List of twin towns and sister cities in Asia

This is a list of places in the continent of Asia which have standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world), and while most of the places included are towns, the list also includes villages, cities, districts, and counties with similar links.

Afghanistan
Asadabad
 * 🇺🇸 Union City, United States

Ghazni


 * 🇺🇸 Hayward, United States
 * 🇮🇷 Nishapur, Iran

Herat


 * 🇺🇸 Council Bluffs, United States
 * 🇮🇷 Nishapur, Iran

Jalalabad
 * 🇺🇸 San Diego, United States

Kabul


 * 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey
 * 🇷🇺 Kazan, Russia

Kandahar
 * 🇺🇸 Council Bluffs, United States

Mazar-i-Sharif


 * 🇹🇯 Dushanbe, Tajikistan
 * 🇮🇷 Mashhad, Iran

Bahrain
Manama


 * 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey
 * 🇵🇰 Karachi, Pakistan

Brunei
Bandar Seri Begawan
 * 🇨🇳 Nanjing, China

Cambodia
Phnom Penh


 * 🇹🇭 Bangkok, Thailand
 * 🇨🇳 Beijing, China
 * 🇰🇷 Busan, South Korea
 * 🇨🇳 Chongqing, China
 * Hanoi, Vietnam
 * 🇨🇳 Hefei, China
 * Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
 * 🇰🇷 Incheon, South Korea
 * 🇯🇵 Kitakyushu, Japan
 * 🇨🇳 Kunming, China
 * 🇺🇸 Long Beach, United States
 * 🇺🇸 Lowell, United States
 * 🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
 * 🇨🇳 Shenzhen, China

Sihanoukville


 * 🇪🇪 Maardu, Estonia
 * 🇨🇳 Nanning, China
 * 🇺🇸 Seattle, United States

East Timor
Dili


 * Coimbra, Portugal
 * 🇦🇺 Darwin, Australia

Kazakhstan
Aktobe


 * 🇨🇳 Karamay, China
 * 🇷🇺 Orenburg, Russia

Almaty


 * 🇪🇬 Alexandria, Egypt
 * 🇰🇬 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
 * 🇰🇷 Daegu, South Korea
 * Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
 * 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey
 * 🇸🇦 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
 * 🇹🇷 Malatya, Turkey
 * 🇮🇹 Modena, Italy
 * 🇷🇺 Moscow, Russia
 * 🇫🇷 Rennes, France
 * 🇱🇻 Riga, Latvia
 * 🇦🇷 Rosario, Argentina
 * 🇷🇺 Saint Petersburg, Russia
 * 🇨🇷 San José, Costa Rica
 * 🇺🇿 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
 * 🇮🇱 Tel Aviv, Israel
 * 🇺🇸 Tucson, United States
 * 🇨🇳 Ürümqi, China
 * 🇱🇹 Vilnius, Lithuania

Astana


 * 🇯🇴 Amman, Jordan
 * 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey
 * 🇹🇲 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
 * 🇹🇭 Bangkok, Thailand
 * 🇨🇳 Beijing, China
 * 🇰🇬 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
 * 🇸🇾 Damascus, Syria
 * 🇵🇱 Gdańsk, Poland
 * Hanoi, Vietnam
 * 🇵🇰 Islamabad, Pakistan
 * 🇷🇺 Kazan, Russia
 * 🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine
 * 🇷🇺 Moscow, Russia
 * 🇫🇷 Nice, France
 * 🇫🇮 Oulu, Finland
 * 🇲🇾 Putrajaya, Malaysia
 * 🇱🇻 Riga, Latvia
 * 🇷🇺 Saint Petersburg, Russia
 * 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea
 * 🇺🇿 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
 * Tbilisi, Georgia
 * 🇷🇺 Ufa, Russia
 * 🇲🇳 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
 * 🇹🇷 Uşak, Turkey
 * 🇱🇹 Vilnius, Lithuania
 * 🇵🇱 Warsaw, Poland

Karaganda


 * 🇷🇴 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
 * 🇰🇷 Songpa (Seoul), South Korea

Kokshetau
 * 🇺🇸 Waukesha, United States

Kostanay
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kirklees, England, United Kingdom

Kyzylorda


 * 🇺🇸 Arvada, United States
 * 🇹🇷 Bolu, Turkey
 * 🇹🇷 Bursa, Turkey

Oral


 * 🇷🇺 Kostroma, Russia
 * 🇹🇷 Manisa, Turkey
 * 🇷🇺 Orenburg, Russia
 * 🇨🇿 Ostrava, Czech Republic

