When was the last time you paid any attention to the sign posted outside your City's Local Government

            Building or City Hall. There was likely a special dedication written on a bronze plate of whom your

            Sister City or Town or Township or Province or Prefecture exist for in the world. You need not belong to

            a major city or ruled out because of country roads or rural access. 

          Sister City Charters " Promote Peace and Human Contact " according to all participating International 

          Govt. and has been growing to include more Cities everyday. Some places share the Same Name as well 

          and are co- listed as Twin City designation to add. Along with human partnerships, Business Agreements 

          are forged to promote commerce and trade. the next time you consider an arbitrary location to visit, try

          looking up your Sister City. 

Below are a few I quick referenced for a few members ( I forgot Kalamazoo Michigan but will add ASAP )

There are more to list depending on exact locations:

Known Sister Cities for Gonaives  Haiti       _____Nantes France and Portland Maine

                                   Oakland California _____Agadir Morrocco and 8 other countries

                                   San Francisco Calif_____Sydney Australia and too many to list

                                   Albuquerque New Mexico_Albuquerque Spain + many in Mexico

                                   (?) Long Island New York_ was not a designation but the entire state is listed                                         

                                   Pretoria South Africa____Washington DC

                                  Bucharest Romania _____ Atlanta Georgia, Detroit Michigan, Athens Georgia, Athens

                                                                                                                                                       Greece 

                                  Aruba/Curacao (Antilles)__Amsterdam Netherlands

                                  Northunberland England__Berwick Pennsylvania

The Twin City designation is quite interesting and often associated with past colony status or immigrants 

aggregating to that area of the world. Notably England, France ,Spain ,Dutch East India Corporation and

Portugal.

For instance much of upper state of New York has Dutch EIC Trading historical artifacts and names like

Haarlem New York. In New York City proper, all area are divided into "Boroughs" similarly named in

England ( although slightly revised in formula ). 

In the American South and Northern states and colonies of England, distinct city names, customs and

dialects persist even today. That's another whole subject there folks, the story of English.

Anyway, a few examples before you nod off   :  Northumberland County Virginia, Northumberland

                                                                           as Cities in : New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, blah blah

you get the picture. There's Chathams and Newcastles and Shropshires and more. And we thought we

were original in the States. 

 So ladies and lords of the Realm, discover yourselves a bit more and share what you know. As usual

please correct or revise my fancy decipherings as you post your responses in the Thread.