A border town is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

close to the boundary between two

countries A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state (polity), state, nation, or other polity, political entity. It may be a sovereign state or make up one part of a larger state. For example, the country of Japan is an independent, so ...

state State may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State * ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States * ''Our S ...

s, or regions. Usually the term implies that the nearness to the border is one of the things the place is most famous for. With close proximities to a different country, diverse cultural traditions can have certain influence to the place. Border towns can have highly cosmopolitan communities, a feature they share with port cities, as traveling and trading often go through the town. They can also be flashpoints for

international conflict Peace and conflict studies is a social science field that identifies and analyzes violent and nonviolent behaviours as well as the structural mechanisms attending conflicts (including social conflicts), with a view towards understanding those pro ...

s, especially when the two countries have

territorial dispute A territorial dispute or boundary dispute is a disagreement over the possession or control of land between two or more political entities. Context and definitions Territorial disputes are often related to the possession of natural resources su ...

List of border towns and cities

Transcontinental

Asia/Africa

El-Qantarah el-Sharqiyya El Qantara ( ar, القنطرة, al qantara, the bridge) is a northeastern Egyptian city on both sides of the Suez Canal, in the Egyptian governorate of Ismailia, northeast of Cairo and south of Port Said. The two parts of the city are connec ...

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

Asia/Europe

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

Atyrau Atyrau ( kk, Атырау, ', ; russian: Атырау, ), known until 1991 as Guryev (russian: Гурьев, ), is a city in Kazakhstan and the capital of Atyrau Region. Atyrau is a transcontinental city, at the mouth of the Ural River on the Cas ...

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

Oral, Kazakhstan Oral ( kz, Орал, translit=Oral ), known in Russian as Uralsk, is a city in northwestern Kazakhstan, at the confluence of the Ural and Chagan rivers close to the Russian border. As it is located on the western bank of the Ural river, it is c ...

* Magnitogorsk, Russia

In Africa

Aflao Aflao is a town in Ketu South District in the Volta Region on Ghana's border with Togo. Aflao is the twenty-eighth most populous settlement in Ghana, in terms of population, with a population of 96,550 people. In the 18th century, Aflao serve ...

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

Badme Badme ( ti, ባድመ, ) is a town in Gash-Barka region of Eritrea. Control of the town was at the centre of the Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict, which lasted from the beginning of the Eritrean–Ethiopian War, in 1998, to the signing of ...

Eritrea Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...

Bangui Bangui () (or Bangî in Sango, formerly written Bangi in English) is the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic. It was established as a French outpost in 1889 and named after its location on the northern bank of the Ubangi ...

Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of th ...

Beni Ensar Beni Ansar (Tarifit: Bni Nṣaa, ⴱⵏⵉ ⵏⵚⴰⴰ; Arabic: بني أنصار; Spanish: Beni Ensar) is a town in Nador Province, Oriental, Morocco, located 12 km (7½ miles) north of the city of Nador. It is bordered on the north by ...

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

Ceuta Ceuta (, , ; ar, سَبْتَة, Sabtah) is a Spanish autonomous city on the north coast of Africa. Bordered by Morocco, it lies along the boundary between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of several Spanish territorie ...

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

Cocobeach Cocobeach is a town in northwestern Gabon, lying on the south bank of the Muni River. It is the capital of the Noya Department. It has a beach and is the main border town for Equatorial Guinea, ferries sailing to Cogo across the river and the bo ...

Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north ...

Fnideq Fnideq (Berber: ⴼⵏⵉⴷⵇ, ar, الفنيدق) is a town in northern Morocco, on the Mediterranean coast of M'diq-Fnideq Prefecture, north of the city of Tétouan. The town is also known under the Spanish name Castillejos. It is the close ...

Kinshasa Kinshasa (; ; ln, Kinsásá), formerly Léopoldville ( nl, Leopoldstad), is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Once a site of fishing and trading villages situated along the Congo River, Kinshasa is now one o ...

Brazzaville Brazzaville (, kg, Kintamo, Nkuna, Kintambo, Ntamo, Mavula, Tandala, Mfwa, Mfua; Teke: ''M'fa'', ''Mfaa'', ''Mfa'', ''Mfoa''Roman Adrian Cybriwsky, ''Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture'', ABC-CLI ...

(

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...

) *

Lomé Lomé is the capital and largest city of Togo. It has an urban population of 837,437

Togo Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its c ...

* Mandera,

Kenya ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...

Melilla Melilla ( , ; ; rif, Mřič ; ar, مليلية ) is an autonomous city of Spain located in north Africa. It lies on the eastern side of the Cape Three Forks, bordering Morocco and facing the Mediterranean Sea. It has an area of . It was par ...

Moyale Moyale is a market town on the border between Ethiopia and Kenya, and is the administrative centre for two Ethiopian woredas, Moyale of Oromia Region and Moyale of Somali Region. Moyale is the main border post on the Nairobi-Addis Ababa road, ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

Oujda Oujda ( ar, وجدة; ber, ⵡⵓⵊⴷⴰ, Wujda) is a major Moroccan city in its northeast near the border with Algeria. Oujda is the capital city of the Oriental region of northeastern Morocco and has a population of about 558,000 people. It ...

Walvis Bay Walvis Bay ( en, lit. Whale Bay; af, Walvisbaai; ger, Walfischbucht or Walfischbai) is a city in Namibia and the name of the bay on which it lies. It is the second largest city in Namibia and the largest coastal city in the country. The c ...

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

(until 1994)

In the Americas

In Central America

Benque Viejo del Carmen Benque Viejo del Carmen ("Benque") is the westernmost town in Belize, by road west and south of Belize City, at the Guatemalan border. San Ignacio, Belize, San Ignacio lies 13 km to the east and Melchor de Mencos just across the border. The ...

, Belize (Belize/Guatemala) *

Chetumal Chetumal (, , ; yua, label= Yucatec Maya, Chactemàal , ) is a city on the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. It is the capital of the state of Quintana Roo and the municipal seat of the Municipality of Othón P. Blanco. In 2020 ...

