# List of twin towns and sister cities in Asia

This is a list of places in the continent of Asia 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.

## Afghanistan

Asadabad
* Union City, United States
Ghazni
* Hayward, United States
* Nishapur, Iran
Herat
* Council Bluffs, United States
* Nishapur, Iran
Jalalabad
* San Diego, United States
Kabul
* Ankara, Turkey
* Kazan, Russia
Kandahar
* Council Bluffs, United States
Mazar-i-Sharif
* Dushanbe, Tajikistan
* Mashhad, Iran

## Bahrain

Manama
* Ankara, Turkey
* Karachi, Pakistan

## Brunei

Bandar Seri Begawan
* Nanjing, China

## Cambodia

Phnom Penh
* Bangkok, Thailand
* Beijing, China
* Busan, South Korea
* Chongqing, China
* Hanoi, Vietnam
* Hefei, China
* Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
* Incheon, South Korea
* Kitakyushu, Japan
* Kunming, China
* Long Beach, United States
* Lowell, United States
* Shanghai, China
* Shenzhen, China
Sihanoukville
* Maardu, Estonia
* Nanning, China
* Seattle, United States

## East Timor

Dili
* Coimbra, Portugal
* Darwin, Australia

## Kazakhstan

Aktobe
* Karamay, China
* Orenburg, Russia
Almaty
* Alexandria, Egypt
* Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
* Daegu, South Korea
* Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
* Istanbul, Turkey
* Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
* Malatya, Turkey
* Modena, Italy
* Moscow, Russia
* Nusantara, Indonesia
* Rennes, France
* Riga, Latvia
* Rosario, Argentina
* Saint Petersburg, Russia
* San José, Costa Rica
* Tashkent, Uzbekistan
* Tel Aviv, Israel
* Tucson, United States
* Ürümqi, China
* Vilnius, Lithuania
Astana
* Amman, Jordan
* Ankara, Turkey
* Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
* Bangkok, Thailand
* Beijing, China
* Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
* Damascus, Syria
* Gdańsk, Poland
* Hanoi, Vietnam
* Islamabad, Pakistan
* Kazan, Russia
* Kyiv, Ukraine
* Moscow, Russia
* Nice, France
* Oulu, Finland
* Putrajaya, Malaysia
* Riga, Latvia
* Saint Petersburg, Russia
* Seoul, South Korea
* Tashkent, Uzbekistan
* Tbilisi, Georgia
* Ufa, Russia
* Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
* Uşak, Turkey
* Vilnius, Lithuania
* Warsaw, Poland
Karaganda
* Cluj-Napoca, Romania
* Songpa (Seoul), South Korea
Kokshetau
* Waukesha, United States
Kostanay
* Kirklees, England, United Kingdom
Kyzylorda
* Arvada, United States
* Bolu, Turkey
* Bursa, Turkey
Oral
* Kostroma, Russia
* Manisa, Turkey
* Orenburg, Russia
* Ostrava, Czech Republic
Oskemen
* Babruysk, Belarus
* Barnaul, Russia
* Tacheng, China
Petropavl
* Omsk, Russia
Shymkent
* Acharnes, Greece
* Baiyin, China
* Khujand, Tajikistan
* Pattaya, Thailand
* Stevenage, England, United Kingdom

## Kuwait

Ahmadi
* Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Kuwait City
* Ankara, Turkey
* Florence, Italy
* Gaziantep, Turkey
* Guangzhou, China
* Mexico City, Mexico
* Rosario, Argentina
* Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Tunis, Tunisia

## Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek
* Almaty, Kazakhstan
* Ankara, Turkey
* Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
* Astana, Kazakhstan
* Colorado Springs, United States
* Doha, Qatar
* Gumi, South Korea
* İzmir, Turkey
* Kyiv, Ukraine
* Lianyungang, China
* Qazvin, Iran
* Samsun, Turkey
* Shenzhen, China
* Tashkent, Uzbekistan
* Tehran, Iran
* Tianjin, China
* Trabzon, Turkey
* Ufa, Russia
* Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
* Ürümqi, China
* Wuhan, China
* Yinchuan, China
Özgön
* Bolu, Turkey
* Yıldırım, Turkey

## Laos

Champasak
* Da Nang, Vietnam
* Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
* Nanning, China
Luang Prabang
* Chengdu, China
Vientiane
* Beijing, China
* Elgin, United States
* Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
* Kunming, China

