List of sister cities in Ohio facts for kids

This is a list of sister states, regions, and cities in the U.S. state of Ohio. Sister cities, known in Europe as town twins, are municipalities (sometimes counties, regions, states and other sub-national entities) that cooperate to foster cultural links. They interact with each other across a broad range of activities, often including education, business, the arts, or health care.

Many Ohio jurisdictions work with foreign cities through Sister Cities International, an organization whose goal is to "Promote peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation."

Sister states of Ohio

Ohio Jurisdiction	Sister State, Region, or City	Country	Since
State of Ohio	Anambra State	Nigeria	1979
	Ifetedo	Nigeria	1984
	Hubei Province	China	1979
	Lower Austria	Austria	1989
	Paraná	Brazil	1986
	Saitama Prefecture	Japan	1990
	Taiwan Province	Taiwan	1990

Sister cities of Ohio cities and counties

Munich is one of nine sisters to Cincinnati (though only eight are active as of 2009 due to the suspension of the Harare twinship).

Slovakia has a number of twins in Ohio; Bratislava, is one of many belonging to Cleveland.

Genoa and Columbus are twinned mainly because of native Genovese Christopher Columbus.

Dayton's city seal, featured in Holon, Israel's gateway, is the second from the right in this picture.

Toledo, Spain and Toledo, Ohio formed the world's first-ever intercity partnership in 1931, predating both Sister Cities International and US President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Sister Cities initiative.

Ohio Jurisdiction	Sister State, Region, or City	Country	Since
Akron	Chemnitz, Saxony	Germany	1997
	Kiryat Ekron, Center District	Israel
Ashtabula	Bardejov, Šariš Region	Slovakia
Bellefontaine	Suzuka, Mie	Japan
Blue Ash	Ilmenau, Thuringia	Germany	2000
Bowling Green	St. Thomas, Ontario	Canada
Brunswick	Razgrad, Razgrad Province	Bulgaria	1998
Canton	Acre, North District	Israel
Celina	Nandan, Hyogo	Japan
Centerville	Bad Zwischenahn, Lower Saxony	Germany
	Waterloo, Ontario	Canada
Chillicothe	Azov, Rostov Oblast	Russia
	Córdoba, Veracruz	Mexico
Cincinnati	Amman	Jordan	2015
	Gifu, Gifu	Japan	1988
	Harare, Harare Province	Zimbabwe	1990
	Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast	Ukraine	1989
	Liuzhou, Guangxi Province	China	1988
	Munich, Bavaria	Germany	1989
	Mysore, Karnataka	India	2012
	Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle	France	1991
	New Taipei	Taiwan	1994
Cleveland	Achill Island, County Mayo	Ireland	2003
	Alexandria	Egypt
	Bahir Dar, Amhara	Ethiopia
	Bangalore, Bayaluseeme	India	1992
	Beit She'an, North District	Israel	1995
	Braşov, Braşov County	Romania	1991
	Bratislava, Bratislava Region	Slovakia
	Cleveland	England, UK	1995
	Conakry, Conakry Region	Guinea
	Fier, Fier District	Albania	2006
	Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship	Poland	1990
	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Mexico	1976
	Ibadan, Oyo State	Nigeria
	Klaipėda, Klaipėda County	Lithuania	1992
	Lima, Lima Province	Peru
	Ljubljana	Slovenia
	Miskolc, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County	Hungary
	Nettuno, Lazio	Italy
	Rouen, Normandy	France	2008
	Segundo Montes, Morazán	El Salvador	1991
	Taipei	Taiwan
	Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast	Russia	1990
Cleveland Heights	Novgorod, Novgorod Oblast	Russia
Columbus	Ahmedabad, Gujarat	India	2008
	Dresden, Saxony	Germany	1992
	Genoa, Liguira	Italy	1955
	Hefei, Anhui Province	China	1988
	Herzliya, Tel-Aviv District	Israel	1994
	Kumasi, Ashanti Region	Ghana	2008
	Odense, Syddenmark	Denmark	1988
	Seville, Andalusia	Spain	1988
	Tainan	Taiwan	1980
	Zapopan, Jalisco	Mexico	2008
Dayton	Augsburg, Bavaria	Germany	1964
	Holon, Tel-Aviv District	Israel
	Monrovia, Montserrado County	Liberia
	Ōiso, Kanagawa	Japan
	Sarajevo, Sarajevo Canton	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1999
Delaware	Baumholder	Germany	2011
East Liverpool	Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire	England, UK
Englewood	Billerbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia	Germany	1983
Euclid	Naraha, Fukushima	Japan
Glandorf	Glandorf, Lower Saxony	Germany	1976
Hamilton	Hamilton, South Lanarkshire	Scotland, UK
Huber Heights	Dover, Kent	England, UK
	Rheinsberg, Brandenburg	Germany
Hudson	Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria	Germany	1984
Kent	Dudince, Banská Bystrica Region	Slovakia	2003
Kettering	Kettering, Northamptonshire	England, UK	1978
	Steyr, Upper Austria	Austria	1970
Lima	Harima, Hyōgo	Japan	1999
Mansfield	Mansfield, Nottinghamshire	England, UK	1989
	Tamura, Fukushima	Japan	2000
Miamisburg	Owen Sound, Ontario	Canada
Middletown	Osaki, Miyagi	Japan
Milan	Yawata, Kyoto	Japan
Montgomery	Neuilly-Plaisance, Île-de-France	France
Oakwood	Outremont, Quebec	Canada
	Le Vésinet, Île-de-France	France	1972
Oberlin	Ile-Ife, Osun State	Nigeria
Portsmouth	Great Corby, Cumbria	England, UK
	Orizaba, Veracruz	Mexico
	Zittau, Saxony	Germany
Springfield	Casey, Victoria	Australia	1986
	Kragujevac, Šumadija	Serbia	2000
	Piteşti, Argeş County	Romania	2000
	Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt	Germany	1995
St. Marys	Awaji, Hyōgo	Japan
	Lienen, North Rhine-Westphaila	Germany
Tiffin	Bursa	Turkey	1983
Toledo	Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha	Spain	1931
	Delmenhorst, Lower Saxony	Germany	2002
	Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu	India	2009
	Londrina, Paraná	Brazil	1975
	Poznań, Greater Poland Voivodeship	Poland	1991
	Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province	China	1985
	Szeged, Csongrád County	Hungary	1990
	Tanga, Tanga Region	Tanzania	2001
	Toyohashi, Aichi	Japan	2000
Troy	Takahashi, Okayama	Japan
Vandalia	Lichtenfels	Germany	1975
	Prestwick, South Ayrshire	Scotland, UK	1993
Van Wert	Goshiki, Hyogo	Japan
Vermilion	Paimpol, Côtes-d'Armor	France
Wapakoneta	Lengerich, Westphalia	Germany	1994
Wellington	Crieff, Perth and Kinross	Scotland, UK
Westlake	Tralee, County Kerry	Ireland	2009
	Kingsville	Canada	2012
Wooster	Collepietro, L'Aquila	Italy
Worthington	Sayama, Saitama	Japan
Yellow Springs	El Jícaro, Nueva Segovia	Nicaragua	1986
Youngstown	Al-Bireh, Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate	Palestine Authority, Palestine
	Salerno, Campania	Italy	2004
	Spišská Nová Ves, Košice Region	Slovakia	1991