(Mexico/Belize) *

Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas Ciudad Hidalgo is a city in the Mexican state of Chiapas. It serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of Suchiate which is the southernmost in Mexico. In the 2010 INEGI Census, it reported a population of 14,606 inhabitants. ...

and Ciudad Tecun Uman (Mexico/Guatemala) *

Corozal Town Corozal Town is a town in Belize, capital of Corozal District. Corozal Town is located about 84 miles north of Belize City, and 9 miles from the border with Mexico. The population of Corozal Town, according to the main results of the 2010 census ...

, Belize (Belize/Mexico) *

Melchor de Mencos Melchor de Mencos is a municipality in the Petén Department of Guatemala with population 23,813. It is situated on the eastern border with Belize, and is the only major border crossing from Guatemala to Belize. The city was established in April ...

, Guatemala (Belize/Guatemala)

In North America

=United States/Canada

=Within Canada

= *

Lloydminster Lloydminster is a city in Canada which has the unusual geographic distinction of straddling the provincial border between Alberta and Saskatchewan. The city is incorporated by both provinces as a single city with a single municipal administrati ...

, a single municipality on the

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada, western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on t ...

border *

Flin Flon, Manitoba Flin Flon (pop. 5,185 in 2016 census; 4,982 in Manitoba and 203 in Saskatchewan) is a mining city, located on a correction line on the border of the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, with the majority of the city located within M ...

, Creighton, Saskatchewan, and

Flin Flon, Saskatchewan Flin Flon (pop. 5,185 in 2016 census; 4,982 in Manitoba and 203 in Saskatchewan) is a mining city, located on a correction line on the border of the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, with the majority of the city located within ...

Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...

Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...

and

Gatineau Gatineau ( ; ) is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is located on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario. Gatineau is the largest city in the Outaouais administrative region and is part of Canada's N ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

=United States/Mexico

=Within the United States

In South America

Alberdi, Paraguay Alberdi is the city in the Ñeembucú Department of Paraguay. It is south of the capital city, Asunción. Alberdi is located along the Paraguay River. Its name pays homage to the Argentine writer Juan Bautista Alberdi, who voiced his sympathy a ...

and

Formosa, Argentina Formosa () is the capital city of the Argentine province of Formosa, on the banks of the Paraguay River, opposite the Paraguayan city of Alberdi, about north from Buenos Aires, on National Route 11. The city has a population of about 234,000 ...

Assis Brasil Assis Brasil () is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality located in the south of the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Acre (state), Acre. Its population is 7,534 (2020 est) and its area is . The municipality contains part of the Rio Ac ...

, Brazil;

Bolpebra

, Bolivia; and

Iñapari Iñapari is a Peruvian village capital of the Tahuamanu Province in the Madre de Dios Region, located on the triple border of Bolivia, Brazil and Peru. It is connected to Brazil by the Brazil-Peru Integration Bridge, an international bridge cr ...

, Peru *

Brasiléia Brasiléia () is a Brazilian municipality located in the northern state of Acre. Its population in 2020 was estimated at 26,702 inhabitants. Its area is 336,189 km2. Located 237 km south of Rio Branco on the border with Bolivia, has ...

Epitaciolândia Epitaciolândia () is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality located in the southeast of States of Brazil, state of Acre (state), Acre. Its population is 18,696 inhabitants and its area is 1,659 km². It is the southernmost municipality ...

, Brazil and

Cobija Cobija is a city in Bolivia, capital of the department of Pando, is located about 600 km (373 mi.) north of La Paz in the Amazon Basin on the border with Brazil. Cobija lies on the banks of the Rio Acre across from the Brazilian ci ...

, Bolivia *

Corumbá Corumbá is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, 425 km northwest of Campo Grande, the state's capital. It has a population of approximately 112,000 inhabitants, and its economy is based mainly on agriculture, anima ...

, Brazil and

Puerto Suárez Puerto Suárez is an inland river port and municipality in Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. It is located 10 km west of the border with Brazil. Location ''Puerto Suárez'' is located in the province of Germán Busch, Santa Cruz Department a ...

, Bolivia *

Chuí Chuí () is a municipality located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It's the southernmost municipality of Brazil, located in the coordinates 33°41′0″S . A border town, it shares its name with sister city Chuy, Uruguay. The two town ...

, Brazil and

Chuy Chuy () is a city in the extreme east of Uruguay, in the Rocha Department, northeast of Montevideo. It lies on the border with Brazil, separated from its Brazilian sister town of Chuí only by a shared avenue that serves as the border, and by the ...

, Uruguay *

Cúcuta Cúcuta (), officially San José de Cúcuta, is a Colombian municipality, capital of the department of Norte de Santander and nucleus of the Metropolitan Area of Cúcuta. The city is located in the homonymous valley, at the foot of the Eastern ...

, Colombia and

San Antonio del Táchira San Antonio del Táchira is a city in the Venezuelan Andean state of Táchira. The busy highway across the Simón Bolívar International Bridge linking the cities of Cúcuta, Colombia, and San Cristóbal, Venezuela, passes through San Antonio d ...

, Venezuela * Pacaraima, Brazil and

Santa Elena de Uairén Santa Elena de Uairén () is a small Venezuelan city (29,795 inhabitants in 2006) in the state of Bolívar State (Venezuela), Bolívar near the border with Brazil and Guyana. It was founded by Lucas Fernández Peña in 1923. The city's name origin ...

, Venezuela *

Jaguarão Jaguarão () is a municipality in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul located on the shores of the Jaguarão River, bordering Uruguay. It lies a short distance inland from the Mirim Lagoon. Geographical and historical proximity to ...

, Brazil and

Río Branco, Uruguay Río Branco is a city in the Cerro Largo department of northeastern Uruguay, it borders the Brazilian city of Jaguarão, with which it communicates through the Baron of Mauá International Bridge. Name The words ''Rio Branco'' mean "white rive ...

Paso de los Libres Paso de los Libres is a city in the east of the province of Corrientes in the Argentine Mesopotamia. It had about 44,000 inhabitants at the , and is the head town of the department of the same name. The city lies on the right-hand (western) sh ...

, Argentina and

Uruguaiana Uruguaiana is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is located on the eastern shore of the Uruguay River bordering Argentina. Opposite to Uruguaiana, and joined to it by a road/railway bridge, lies the Argentine city of P ...

, Brazil *

Ponta Porã Ponta Porã is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Its population is 93,937 (2020) and its area is 5,329 km2. It has a dry border and a conurbation with the city of Pedro Juan Caballero in Paraguay. Ponta Po ...

