# List of twin towns and sister cities in Africa

This is a list of places in the continent of Africa which have standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world), and while most of the places included are towns, the list also includes villages, cities, districts, and counties with similar links.

## Algeria

Algiers
* Montreal, Canada
* Sofia, Bulgaria
Annaba
* Bizerte, Tunisia
* Yekaterinburg, Russia
Blida
* Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria
* Kazanlak, Bulgaria
* Metz, France
Biskra
* Makhachkala, Russia
Chlef
* Skopje, North Macedonia
Constantine
* Grenoble, France
* Sousse, Tunisia
Mascara
* Bursa, Turkey
* Elkader, United States
Oran
* Alicante, Spain
* Bordeaux, France
* Dakar, Senegal
* Durban, South Africa
* Havana, Cuba
* Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
* Sfax, Tunisia
* Zarqa, Jordan
Sétif
* Lyon, France
* Rennes, France
* Tangier, Morocco
Tizi Ouzou
* Monastir, Tunisia
* La Roche-sur-Yon, France
Tlemcen
* Granada, Spain
* Lille, France
* Montpellier, France
* Nanterre, France
* Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

## Angola

Cabinda
* Campinas, Brazil
Huambo
* Amadora, Portugal
* Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
* Castelo Branco, Portugal
Lobito
* Lowell, United States
* Seixal, Portugal
* Sintra, Portugal
Luanda
* Belo Horizonte, Brazil
* Houston, United States
* Lisbon, Portugal
* Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico
* Porto, Portugal
* Salvador, Brazil
Lubango
* Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
* Santarém, Portugal

## Benin

Abomey
* Ostrava, Czech Republic
Cotonou
* Abidjan, Ivory Coast
* Atlanta, United States
* Rosny-sous-Bois, France
* Taipei, Taiwan
Djougou
* Évreux, France
* Al Wakrah, Qatar
Porto-Novo
* Lyon, France

## Botswana

Francistown
* Genk, Belgium
* Tai'an, China
Gaborone
* Burbank, United States

## Burkina Faso

Bobo-Dioulasso
* Bamako, Mali
* Bouaké, Ivory Coast
* Châlons-en-Champagne, France
* Fez, Morocco
Boussé
* Decatur, United States
Douroula
* Besançon, France
Fada N'gourma
* Épernay, France
* Great Barrington, United States
Garango
* Ladenburg, Germany
* Laval, France
Kaya
* Savannah, United States
Ouagadougou
* Bordeaux, France
* Briton Ferry, Wales, United Kingdom
* Grenoble, France
* Leuze-en-Hainaut, Belgium
* Loudun, France
* Lyon, France
* Nice, France
* Taipei, Taiwan
* Zhengzhou, China
Ouahigouya
* Chambéry, France
* Decatur, United States

## Burundi

Bujumbura
* Cape Town, South Africa
* Hefei, China

## Cameroon

Bamenda
* Dordrecht, Netherlands
* Lowell, United States
Douala
* Philadelphia, United States
* Taiyuan, China
Limbe
* Seattle, United States
Yaoundé
* Edessa, Greece
* Shenyang, China
* Udine, Italy

## Central African Republic

Bangui
* Çankaya, Turkey

## Chad

N'Djamena
* Istanbul, Turkey
* Liuzhou, China
* Stupino, Russia

## Congo

Brazzaville
* Bolingbrook, United States
* Changsha, China
* Dakar, Senegal
* Dresden, Germany
* Havana, Cuba
* Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Nouakchott, Mauritania
* Reims, France
Pointe-Noire
* Dalian, China
* New Orleans, United States
* Suzhou, China

## Democratic Republic of the Congo

Bukavu
* Palermo, Italy
Kinshasa
* Ankara, Turkey
* Brazzaville, Congo
* Dakar, Senegal
Lubumbashi
* Liège, Belgium

## Djibouti

Djibouti City
* Saint Paul, United States
* Sancaktepe, Turkey

## Equatorial Guinea

Malabo
* Guadalajara, Mexico
* Madrid, Spain

## Eswatini

Manzini
* Keighley, England, United Kingdom
Mbabane
* Fort Worth, United States
* Matola, Mozambique
* Mbombela, South Africa
* Taipei, Taiwan

