List of sister cities in Maryland facts for kids

This is a list of sister states, regions, and cities in the U.S. state of Maryland. Sister cities, known in Europe as town twins, are cities which partner with each other to promote human contact and cultural links, although this partnering is not limited to cities and often includes counties, regions, states and other sub-national entities.

Many Maryland jurisdictions partner with foreign cities through Sister Cities International, an organization whose goal is to, "Promote peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation." The first sister city relationship in Maryland, however, was between Salisbury, Maryland and Salisbury, England, and predated Sister Cities International. Sister cities interact with each other across a broad range of activities, from health care and education to business and the arts. The partnerships in this list vary in how formalized their relationships are. Recently, a number of Maryland cities have partnered with cities in Estonia through a program developed by the Maryland National Guard after Estonia gained its independence from the Soviet Union.

Sister states, regions and cities of Maryland

A major street in the city of Huainan, northern Anhui Province, one of Maryland's sister regions.

Maryland Jurisdiction	Sister State, Region, or City	Country	Since
State of Maryland	Anhui Province	China	1980
	Tartu	Estonia	2003
	Gyeongsangnam-do Province	South Korea	1991
	Jalisco State	Mexico	1993
	Kanagawa Prefecture	Japan	1981
	Bong County	Liberia	2007
	Maryland County	Liberia	2007
	Łódź Province	Poland	1993
	Nord-Pas de Calais	France	1981
	State of Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	1999
	Saint Petersburg Leningrad Oblast	Russia	1993
	Wallonia Region	Belgium	1989
	County Cork	Ireland

Sister cities of Maryland cities and counties

Rio de Janeiro, the capital of Maryland's sister state of Rio de Janeiro.

Devorgilla Bridge in Dumfries, Scotland, one of Annapolis' sister cities.

Unique architecture in Rotterdam, Baltimore's sister city in the Netherlands.

Rishon Le Zion on Israel's central coastal strip, sister city to Prince George's County.

A church in Paide, Estonia, sister city to Westminster, Maryland.

Maryland Jurisdiction	Sister State, Region, or City	Country	Since
Annapolis	Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia	Canada	1980
	Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland, UK	1987
	Karlskrona, Blekinge County	Sweden	1994
	Newport	Wales, UK	1982
	Niterói, Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	1982
	Redwood City, California	US	1976
	Tallinn, Harju County	Estonia	1999
	Wexford, County Wexford	Ireland	1993
Baltimore	Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate	Egypt	1995
	Ashkelon, Southern District	Israel	2005
	Bremerhaven	Germany	2007
	Gbarnga, Bong County	Liberia	1973
	Genoa, Liguria	Italy	1985
	Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture	Japan	1978
	Luxor, Luxor Governorate	Egypt	1981
	Odessa, Odessa Oblast	Ukraine	1974
	Piraeus, Attica	Greece	1982
	Rotterdam, South Holland	Netherlands	1985
	Xiamen, Fujian	China	1985
Charles County	Jõgeva, Jõgeva County	Estonia	2012
	Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg	Germany	2002
Columbia	Cergy-Pontoise, Île-de-France	France	1977
	Tres Cantos, Community of Madrid	Spain	1990
Cumberland	Tapa, Lääne-Viru County	Estonia	2000
District Heights	Mbuji-Mayi, Kasai-Oriental Province	DR Congo	2008
	Thomonde, Centre	Haiti
Frederick	Aquiraz, Ceará	Brazil	2006
	Mörzheim, Landau	Germany	1982
	Schifferstadt, Rhineland-Palatinate	Germany	1982
Frostburg	Viljandi, Viljandi County	Estonia	2000
Grantsville	Tõrva, Valga County	Estonia	2000
Hagerstown	Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia	Germany	1952
Havre de Grace	Sillamäe, Ida-Viru County	Estonia	2000
McHenry	Otepää, Valga County	Estonia	2000
Montgomery County	Gondar, Amhara	Ethiopia
	Morazán Department	El Salvador	2011
Oakland	Tőrca, Valga County	Estonia
	Valga, Valga County	Estonia	2000
Ocean City	Finale Ligure, Liguria	Italy	1996
	Pärnu, Pärnu County	Estonia	2003
Prince George's County	Rishon Le Zion, Central District	Israel	1990
	Royal Bafokeng Nation, North West Province	South Africa	1998
	Ziguinchor, Casamance	Senegal	1987
Riverdale Park	Ipala, Chiquimula	Guatemala	2008
Rockville	Jiaxing, Zhejiang	China	2008
	Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein	Germany	1957
Salisbury	Salisbury, Wiltshire	England, UK	1932
	Tartu, Tartu County	Estonia	1999
Westminster	Paide, Järva County	Estonia	2002