, Brazil and Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay * Posadas, Argentina and

Encarnación, Paraguay Encarnación () is a district and the capital city of Itapúa Department in Paraguay, located at the south-east of the department, on the right-hand (western) shore of the Paraná River, opposite Posadas, Argentina. The city has an area of 27 ...

Puerto Iguazú Puerto Iguazú is a border city in the province of Misiones, Argentina. With a population of 82,227 (), it is the fourth largest city in the Province, after Posadas, Oberá, and Eldorado. The world-renowned Iguazú Falls are only away from ...

, Argentina;

Foz do Iguaçu Foz do Iguaçu (''Iguazu River Mouth'') () is the Brazilian city on the border of Iguaçu Falls. The city is the 7th largest in the state of Paraná. The city's population is approximately 258,000. It is approximately 650 km (400 mi) we ...

, Brazil; and

Ciudad del Este Ciudad del Este (, Spanish for Eastern City; often shortered as CDE) is the second-largest city in Paraguay and capital of the Alto Paraná Department, situated on the Paraná River. It is located 327 km from Asunción, the capital, and is a ...

, Paraguay *

Santana do Livramento Santana do Livramento is a city in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It is located along the border with the city of Rivera, Uruguay, forming together an international city of almost 170,000 inhabitants. Santana do Livramento was founded on J ...

, Brazil and

Rivera, Uruguay Rivera () is the capital of Rivera Department of Uruguay. The border with Brazil joins it with the Brazilian city of Santana do Livramento, which is only a street away from it, at the north end of Route 5. Together, they form an urban area of aro ...

* Santo Tomé, Argentina and

São Borja São Borja is a city in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. São Borja is the oldest municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul and was founded in 1682 by the Jesuits as the first of the Seven Points of the Missions, and name ...

, Brazil *

Tabatinga Tabatinga, originally Forte de São Francisco Xavier de Tabatinga, is a municipality in the Três Fronteiras area of Western Amazonas. It is in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 67,182 (2020) and its area is 3,225 km2. T ...

, Brazil and

Leticia, Colombia Leticia () is the southernmost city in the Republic of Colombia, capital of the department of Amazonas, Colombia's southernmost town (4.09° south 69.57° west) and one of the major ports on the Amazon river. It has an elevation of 96 meters ( ...

Tulcán :''"Tulcan" is also an alternative spelling of tulchan'' Tulcán () is the capital of the province of Carchi in Ecuador and the seat of Tulcán Canton. The population of the city of Tulcán was 47,359 in the 2001 census and 53,558 in the 2010 cen ...

, Ecuador and

Ipiales Ipiales is a city and Catholic bishopric in Nariño Department, southern Colombia, near the border with Ecuador. It is located at around , with an elevation of about 2950 m. Ipiales is located on the high plateau called "Tuquerres e Ipiales," t ...

, Colombia *

Yacuíba Yacuiba is a city in southern Bolivia and the capital city of Gran Chaco Province in the Tarija Department. It lies three kilometers from the Argentine border. It has a population of approximately 80,000 and lies above sea level. Yacuiba is on ...

, Bolivia and

Salvador Mazza Salvador Mazza (June 6, 1886November 9, 1946) was a noted Argentine physician and epidemiologist, best known for his strides in helping control American trypanosomiasis, an endemic disease among the rural, poor majority of early 20th century Sou ...

, Argentina

=Within Colombia

= *

Soacha , image_map = Colombia - Cundinamarca - Soacha.svg , map_caption = Location of Soacha in Cundinamarca , pushpin_map = Colombia , coordinates = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_nam ...

, Cundinamarca and

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...

* Yondó, Antioquía and

Barrancabermeja Barrancabermeja is a city in Colombia, located on the shore of the Magdalena River, in the western part of the department of Santander. It is home to the largest oil refinery in the country, under direct management of ECOPETROL. Barrancabermeja ...

Santander Santander may refer to: Places * Santander, Spain, a port city and capital of the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain * Santander Department, a department of Colombia * Santander State, former state of Colombia * Santander de Quilichao, a m ...

* Puerto Triunfo, Antioquía and

Puerto Boyacá Puerto Boyacá is a Colombian river-port town and municipality by the Magdalena River in the Boyacá Department, where is also considered a Special Trade Zone due to its port status. Its main industries are oil exploration and processing. In the 1 ...

, Boyacá and * Cartago, Valle del Cauca and Puerto Caldas, Pereira, Risaralda * Palermo Sitionuevo, Magdalena and

Barranquilla Barranquilla () is the capital district of Atlántico Department in Colombia. It is located near the Caribbean Sea and is the largest city and third port in the Caribbean Coast region; as of 2018 it had a population of 1,206,319, making it Col ...

, Atlántico * Girardot and Ricaurte, Cundinamarca with

Flandes Flandes is a town and municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia. The population of the municipality was 22,064 as of the 1993 census. Municipalities of Tolima Department {{Tolima-geo-stub ...

, Tolima *

Puerto Salgar Puerto Salgar () is a municipality and town of Colombia in the northwestern part of the Departments of Colombia, department of Cundinamarca Department, Cundinamarca. It came to international attention when the US ambassador in Colombia announced th ...

, Cundinamarca and La Dorada, Caldas * Barbosa,

and Moniquirá, Boyacá

In Asia

Afghanistan/Pakistan

* Spin Buldak/

Chaman Chaman ( Balochi, Pashto and ur, ) is a city and recently claimed as a new district of Balochistan named Chaman District as it was earlier a part of district Qila Abdullah District located on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. It is the capital o ...

Afghanistan/Uzbekistan

Hairatan Hairatan ( prs, حیرتان; ps, حیراتان; Uzbek Cyrillic: Ҳайратон, Uzbek Latin: Hayraton) is a border town in northern Balkh Province of Afghanistan. The Hairatan dry port and border checkpoint is located in the eastern section ...

Termez Termez ( uz, Termiz/Термиз; fa, ترمذ ''Termez, Tirmiz''; ar, ترمذ ''Tirmidh''; russian: Термез; Ancient Greek: ''Tàrmita'', ''Thàrmis'', ) is the capital of Surxondaryo Region in southern Uzbekistan. Administratively, it is ...