## Ethiopia

Adama
* Aurora, United States
Addis Ababa
* Ankara, Turkey
* Beersheba, Israel
* Beijing, China
* Chuncheon, South Korea
* Harare, Zimbabwe
* Johannesburg, South Africa
* Khartoum, Sudan
* Leipzig, Germany
* Lusaka, Zambia
* Lyon, France
* Nairobi, Kenya
* Washington, D.C., United States
* Windhoek, Namibia
Axum
* Denver, United States
Bahir Dar
* Ashdod, Israel
* Białystok, Poland
* Cleveland, United States
* Madison, United States
* Oakland, United States
Dire Dawa
* Shijiazhuang, China
Gondar
* Corvallis, United States
* Montgomery County, United States
* Rishon LeZion, Israel
Mekelle
* Ramla, Israel
* Witten, Germany

## Gabon

Libreville
* Durban, South Africa
* Nice, France

## Gambia

Banjul
* Brooklyn Park, United States
* Dakar, Senegal
* Doha, Qatar
* Nanning, China
* Ostend, Belgium
* Taipei, Taiwan
Kanifing
* Madison, United States
* Memphis, United States

## Ghana

Aboadze
* Buffalo, United States
Accra
* Akron, United States
* Cape Town, South Africa
* Cheyenne, United States
* Chicago, United States
* Columbia, United States
* Columbus, United States
* North Miami Beach, United States
Cape Coast
* Bonn, Germany
* Buffalo, United States
* Hanover Park, United States
* New Orleans, United States
Kumasi
* Charlotte, United States
* Newark, United States
* Wenzhou, China
* Winston-Salem, United States
Sekondi-Takoradi
* Boston, United States
* Oakland, United States
Sunyani
* Tuscaloosa, United States
Tamale
* Louisville, United States
Techiman
* Tuscaloosa, United States
Tema
* Cleveland, United States
* Columbia, United States
* Greenwich, England, United Kingdom
* Norfolk, United States
* San Diego, United States
Winneba
* Birmingham, United States
* Charlottesville, United States
* Lowell, United States

## Guinea

Conakry
* Cleveland, United States
* Dakar, Senegal

## Guinea-Bissau

Bissau
* Águeda, Portugal
* Ankara, Turkey
* Dakar, Senegal
* Lisbon, Portugal
* Sintra, Portugal
* Taipei, Taiwan
Cacheu
* Lisbon, Portugal
* Viana do Castelo, Portugal

## Ivory Coast

Abidjan
* Cotonou, Benin
* Marseille, France
* Nice, France
* San Francisco, United States
* São Paulo, Brazil
* Tianjin, China
* Viseu, Portugal
Anyama
* Pontault-Combault, France
Bouaké
* Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
* Coslada, Spain
* Reutlingen, Germany
* Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France
Daloa
* Campinas, Brazil
* Pau, France
Man
* Besançon, France

## Lesotho

Hlotse
* Crymych, Wales, United Kingdom
Maseru
* Austin, United States

## Liberia

Barclayville
* Lowell, United States
Buchanan
* Winston-Salem, United States
Gbarnga
* Baltimore, United States
Kakata
* Brooklyn Park, United States
Monrovia
* Dayton, United States
* Taipei, Taiwan

## Libya

Benghazi
* Istanbul, Turkey
Tripoli
* Belo Horizonte, Brazil
* Cairo, Egypt
* Madrid, Spain
* El Mina, Lebanon
* Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

## Madagascar

Antsirabe
* Montluçon, France
* Stavanger, Norway
* Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius
Antsiranana
* Port Louis, Mauritius
Antananarivo
* Montreal, Canada
* Nanning, China
* Nice, France
* Suzhou, China
* Vorkuta, Russia
* Yerevan, Armenia

## Malawi

Blantyre
* Hanover, Germany
* Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Lilongwe
* Nanning, China
* Taipei, Taiwan
Zomba
* Urbana, United States

## Mali

Bamako
* Angers, France
* Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
* Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
* Bordeaux, France
* Dakar, Senegal
* Nouakchott, Mauritania
* Rochester, United States
Ségou
* Angoulême, France
* Richmond, United States
Timbuktu
* Chemnitz, Germany
* Hay-on-Wye, Wales, United Kingdom
* Kairouan, Tunisia
* Marrakesh, Morocco
* Saintes, France
* Tempe, United States

