List of sister cities in Maryland

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This is a list of sister states, regions, and cities in the U.S. state of Maryland. Sister cities, known in Europe as town twins, 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 Maryland jurisdictions partner with foreign cities through Sister Cities International, an organization whose goal is to, "Promote peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation."^[1] The first sister city relationship in Maryland, however, was between Salisbury, Maryland and Salisbury, England, and predated Sister Cities International. Sister cities interact with each other across a broad range of activities, from health care and education to business and the arts.^[2] The partnerships in this list vary in how formalized their relationships are. Recently, a number of Maryland cities have partnered with cities in Estonia through a program developed by the Maryland National Guard after Estonia gained its independence from the Soviet Union.^[3]

[edit] Sister states, regions and cities of Maryland

A major street in the city of Huainan, northern Anhui Province, one of Maryland's sister regions.

Maryland Jurisdiction	Sister State, Region, or City	Country	Flag	Since
State of Maryland	Anhui Province	China		1980[4]
State of Maryland	Estonia	—		2003[3]
State of Maryland	Gyeongsangnam-do Province	South Korea		1991[4]
State of Maryland	Jalisco State	Mexico		1993[4]
State of Maryland	Kanagawa Prefecture	Japan		1981[4]
State of Maryland	Bong County	Liberia		2007[4]
State of Maryland	Maryland County	Liberia		2007[4]
State of Maryland	Łódź Province	Poland		1993[4]
State of Maryland	Nord-Pas de Calais	France		1981[5]
State of Maryland	State of Rio de Janeiro	Brazil		1999[4]
State of Maryland	Saint Petersburg	Russia		1993[4]
State of Maryland	Wallonia Region	Belgium		1989[4]

[edit] Sister cities of Maryland cities and counties

Rio de Janeiro, the capital of Maryland's sister state of Rio de Janeiro.

Devorgilla Bridge in Dumfries, Scotland, one of Annapolis' sister cities.

Unique architecture in Rotterdam, Baltimore's sister city in the Netherlands.

Rishon Le Zion on Israel's central coastal strip, sister city to Prince George's County.

A church in Paide, Estonia, sister city to Westminster, Maryland.

Maryland Jurisdiction	Sister State, Region, or City	Country	Flag	Since
Annapolis	Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia	Canada		1980[6]
Annapolis	Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway	United Kingdom		1987[7]
Annapolis	Karlskrona, Blekinge County	Sweden		1994[6]
Annapolis	Newport, South Wales	United Kingdom		1982[6]
Annapolis	Redwood City, California	USA		1976[6]
Annapolis	Tallinn, Harju County	Estonia		1999[6]
Annapolis	Wexford, County Wexford	Ireland		1993[6]
Baltimore	Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate	Egypt		1995[8]
Baltimore	Ashkelon, South District	Israel		2005[8]
Baltimore	Bremerhaven	Germany		2007[8]
Baltimore	Gbarnga, Bong County	Liberia		1973[8]
Baltimore	Genoa, Liguria	Italy		1985[8]
Baltimore	Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture	Japan		1978[8]
Baltimore	Luxor, Luxor Governorate	Egypt		1981[8]
Baltimore	Odessa, Odessa Oblast	Ukraine		1974[8]
Baltimore	Piraeus, Piraeus Prefecture	Greece		1982[8]
Baltimore	Rotterdam, South Holland	Netherlands		1985[8]
Baltimore	Xiamen, Fujian	China		1985[8]
Columbia	Cergy-Pontoise, Ile-de-France	France		1977[9]
Columbia	Tres Cantos, Community of Madrid	Spain		1990[9]
Cumberland	Tapa, Lääne-Viru County	Estonia		2000[10]
Frederick	Aquiraz, Ceará	Brazil		2006[11]
Frederick	Mörzheim, Rhineland-Palatinate	Germany		1982[12]
Frederick	Schifferstadt, Rhineland-Palatinate	Germany		1982[12]
Frostburg	Viljandi, Viljandi County	Estonia		2000[10]
Grantsville	Tõrva, Valga County	Estonia		2000[10]
Hagerstown	Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia	Germany		1952[13]
Havre de Grace	Sillamae, Ida-Viru County	Estonia		2000[10]
McHenry	Otepää, Valga County	Estonia		2000[10]
Oakland	Valga, Valga County	Estonia		2000[10]
Ocean City	Finale Ligure, Liguria	Italy		1996[14]
Ocean City	Pärnu, Pärnu County	Estonia		2003[15]
Prince George's County	Rishon Le Zion, Center District	Israel		1990[16]
Prince George's County	Royal Bafokeng Nation, North West Province	South Africa		1998[17]
Prince George's County	Ziguinchor, Casamance	Senegal		1987[18]
Rockville	Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein	Germany		1957[19]
Salisbury	Salisbury, Wiltshire	United Kingdom		1932[20]
Salisbury	Tartu, Tartu County	Estonia		1999[21]
Westminster	Paide, Järva County	Estonia		2002[22]

[edit] See also

• List of twin towns and sister cities

[edit] Notes