Azerbaijan/Iran

* Astara/ Astara * Julfa/ Jolfa

Bhutan/India

Phuntsholing Phuntsholing, also spelled as Phuentsholing ( dz, ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་), is a border town in southern Bhutan and is the administrative seat of Chukha District. The town occupies parts of both Phuentsholing Gewog and Samp ...

Jaigaon Jaigaon is a census town in Alipurduar subdivision under Kalchini Block of Alipurduar district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is located on the country's border with Bhutan, and ''Bhutan Gate'' separates the two countries. Phuentsholin ...

Brunei/Malaysia

* Tutong/

Limbang Limbang is a border town and the capital of Limbang District in the Limbang Division of northern Sarawak, East Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. This district area is 3,978.10 square kilometres, and population (year 2020 census) was 56,900. I ...

Temburong District Temburong District ( ms, Daerah Temburong; Jawi: دائيره تمبوروڠ) or simply Temburong () is the easternmost district in Brunei. It is an exclave — the land is separated from the rest of the country by Malaysia and Brunei Bay, a ...

Lawas Lawas ( ms, Pekan Lawas) is a small town and the capital of Lawas District, Limbang Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. This district area is 3,811.90 square kilometres, and population (year 2020 census) was 46,200. It is 1,200 km from the state ...

Kuala Belait Kuala Belait (KB; Jawi: ) is the administrative town of Belait District, Brunei. The population of the town proper was 4,259 in 2016. Kuala Belait is officially a municipal area (), as well as a village under the mukim of the same name. The t ...

Miri ) , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdivision_type1 = State , subdivision_name1 = , subdivision_type2 = Division , subdivision_name2 ...

China

=China/Hong Kong

= *

Shatoujiao Shatoujiao () is a subdistrict of Yantian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, located on the border of Shenzhen and Hong Kong. The population is mainly composed of migrant workers from all parts of China along with a small number of Russians. ...

Sha Tau Kok Sha Tau Kok is a closed city, closed town in Hong Kong. The last remaining major settlement in the Frontier Closed Area, it is Hong Kong's northernmost town. Geography The small rural village of Sha Tau Kok is located on the northern sh ...

=China/Kazakhstan

= *

Alashankou Alashankou is a border city in Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. It is a port of entry by both railroad and highway from Kazakhstan as part of the Eurasian Land Bridge. Overview The city is named aft ...

Dostyk Dostyk ( kk, Достық, ''Dostyq'') or Druzhba (russian: Дружба) is a small town in Kazakhstan's Almaty Region, on the border with Xinjiang, China. It is a port of entry (by highway and railroad) from China. The rail portion serves as ...

Khorgas Khorgas, officially known as KorgasThe official spelling according to , (Beijing, ''SinoMaps Press'' 1997); ( zh, s=霍尔果斯, t=霍爾果斯, p=Huò'ěrguǒsī; kk, قورعاس, Qorǵas), also known as ''Chorgos'', ''Gorgos'', ''Horgos' ...

/Korgas

=China/Laos

= * Mohan/

Muang Namo Mueang ( th, เมือง ''mɯ̄ang'', ), Muang ( lo, ເມືອງ ''mɯ́ang'', ; Tai Nuea language, Tai Nuea: ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ''muang''), Mong ( shn, ''mə́ŋ'', ), Meng () or Mường (Vietnamese), were pre-modern semi-independent city-s ...

=China/
Macau SAR Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a po ...

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Gongbei Port of Entry The Gongbei Port () is an immigration and customs checkpoint located in Zhuhai in mainland China, on its border with Macau. It is operated by the Bureau of Exit and Entry Administration of the Ministry of Public Security, and the General Adminis ...

Portas do Cerco The Portas do Cerco is an area in Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Macau, China. Located on the northern tip of the Macau Peninsula, it is known by the Barrier Gate separating Macau from mainland China. The Portuguese built the gate in 1849 to replace a ...

Hengqin Hengqin (, pt, Ilha da Montanha) is an island in Zhuhai, a prefecture-level city and Special economic zones of China, special economic zone in Guangdong, Guangdong Province of the China, People's Republic of China. It has a population of about ...

Cotai Cotai (; pt, Zona do Aterro de Cotai) is a piece of newly reclaimed land on top of Seac Pai Bay between Taipa and Coloane islands in Macau, that has made two independent islands become one island, since 2005. The word (a portmanteau of Coloan ...

=China/Mongolia

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Erenhot Erenhot ( mn, ; , commonly shortened to Ereen or Erlian) is a county-level city of the Xilin Gol League, in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, located in the Gobi Desert along the Sino-Mongolian border, across from the Mongolian town of Zam ...

Zamyn-Üüd Zamyn-Üüd ( mn, Замын-Үүд; , ''road's gate'') is a sum (district) of Dornogovi Province in southeastern Mongolia. Its population was 11,527 in 2008. History Zamyn-Üüd's actual name comes from the former Dzamiin Üüde settlement loca ...

=China/Myanmar

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Ruili Ruili (; tdd, ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ᥛᥣᥝᥰ; shn, မိူင်းမၢဝ်း; th, เมืองมาว; my, ရွှေလီ) is a county-level city of Dehong Prefecture, in the west of Yunnan province, People's Republic of China. It ...

Muse In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Muses ( grc, Μοῦσαι, Moûsai, el, Μούσες, Múses) are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. They were considered the source of the knowledge embodied in the ...

=China/Nepal

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Zhangmu Zhangmu (also from Tibetan as Dram or Zham, from Nepali as Khasa) is a customs town and port of entry located in Nyalam County on the Nepal-China border, just uphill and across the Bhote Koshi River from the Nepalese town of Kodari. At above se ...

Tatopani, Sindhupalchok Tatopani ( ne, तातोपानी) is a village in Sindhupalchok District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3102 and had 613 houses in the village. Majority people are of ethnic ...

Gyirong Town Gyirong Town (; ; ne, केरुङ), also referred to as ''Kyirong'' or ''Kerung'', is situated in the southern part of Gyirong County in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The town is situated on the east bank of Gyirong River (Gyirong Zangb ...

/ Timure

=China/North Korea

= * Changbai/

Hyesan Hyesan () is a city in the northern part of Ryanggang province of North Korea. It is a hub of river transportation as well as a product distribution centre. It is also the administrative centre of Ryanggang Province. As of 2008, the population o ...

