List of sister cities in Pennsylvania facts for kids

This is a list of sister states, regions, and cities in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. 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 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Jurisdiction	Sister State, Region, or City	Country	Since
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania	Matanzas Province	Cuba	2000
	Rhône-Alpes	France	2006

Sister cities of Pennsylvania cities and counties

Cheltenham is twins with its namesake in England.

The Cathedral on the Plaza Mayor in Erie's sister city of Mérida is the oldest in North America.

The Acropolis of Athens in one of Philadelphia's sisters.

Sheffield, like a number of Pittsburgh's sisters, is twinned due to its impact on the world's steel industry.

A sign welcoming travelers to York proudly boasts both of that city's twins: Arles, France and Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany. The York-Arles partnership, established in 1954, was the first of its kind between American and French municipalities.

Pennsylvania Jurisdiction	Sister State, Region, or City	Country	Since
Allentown	Lelów, Silesian Voivodeship	Poland
	Tiberias, Lower Galilee	Israel	1998
	Vinci, Tuscany	Italy
Altoona	St. Pölten, Lower Austria	Austria	2000
Ambler	Maida, Calabria	Italy	2010
Bethlehem	Corfu	Greece	2013
	Murska Sobota, Prekmurje	Slovenia
	Schwäbisch Gmünd, Baden-Württemberg	Germany	1991
	Tondabayashi, Osaka	Japan	1972
Boyertown	Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv Oblast	Ukraine	1993
Caln Township	Calne, Wiltshire	England, UK	1982
Chambersburg	Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture	Japan	1960
Cheltenham	Cheltenham, Gloucestershire	England, UK
Clarks Summit	Ystradgynlais, Powys	Wales, UK	1991
Coatesville	Greenock, Inverclyde	Scotland, UK
Curwensville	Workington, Cumbria	England, UK
Dalton	Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria	England, UK
Drumore Township and Lancaster County	Dromore, County Down	Northern Ireland, UK	1996
Elizabethtown	Letterkenny, County Donegal	Ireland	2002
Ephrata	Eberbach, Baden-Württemberg	Germany	1976
Erie	Dungarvan, County Waterford	Ireland	2007
	Lublin, Lublin Vovoideship	Poland
	Mérida, Yucatán	Mexico
	Zibo, Shandong Province	China
Fleetwood	Fleetwood, Lancashire	England, UK
Gettysburg	León, León Department	Nicaragua	1987
Greensburg	Belize	Belize
	Cercemaggiore, Molise	Italy	2003
Harrisburg	Ma'alot-Tarshiha, North	Israel	1998
Hazleton	Gorzów Wielkopolski, Lubusz Voivodeship	Poland
	Mountain Communities of Lambro and Mingardo, Campania	Italy	2001
Lancaster	Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem	Israel	1998
	Sano, Tochigi Prefecture	Japan	1994
Limerick	Limerick, County Limerick	Ireland	1990
Lititz	Kunvald, Ústí nad Orlicí	Czech Republic	2006
Montgomery County	Gwanak-gu, Seoul	South Korea
Nanty Glo	Nantyglo, Monmouthshire	Wales, UK
New Castle	Shinshiro, Aichi	Japan	1998
New Holland	Longvic, Bourgogne	France
Northampton	Stegersbach, Burgenland	Austria
Philadelphia	Abruzzo	Italy	1997
	Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	France	1999
	Douala, Littoral Province	Cameroon	1986
	Florence, Tuscany	Italy	1964
	Incheon, Sudogwon	South Korea	1984
	Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture	Japan	1986
	Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast	Russia	1992
	Tel Aviv	Israel	1966
	Tianjin	China	1980
	Toruń, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship	Poland	1976
Pittsburgh	Bilbao, Basque Country	Spain	1960s
	Cherry Hill, New Jersey	United States
	Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast	Ukraine	1992
	Fernando de la Mora, Gran Asunción	Paraguay
	Karmiel, North	Israel	1995
	Kolkata	India
	Matanzas, Matanzas Province	Cuba	1998
	Misgav, Galilee	Israel	1995
	Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo Region	Russia
	Ostrava, Moravian-Silesian Region	Czech Republic	2001
	Prešov, Prešov District	Slovakia	2002
	Saitama, Saitama Prefecture (includes Ōmiya-ku, Saitama Prefecture)	Japan	1997
	San Isidro, Matagalpa	Nicaragua
	Sheffield, South Yorkshire	England, UK
	Sofia	Bulgaria
	Skopje	Macedonia	2002
	Wuhan, Hubei Province	China	1982
	Zagreb	Croatia	1980
Reading	Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg	Germany	1998
Saxonburg	Mühlhausen, Thuringia	Germany	2008
Scranton	Ballina, County Mayo	Ireland
	Trnava, Trnava District	Slovakia
Upper Darby	Motoyama, Kōchi	Japan
Wilkinsburg	Makeni, Northern Province	Sierra Leone	2004
Williamsport	Ma'ale Adumim	Palestine, West Bank	2010
York	Arles, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	France	1954
	Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Baden-Württemberg	Germany	1981