List of twin towns and sister cities in Central America

This is a list of "twin towns" or "sister cities" in the region of Central America — that is, pairs of towns or cities in different countries which have town twinning arrangements. Where known, the date of formation of the twinning agreement is included in parentheses.

Note that the list is likely to always remain incomplete, since no canonical list of such arrangements exists; even those towns that are listed may well have arrangements which are not listed here. However, a searchable, interactive list is maintained by Sister Cities International. Note also that any twinning arrangement should be listed at two locations in the series of lists: one for each of the towns involved in the arrangement.

Belize

• Belize City — Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Belmopan — Lansing, Michigan^[1]
• San Pedro — Wilmington, North Carolina^[1]

Costa Rica

• San José — San Jose, California, USA (1961); Okayama, Japan (1971); Maracay, Venezuela (1980); Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China (1984)
• Heredia — Marietta, Georgia, USA
• Puntarenas — Kesennuma, Miyagi, Japan

El Salvador

• Arcatao, Chalatenango — Madison, Wisconsin, USA^[2]
• Concepción de Ataco — Fountain Hills, Arizona, USA^[2]
• Ciudad Romero, La Unión — Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA^[2]
• San Antonio Los Ranchos, Chalatenango — Berkeley, California, USA^[2]
• San José Las Flores, Chalatenango — Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA^[2][3][4]
• San Miguel — Arlington County, Virginia, USA^[2]
• San Salvador — Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China (1993); Los Angeles, California, USA
• Segundo Montes, Morazán — Cleveland, Ohio, USA^[2]
• Teosinte, Chalatenango — Arlington, Massachusetts, USA^[2]

Guatemala

• Cobán — Birmingham, Alabama, USA^[5]
• Guatemala City — Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China (1998); Hollywood, Florida, USA^[5]
• Antigua Guatemala — Coral Gables, Florida, USA^[5]
• Quetzaltenango — San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Mexico (2009);^[6] Turin, Italy; Tromsø, Norway (1991); Livermore, California, USA^[5]

Honduras

• Choluteca — Lynnwood, Washington^[7]
• La Ceiba — Broken Arrow, Oklahoma^[8]
• Puerto Cortes — Corpus Christi, Texas (Sister Ports program)^[9]
• Santa Barbara, Honduras — Freeport, Maine (2005)^[10]
• Tegucigalpa — Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China (1975); New Orleans, Louisiana^[11]