Oskemen


 * 🇧🇾 Babruysk, Belarus
 * 🇷🇺 Barnaul, Russia
 * 🇨🇳 Tacheng, China

Petropavl
 * 🇷🇺 Omsk, Russia

Shymkent


 * 🇬🇷 Acharnes, Greece
 * 🇨🇳 Baiyin, China
 * 🇹🇯 Khujand, Tajikistan
 * 🇹🇭 Pattaya, Thailand
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stevenage, England, United Kingdom

Kuwait
Ahmadi
 * Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Kuwait City


 * 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey
 * 🇮🇹 Florence, Italy
 * 🇹🇷 Gaziantep, Turkey
 * 🇨🇳 Guangzhou, China
 * 🇮🇷 Isfahan, Iran
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico
 * 🇦🇷 Rosario, Argentina
 * 🇧🇦 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * 🇹🇳 Tunis, Tunisia

Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek


 * 🇰🇿 Almaty, Kazakhstan
 * 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey
 * 🇹🇲 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
 * 🇰🇿 Astana, Kazakhstan
 * 🇺🇸 Colorado Springs, United States
 * 🇶🇦 Doha, Qatar
 * 🇰🇷 Gumi, South Korea
 * 🇹🇷 İzmir, Turkey
 * 🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine
 * 🇨🇳 Lianyungang, China
 * 🇮🇷 Qazvin, Iran
 * 🇹🇷 Samsun, Turkey
 * 🇨🇳 Shenzhen, China
 * 🇺🇿 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
 * 🇮🇷 Tehran, Iran
 * 🇨🇳 Tianjin, China
 * 🇹🇷 Trabzon, Turkey
 * 🇷🇺 Ufa, Russia
 * 🇲🇳 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
 * 🇨🇳 Ürümqi, China
 * 🇨🇳 Wuhan, China
 * 🇨🇳 Yinchuan, China

Özgön


 * 🇹🇷 Bolu, Turkey
 * 🇹🇷 Yıldırım, Turkey

Laos
Champasak


 * Da Nang, Vietnam
 * Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
 * 🇨🇳 Nanning, China

Luang Prabang
 * 🇨🇳 Chengdu, China

Vientiane


 * 🇨🇳 Beijing, China
 * 🇺🇸 Elgin, United States
 * Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
 * 🇨🇳 Kunming, China

Lebanon
Beirut


 * 🇸🇾 Aleppo, Syria
 * Dubai, United Arab Emirates
 * 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey
 * 🇵🇰 Karachi, Pakistan
 * 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, United States
 * 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 * 🇦🇲 Yerevan, Armenia

Maldives
Malé


 * 🇱🇰 Colombo, Sri Lanka


 * 🇨🇳 Suzhou, China

Mongolia
Darkhan


 * 🇧🇬 Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria
 * 🇺🇸 Irving, United States
 * 🇭🇺 Kaposvár, Hungary
 * 🇷🇺 Ulan-Ude, Russia
 * 🇩🇪 Zeitz, Germany

Erdenet


 * 🇹🇷 Edremit, Turkey
 * 🇺🇸 Fairbanks, United States
 * 🇭🇺 Székesfehérvár, Hungary
 * 🇷🇺 Ulan-Ude, Russia

Kharkhorin
 * 🇹🇷 Bolu, Turkey

Ulaanbaatar


 * 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey
 * 🇰🇿 Astana, Kazakhstan
 * 🇹🇭 Bangkok, Thailand
 * 🇨🇳 Beijing, China
 * 🇰🇬 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
 * 🇨🇳 Chongqing, China
 * 🇺🇸 Denver, United States
 * 🇷🇺 Elista, Russia
 * 🇹🇷 Gaziantep, Turkey
 * 🇨🇺 Havana, Cuba
 * 🇨🇳 Hohhot, China
 * 🇰🇷 Incheon, South Korea
 * 🇷🇺 Irkutsk, Russia
 * 🇷🇺 Moscow, Russia
 * 🇷🇺 Novosibirsk, Russia


 * 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea
 * 🇹🇼 Taipei, Taiwan
 * 🇷🇺 Ulan-Ude, Russia