## Mauritania

Nouadhibou
* Casablanca, Morocco
* Fuzhou, China
* Las Palmas, Spain
Nouakchott
* Bamako, Mali
* Dakar, Senegal
* East Jerusalem, Palestine
* Lanzhou, China
* Madrid, Spain

## Mauritius

Beau Bassin-Rose Hill
* Changzhou, China
Grand Port
* Baie Lazare, Seychelles
* Qingdao, China
* Spelthorne, England, United Kingdom
* Tsiafahy, Madagascar
Port Louis
* Alexandria, Egypt
* Antsiranana, Madagascar
* Dakar, Senegal
* Doha, Qatar
* Foshan, China
* Karachi, Pakistan
* Lamentin, Guadeloupe, France
* Maputo, Mozambique
* Port Mathurin, Mauritius
* La Possession, Réunion, France
* Pretoria, South Africa
* Saint-Malo, France
Quatre Bornes
* Ambalavao, Madagascar
* Daqing, China
* Saint-Benoît, Réunion, France
Vacoas-Phoenix
* Antsirabe, Madagascar
* Pune, India
* Sainte-Suzanne, Réunion, France

## Mozambique

Beira
* Arganil, Portugal
* Boston, United States
* Bristol, England, United Kingdom
* Coimbra, Portugal
* Padua, Italy
* Porto, Portugal
* Seixal, Portugal
* Sintra, Portugal
Maputo
* Ankara, Turkey
* Chengdu, China
* Durban, South Africa
* Guarulhos, Brazil
* Jakarta, Indonesia
* Lisbon, Portugal
* Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
* Port Louis, Mauritius
* Shanghai, China
Pemba
* Reggio Emilia, Italy

## Namibia

Windhoek
* Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
* Berlin, Germany
* Havana, Cuba
* Johannesburg, South Africa
* Kingston, Jamaica
* Nanjing, China
* Richmond, United States
* San Antonio, United States
* Shanghai, China
* Suzhou, China
* Trossingen, Germany
Walvis Bay
* Drakenstein, South Africa
* Kristiansand, Norway
* Lobatse, Botswana
* Wenzhou, China

## Niger

Niamey
* Ankara, Turkey

## Nigeria

Abuja
* Milwaukee, United States
Asaba
* Stockton, United States
Ibadan
* Cleveland, United States
Ifẹ
* Oberlin, United States
* Salvador, Brazil
* San Bernardino, United States
Lagos
* Atlanta, United States
* Belo Horizonte, Brazil
* Bucharest, Romania
* Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Onitsha
* Compton, United States
* Indianapolis, United States
Orlu
* Austin, United States
Osogbo
* Asheville, United States
* Wilmington, United States
* Xiangyang, China
Owerri
* Gresham, United States
Port Harcourt
* Kansas City, United States
Udu
* Brooklyn Park, United States

## Rwanda

Kigali
* Cleveland, United States
* Oklahoma City, United States
* San Bernardino, United States

## São Tomé and Principe

Lobata
* Seixal, Portugal
Lembá
* Moura, Portugal
* Porto, Portugal
* Santa Marta de Penaguião, Portugal
Mé-Zóchi
* Guimarães, Portugal
* Tarrafal, Cape Verde
Príncipe
* Amadora, Portugal
* Faro, Portugal
* Marco de Canaveses, Portugal
* Oeiras, Portugal
São Tomé
* Lisbon, Portugal