## Lebanon

Baalbek
* Bergama, Turkey
* Qom, Iran
* Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Beirut
* Aleppo, Syria
* Dubai, United Arab Emirates
* Istanbul, Turkey
* Karachi, Pakistan
* Los Angeles, United States
* Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
* Yerevan, Armenia
Sidon
* Gaza City, Palestine

## Maldives

Malé
* Colombo, Sri Lanka
* Suzhou, China

## Mongolia

Darkhan
* Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria
* Irving, United States
* Kaposvár, Hungary
* Ulan-Ude, Russia
* Zeitz, Germany
Erdenet
* Edremit, Turkey
* Fairbanks, United States
* Székesfehérvár, Hungary
* Ulan-Ude, Russia
Kharkhorin
* Bolu, Turkey
Ulaanbaatar
* Ankara, Turkey
* Astana, Kazakhstan
* Bangkok, Thailand
* Beijing, China
* Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
* Chongqing, China
* Denver, United States
* Elista, Russia
* Gaziantep, Turkey
* Havana, Cuba
* Hohhot, China
* Incheon, South Korea
* Irkutsk, Russia
* Moscow, Russia
* Novosibirsk, Russia
* Seoul, South Korea
* Taipei, Taiwan
* Ulan-Ude, Russia

## Myanmar

Mandalay
* Kunming, China
Yangon
* Busan, South Korea
* Fukuoka, Japan
* Haikou, China
* Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
* Kathmandu, Nepal
* Kunming, China
* Nanning, China
* Quezon City, Philippines
* Yangzhou, China

## Nepal

Banepa
* Shigatse, China
Bharatpur
* Golmud, China
Gorkha
* Rushmoor, England, United Kingdom
Indrawati
* Jersey City, United States
Janakpur
* Ayodhya, India
Kathmandu
* Boulder, United States
* Chengdu, China
* Eugene, United States
* Fredericksburg, United States
* Lhasa, China
* Matsumoto, Japan
* Pyongyang, North Korea
* Rochester, United States
* Varanasi, India
* Xi'an, China
* Yangon, Myanmar
Pokhara
* Barnet, England, United Kingdom
* Guangzhou, China
* Kunming, China
* Nyingchi, China
* Princes' Islands, Turkey
Siddharthanagar
* Baoji, China

## North Korea

Chongjin
* Changchun, China
Haeju
* Ulan-Ude, Russia
Hamhung
* Shanghai, China
Kaesong
* Cusco, Peru
Nampo
* Saint Petersburg, Russia
* Weihai, China
Pyongsong
* Pernik, Bulgaria
Pyongyang
* Baghdad, Iraq
* Chiang Mai, Thailand
* Dubai, United Arab Emirates
* Jakarta, Indonesia
* Kathmandu, Nepal
* Moscow, Russia
* Tianjin, China
Sariwon
* Lahore, Pakistan
Wonsan
* Puebla, Mexico
* Vladivostok, Russia

## Oman

Muscat
* Cairo, Egypt
* Casablanca, Morocco
* Tunis, Tunisia

## Qatar

Doha
* Ankara, Turkey
* Banjul, Gambia
* Beijing, China
* Beit Sahour, Palestine
* Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
* Charleston, United States
* Libertador (Caracas), Venezuela
* Marbella, Spain
* Mogadishu, Somalia
* Nicosia, Cyprus
* Port Louis, Mauritius
* Quito, Ecuador
* San Salvador, El Salvador
* Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Sofia, Bulgaria
* Tbilisi, Georgia
* Tirana, Albania
* Tunis, Tunisia
Al Wakrah
* Djougou, Benin

## Saudi Arabia

Jeddah
* Almaty, Kazakhstan
* Baku, Azerbaijan
* Istanbul, Turkey
* Jakarta, Indonesia
* Karachi, Pakistan
* Kuching, Malaysia
* Marbella, Spain
* Oran, Algeria
* Plovdiv, Bulgaria
* Taipei, Taiwan

## Sri Lanka

Colombo
* Malé, Maldives
* Saint Petersburg, Russia
* Shanghai, China
Galle
* Velsen, Netherlands
Hambantota
* Guangzhou, China
Jaffna
* Kingston upon Thames, England, United Kingdom
* Sterling Heights, United States
Moratuwa
* Suita, Japan
Nuwara Eliya
* Uji, Japan
* Vidnoye, Russia
* Yongzhou, China
Polonnaruwa
* Kunming, China