Myanmar
Mandalay
 * 🇨🇳 Kunming, China

Yangon


 * 🇰🇷 Busan, South Korea
 * 🇯🇵 Fukuoka, Japan
 * 🇨🇳 Haikou, China
 * Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
 * 🇳🇵 Kathmandu, Nepal
 * 🇨🇳 Kunming, China
 * 🇨🇳 Nanning, China
 * 🇵🇭 Quezon City, Philippines
 * 🇨🇳 Yangzhou, China

Nepal
Bharatpur
 * 🇨🇳 Golmud, China

Gorkha
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rushmoor, England, United Kingdom

Indrawati
 * 🇺🇸 Jersey City, United States

Janakpur
 * 🇮🇳 Ayodhya, India

Kathmandu


 * 🇺🇸 Boulder, United States
 * 🇨🇳 Chengdu, China
 * 🇺🇸 Eugene, United States
 * 🇺🇸 Fredericksburg, United States
 * 🇨🇳 Lhasa, China
 * 🇯🇵 Matsumoto, Japan
 * 🇰🇵 Pyongyang, North Korea
 * 🇺🇸 Rochester, United States
 * 🇮🇳 Varanasi, India
 * 🇨🇳 Xi'an, China
 * 🇲🇲 Yangon, Myanmar

Pokhara


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barnet, England, United Kingdom
 * 🇨🇳 Guangzhou, China
 * 🇨🇳 Kunming, China
 * 🇨🇳 Nyingchi, China
 * 🇹🇷 Princes' Islands, Turkey

Siddharthanagar
 * 🇨🇳 Baoji, China

North Korea
Chongjin
 * 🇨🇳 Changchun, China

Haeju
 * 🇷🇺 Ulan-Ude, Russia

Hamhung
 * 🇨🇳 Shanghai, China

Kaesong
 * 🇵🇪 Cusco, Peru

Nampo


 * 🇷🇺 Saint Petersburg, Russia
 * 🇨🇳 Weihai, China

Pyongsong
 * 🇧🇬 Pernik, Bulgaria

Pyongyang


 * 🇮🇶 Baghdad, Iraq
 * 🇹🇭 Chiang Mai, Thailand
 * Dubai, United Arab Emirates
 * 🇮🇩 Jakarta, Indonesia
 * Kathmandu, Nepal
 * 🇷🇺 Moscow, Russia
 * 🇨🇳 Tianjin, China

Sariwon
 * 🇵🇰 Lahore, Pakistan

Wonsan


 * 🇲🇽 Puebla, Mexico
 * 🇷🇺 Vladivostok, Russia

Oman
Muscat


 * 🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt
 * 🇲🇦 Casablanca, Morocco
 * 🇹🇳 Tunis, Tunisia

Qatar
Doha


 * 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey
 * Banjul, Gambia
 * 🇨🇳 Beijing, China
 * 🇵🇸 Beit Sahour, Palestine
 * 🇰🇬 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
 * 🇺🇸 Charleston, United States
 * 🇻🇪 Libertador (Caracas), Venezuela
 * 🇪🇸 Marbella, Spain
 * 🇸🇴 Mogadishu, Somalia
 * 🇨🇾 Nicosia, Cyprus
 * 🇲🇺 Port Louis, Mauritius
 * 🇪🇨 Quito, Ecuador
 * 🇸🇻 San Salvador, El Salvador
 * 🇧🇦 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * 🇧🇬 Sofia, Bulgaria
 * Tbilisi, Georgia
 * 🇦🇱 Tirana, Albania
 * 🇹🇳 Tunis, Tunisia

Saudi Arabia
Jeddah


 * 🇰🇿 Almaty, Kazakhstan
 * 🇦🇿 Baku, Azerbaijan
 * 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey
 * 🇮🇩 Jakarta, Indonesia
 * 🇵🇰 Karachi, Pakistan
 * 🇲🇾 Kuching, Malaysia
 * 🇪🇸 Marbella, Spain
 * Oran, Algeria
 * 🇧🇬 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
 * 🇹🇼 Taipei, Taiwan

Sri Lanka
Colombo


 * 🇲🇻 Malé, Maldives
 * 🇷🇺 Saint Petersburg, Russia
 * 🇨🇳 Shanghai, China

Galle
 * Velsen, Netherlands

Hambantota
 * 🇨🇳 Guangzhou, China

Jaffna


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kingston upon Thames, England, United Kingdom
 * 🇺🇸 Sterling Heights, United States

