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oilo city in the visayas was expanded to absorb the municipalities of molo la paz arevalo and mandurriao in 1937 as districts the nearby city of jaro was later absorbed in 1941 taiwan the former cities of taoyuan and zhongli taiwan which merged along with the entire county in 2014 to form a single municipality city of taoyuan the two cities sit directly next to each other and shares almost the same population thailand bangkok the capital and largest city of thailand was created in 1971 when the previous bangkok province phra nakhon was merged with thonburi province vietnam the cities of saigon and cholon merged in 1931 to form a single city named saigon cholon in 1956 the name cholon was dropped and the city became known as saigon now ho chi minh city the city of hà đông capital of hà tây province was merged into hà nội upon the latter s amalgamation into hà nội in august 2008 since then hà đông became an urban district quận of hà nội europe edit germany berlin berlin and cölln in germany duisburg duisburg and hamborn 1929 1935 called duisburg hamborn in north rhine westphalia krefeld krefeld and uerdingen 1929 1940 called krefeld uerdingen in north rhine westphalia wuppertal barmen and elberfeld in north rhine westphalia greece athens incorporated dozens of villages and towns and absorbed whole of athens basin and parts outside of it notably piraeus hungary budapest hungary is the amalgamation of buda pest and óbuda 3 the netherlands eindhoven the netherlands merged with five neighbouring municipalities woensel tongelre stratum gestel en blaarthem and strijp into the new groot eindhoven greater eindhoven in 1920 the prefix groot was later dropped spain madrid evolved by absorption of other towns like tetuán de las victorias vallecas chamartín de la rosa or aravaca 16 united kingdom edinburgh scotland absorbed a number of surrounding villages but most notably the separate burgh of leith london grew from its cores in the city of london and the city of westminster to encompass many other towns and villages within neighbouring counties and absorbed almost the whole of middlesex county manchester and the city of salford in the metropolitan county of greater manchester formerly in lancashire stoke on trent was created in 1910 from the towns of burslem hanley tunstall longton fenton and stoke taking its name from the latter neighbouring newcastle under lyme remains a separate town north america edit canada port alberni british columbia canada was formed in 1967 when alberni and port alberni merged to become one city winnipeg manitoba canada amalgamated with 12 surrounding municipalities and its metropolitan corporation in 1971 under what was referred to as unicity reforms in local government restructuring halifax and dartmouth nova scotia canada were merged in 1996 along with bedford and halifax county to create the halifax regional municipality greater sudbury ontario canada was formed in 2001 by the amalgamation of the former regional municipality of sudbury comprising the municipalities of sudbury nickel centre valley east capreol rayside balfour onaping falls and walden plus a number of previously unamalgamated townships the amalgamation made it the most populous city in the northern ontario region kingston ontario canada was amalgamated in 1998 with the neighboring kingston and pittsburgh townships ottawa ontario canada was given its large area by the amalgamation in 2001 of the old city of ottawa the suburbs of nepean kanata gloucester rockcliffe park vanier and cumberland orleans and the rural townships of west carleton osgoode rideau and goulbourn toronto ontario canada formed by an amalgamation of the old toronto with east york etobicoke north york scarborough and york which were themselves products of earlier amalgamations thunder bay ontario canada fort william and port arthur gatineau quebec canada formed by the amalgamation of the old city of gatineau city of hull city of aylmer city of buckingham and the municipality of masson angers all facing the city of ottawa ontario from the north shore of the ottawa river saguenay quebec canada chicoutimi jonquière et al lloydminster canada on the saskatchewan alberta border was formed as a single entity in 1903 when both future provinces were part of the northwest territories but was divided into two separate entities in 1905 because the border between the newly created provinces bisected the community in 1930 the two towns were reunited as a single town under the shared jurisdiction of both provinces and lloydminster was reincorporated as a single city in 1958 united states helena west helena arkansas was formed in 2006 by the merger of the previous cities of helena and west helena fremont california was formed in 1956 by the combination of the five towns of centerville irvington niles mission san jose and warm springs california the town of newark has always refused to merge into fremont and newark is completely surrounded by fremont cahokia heights illinois was formed in 2021 when the municipalities of alorton cahokia and centreville voted in a 2020 referendum to merge boston massachusetts is made up of the former towns of boston dorchester brighton roxbury charlestown and hyde park iron river michigan absorbed the nearby city of stambaugh and village of mineral hills in july 2000 minneapolis minnesota st anthony not to be confused with st anthony village a modern city which is a suburb was a twin city to minneapolis in the two cities