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see also 10 notes 11 references toggle the table of contents twin cities 23 languages asturianu বাংলা čeština deutsch esperanto español suomi français galego 日本語 한국어 मराठी nederlands norsk bokmål português română simple english slovenčina svenska తెలుగు ไทย 文言 中文 edit links article talk english read edit view history save tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history save general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia neighboring cities that become a conurbation this article is about the concept of geographically close areas for town governments establishing official links see sister city for the area typically called the twin cities in the united states see minneapolis saint paul for other uses see twin city this article has multiple issues please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page learn how and when to remove these messages this article needs more citations please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources unsourced material may be challenged and removed find sources twin cities news newspapers books scholar jstor march 2011 learn how and when to remove this message this article may require copy editing for consistent english spelling discuss you can assist by editing it december 2025 learn how and when to remove this message learn how and when to remove this message high rise buildings in minneapolis s cedar riverside neighborhood with the downtown saint paul skyline visible in the background ten miles away minneapolis city limits border those of saint paul the capital of minnesota this gave birth to the nickname of the region the twin cities metropolitan area a view of the town of tornio finland which forms a twin city with haparanda sweden twin cities are a special case of two neighboring cities or urban centers that grow into a single conurbation or narrowly separated urban areas over time twin cities are generally comparable in status and size though not necessarily equal 1 2 although there are no formal criteria a city and a substantially smaller suburb would not typically qualify even if they were once separate tri cities and quad cities are similar groups of three or four municipalities respectively a common but not universal scenario is two cities that developed concurrently on opposite sides of a river for example minneapolis and saint paul in minnesota one of the most widely known pairs of twin cities were founded several miles apart on opposite sides of the mississippi river and competed for prominence as they grew in some cases twin cities are separated by a state border such as albury new south wales and wodonga victoria in australia on opposite sides of the murray river in pakistan islamabad and rawalpindi are twin cities located in the northwestern punjab region islamabad is administratively part of the islamabad capital territory and rawalpindi is in the province of punjab cities on opposite sides of international borders sometimes share enough cultural and historical identity to be seen as twins such as haparanda sweden and tornio finland leticia colombia and tabatinga brazil or valga estonia and valka latvia in some cases twin cities eventually merge into a single legal municipality such as buda and pest merging in 1873 into budapest hungary 3 brooklyn and new york city being consolidated in 1898 and the three ancient cities of hankou hanyang and wuchang joining in 1927 into wuhan as a single urban area twin cities may share an airport whose airport codes include both cities initials e g dfw dallas fort worth lba leeds bradford msp minneapolis saint paul rdu raleigh and durham and cak akron canton twin cities edit cross border example of twin cities plaza internacional of the frontera de la paz on the left santana do livramento brazil on the right rivera uruguay this section may contain excessive or irrelevant examples please help improve it by removing less pertinent examples and elaborating on existing ones november 2009 learn how and when to remove this message see also border town list of international and regional border towns and cities edit africa edit border towns countries kinshasa and brazzaville 4 democratic republic of the congo republic of the congo goma and gisenyi democratic republic of the congo rwanda kousséri and n djamena cameroon chad aflao and lomé ghana togo victoria falls and livingstone zimbabwe zambia asia edit border towns countries astara and astara azerbaijan iran erenhot and zamyn üüd china mongolia dandong and sinuiju china north korea changbai and hyesan