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List of Sister Cities

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Sister Cities

(As of January 1, 2020)

Sister Cities
City	Country/ Area	Date of exchange	Size of land (km²)	Population (thousand)	Note
Kaohsiung	Taiwan	1966.6.30	2,946	2,770	Major port city in Taiwan
Los Angeles	U.S.A.	1971.04.05	1,290.6	3,990	Largest port city in Pacific coast area. It is also the center of space industry
Shimonoseki	Japan	1976.10.11	716	260	Located at the western tip of Honshu. An important fishing and passenger ferry port.
Barcelona	Spain	1983.10.25	99	1,620	Located on the Mediterranean coast. A major commercial and business center.
Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	1985.9.23	1,356	6,453	One of the most beautiful ports in the world.
Vladivostok	Russia	1992.6.30	331	606	Biggest port city in Russia
Shanghai	China	1993.8.24	6,340	24,230	Largest city in China and main port.
Surabaya	Indonesia	1994.8.29	285	2,857	Capital of Eastern Java
Victoria	Australia	1994.10.17	237,659	6,500	Major industries are manufacturing and energy related industries
Tijuana	Mexico	1995.1.17	1,564	1,559	Center of Mexican industry in the NAFTA area - metal, food and manufacturing
Ho Chi Mihn	Vietnam	1995.11.3	2,057	8,400	Major port city in Vietnam
Auckland	New Zealand	1996.4.22	1,102.9	1,534	Largest city in New Zealand and main port.
Valparaiso	Chile	1999.1.27	402	284	Main port of Chile
Western Cape	South Africa	2000.6.5	129,370	4,610	Port city province in southwestern South Africa
Montreal	Canada	2000.9.19	3,509	1,780	Major port city in Canada
Istanbul	Turkey	2002.6.4	1,003	15,520	Largest city in Turkey and main port
Dubai	UAE	2006.11.13	4,114	2,880	Commercial capital and second largest of the United Arab Emirates
Fukuoka	Japan	2007.2.2	342	1,550	Largest city in Kyushu and important passenger ferry port. Political,economic and cultural center
Chicago	U.S.A.	2007.5.7	590	2,705	The financial, business, and cultural capital of the Midwest.
St. Petersburg	Russia	2008.6.11	1,439	5,323	The Russian capital of culture and arts
Phnom Penh	Cambodia	2009.6.11	375	1,320	The capital and the largest city of Cambodia
Mumbai	India	2009.11.19	438	18,000	The commercial and financial center of India
Thessaloniki	Greece	2010.3.8	17.8	297	The second-largest city in Greece and the capital of Macedonia
Casablanca	Morocco	2011.4.26	324	3,710	The 6th largest city on the African continent
Cebu	the Philippines	2011.12.16	4,933	2,500	The No. 1 province of the Philippines
Yangon	Myanmar	2013.1.14	599	7,000	The current commercial center of Myanmar