Moratuwa
 * 🇯🇵 Suita, Japan

Nuwara Eliya


 * 🇷🇺 Vidnoye, Russia
 * 🇯🇵 Uji, Japan
 * 🇨🇳 Yongzhou, China

Polonnaruwa
 * 🇨🇳 Kunming, China

Syria
Aleppo


 * 🇱🇧 Beirut, Lebanon
 * 🇹🇷 Gaziantep, Turkey
 * 🇹🇷 Kilis, Turkey
 * 🇹🇷 Osmangazi, Turkey

Al-Zabadani


 * 🇩🇪 Neunkirchen, Saarland, Germany

Damascus


 * 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey
 * 🇰🇿 Astana, Kazakhstan
 * 🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania
 * 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, Argentina
 * 🇪🇸 Córdoba, Spain
 * Dubai, United Arab Emirates
 * 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey
 * 🇪🇸 Toledo, Spain
 * 🇦🇲 Yerevan, Armenia

Deir ez-Zor


 * 🇦🇲 Armavir, Armenia

Homs


 * 🇧🇷 Belo Horizonte, Brazil
 * 🇹🇷 Kayseri, Turkey
 * 🇮🇷 Yazd, Iran

Kobani


 * 🇮🇹 Rome, Italy


 * 🇮🇹 Naples, Italy


 * 🇮🇹 Ancona, Italy

Latakia


 * 🇹🇷 Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
 * 🇹🇳 Sousse, Tunisia
 * 🇺🇦/🇷🇺 Yalta, Ukraine/Russia (disputed)

Manbij


 * 🇹🇷 Afyonkarahisar, Turkey

Safita


 * 🇦🇺 Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia (2005)

Tartus


 * 🇹🇷 Kütahya, Turkey
 * 🇬🇷 Piraeus, Greece
 * 🇪🇸 Tortosa, Spain

Contested cities
🇹🇷 Antakya and Erzin, par of theHatay Province (Liwa' Iskenderun in arabic) was part of Syria, then, Ottoman Syria, later on, the French mandate of Syria, but became part of Turkey since its annexation in 1939. The French encouraged the annexation, hoping it would act as an incentive to Turkey to reject an alliance with Nazi Germany. The Hatay province is part of historic Syria.

Antakya, Turkey


 * 🇩🇪 Aalen, Germany (since 1995).

Erzin, Turkey


 * 🇩🇪 Freiberg am Neckar, Germany
 * 🇦🇿 Quba, Azerbaijan, since 2011

🇮🇱 The Golan Heights is part of Syria, occupied by Zionist Israel since 1967 in the context of the Six-Day war. It is internationally recognised as a part of Syria, unlike the Hatay province which is claimed solely by the Syrian government and Arab nationalists.

Ein Qiniyye, Occupied by Israel


 * 🇺🇸 Great Neck, New York, USA (2022)

Qatzrin, Occupied by Israel


 * 🇨🇿 Mikulov, Czech Republic

Tajikistan
Dushanbe


 * 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey
 * 🇹🇲 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
 * 🇺🇸 Boulder, United States
 * 🇨🇳 Hainan, China
 * 🇦🇹 Klagenfurt, Austria
 * 🇵🇰 Lahore, Pakistan
 * 🇿🇲 Lusaka, Zambia
 * 🇦🇫 Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan
 * 🇧🇾 Minsk, Belarus
 * 🇹🇳 Monastir, Tunisia
 * 🇨🇳 Qingdao, China
 * 🇩🇪 Reutlingen, Germany
 * 🇷🇺 Saint Petersburg, Russia
 * 🇾🇪 Sanaa, Yemen
 * 🇮🇷 Shiraz, Iran
 * 🇮🇷 Tehran, Iran
 * 🇨🇳 Ürümqi, China
 * 🇨🇳 Xiamen, China

Istaravshan
 * 🇷🇺 Krasnoyarsk, Russia

Khujand


 * 🇦🇿 Ağstafa, Azerbaijan
 * 🇺🇸 Lincoln, United States
 * 🇮🇷 Nishapur, Iran
 * 🇺🇿 Samarkand, Uzbekistan
 * 🇷🇺 Orenburg, Russia
 * 🇰🇿 Shymkent, Kazakhstan
 * 🇮🇷 Tabriz, Iran
 * 🇷🇺 Vladimir, Russia

