List of twin towns and sister cities in Belarus

Map of Belarus.

This is a list of places in Belarus having standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (though other terms, such as "partner towns" or "sister cities" are sometimes used instead), and while most of the places included are towns, the list also comprises villages, cities, districts, counties, etc. with similar links.

Twin towns and sister cities

Brest

Oryol, Russia Nizhny Tagil, Russia Astrakhan, Russia Kovrov, Russia Tyumen, Russia Petrozavodsk, Russia Saint Petersburg (Nevski rayon), Russia

Lutsk, Ukraine Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine Odessa, Ukraine Lublin, Poland Biała Podlaska, Poland Siedlce, Poland Terespol, Poland

Pleven, Bulgaria Botoşani, Romania Coevorden, Netherlands Xiaogan, China Port-sur-Saône, France Mittleres Schussental (Weingarten, Ravensburg, Baienfurt, Baindt, Berg), Germany

Chernihiv, Ukraine Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom (1990)[1] České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Sudbury, Canada Clermont-Ferrand, France

Liepāja, Latvia Radom, Poland[2]

Lida

• Koszalin, Poland
• Ełk, Poland

Minsk

As of 2008 Minsk maintains cultural links to 18 twin towns in various countries:^[3]

Milan in Italy Caracas in Venezuela Nottingham in the United Kingdom (since 1957)[3] Sendai in Japan (since 1973)[3] Bangalore in India (since 1973)[3] Lyon in France (since 1976)[3]

Belo Horizonte in Brazil (since 1987) Changchun in China (since 1992)[3] Łódź in Poland (since 1993)[4][3] Bonn in Germany (since 1993)[3] Eindhoven in Netherlands (since 1994)[3] Dushanbe in Tajikistan (since 1998)[3]

Kishinev in Moldova (since 2000)[3] Havana in Cuba (since 2005)[3] Tehran in Iran (since 2006)[3] Abu Dhabi in United Arab Emirates (since 2007)[3] Ankara in Turkey (since 2007)[3][5] Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan (since 2008)[3]

Partnerships

Furthermore, partnership agreements with 23 cities and regions from Russia are signed alongside of many Baltic and CIS cities.^[6]

• Riga, Latvia^[7]

Polotsk

• Friedrichshafen, Germany

Slutsk

• Serpukhov, Russia
• Brovary, Ukraine

Vileyka

• Mozhaysk, Russia
• Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine
• Willmar, Minnesota, USA

References

1. "Twinning". Aberdeen City Council. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
2. "Radom Official Website - Partner Cities". (in English and Polish) © 2007 Urząd Miasta Radom. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
3. "Twin towns of Minsk". © 2008 The department of protocol and international relations of Minsk City Executive Committee. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
4. "Twin Cities". The City of Łódź Office. (in English and Polish) © 2007 UMŁ. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
5. "Ankara Metropolitan Municipality: Sister Cities of Ankara". © 2007 Ankara Büyükşehir Belediyesi - Tüm Hakları Saklıdır. Kullanım Koşulları & Gizlilik. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
6. "Отдел протокола и зарубежных связей Мингорисполкома - Минский городской исполнительный комитет". Minsk.gov.by. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
7. "Twin cities of Riga". Riga City Council. Retrieved 2009-07-27.