## Senegal

Dakar
* Ann Arbor, United States
* Baku, Azerbaijan
* Bamako, Mali
* Banjul, Gambia
* Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
* Brazzaville, Congo
* Casablanca, Morocco
* Conakry, Guinea
* Dijon, France
* Isfahan, Iran
* Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Marseille, France
* Miami-Dade County, United States
* Milan, Italy
* Nouakchott, Mauritania
* Oran, Algeria
* Port Louis, Mauritius
* Rosario, Argentina
* Sfax, Tunisia
* Taipei, Taiwan
* Washington, D.C., United States
Diourbel
* Avignon, France
Guédiawaye
* Birmingham, United States
Kaolack
* Aosta, Italy
* Mérignac, France
M'Bour
* Concarneau, France
* Jackson, United States
* Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium
Rufisque
* Hénin-Beaumont, France
* Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Saint-Louis
* Białystok, Poland
* Bologna, Italy
* Fez, Morocco
* Liège, Belgium
* Lille, France
* St. Louis, United States
Thiès
* Caen, France
* Cayenne, French Guiana, France
* Solingen, Germany
* Sousse, Tunisia
Ziguinchor
* Compiègne, France
* Rimini, Italy
* Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
* São Filipe, Cape Verde
* Viana do Castelo, Portugal

## Seychelles

Victoria
* Haikou, China
* Hanoi, Vietnam
* Panaji, India

## Sierra Leone

Freetown
* Charleston, United States
* Hefei, China
* Kansas City, United States
* Kingston upon Hull, England, United Kingdom
* New Haven, United States

## Somalia

Galkayo
* Bursa, Turkey
Mogadishu
* Ankara, Turkey
* Doha, Qatar
* Konya, Turkey
* Saint Paul, United States

## Sudan

El-Gadarif
* Khan Yunis, Palestine
Khartoum
* Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
* Ankara, Turkey
* Brasília, Brazil
* Cairo, Egypt
* Istanbul, Turkey
* Manisa, Turkey
* Saint Petersburg, Russia
* Tehran, Iran
* Wuhan, China

## Tanzania

Arusha
* Durham, United States
* Mürzzuschlag, Austria
* Kansas City, United States
* Tifariti, Western Sahara
Dar es Salaam
* Changzhou, China
* Hamburg, Germany
* Liuzhou, China
* Samsun, Turkey
Dodoma
* Linz, Austria
Moshi
* Delray Beach, United States
* Halmstad, Sweden
* Tübingen, Germany
Mtwara
* Redditch, England, United Kingdom
Musoma
* Calderdale, England, United Kingdom
Mwanza
* Tampere, Finland
* Würzburg, Germany
Singida
* Salzburg, Austria
Tanga
* Eckernförde, Germany
* Toledo, United States
Zanzibar City
* Haikou, China
* Potsdam, Germany
* Sakarya, Turkey

## Togo

Atakpamé
* Niort, France
Dapaong
* Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Kpalimé
* Bressuire, France
Lomé
* Duisburg, Germany
* Shenzhen, China
* Taipei, Taiwan
Tsévié
* Parthenay, France
* Plainfaing, France

## Uganda

Entebbe
* Ashkelon, Israel
* Kalmar, Sweden
* Wuhan, China

## Western Sahara

Bir Lehlou
* Campi Bisenzio, Italy
* Montevarchi, Italy
* Novelda, Spain
* Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
* Prato, Italy
Dakhla
* Bethlehem, Palestine
* Cádiz, Spain
* Creil, France
* Crotone, Italy
* Great Neck, United States
* Vibo Valentia, Italy
Laayoune
* Hollywood, United States
* Montevideo, Uruguay
La Güera
* Leganés, Spain
* Londa, Italy
* El Puerto de Santa María, Spain
* Valle de Yerri / Deierri, Spain
* Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Tifariti
* Arusha, Tanzania
* Balmaseda, Spain
* Carmona, Spain
* Los Palacios y Villafranca, Spain
* Reggiolo, Italy
Zug
* Medina del Campo, Spain
* Torrelavega, Spain
* Valdemoro, Spain
* Zumaia, Spain

## Zambia

Kasama
* Clovis, United States
Kitwe
* Baia Mare, Romania
* Detroit, United States
Livingstone
* Funchal, Portugal
* Santa Fe, United States
Lusaka
* Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
* Albuquerque, United States
* Białystok, Poland
* Dushanbe, Tajikistan
* Los Angeles, United States
* Nanjing, China
Ndola
* Makhachkala, Russia
* Porto, Portugal

## Zimbabwe

Bulawayo
* Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
* Pretoria, South Africa
Harare
* Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
* Cincinnati, United States
* Guangzhou, China
* Kazan, Russia
* Munich, Germany
* Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Mutare
* Portland, United States