[19]

Iraq
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Iraq

Israel
See also: § Palestinian territories

Japan
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Japan

Jordan
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Jordan

Kazakhstan
Riga, Latvia[20]
Gdańsk, Poland (1996)[21]
Tbilisi, Georgia (2005)[22]
Manila, Philippines[23]
Beijing, China[24]

Kyrgyzstan

Kuwait
Mexico City, Mexico[25]

Lebanon

Malaysia
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Malaysia

Mongolia

Nepal
Pyongyang, North Korea[26]

North Korea
Changchun, China[27]
Jilin City, China[28]
Guaranda, Ecuador[29]
Ulan-Ude, Russia[30]
Shanghai, China[31]
Cusco, Peru[32]
Saint Petersburg, Russia[35]
Pernik, Bulgaria[36]
Algiers, Algeria[37]
Baghdad, Iraq[26]
Chiang Mai, Thailand[26]
Dubai, United Arab Emirates[26]
Jakarta, Indonesia[26]
Kathmandu, Nepal[26]
Moscow, Russia[26]
Tianjin, China[26]
Lahore, Pakistan[38]
Rafael Lara Grajales, Mexico[39]
Kragujevac, Serbia[40]
Atuntaqui, Ecuador[29]
Puebla City, Mexico[41]
Sakaiminato, Tottori, Japan[42]
Vladivostok, Russia[43]

Oman

Pakistan
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Pakistan

Palestine


Philippines

Russia
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia

Saudi Arabia

South Korea
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in South Korea

Sri Lanka

Syria
İzmir, Turkey (5 May 1993)[44]
Lyon, France (18 October 2000)[45]
Gaziantep, Turkey (13 November 2005)[46]
Brest, Belarus (28 January 2010)[47]
Toledo, Spain[48]
Córdoba, Spain[49]
Yerevan, Armenia, (1997)[50]
São Paulo, Brazil[51]
Istanbul, Turkey[52][53]

Taiwan

Tajikistan

Thailand
Main article: List of sister cities in Thailand
Washington, D.C., United States (1962, 2002)[54][55]
Beijing, China (1993)[56]
Budapest, Hungary (1997)[57]
Brisbane, Australia (1997)[58]
Moscow, Russia (1997)[59]
Saint Petersburg, Russia (1997)[60][61]
Manila, Philippines (1997)[23][62]
Jakarta, Indonesia (2002)[63]
Hanoi, Vietnam (2004)[64]
Vientiane, Laos (2004)[65]
Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan (2004)[66]
Chaozhou, China (2005)[67][68]
Fukuoka, Japan (2006)[69]
Seoul, South Korea (2006)[70]
Guangzhou, China (2009)[71][72]
Lausanne, Switzerland (2009)[73]
Busan, South Korea (2011)[74]
Chonqing, China (2011)[75]
Tianjin, China (2012)[76]
Ankara, Turkey (2012)[77]
Penang, Malaysia (2012)[78]
Aichi, Japan (2012)[79]
Shanghai, China (2012)[80]
Phnom Penh, Cambodia (2013)[81]
Shandong, China (−)[82]
Wuhan, China (−)[83]
Tehran, Iran (2012)[84]
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2015)[85]
Shenzhen, China (2015)[86]
Lisbon, Portugal (2016)[87]
Dalian, China (2016)[88]
Porto, Portugal (2016)[89]
Huế, Vietnam (2016)[90]

Turkey
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Turkey

Turkmenistan
İzmir, Turkey[91]

United Arab Emirates
Bethlehem, Palestine[92]
Madrid, Spain (2007)[93]
Houston, Texas, United States (2002)[94]
Brisbane, Australia (2009)[95]
Minsk, Belarus[96]
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (2006)[97]
Busan, South Korea (2006)[98]
Detroit, Michigan, United States (2003)[99]
Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany, as a Friendship city since 2005[100]
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia (2001)[101]
Shanghai, China (2009)[102]
Istanbul, Turkey (1997)[103]
Padang, Indonesia (2015)[104]
Pyongyang, North Korea[26]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2010)[105]
Dundee, Scotland, UK (2004)[106]
Granada, Spain[107]

Uzbekistan

Vietnam
  • Hai Phong
Da Nang, Vietnam [108]
Seattle, United States (1998)[109]
Tianjin, China [110]
Saint Petersburg, Russia [111]
Vladivostok, Russia [111]

Yemen
Ankara, Turkey (2004)[3]

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