Nicaragua

• Bluefields — Racine, Wisconsin, USA;^[12] Lower East Side, New York City (with Bluefields community of Barrio Nueva York)^[13]
• Chinandega — Eindhoven, The Netherlands
• Condega — Bend, Oregon, USA^[14]
• Corinto — Portland, Oregon, USA (1985)^[12]
• Estelí — Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA;^[12] Sheffield, UK; Delft, Netherlands (1984)
• Granada — Tampa, Florida, USA;^[12] Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA^[12]
• Jalapa — Boulder, Colorado, USA^[12]
• El Jícaro, Nueva Segovia — Yellow Springs, Ohio, USA^[14]
• Jinotega, Jinotega — Shelby, North Carolina, USA^[12]
• Jinotepe, Carazo — Santa Cruz, California, USA^[12]
• Juigalpa — Leiden, Netherlands
• La Paz Centro — Amherst, Massachusetts, USA (1987)^[15]
• Laguna de Perlas — Montclair, New Jersey, USA^[12]
• Las Mangas — Holyoke, Colorado, USA^[12]
• León — Hamburg, Germany; Oxford, UK; Berkeley, California, USA;^[12] New Haven, Connecticut, USA;^[12][16] Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA^[14]
• Malpaisillo — Rhinebeck, New York, USA;^[14][17]Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA^[12]
• Managua — Madison, Wisconsin, USA (1987);^[12][18] Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China (1992); Miami, Florida, USA;^[12] Caracas, Venezuela
• Masaya — Leicester, UK; Belo Horizonte, Brazil (2002)
• Matagalpa, Matagalpa — Gainesville, Florida, USA^[12]
• Mateare — Platteville, Wisconsin, USA^[14]
• Mina El Limón — Beckley, West Virginia, USA^[14]
• Nagarote — Norwalk, Connecticut, USA^[14][19]
• Ocotal — Swindon, UK; Hartford, Connecticut, USA^[12]
• Ometepe — Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA^[14]
• Posoltega — Bloomington, Indiana, USA^[12]
• Puerto Cabezas — Burlington, Vermont, USA^[12]
• Puerto Morazan — Bristol, UK (1989)
• Quezalguaque — Brookline, Massachusetts, USA (1987)
• Quilali — South Haven, Michigan, USA^[12]
• San Carlos — Groningen, Netherlands
• San Francisco Libre — Reading, UK (1994)
• San Isidro — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA^[12]
• San José de Bocay — Blacksburg, Virginia, USA^[20][21]
• San Juan de Limay — Baltimore, Maryland, USA^[14]
• San Juan de Oriente — Sacramento, California, USA^[14]
• San Juan del Río Coco — Brooklyn, New York^[13]
• San Juan del Sur — Newton, Massachusetts, USA^[14][22]
• San Marcos, Atlántico Norte — Concord, Massachusetts, USA^[12]
• San Ramón, Matagalpa — Durham, North Carolina (1993)^[23]
• Santa Teresa — Richland Center, Wisconsin USA (1987)
• Santo Domingo — Tucson, Arizona, USA^[14]
• Santo Tomás – Thurston County, Washington, USA^[14]/>
• Somotillo — Bennington, Vermont, USA
• Somoto, Madriz — Merced, California, USA^[12]
• Ticuantepe — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA^[14]
• Tipitapa — New York City, USA^[14]
• Villa Carlos Fonseca — Moscow, Idaho, USA^[12]

Panama

• Colón — Mandeville, Louisiana^[24]
• Panama City — Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China (1989); Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Miami, Florida; Medellin Colombia; Uberaba, Minas Gerais Brazil; Tel Aviv Israel; Lima, El Callao Peru ^[24]

References

1. List of sister cities in Belize from Sister Cities International
2. List of sister cities in El Salvador from Sister Cities International
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4. Richard Thompson. "Looking to strengthen family ties with 'sister cities'," Boston Globe, October 12, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
5. List of sister cities in Guatemala from Sister Cities International
7. Sister Relations in Washington State (USA) from a report on Australia-China sister cities. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
8. Oklahoma's Sister City Pairings from Oklahoma Department of Commerce. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
9. Sister Cities Program International Business Development, City of Corpus Christi. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
10. Santa Barbara—Freeport Sister Cities from Freeport chapter of Rotary International. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
11. World Trade Center of New Orleans. Retrieved 2008-06-07. Archived October 9, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
12. Sister Cities in Nicaragua list by Sister Cities International
13. Lydia Chavez. Nicaragua is aided by sister city projects", The New York Times, February 1, 1987. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
14. "2003 US-Nicaragua Sister Cities Directory" (PDF). Wisconsin Coordinating Council on Nicaragua. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
15. Sister Cities: Amherst, Massachusetts, USA and La Paz Centro, Nicaragua. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
16. New Haven–León Sister City Project. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
17. Bard/Mid-Hudson Larreynaga Sister City Project. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
18. Madison-Managua Sister City Project, Wisconsin Coordinating Council on Nicaragua. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
19. Norwalk—Nagarote Sister Cities Project. Retrieved 2008-06-07. Archived June 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
20. "Blacksburg-Bocay Sister City Program". Blacksburg-Bocay Sister City Committee (Blacksburg, Virginia). Retrieved 2015-11-03.
21. Town of Blacksburg, Virginia. "Resolution 4-C-89: A Resolution Adopting San Jose de Bocay, Nicaragua, as Sister-City to Blacksburg, Virginia." April 11, 1989.
22. Newton-San Juan del Sur Sister City Project. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
23. Colin Sutker. "Carrboro flirts with Sister City idea" (report on one town's plans to establish a sister city, mentions Durham-San Ramon Sister Communities), The Daily Tar Heel, April 17, 2002. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
24. List of sister cities in Panama from Sister Cities International