This is a list of sister cities in the United States state of California. 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.
Many California jurisdictions work with foreign cities through Sister Cities International, an organization whose goal is to "promote peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation."[1]
Taoyuan, Taiwan
Mito, Japan
Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain Chichibu, Japan
Camoapa, Nicaragua
Zacatecas, Mexico Taxco de Alarcón, Mexico[13] Tototlán, Mexico[14] Ahome, Mexico Tula de Allende, Mexico
Browning, United States
Gao, Mali
Gongju, South Korea
Haidian (Beijing), China
Jena, Germany
Las Vegas, Honduras León, Nicaragua
Mathopestad (Rustenburg), South Africa Oukasie (Madibeng), South Africa
Palma Soriano, Cuba Sakai, Japan
San Antonio Los Ranchos, El Salvador
Uma Bawang (Padawan), Malaysia
Yondó, Colombia Acapulco, Mexico
Cannes, France
Herzliya, Israel Pudong (Shanghai), China
Abtenau, Austria Anseong, South Korea Hannō, Japan Lagos de Moreno, Mexico Seongbuk (Seoul), South Korea Anqing, China[23] Mevaseret Zion, Israel[24] Mexicali, Mexico Futtsu, Japan
Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
La Carlota, Philippines Sōka, Japan Wanju, South Korea Tequila, Mexico Loreto, Mexico
Clunes (Hepburn), Australia Kitakami, Japan Taichung, Taiwan Ocotlán, Mexico Wyndham, Australia Xalapa, Mexico Rikuzentakata, Japan
Capo d'Orlando, Italy Iksan, South Korea Kaizuka, Japan
Lethbridge, Canada Uruapan, Mexico Copertino, Italy
Bhubaneswar, India Hsinchu, Taiwan Toyokawa, Japan Quezon City, Philippines Arida, Japan Asti, Italy Jacona, Mexico Kalibo, Philippines Tangancícuaro, Mexico Malsch, Germany
Alajuela, Costa Rica Efrat, Israel Fresnillo, Mexico Guadalajara, Mexico San Quintín, Mexico
Taghmaconnell, Ireland Bray, Ireland Warabi, Japan Zamora, Mexico Concepción de Ataco, El Salvador Amakusa, Japan Itoshima, Japan Nirasaki, Japan Jiaohe, China Pieve del Grappa, Italy Ōtsuchi, Japan Inagi, Japan Fukaya, Japan
Horta, Portugal Jaipur, India Lipa, Philippines Puerto Peñasco, Mexico Châteauroux, France Kōchi, Japan Münster, Germany Taishan, China
Vagharshapat, Armenia Anyang, South Korea Huatabampo, Mexico Ichikawa, Japan Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
Koror, Palau Monticelli d'Ongina, Italy Saint-Clar, France Takko, Japan Tecate, Mexico Boeun, South Korea Gimpo, South Korea Goseong, South Korea Gyumri, Armenia Higashiōsaka, Japan Kapan, Armenia Rosarito Beach, Mexico
Santiago, Dominican Republic Tlaquepaque, Mexico Mooka, Japan Acámbaro, Mexico Narvacan, Philippines Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal Kariwa, Japan Setana, Japan Faro, Portugal Funabashi, Japan
Ghazni, Afghanistan San Felipe, Mexico Yixing, China Tsushima, Japan Loreto, Mexico
Lachin, Azerbaijan Katō, Japan Anjō, Japan Northern Beaches, Australia Puebla, Mexico Rosarito Beach, Mexico San Julián, Mexico Yahualica de González Gallo, Mexico White Rock, Canada Hermosillo, Mexico Seocho (Seoul), South Korea Taoyuan, Taiwan Tsukuba, Japan Salvatierra, Mexico Kannami, Japan Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain Isehara, Japan
Al-Qa'im, Iraq Bacarra, Philippines Ono, Japan
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Snezhinsk, Russia Yotsukaidō, Japan Jalostotitlán, Mexico[93] Yingtan, China[94]
Libertador San Martín, Argentina Manipal, India Takaishi, Japan Cheyenne, United States Inca, Spain Lake Placid, United States
Locarno, Switzerland Namwon, South Korea Greater Bendigo, Australia
Rustington, England, United Kingdom Shilin (Taipei), Taiwan Syktyvkar, Russia
Athens, Greece
Auckland, New Zealand
Beirut, Lebanon Berlin, Germany Bordeaux, France Busan, South Korea Eilat, Israel
Giza, Egypt Guangzhou, China Ischia, Italy
Jakarta, Indonesia
Kaunas, Lithuania
Lusaka, Zambia Makati, Philippines Mexico City, Mexico Mumbai, India Nagoya, Japan Saint Petersburg, Russia
Salvador, Brazil San Salvador, El Salvador
Split, Croatia Taipei, Taiwan
Tehran, Iran Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Yerevan, Armenia New Taipei, Taiwan Listowel, Ireland[103] Zihuatanejo de Azueta, Mexico[104] Aguascalientes, Mexico Talpa de Allende, Mexico Zacatecas, Mexico Yilan, Taiwan Lijiang, China
Dunbar, Scotland, United Kingdom Hanchuan, China Isola delle Femmine, Italy Milazzo, Italy Stresa, Italy Beigang (Yunlin), Taiwan Ōmachi, Japan Bizen, Japan Galway, Ireland Kochi, India Xinbei (Changzhou), China Aguascalientes, Mexico
Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine Kurume, Japan Laval, France Mengzi, China Vernon, Canada Vijayawada, India Ashiya, Japan Stepanakert, Azerbaijan Morelia, Mexico Nachikatsuura, Japan Quanzhou, China Yeongdeungpo (Seoul), South Korea Yonghe (New Taipei), Taiwan San Juan de los Lagos, Mexico Ameca, Mexico Headford, Ireland Mizuho, Japan San Casciano in Val di Pesa, Italy San Martín de Hidalgo, Mexico
Seferihisar, Turkey
Casablanca, Chile Iwanuma, Japan Launceston, Australia Penzance, England, United Kingdom Hermosillo, Mexico Morelia, Mexico Greater Shepparton, Australia
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia Dalian, China
Da Nang, Vietnam Fukuoka, Japan Funchal, Portugal Livorno, Italy Nakhodka, Russia
Ocho Rios, Jamaica Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana Ahome, Mexico Brockville, Canada Jieyang, China Mocorito, Mexico Salvador Alvarado, Mexico Tianjin, China Tábor, Czech Republic Ocotlán, Mexico Balaguer, Spain Gisborne, New Zealand Zihuatanejo de Azueta, Mexico Poncitlán, Mexico Albi, France
Enschede, Netherlands Heidelberg, Germany
Linköping, Sweden Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico Palo, Philippines Tsuchiura, Japan Yangpu (Shanghai), China Tepic, Mexico
Dakar-Plateau, Senegal Hadano, Japan
Järvenpää, Finland Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany Mishima, Japan Vanadzor, Armenia Xicheng (Beijing), China San Luis Potosí, Mexico Isola delle Femmine, Italy Pohang, South Korea Shimonoseki, Japan Yahualica de González Gallo, Mexico Blairgowrie and Rattray, Scotland, United Kingdom Fergus (Centre Wellington), Canada Tulancingo de Bravo, Mexico Jocotepec, Mexico Turrialba, Costa Rica Sakura, Japan Hino, Japan Linli, China San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Ensenada, Mexico Itoman, Japan La Paz, Mexico Zhangjiagang, China Aguililla, Mexico Colima, Mexico Zapotlán el Grande, Mexico Zhuhai, China Tongyeong, South Korea Regla (Havana), Cuba Shimada, Japan Zhoushan, China Tepatitlán de Morelos, Mexico Tobishima, Japan Fuyang (Hangzhou), China Tamazula de Gordiano, Mexico Hashimoto, Japan Cebu City, Philippines Drogheda, Ireland Ichikikushikino, Japan Jerécuaro, Mexico Guanajuato, Mexico Seogwipo, South Korea Söke, Turkey Taoyuan, Taiwan Narita, Japan San Clemente del Tuyú, Argentina Alcalá de Henares, Spain Campinas, Brazil Cavite City, Philippines Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom Jalalabad, Afghanistan Jeonju, South Korea Leon, Mexico
Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
Panama City, Panama Perth, Australia Taichung City, Taiwan Tema, Ghana Tijuana, Mexico Vladivostok, Russia Yantai, China Yokohama, Japan Tepatitlán de Morelos, Mexico Dublin, Ireland Guadalajara, Mexico Okayama, Japan Pune, India San José, Costa Rica Tainan, Taiwan Veracruz, Mexico Yekaterinburg, Russia Naga, Philippines Ponta Delgada, Portugal Ribeirão Preto, Brazil Tamsui (New Taipei), Taiwan Toyonaka, Japan Manzanillo, Mexico
Chiang Mai, Thailand Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom Lonate Pozzolo, Italy San Rafael del Norte, Nicaragua Florence Metropolitan City, Italy Hsinchu County, Taiwan Alushta, Ukraine Jinotepe, Nicaragua Sestri Levante, Italy Shingū, Japan Navojoa, Mexico[185] Tirschenreuth, Germany[186] Fujinomiya, Japan Hamm, Germany Mazatlán, Mexico Mukō, Japan Cascais, Portugal Sakaide, Japan Viña del Mar, Chile Nichinan, Japan
Aalborg, Denmark Aswan, Egypt Chambolle-Musigny, France Greve in Chianti, Italy Kaniv, Ukraine Pátzcuaro, Mexico Penglai (Yantai), China
Tokaj, Hungary Kirishima, Japan Gómez Palacio, Mexico[197] Kunshan, China[198] Atotonilco El Alto, Mexico Kishiwada, Japan Lucca, Italy Pasig, Philippines Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, France
Asaba, Nigeria
Battambang, Cambodia Empalme, Mexico Foshan, China Iloilo City, Philippines Parma, Italy Shizuoka, Japan Iizuka, Japan Daisen, Japan Hawkesbury, Australia Magdalena de Kino, Mexico Qingdao, China Kashiwa, Japan Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal Inverell, Australia Heyuan, China Loreto, Mexico Cavtat (Konavle), Croatia Jocotepec, Mexico Kawakami, Japan Pinghu, China San Pedro Masahuat, El Salvador Tangancícuaro, Mexico Fengtai (Beijing), China Ōtawara, Japan Alaminos, Philippines Changshu, China La Piedad, Mexico Kaštela, Croatia[223] Todos Santos (La Paz), Mexico[224] Toride, Japan