youth minneapolis annexed st anthony in the late 1800s park hills missouri was formed in 1994 by a four way municipal merger involving the cities of flat river elvins and esther plus the village of rivermines new york city new york five boroughs historically especially between manhattan and brooklyn what is now the city of winston salem north carolina was once two separate towns called winston and salem that were combined into one n 27 cleveland cleveland and ohio city in ohio lincoln city oregon was formed in 1965 by merging the extant seaside towns of oceanlake delake and taft with the adjoining unincorporated areas of nelscott and cutler city bethlehem pennsylvania which absorbed the cities of south bethlehem and west bethlehem the former bethlehem and south bethlehem are situated in northampton county and west bethlehem is in lehigh county as a result present day bethlehem straddles the county line pittsburgh pennsylvania annexed allegheny city which is now the quarter of the city that lies north of the allegheny and ohio rivers also annexed was birmingham now referred to as the south side richmond richmond and manchester in central virginia bellingham washington was formed from four cities fairhaven sehome bellingham and whatcom fictional twin cities edit ankh morpork from terry pratchett s discworld novels is referred to as the twin cities of proud ankh and pestilent morpork 17 besźel and ul qoma in china miéville s novel the city the city are intertwined twin city states in eastern europe whose inhabitants have trained themselves to only see the city they live in and unsee the city they don t central city and keystone city from the current flash comics are shown as twin cities before the 1985 86 miniseries crisis on infinite earths central and keystone are presented as located in the same space but on different parallel earths 18 duckburg and st canard were depicted in the cartoon darkwing duck as sister cities connected by a bridge very similar to oakland and san francisco 19 20 gotham city the home of batman and metropolis the home of superman have sometimes been presented as twin cities mainly in 1970s and 1980s stories by dc comics in stories presenting them as twin cities gotham city and metropolis are located on opposite sides of a large bay identified as delaware bay in 1990 s the atlas of the dc universe with both cities linked by the metro narrows bridge 21 a suspension bridge resembling new york city s verrazzano narrows bridge 22 23 helium from the barsoom series of novels by edgar rice burroughs consists of the twin cities greater helium and lesser helium 24 see also edit cross border town naming ecumenopolis list of divided cities megacity megalopolis metropolis sister city transborder agglomeration notes edit formed historic al mada in co centers of a shared micropolitan area co centers of a shared micropolitan area kurashiki is somewhat more of a suburb co centers of a shared major metropolitan area see keihanshin co centers of a shared major metropolitan area main cities of metropolitan halifax they are geographically separated by halifax harbour separated by the north saskatchewan river while the communities are commonly referred to by the collective the battlefords they retain distinctive identities the cities meet at the border between texas and arkansas and their name is a portmanteau of those states names as well as that of louisiana whose border lies approximately 25 miles to the south see texarkana metropolitan area and ark la tex main cities of the tampa bay area champaign was originally known as west urbana but has since outgrown its neighbor see champaign urbana metropolitan area also called the twin cities or l a see lewiston auburn nicknamed the twin ports these form the world s largest freshwater port also known as the twin cities the cities are connected by two twin cantilever bridges which merge the two cities together as sister cities the cities meet on the mississippi and louisiana state border and along the mississippi river adjacent to each other they both share long history together natchez mississippi is also a historical part of concordia parish louisiana to which vidalia is the seat of concordia parish see natchez vidalia bridge concordia parish and adams county mississippi see fargo moorhead the core cities of the wyoming valley in northeastern pennsylvania the two largest cities of upstate south carolina their shared international airport is named after both cities greenville spartanburg international airport twin cores of the metroplex of northern texas nicknamed the petroplex in a nod to the dfw region s nickname as well as its strong reliance on the oil industry the island in which these cities inhabit saint croix is often referred to as twin city even saying so on its wikipedia page fort william and port arthur amalgamated east saginaw annexed by saginaw in 1889 the two stanwoods consolidated in 1960 prior to their consolidation into a single city in 1898 as noted in the poem the new colossus which is inscribed on a plaque at the statue of liberty the principal cities of the san francisco bay area nicknamed the twin city references edit garrard john mikhailova ekaterina 2018 introduction and overview in garrard john mikhailova ekaterina eds twin cities 1 ed london routledge isbn 9781315104638 garrard john mikhailova ekaterina eds 3 october 2018 twin cities urban communities borders and relationships over time 1 ed routledge doi 10 4324 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