ji an and manpo manzhouli and zabaykalsk china russia heihe and blagoveshchensk dongxing and mong cai china vietnam hekou and lao cai johor bahru and singapore 5 malaysia singapore vientiane and nong khai thailand laos dansavan and lao bao laos vietnam al ain and al buraimi united arab emirates oman agartala and akhaura india bangladesh eilat and aqaba israel jordan jincheng and xiamen taiwan china hong kong and shenzhen 6 hong kong china europe edit border towns countries bad radkersburg and gornja radgona austria slovenia comines and comines france belgium mouscron and tourcoing wervik and wervicq sud hrvatska kostajnica and kostajnica croatia bosnia and herzegovina slavonski brod and brod český těšín and cieszyn czech republic poland copenhagen and malmö denmark sweden helsingør and helsingborg valga and valka estonia latvia narva and ivangorod estonia russia imatra and svetogorsk finland russia tornio and haparanda finland sweden strasbourg and kehl france germany hendaye and irun spain france frankfurt oder and słubice poland germany görlitz and zgorzelec guben and gubin heringsdorf and świnoujście konstanz and kreuzlingen switzerland germany laufenburg baden and laufenburg aargau europe 1 esztergom and štúrovo hungary slovakia komárno and komárom strabane and lifford ireland united kingdom gorizia and nova gorica italy slovenia kerkrade and herzogenrath netherlands germany la línea de la concepción and gibraltar spain united kingdom basel weil am rhein and saint louis switzerland germany france sarp and sarpi turkey georgia tui and valença spain portugal aubange longwy and pétange belgium france luxembourg notes separated by the rhine river used to be one city until 1801 1802 north america edit border towns bordering countries niagara falls ontario and niagara falls new york united states canada sault ste marie ontario and sault ste marie michigan stanstead quebec and derby line vermont north portal saskatchewan and portal north dakota tecate baja california and tecate california united states mexico boquillas del carmen coahuila and boquillas texas naco sonora and naco arizona nogales sonora and nogales arizona san luis río colorado sonora and san luis arizona nuevo laredo tamaulipas and laredo texas nuevo progreso río bravo tamaulipas and progreso texas calexico california and mexicali baja california calexico mexicali ciudad hidalgo chiapas and ayutla san marcos mexico guatemala detroit michigan and windsor ontario detroit windsor united states canada international falls minnesota and fort frances ontario douglas arizona and agua prieta sonora united states mexico yuma arizona and san luis río colorado sonora san diego california and tijuana baja california see san diego tijuana brownsville texas and matamoros tamaulipas see brownsville matamoros del rio texas and ciudad acuña coahuila eagle pass texas and piedras negras coahuila el paso texas and ciudad juárez chihuahua see el paso juárez presidio texas and manuel ojinaga chihuahua south america edit border towns countries sant ana do livramento and rivera brazil uruguay chuí and chuy brazil uruguay tabatinga and leticia brazil colombia puerto iguazú foz do iguaçu ciudad del este and presidente franco argentina brazil paraguay posadas and encarnación argentina paraguay concordia and salto argentina uruguay salvador mazza and yacuiba argentina bolivia list of internal border towns and cities edit africa edit twin towns country cairo and giza 7 triple cities if counting shubra el kheima egypt port said and port fuad sekondi takoradi ghana asaba and onitsha nigeria jimeta and yola johannesburg and pretoria gauteng province south africa asia edit twin towns country dhaka and narayanganj bangladesh guangzhou and foshan china xi an and xianyang beijing and langfang wuxi and suzhou chaozhou and shantou haifeng and lufeng ahmedabad and gandhinagar gujarat 8 india allahabad and naini uttar pradesh 8 bangalore karnataka and hosur tamil nadu bishangarh and jalore rajasthan chümoukedima and dimapur nagaland cuttack and bhubaneswar odisha 9 durg and bhilai chhattisgarh 9 hubli and dharwad karnataka 9 mysore and srirangapatna karnataka kankroli and rajsamand rajasthan 9 kochi and ernakulam kerala 9 10 kolkata and howrah west bengal 9 mumbai and navi mumbai maharashtra 9 kalyan and dombivli maharashtra 8 mira and bhayandar maharashtra 9 vasai and virar maharashtra 9 ambarnath and badlapur maharashtra 9 pimpri and chinchwad maharashtra 9 sangli and miraj maharashtra munger and jamalpur bihar 9 noida and greater noida uttar pradesh 9 pondicherry and cuddalore ranchi and hatia jharkhand 