 Birmingham, UK
 Salem, United States
 Loures, Portugal (1998)
 Montreal, Canada (2000[10])
Indonesia
 Beijing, China Berlin, Germany Istanbul, Turkey- Los Angeles, California, United States
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 New South Wales, Australia Paris, France Pyongyang, North Korea Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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 Rotterdam, Netherlands Seoul, South Korea Tokyo, Japan
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- Lismore, Australia
 George Town, Malaysia
- Seattle, Washington, United States
- Brisbane, Australia
Iran
 Barcelona, Spain Cairo, Egypt Florence, Italy- Freiburg, Germany
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 Havana, Cuba Iaşi, Romania- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[11]
 Kuwait, Kuwait
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 Lahore, Pakistan Saint Petersburg, Russia- Xi'an, China
 Yerevan, Armenia
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 Umeå, Sweden
- Fresno, California, United States
- Great Neck, New York, United States
- Milano, Italy
- Medina, Saudi Arabia
 Najaf, Iraq
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- Kerbela, Iraq
- Kazimain, Iraq
- Samarra, Iraq
- Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Lahore, Pakistan [12]
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- Verona, Italy [13]
 Pula, Croatia- Busan, South Korea
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - declared sister cities on October 2006.[14]
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- Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Beijing, China
 Caracas, Venezuela Damascus, Syria Dubai, UAE- Havana, Cuba
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- Los Angeles, California, United States
- London, England
 Manila, Philippines Minsk, Belarus
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- Moscow, Russia
 Pretoria, South Africa- Seoul, South Korea
- Toronto, Canada
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Iraq
- Cairo, Egypt
 Amman, Jordan Beirut, Lebanon Sana'a, Yemen
Israel
- For West Bank see West Bank below
- For The Gaza Strip see Gaza Strip above
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
- Constanţa, Romania
 Poti, Georgia Gorgan, Iran
- Songpa-gu, South Korea
 Pattaya, Thailand
- Antalya, Turkey
 Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1982)
- Ploieşti, Romania
- Orenburg, Russia
Kyrgyzstan
- Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States (1994)
Kuwait
Lebanon
 Athens, Greece Buenos Aires, Argentina- Brest, France
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Strasbourg, France
- Lyon, France
- Marseille, France
- Yerevan, Armenia
- Karachi, Pakistan
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- Florence, Italy[citation needed]
 Sao Paulo, Brazil[citation needed]- Damascus, Syria
- Moscow, Russia
- Quebec, Canada
- Baghdad, Iraq
- Amman, Jordan
- Kuwait City, Kuwait
 Nicosia, Cyprus[citation needed]
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- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Istanbul, Turkey[citation needed]
- Cairo, Egypt[citation needed]
- Split, Croatia[citation needed]
- Zagreb, Croatia[citation needed]
 Bogota, Colombia[citation needed]- Isfahan, Iran
 Mexico City, Mexico
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Malaysia
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Fukuoka, Japan
Mongolia
- Ulan Ude, Russia
- Tianjin, People's Republic of China
 Taipei, Taiwan- Seoul, South Korea
- Irkutsk, Russia
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- Moscow, Russia
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Ulan Ude, Russia
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- Denver, Colorado, United States
- Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
- Miyakonojo, Miyazaki, Japan
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Nepal
North Korea
- Shanghai, People's Republic of China
 Bălţi, Moldova Cusco, Peru
 Kathmandu, Nepal- Moscow, Russia
- Chiautempan, Mexico
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Tianjin, People's Republic of China
- Lahore, Pakistan
 Székesfehérvár, Hungary
- Vladivostok, Russia
Pakistan
Palestine
Philippines
Russia
Saudi Arabia
- Adana, Turkey
- Alexandria, Egypt
 Almaty, Kazakhstan- Amman, Jordan
 Baku, Azerbaijan- Cairo, Egypt
 Casablanca, Morocco- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- Istanbul, Turkey
 Jakarta, Indonesia- Johor Bahru, Malaysia
- Kazan, Russia
- Karachi, Pakistan
 Mari, Turkmenistan Odessa, Ukraine Osh, Kyrgyzstan
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 Plovdiv, Bulgaria- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Shimonoseki, Japan
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Strasbourg, France
- Stuttgart, Germany
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Xi'an, China
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- Acapulco, Mexico
South Korea
Syria
Taiwan (Republic of China)
Tajikistan
Thailand
- Brisbane, Australia
- Perth, Australia
- Sydney, Australia
- Beijing, China
- Budapest, Hungary
- Milan, Italy
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- Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia- Manila, Philippines
- Moscow, Russia
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Seoul, South Korea
- Ankara, Turkey
 Liverpool, United Kingdom- Washington, D.C., United States
 Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Kunming, Yunnan, China
Turkey
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
 Algiers, Algeria- Casablanca, Morocco
- Damascus, Syria
- Detroit, Michigan, United States
 Dundee, Scotland
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 Geneva, Switzerland- Gold Coast, Australia
- Putrajaya, Malaysia
- Istanbul, Turkey
 Manama, Bahrain- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Mandaluyong, Philippines
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- Karachi, Pakistan
- Osaka, Japan
- Shanghai, China
- Yerevan, Armenia
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Uzbekistan
- Seattle, Washington, United States
- Cusco, Peru
Vietnam
- Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
- Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia
- Namyangju, South Korea
West Bank
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