## Syria

Aleppo
* Beirut, Lebanon
* Gaziantep, Turkey
* Kilis, Turkey
* Osmangazi, Turkey
Damascus
* Ankara, Turkey
* Astana, Kazakhstan
* Bucharest, Romania
* Buenos Aires, Argentina
* Córdoba, Spain
* Dubai, United Arab Emirates
* Istanbul, Turkey
* Toledo, Spain
* Yerevan, Armenia
Homs
* Belo Horizonte, Brazil
* Kayseri, Turkey
* Yazd, Iran
Latakia
* Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
* Yalta, Ukraine
Safita
* Marrickville (Inner West), Australia
Tartus
* Kütahya, Turkey
* Piraeus, Greece
* Tortosa, Spain

## Tajikistan

Dushanbe
* Ankara, Turkey
* Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
* Boulder, United States
* Hainan, China
* Klagenfurt, Austria
* Lahore, Pakistan
* Lusaka, Zambia
* Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan
* Minsk, Belarus
* Monastir, Tunisia
* Qingdao, China
* Reutlingen, Germany
* Saint Petersburg, Russia
* Sanaa, Yemen
* Shiraz, Iran
* Tehran, Iran
* Ürümqi, China
* Xiamen, China
Istaravshan
* Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Khujand
* Ağstafa, Azerbaijan
* Lincoln, United States
* Nishapur, Iran
* Samarkand, Uzbekistan
* Orenburg, Russia
* Shymkent, Kazakhstan
* Tabriz, Iran
* Vladimir, Russia
Kulob
* Hamadan, Iran
* Konya, Turkey
* Nishapur, Iran

## Turkmenistan

Arkadag
* Kazan, Russia
* Telavi, Georgia
Ashgabat
* Aktau, Kazakhstan
* Albuquerque, United States
* Ankara, Turkey
* Astana, Kazakhstan
* Athens, Greece
* Bamako, Mali
* Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
* Dushanbe, Tajikistan
* Kyiv, Ukraine
* Lanzhou, China
* Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Mary
* Istanbul, Turkey
* Oryol, Russia
* Samarkand, Uzbekistan
* Xi'an, China
Türkmenabat
* İzmir, Turkey

## United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi
* Bethlehem, Palestine
* Brisbane, Australia
* Cairo, Egypt
* Houston, United States
* Madrid, Spain
* Minsk, Belarus
Dubai
* Amman, Jordan
* Beirut, Lebanon
* Busan, South Korea
* Cape Town, South Africa
* Casablanca, Morocco
* Damascus, Syria
* Detroit, United States
* Frankfurt am Main, Germany
* Gaza City, Palestine
* Gold Coast, Australia
* Guangzhou, China
* Istanbul, Turkey
* Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
* Moscow, Russia
* Pyongyang, North Korea
* San Juan, Puerto Rico
* San Salvador, El Salvador
* Shanghai, China
Sharjah
* Granada, Spain

## Uzbekistan

Bukhara
* Bonn, Germany
* Córdoba, Spain
* Hamadan, Iran
* İzmir, Turkey
* Lahore, Pakistan
* Malatya, Turkey
* Nishapur, Iran
* Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Russia
* Rueil-Malmaison, France
* Santa Fe, United States
* Słupsk, Poland
* Vladimir, Russia
* Yıldırım, Turkey
Samarkand
* Agra, India
* Balkh, Afghanistan
* Banda Aceh, Indonesia
* Cusco, Peru
* Jūrmala, Latvia
* Kairouan, Tunisia
* Khujand, Tajikistan
* Krasnoyarsk, Russia
* Lahore, Pakistan
* Liège, Belgium
* Mary, Turkmenistan
* Merv, Turkmenistan
* Mexico City, Mexico
* New Delhi, India
* Nishapur, Iran
* Plovdiv, Bulgaria
* Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
* Samara, Russia
* Xi'an, China
Tashkent
* Almaty, Kazakhstan
* Ankara, Turkey
* Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
* Astana, Kazakhstan
* Berlin, Germany
* Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
* Cairo, Egypt
* Dnipro, Ukraine
* Karachi, Pakistan
* Kyiv, Ukraine
* Moscow, Russia
* Riga, Latvia
* Seattle, United States
* Seoul, South Korea
* Shanghai, China
* Sverdlovsk, Ukraine

## Yemen

Aden
* Shanghai, China
Sanaa
* Ankara, Turkey
* Cairo, Egypt
* Dushanbe, Tajikistan
* Tehran, Iran