9 surat and navsari gujarat sumerpur and sheoganj rajasthan thrissur and guruvayur kerala 9 vijayawada and guntur andhra pradesh 9 bangarpet and kolar gold fields karnataka harihar and davangere karnataka shivamoga and bhadravati karnataka tiruchirappalli and srirangam tamil nadu tirunelveli and palayamkottai tamil nadu 9 marthandam and kuzhithurai tamil nadu hyderabad and secunderabad telangana warangal and hanamkonda telangana asansol and durgapur west bengal barrackpore and barasat west bengal coochbehar and alipurduar west bengal jalpaiguri and mainaguri west bengal siliguri and jalpaiguri west bengal berhampore and murshidabad west bengal erbil and mosul iraq seleucia and ctesiphon n 1 ramla and lod israel aomori and hakodate japan kamisu and kashima n 2 kitakyushu and shimonoseki kyoto and otsu maebashi and takasaki nasushiobara and otawara n 3 okayama and kurashiki n 4 osaka and sakai n 5 sanjo and tsubame toyohashi and toyokawa tsukuba and tsuchiura n 6 yokkaichi and suzuka karagandy and temirtau kazakhstan beirut and jounieh lebanon lebanon kuala lumpur and putrajaya malaysia bharatpur and gaindakot nepal butwal and tilottama nepalgunj and kohalpur rason and chongjin north korea jhelum and sarai alamgir pakistan peshawar and mardan rawalpindi and islamabad ramallah and al bireh palestine angeles and mabalacat philippines baguio and la trinidad bantay and vigan bayombong and solano dagupan and lingayen daraga and legazpi dipolog and dapitan general santos and alabel laoag and san nicolas lemery and taal palo and tacloban santo tomas and tanauan dammam and khobar saudi arabia seoul and incheon south korea south korea busan and ulsan south korea sejong city and daejeon south korea yangyang and sokcho south korea taipei and new taipei taiwan taiwan kaohsiung and tainan taiwan zhubei and hsinchu taiwan bangkok and nonthaburi thailand thailand chiang mai and lamphun thailand songkhla and hatyai thailand ho chi minh city and binh duong vietnam phan rang tháp chàm historic edit twin towns country victoria and kowloon colonial hong kong although in both colonial hong kong and the hong kong special administrative region victoria is the only city recognised by law they were widely considered to be separate cities until at least the mid 1970s 11 british hong kong wuhan merger of wuchang hankou hanyang china chirala perala india bangalore cantonment and bengaluru pete along with their suburbs merged to form modern bangalore jaffa and the rapidly growing tel aviv merged to form one municipality tel aviv yafo in april 1950 israel fukuoka merger of east side of naka river hakata and the west side fukuoka japan ise merger of uji yamada joetsu merger of takada naoetsu naha and shuri okinawa once separate cities shuri became integrated as a district of naha iloilo and jaro once separate cities were consolidated into iloilo city philippines zhongli and taoyuan merged into taoyuan city taiwan saigon and cholon merged into saigon cholon now ho chi minh city south vietnam europe edit twin towns country nørresundby and aalborg denmark kotka and hamina finland frejus and saint raphaël france lyon and villeurbanne göteborg and mölndal sweden düsseldorf and neuss germany frankfurt and offenbach ludwigshafen and mannheim mainz and wiesbaden mönchengladbach and rheydt nuremberg and fuerth sindelfingen and böblingen ulm and neu ulm villingen schwenningen ballybofey and stranorlar in county donegal ireland are often called the twin towns they form the built up area of ballybofey and stranorlar ireland fredrikstad and sarpsborg norway porsgrunn and skien together with tollnes gulset and åfoss they form the grenland urban area sandnes and stavanger bydgoszcz and toruń poland kalisz and ostrów wielkopolski porto and vila nova de gaia portugal póvoa de varzim and vila do conde alcobendas and san sebastián de los reyes spain aldaia and alaquàs coslada and san fernando de henares elda and petrer llombai and catadau santa cruz de tenerife and san cristóbal de la laguna ferrol and narón jönköping and huskvarna sweden donetsk and makiivka ukraine kramatorsk and sloviansk sievierodonetsk and lysychansk pokrovsk and myrnohrad brighton and hove united kingdom chatham and rochester 12 leeds and bradford manchester and salford newcastle upon tyne and gateshead liverpool and birkenhead warwick and leamington spa historic edit twin towns country knokke and heist aan zee united into knokke heist belgium frýdek and místek united into frýdek místek czech republic barmen and elberfeld united into wuppertal germany 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