Kulob


 * 🇮🇷 Hamadan, Iran
 * 🇹🇷 Konya, Turkey
 * 🇮🇷 Nishapur, Iran

Turkmenistan
Arkadag


 * 🇷🇺 Kazan, Russia
 * Telavi, Georgia

Ashgabat


 * 🇰🇿 Aktau, Kazakhstan
 * 🇺🇸 Albuquerque, United States
 * 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey
 * 🇰🇿 Astana, Kazakhstan
 * 🇬🇷 Athens, Greece
 * 🇲🇱 Bamako, Mali
 * 🇰🇬 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
 * 🇹🇯 Dushanbe, Tajikistan
 * 🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine
 * 🇨🇳 Lanzhou, China
 * 🇺🇿 Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Mary


 * 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey
 * 🇷🇺 Oryol, Russia
 * 🇺🇿 Samarkand, Uzbekistan
 * 🇨🇳 Xi'an, China

Türkmenabat
 * 🇹🇷 İzmir, Turkey

United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi


 * 🇵🇸 Bethlehem, Palestine
 * 🇦🇺 Brisbane, Australia
 * 🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt
 * 🇺🇸 Houston, United States
 * 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
 * 🇧🇾 Minsk, Belarus

Dubai


 * 🇯🇴 Amman, Jordan
 * 🇱🇧 Beirut, Lebanon
 * 🇰🇷 Busan, South Korea
 * Cape Town, South Africa
 * 🇲🇦 Casablanca, Morocco
 * 🇸🇾 Damascus, Syria
 * 🇺🇸 Detroit, United States


 * 🇩🇪 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
 * 🇵🇸 Gaza City, Palestine
 * 🇦🇺 Gold Coast, Australia
 * 🇨🇳 Guangzhou, China
 * 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey
 * 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
 * 🇷🇺 Moscow, Russia
 * 🇰🇵 Pyongyang, North Korea
 * 🇵🇷 San Juan, Puerto Rico
 * 🇸🇻 San Salvador, El Salvador
 * 🇨🇳 Shanghai, China

Sharjah
 * 🇪🇸 Granada, Spain

Uzbekistan
Bukhara


 * 🇩🇪 Bonn, Germany
 * 🇪🇸 Córdoba, Spain
 * 🇮🇷 Hamadan, Iran
 * 🇹🇷 İzmir, Turkey
 * 🇵🇰 Lahore, Pakistan
 * 🇹🇷 Malatya, Turkey
 * 🇮🇷 Nishapur, Iran
 * 🇷🇺 Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Russia
 * 🇫🇷 Rueil-Malmaison, France
 * 🇺🇸 Santa Fe, United States
 * 🇵🇱 Słupsk, Poland
 * 🇷🇺 Vladimir, Russia
 * 🇹🇷 Yıldırım, Turkey

Samarkand


 * 🇦🇫 Balkh, Afghanistan
 * 🇮🇩 Banda Aceh, Indonesia
 * 🇵🇪 Cusco, Peru
 * 🇱🇻 Jūrmala, Latvia
 * 🇹🇳 Kairouan, Tunisia
 * 🇹🇯 Khujand, Tajikistan
 * 🇷🇺 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
 * 🇵🇰 Lahore, Pakistan
 * 🇧🇪 Liège, Belgium
 * 🇹🇲 Mary, Turkmenistan
 * 🇹🇲 Merv, Turkmenistan
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico
 * 🇮🇳 New Delhi, India
 * 🇮🇷 Nishapur, Iran
 * 🇧🇬 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
 * 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 * 🇷🇺 Samara, Russia
 * 🇨🇳 Xi'an, China

Tashkent


 * 🇰🇿 Almaty, Kazakhstan
 * 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey
 * 🇹🇲 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
 * 🇰🇿 Astana, Kazakhstan
 * 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
 * 🇰🇬 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
 * 🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt
 * 🇺🇦 Dnipro, Ukraine
 * 🇵🇰 Karachi, Pakistan
 * 🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine
 * 🇷🇺 Moscow, Russia
 * 🇱🇻 Riga, Latvia
 * 🇺🇸 Seattle, United States
 * 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea
 * 🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
 * 🇺🇦 Sverdlovsk, Ukraine

Yemen
Aden
 * 🇨🇳 Shanghai, China

Sanaa


 * 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey
 * 🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt
 * 🇹🇯 Dushanbe, Tajikistan
 * 🇮🇷 Tehran, Iran