* Dandong/

Sinuiju Sinŭiju (''Sinŭiju-si'', ; known before 1925 in English as Yeng Byen City) is a city in North Korea which faces Dandong, Liaoning, China across the international border of the Yalu River. It is the capital of North P'yŏngan province. Part of ...

Ji'an, Jilin Ji'an (; formerly ) is a county-level city in the southwestern part of Jilin province, People's Republic of China. It is administered by the prefecture-level city of Tonghua and is the southernmost county-level division in the province. Ji'an has a ...

/ Manpo

=China/Russia

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Heihe Heihe (; ; Russian: Хэйхэ) is a prefecture-level city of northern Heilongjiang province, China, located on the Russian border, on the south bank of the Amur (Heilong) River, across the river from Blagoveshchensk. At the 2020 census, 1 ...

Blagoveshchensk Blagoveshchensk ( rus, Благове́щенск, p=bləgɐˈvʲeɕːɪnsk, meaning ''City of the Annunciation'') is a city and the administrative center of Amur Oblast, Russia. It is located at the confluence of the Amur and the Zeya Rivers, opp ...

Manzhouli Manzhouli (; mn, Манжуур хот; ) is a sub-prefectural city located in Hulunbuir prefecture-level city, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. Located on the border with Russia, it is a major land port of entry. It has an area of and ...

Zabaykalsk Zabaykalsk (russian: Забайка́льск) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Zabaykalsky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located on the Sino-Russian border just opposite the Chinese border ...

Suifenhe Suifenhe () is a county-level city in southeastern Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China, located where the former Chinese Eastern Railway crosses the border with Russia's town of Pogranichny, Primorsky Krai. In January 2014, Suife ...

Pogranichny Pogranichny (russian: Пограни́чный; masculine), Pogranichnaya (; feminine), or Pogranichnoye (; neuter) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities * Pogranichny, Primorsky Krai, an urban-type settlement ...

Yanji Yanji (; Chosŏn'gŭl: 연길, ''Yeon-gil;'' Hangul: 옌지, ''Yenji;'' alternately romanized as Yenki) is a county-level city in the east of China's Jilin Province, and is the seat of the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture. Its population i ...

/ Khasan * Raohe/

Bikin Bikin (russian: Бики́н) is a town in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located on the river Bikin (a tributary of the Ussuri) southwest of Khabarovsk. Population: 19,000 (1967). History It was founded in 1885 as Bikinskaya and was granted town s ...

=China/Taiwan

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Xiamen Xiamen ( , ; ), also known as Amoy (, from Hokkien pronunciation ), is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Strait. It is divided into six districts: Huli, Siming, Jimei, Tong'an, ...

Kinmen Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands governed as a county by the Republic of China (Taiwan), off the southeastern coast of mainland China. It lies roughly east of the city of Xiamen in Fujian, from which it is separate ...

* Lianjiang/

Lienchiang The Matsu Islands ( or , ; Foochow Romanized: Mā-cū liĕk-dō̤), officially Lienchiang County (, ; Foochow Romanized: Lièng-gŏng-gâing), are an archipelago of 36 islands and islets in the East China Sea governed by the Republic of Chi ...

=China/Vietnam

= * Dongxing/ Mong Cai * Hekou/

Lao Cai __NOTOC__ Lao may refer to: Laos * Something of, from, or related to Laos, a country in Southeast Asia * Lao people (people from Laos, or of Lao descent) * The Lao language * Lao script, the writing system used to write the Lao language ** Lao (U ...

* Youyiguan/

Lang Son Lang may refer to: *Lang (surname), a surname of independent Germanic or Chinese origin Places * Lang Island (Antarctica), East Antarctica * Lang Nunatak, Antarctica * Lang Sound, Antarctica * Lang Park, a stadium in Brisbane, Australia * Lang, ...

Cyprus/Northern Cyprus

Lefkosia Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, Lefkoşa ; hy, Նիկոսիա, Romanization of Armenian, romanized: ''Nikosia''; Cypriot Arabic: Nikusiya) is the largest city, Capital city, capital, and seat of government of Cyprus. It is ...

Lefkoşa Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, Lefkoşa ; hy, Նիկոսիա, romanized: ''Nikosia''; Cypriot Arabic: Nikusiya) is the largest city, capital, and seat of government of Cyprus. It is located near the centre of the Mesaori ...

: (Note: the Republic of Northern Cyprus is a de facto state with almost no international recognition, with Turkey being the only UN member state to recognize its sovereignty.)

Egypt/Gaza

Rafah, Egypt Rafah ( ar, رفح, ) is an important city in North Sinai and Egypt's eastern border with the Gaza Strip. It is the capital of Rafah center in North Sinai Governorate, and is situated on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Egypt. Rafah is the si ...

Rafah Rafah ( ar, رفح, Rafaḥ) is a Palestinian city in the southern Gaza Strip. It is the district capital of the Rafah Governorate, located south of Gaza City. Rafah's population of 152,950 (2014) is overwhelmingly made up of former Palestinian ...

: (Note: Gaza forms part of the

State of Palestine Palestine ( ar, فلسطين, Filasṭīn), Legal status of the State of Palestine, officially the State of Palestine ( ar, دولة فلسطين, Dawlat Filasṭīn, label=none), is a state (polity), state located in Western Asia. Officiall ...

, a state with substantial, but not general, international recognition.)

India

=India/Bangladesh

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Petrapole Petrapole is the Indian side of Petrapole- Benapole border checkpoint between India and Benapole of Bangladesh, on the Bangladesh-India border, near Bongaon in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Petrapole border is the only land port ...

Benapole Benapole ( bn, বেনাপোল) is a township in Sharsha Upazila in the Jessore District of Bangladesh. The Petrapole Customs station of India is situated across the border and since 1971 (some sources say 1947), many people have travell ...

Karimganj Karimganj is a city in the Karimganj District of the Indian state of Assam. It is the administrative headquarters of the district. Karimganj city is located at . The area of Karimganj city is 16.09 km2. It has an average elevation of 13& ...

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Beanibazar Upazila Beanibazar ( bn, বিয়ানীবাজার, Biyanībazar, Morning Market) is an upazila (sub-district) of Sylhet District in northeastern Bangladesh, part of the Sylhet Division. The area is the successor of the territory of Panchakhand ...

* Malda–

Rajshahi Rajshahi ( bn, রাজশাহী, ) is a metropolis, metropolitan city and a major urban, commercial and educational centre of Bangladesh. It is also the administrative seat of the eponymous Rajshahi Division, division and Rajshahi District ...

West Garo Hills West Garo Hills is an administrative district in Garo Hills of the state of Meghalaya in India. Tura town is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district occupies an area of 3714 km². In 2011 its population was 643,291. As ...

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Bakshiganj Bakshiganj ( bn, বকশীগঞ্জ) is an upazila of Jamalpur District in the Division of Mymensingh, Bangladesh. Bakshigonj Thana was converted into an upazila in 1983. In Bakshigonj have some Haat Bazer. Bakshigonj (Town) The area of the ...

* Tura–

Nalitabari Upazila Nalitabari ( bn, নালিতাবাড়ি) is an upazila of Sherpur District in the Division of Mymensingh, Bangladesh. Geography Nalitabari is located at . It has 42698 households and total area 327.61 km2. Taragonj bajar is the m ...

Shillong Shillong () is a hill station and the capital of Meghalaya, a Indian state, state in northeastern India, which means "The Abode of Clouds". It is the headquarters of the East Khasi Hills district. Shillong is the list of most populous cities in ...

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Sylhet Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট) is a metropolitan city in northeastern Bangladesh. It is the administrative seat of the Sylhet Division. Located on the north bank of the Surma River at the eastern tip of Bengal, Sylhet has a subtropical climate an ...

Agartala Agartala () is the capital city of the Indian state of Tripura, and is one of the largest cities in northeast India. The city is governed by the Agartala Municipal Corporation. The city is the seat of the Government of Tripura. It is located on ...

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Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

Santirbazar Santirbazar is a town and Municipal Council in South Tripura district, Tripura, India. It is linked with Agartala (the state capital) by National Highway 8 (India), National Highway 8 via Udaipur, Tripura, Udaipur and Bishramganj to Sabroom. Geo ...

– Feni

=India/Myanmar

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Moreh, India Moreh is a border town located on the India–Myanmar border in Tengnoupal district of the Indian state of Manipur. Moreh, as a rapidly developing trade point with an integrated customs and immigration checkpoint, plays a very important role ...

Tamu, Myanmar Tamu or Tat Mu is a town in Sagaing Region in north-west Burma near the border with the eastern Indian state of Manipur. It is the administrative seat for Tamu Township. Literary references Author Lucas Stewart recounted his visit to Tamu in sea ...

=India/Nepal

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Panitanki Panitanki is a town in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India. It is located on the India-Nepal border; a border crossing to Kakarbhitta in Nepal is located here. Panitanki is around 84 km from the district headquarters, Darjeeling. T ...

Kakarbhitta Kakarbhitta (often written and pronounced Kakadbhitta or Kakarvitta) is a neighbourhood in Mechinagar Municipality in Jhapa District of Province No. 1, southeastern Nepal. Demographics At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, Mechinagar had a popul ...

Jogbani Jogbani is a town, a notified area in Araria District of Bihar state, India. It lies on the Indo-Nepal border with Morang District, Koshi Zone and is a gateway to Biratnagar city. There is a customs checkpoint for goods at the border. Indian ...

Biratnagar Biratnagar () is a metropolitan city in Nepal, which serves as the capital of Province No. 1. With a population of 242,548 as per the 2011 census, it is the largest city in the province and also the headquarters of Morang district. As per the p ...

Raxaul Raxaul is a sub-divisional town in the East Champaran district of the Indian state of Bihar. It is situated at the India-Nepal border with Birgunj city (Nepal). Raxaul is a major railway junction. The Indian border town of Raxaul has become on ...

Birgunj Birgunj ( ne, वीरगञ्ज) is a metropolitan city in Parsa District in Madhesh Province of southern Nepal. It lies south of the capital Kathmandu, attached in the north to Raxaul in the border of the Indian state of Bihar. As an entr ...

Nautanwa Nautanwa is a town and Nagar Palika in Maharajganj district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is about 87 km from Gorakhpur, NH24 and 68km NH730 from Maharajganj and 7 km from Sonauli Indo-Nepal Border. Geography Nautanw ...

Siddharthanagar Siddharthanagar ( ne, सिद्धार्थनगर), formerly and colloquially still called Bhairahawa ( ne, भैरहवा), is a municipality and the administrative headquarter of Rupandehi District in Lumbini Province of Nepal, ...

* Rupaidiha/

Nepalgunj Nepalgunj (), also spelled Nepalganj, is a Sub-Metropolitan City in Banke District, Nepal. It lies on the Terai plains near the southern border with Bahraich district in Uttar Pradesh, India. Nepalgunj is 153 kilometers south-west of Ghorahi a ...

Banbasa Banbasa ( Kumaoni: बनबसा) is a census town in Champawat district in the state of Uttarakhand, India most famous for its border crossing into Nepal from India. The major occupation is Retail Stores. Demographics India census, Banbasa ...

Bhimdatta Mahendranagar (Nepali: महेन्द्रनगर) officially known as Bhimdattanagar (Nepali:भिमदत्त), is a municipality in Kanchanpur District of Sudurpashchim Province, Nepal. The city and the municipality were named Mahe ...

=India/Pakistan

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Amritsar Amritsar (), historically also known as Rāmdāspur and colloquially as ''Ambarsar'', is the second largest city in the Indian state of Punjab, after Ludhiana. It is a major cultural, transportation and economic centre, located in the Majha r ...

Ferozepur Firozpur, also known as Ferozepur, is a city on the banks of the Sutlej River in Firozpur District, Punjab, India. After the partition of India in 1947, it became a border town on the India–Pakistan border with memorials to soldiers who died ...

Fazilka Fazilka, also known as Bangla, is a city and a municipal council in Fazilka district of Punjab, India. In 2011, it was made the headquarter of the newly created Fazilka district. The Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline (TAPI) project originating in Tu ...

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...

Indonesia/Malaysia

* Entikong,

West Kalimantan West Kalimantan ( id, Kalimantan Barat) is a province of Indonesia. It is one of five Indonesian provinces comprising Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. Its capital city is Pontianak, Indonesia, Pontianak. The province has ...

Tebedu Tebedu (also known as Bandar Mutiara) is a border town in the Serian division of southwestern Sarawak, Malaysia, on the Indonesia-Malaysia border. It lies approximately south of the state capital Kuching. It is the administrative seat for ...

, Serian,

Sarawak Sarawak (; ) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia. The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak is located in northwest Borneo Island, and is bordered by the M ...

Iran/Iraq

Basra Basra ( ar, ٱلْبَصْرَة, al-Baṣrah) is an Iraqi city located on the Shatt al-Arab. It had an estimated population of 1.4 million in 2018. Basra is also Iraq's main port, although it does not have deep water access, which is hand ...

Iran/Turkmenistan

* Sarakhs/Serakhs

Israel/Egypt

* Eilat/Taba, Egypt, Taba

Israel/Jordan

* Eilat/Aqaba

Laos/Thailand

* Ban Dongphosy/Nong Khai * Vientiane/Udon Thani

Malaysia/Singapore

* Johor Bahru/Woodlands, Singapore, Woodlands * Tanjung Kupang/Tuas

Malaysia/Thailand

* Bukit Kayu Hitam/Amphoe Sadao, Sadao * Padang Besar, Malaysia, Padang Besar, Perlis/Padang Besar, Songkhla * Pengkalan Hulu/Betong, Thailand, Betong * Pengkalan Kubur/Tak Bai * Rantau Panjang/Sungai Golok * Wang Kelian/Wang Prachan, Satun

Mongolia/Russia

* Altanbulag, Selenge, Altanbulag/Kyakhta

Myanmar/Thailand

* Myawaddy/Mae Sot * Tachilek/Mae Sai Subdistrict, Mae Sai

Turkey/Syria

* Nusaybin/Qamishli * Şenyurt/Al-Darbasiyah * Ceylanpınar/Ras al-Ayn * Akçakale/Tell Abyad * Mürşitpınar/Ayn Al-Arab, Kobanî * Karkamış/Jarabulus

In Europe

Alps and France/Germany

* Geneva (Switzerland/France) * Mulhouse (France/Germany) * Saarbrücken, Germany (France/Germany) * Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin, Saint Louis/Weil am Rhein/Basel (France/Germany/Switzerland) * Strasbourg/Kehl (France/Germany) * Como/Chiasso (Italy/Switzerland) * Gorizia/Nova Gorica (Italy/Slovenia) *Konstanz/Kreuzlingen (Germany/Switzerland)

Baltic states

* Ainaži (Latvia/Estonia) * Narva, Estonia/Ivangorod, Russia * Valga, Estonia/Valka, Latvia * Panemunė, Lithuania/Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Sovetsk, Russia

Caucasus

* Tsandryphsh/Vesyoloye, Krasnodar Krai, Vesyoloye (Georgia/Russia) *Sarpi, Georgia, Sarpi/Sarp, Hopa, Sarp (Georgia/Turkey)

Central Europe

* East Berlin/West Berlin (East Germany/West Germany, 1949–1990) * Bratislava, Slovakia (borders both Austria and Hungary) * Brest, Belarus/Terespol (Belarus/Poland) * Chop, Ukraine, Chop/Záhony/Čierna nad Tisou (Ukraine/Hungary/Slovakia) * Cieszyn/Český Těšín (Poland/Czech Republic) * Esztergom/Štúrovo (Hungary/Slovakia) * Forst (Lausitz), Forst/Zasieki (Germany/Poland) * Frankfurt (Oder)/Słubice (Germany/Poland) * Gmünd, Lower Austria, Gmünd/České Velenice (Austria/Czech Republic) * Görlitz/Zgorzelec (Germany/Poland) * Guben/Gubin, Poland, Gubin (Germany/Poland) * Hodonín/Holíč (Czech Republic/Slovakia) * Komárom/Komárno (Hungary/Slovakia) * Küstrin-Kietz/Kostrzyn nad Odrą (Germany/Poland) * Prudnik (Poland/Czech Republic) * Sátoraljaújhely/Slovenské Nové Mesto (Hungary/Slovakia) * Vyšné Nemecké/Uzhhorod (Slovakia/Ukraine)

Iberian Peninsula

* Gibraltar / La Línea de la Concepción (United Kingdom /

) ;France / Spain * Bourg-Madame / Puigcerdà * Hendaye / Irún * Le Perthus / Els Límits ;Portugal / Spain * Elvas Municipality, Elvas / Badajoz * Valença do Minho / Tui, Galicia, Tui

Ireland/United Kingdom

* Derry (Northern Ireland/Republic of Ireland) * Dundalk (Republic of Ireland/Northern Ireland) * Newry (Northern Ireland/Republic of Ireland) * Strabane (Northern Ireland/Republic of Ireland)

=Within the United Kingdom

England/Scotland

* Berwick-upon-Tweed * Carlisle, Cumbria, Carlisle * Coldstream * Eyemouth * Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway, Gretna * Longtown, Cumbria, Longtown

England/Wales

* Bishop's Castle * Chepstow * Chester * Chirk * Hay-on-Wye * Kington, Herefordshire, Kington * Knighton, Powys, Knighton * Monmouth * Montgomery, Powys, Montgomery * Oswestry * Presteigne * Saltney * Whitchurch, Shropshire, Whitchurch * Wrexham

Low countries/Germany

{{columns-list, colwidth=30em, * Aachen, Germany (Belgium/Germany/Netherlands) * Aalten, Netherlands (Germany/Netherlands) * Antwerp, Belgium (Belgium/Netherlands) * Arlon, Belgium (Belgium/Luxembourg) * Baarle-Hertog, Belgium / Baarle-Nassau, Netherlands * Bad Bentheim, Germany (Germany/Netherlands) * Bad Nieuweschans, Netherlands (Germany/Netherlands) * Bastogne, Belgium (Belgium/Luxembourg) * Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands (Belgium/Netherlands) * Bocholt, Germany, Bocholt, Germany (Germany/Netherlands) * Borken, North Rhine-Westphalia, Borken, Germany (Germany/Netherlands) * Bredevoort, Netherlands (Germany/Netherlands) * Coevorden, Netherlands (Germany/Netherlands) * Damme, Belgium (Belgium/Netherlands) * Dinxperlo, Netherlands / Suderwick, Germany * Emmen, Netherlands, Emmen, Netherlands (Germany/Netherlands) * Emmerich am Rhein, Emmerich, Germany (Germany/Netherlands) * Enschede, Netherlands (Germany/Netherlands) * Erkelenz, Germany (Germany/Netherlands) * Essen, Belgium, Essen, Belgium (Belgium/Netherlands) * Eupen, Belgium (Belgium/Germany) * Genk, Belgium (Belgium/Netherlands) * Gennep, Netherlands (Germany/Netherlands) * Goch, Germany (Germany/Netherlands) * Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Gronau, Germany (Germany/Netherlands) * Heinsberg, Germany (Germany/Netherlands) * Herzogenrath, Germany / Kerkrade, Netherlands * Hoogstraten, Belgium (Belgium/Netherlands) * Houffalize, Belgium (Belgium/Luxembourg) * Hulst, Netherlands (Belgium/Netherlands) * Kalmthout, Belgium (Belgium/Netherlands) * Kevelaer, Germany (Germany/Netherlands) * Kleve, Germany (Germany/Netherlands) * Knokke, Belgium (Belgium/Netherlands) * Lommel, Belgium (Belgium/Netherlands) * Maaseik, Belgium (Belgium/Netherlands) * Maastricht, Netherlands (Belgium/Netherlands) * Malmedy, Belgium (Belgium/Germany) * Martelange, Belgium (Belgium/Luxembourg) * Mol, Belgium, Mol, Belgium (Belgium/Netherlands) * Mönchengladbach, Germany (Germany/Netherlands) * Monschau, Germany (Belgium/Germany) * Nijmegen, Netherlands (Germany/Netherlands) * Nordhorn, Germany (Germany/Netherlands) * Oldenzaal, Netherlands (Germany/Netherlands) * Prüm, Germany (Belgium/Germany/Luxembourg) * Putte, Kapellen, Putte, Belgium / Putte, Netherlands * Roermond, Netherlands (Germany/Netherlands) * Roosendaal, Netherlands (Belgium/Netherlands) * Sas van Gent, Netherlands / Zelzate, Belgium * Schoonebeek, Netherlands (Germany/Netherlands) * Sittard, Netherlands (Belgium/Germany/Netherlands) * Sluis, Netherlands (Belgium/Netherlands) * St. Vith, Belgium (Belgium/Germany/Luxembourg) * Ter Apel, Netherlands (Germany/Netherlands) * Turnhout, Belgium (Belgium/Netherlands) * Vaals, Netherlands (Belgium/Germany/Netherlands) * Venlo, Netherlands (Germany/Netherlands) * Vreden, Germany (Germany/Netherlands) * Winterswijk, Netherlands (Germany/Netherlands) * Zevenaar, Netherlands (Germany/Netherlands) * Zundert, Netherlands (Belgium/Netherlands)

Romania/Bulgaria

* Giurgiu, Romania/Ruse, Bulgaria, Ruse, Bulgaria * Călărași, Romania/Silistra, Bulgaria * Calafat, Romania/Vidin, Bulgaria

Nordic countries

* Halden, Norway/Strömstad, Sweden * Copenhagen, Denmark/Malmö, Sweden * Padborg, Denmark/Flensburg, Germany * Tornio, Finland/Haparanda, Sweden * Imatra, Finland/Svetogorsk, Russia * Karesuando, Sweden/Karesuvanto, Finland

Southern Europe

* Beausoleil, Alpes-Maritimes, Beausoleil, France/Municipality of Monaco, Monaco, Monaco * Gorizia, Italy/Nova Gorica, Slovenia * Lavena Ponte Tresa, Italy/Ponte Tresa, Switzerland * Menton, France/Ventimiglia, Italy, Ventimiglia, Italy * Rimini, Italy/Serravalle, San Marino, Serravalle, San Marino * Rome, Italy/Vatican City, Vatican * Trieste (Italy/Slovenia) * Koper (Slovenia/Italy) * Slavonski Brod, Croatia/Brod, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brod, Bosnia-Herzegovina * Županja, Croatia/Orašje, Bosnia, Orašje, Bosnia-Herzegovina

In Oceania

Australia within

* Albury, New South Wales and Wodonga, Victoria, Australia, Victoria * Bordertown, South Australia * Canberra, Australian Capital Territory and Queanbeyan, New South Wales * Corowa, New South Wales and Wahgunyah, Victoria * Echuca, Victoria and Moama, New South Wales * Mildura, Victoria * Mulwala, New South Wales and Yarrawonga, Victoria * Tweed Heads, New South Wales and Gold Coast, Queensland * Mungindi, New South Wales and Queensland * Wallangarra, Queensland and Jennings, New South Wales

Indonesia/Papua New Guinea

* Jayapura, Papua (province), Indonesia *Vanimo, Papua New Guinea

List of border towns and cities

Transcontinental

Asia/Africa

Asia/Europe

In Africa

In the Americas

In Central America

In North America

=United States/Canada

=Within Canada

=United States/Mexico

=Within the United States

In South America

=Within Colombia

In Asia

Afghanistan/Pakistan

Afghanistan/Uzbekistan

Azerbaijan/Iran

Bhutan/India

Brunei/Malaysia

China

=China/Hong Kong

=China/Kazakhstan

=China/Laos

=China/Macau SAR Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a po ...

=China/Mongolia

=China/Myanmar

=China/Nepal

=China/North Korea

=China/Russia

=China/Taiwan

=China/Vietnam

Cyprus/Northern Cyprus

Egypt/Gaza

India

=India/Bangladesh

=India/Myanmar

=India/Nepal

=India/Pakistan

Indonesia/Malaysia

Iran/Iraq

Iran/Turkmenistan

Israel/Egypt

Israel/Jordan

Laos/Thailand

Malaysia/Singapore

Malaysia/Thailand

Mongolia/Russia

Myanmar/Thailand

Turkey/Syria

In Europe

Alps and France/Germany

Baltic states

Caucasus

Central Europe

Iberian Peninsula

Ireland/United Kingdom

=Within the United Kingdom

Low countries/Germany

Romania/Bulgaria

Nordic countries

Southern Europe

In Oceania

Australia within

Indonesia/Papua New Guinea

See also

=China/
Macau SAR Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a po ...