This is a list of sister states, regions, and cities in the

U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

Sister cities A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties. While there are early examples of inter ...

, known in

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel ...

as twin towns, are cities which partner with each other to promote human contact and cultural links, although this partnering is not limited to cities and often includes counties, regions, states and other sub-national entities. Florida jurisdictions often partner with foreign cities through

Sister Cities International Sister Cities International (SCI) is a nonprofit organization, nonprofit citizen diplomacy network that creates and strengthens partnerships between communities in the United States and those in other countries, particularly through the establish ...

, an organization whose goal is to "promote peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation". Sister cities interact with each other across a broad range of activities, from health care and education to business and the arts.

Sisters of Florida State, cities and counties

The lists below were compiled from the official Sister Cities International website (unless noted), corrected on

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and region listed. Sister Cities will recognize cities only when the partnership is filed with them and remove relationships when one of the involved cities makes a formal request. Partnerships can be active, inactive (no actions taken from any of the partners for some time) or officially canceled. The list below has relationships in all three statuses. Examples of canceled partnerships are

Hialeah Hialeah ( ; ) is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. With a population of 223,109 as of the 2020 census, Hialeah is the sixth-largest city in Florida. It is the second largest city by population in the Miami metropolitan area, whi ...

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West Miami West Miami is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The population was 7,233 at the 2020 census, up from 5,965 in 2010. Geography West Miami is located west of downtown Miami at (25.757691, –80.296583). It is bordered to the n ...

- León, Nicaragua, canceled because of political differences during the

Sandinista The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after Augusto C� ...

regime; Hollywood- San Salvador, canceled as a protest against the

Salvadoran Civil War The Salvadoran Civil War ( es, guerra civil de El Salvador) was a twelve year period of civil war in El Salvador that was fought between the government of El Salvador and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front The Farabundo Ma ...

; and Boca Raton- Spandau Borough, Berlin. Years can be approximate; in this case the number is followed by "~". The year listed will be the first date that the relationship is mentioned in media articles.

Florida state

Florida cities and counties

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Cape Coral Cape Coral is a city located in Lee County, Florida, United States, on the Gulf of Mexico. Founded in 1957 and developed as a planned community, the city's population has grown to 194,016 as of the 2020 Census, a rise of 26% from the 2010 Census ...

, , Nyeri, Nyeri, , Kenya, , 2014 , - , rowspan=3, Clearwater, , Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, , Greece, , 2001 , - , , Nagano, Nagano, , Japan, , 1959 , - , ,

Wyong, New South Wales Wyong () is a town in the Central Coast of New South Wales, located approximately 63 km SSW of Newcastle and 89 km NNE of Sydney. Established in 1888, it is one of the two administrative centres for the local government area. Hist ...

, , Australia, , 2001~ , - , , Cocoa, , Beit Shemesh, Jerusalen District , , Israel, , 2004Directory of Consulates, Bi-National Chambers and Sister Cities in Florida
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Cocoa Beach Cocoa Beach is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. The population was 11,539 at the 2018 United States Census. It is part of the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The first non-native ...

, , Kyustendil, Kyustendil, , Bulgaria, , 2004 , - , ,

Santa Marta, Magdalena Santa Marta (), officially Distrito Turístico, Cultural e Histórico de Santa Marta ("Touristic, Cultural and Historic District of Santa Marta"), is a List of cities in Colombia, city on the coast of the Caribbean Sea in northern Colombia. It i ...

, , Colombia, , 1965 , - , ,

Cooper City Cooper City is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. The city is named for Morris Cooper, who founded the community in 1959. The city's population was 34,401 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. In 2006, with the annexati ...

, , Killarney, County Kerry, , Ireland, , 2003 , - , rowspan=3, Coral Gables, , Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, , France, , 1997 , - , , Antigua Guatemala, Antigua, , Guatemala, , 1993 , - , , Quito, Pichincha, , Ecuador, , 1983~ , - , ,

Coral Springs Coral Springs, officially the City of Coral Springs, is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. The city is located approximately northwest of Fort Lauderdale. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 134,394. It is a ...

, , Paraíso, Cartago, , Costa Rica, , 2002 , - , , Crestview, , Noirmoutier-en-l'Île, Pays de la Loire, , France, , 2001~ , - , , Dania Beach, , Fredensborg, Central Region, , Denmark, , 2003 , - , rowspan=2, Daytona Beach, , Bayonne, Aquitaine, , France, , 1998 , - , , Campeche, Campeche, , Mexico, , 1996~ , - , ,

Deerfield Beach Deerfield Beach is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States, just south of the Palm Beach County line. The city is named for the numerous deer that once roamed the area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 86,859. It is a principal ...

, , Acre, North, , Israel, , 1994 , - , , DeLand, , Belén, Guanacaste, , Costa Rica, , 1996 , - , rowspan=4,

Delray Beach Delray Beach is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The population of Delray Beach as of April 1, 2020 was 66,846 according to the 2020 United States Census. Located 52 miles (83 kilometers) north of Miami, Delray Beach is in the ...

, , Miyazu, Kyoto, , Japan, , 1977 , - , , Moshi, Arusha, , Tanzania, , 2001 , - , , Aquin, Sud, , Haiti, , 2014 , - , , Pesaro, Marche, , Italy, , 2015 , - , , Deltona, , Sanford, Florida, , USA, , 2013 , - , , Destin, , Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, Pays de la Loire, , France, , 1994 , - , , Doral, ,

Xizhi District Xizhi () is an inner city district in eastern New Taipei City in northern Taiwan, and is located between Taipei City and Keelung City. Compared to most districts in eastern New Taipei, which are very sparsely populated, Xizhi is one of the mo ...

, , Taiwan, , 1964 , - , rowspan="2",

Dunedin Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...

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Stirling Stirling (; sco, Stirlin; gd, Sruighlea ) is a city in central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its me ...

, , Scotland, UK, , 1964 , - , Summerside, Prince Edward Island, , Canada, , 2000 , - , , Eatonville, , Bamenda, Northwest Province, , Cameroon, , 1976~ , - , ,

Fort Myers Fort Myers (or Ft. Myers) is a city in southwestern Florida and the county seat and commercial center of Lee County, Florida, United States. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 92,245 in 20 ...

, , Gomel, Gomel Oblast, , Belarus, , 2016 , - , rowspan=16,

Fort Lauderdale A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

, , Agogo, Asante Akim North, , Ghana, , 2001~ , - , , Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, , Brazil, , 2003 , - , , Cap-Haïtien, Nord, , Haiti, , 2003 , - , ,

Duisburg Duisburg () is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine and the Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruhr Region, Duisburg is the 5th largest city in No ...

, , Germany, , 2003 , - , ,

Mataró Mataró () is the capital and largest town of the ''comarca'' of the Maresme, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia Autonomous Community, Spain. It is located on the Costa del Maresme, to the south of Costa Brava, between Cabrera de Mar and ...

, , Spain, , 2003 , - , ,

Panama City Panama City ( es, Ciudad de Panamá, links=no; ), also known as Panama (or Panamá in Spanish), is the capital and largest city of Panama. It has an urban population of 880,691, with over 1.5 million in its metropolitan area. The city is locat ...

, , Panama, , 2001~ , - , , Gold Coast, Queensland, , Australia, , 1980 , - , , Haifa, Haifa, , Israel, , 2002 , - , , Margarita Island, Nueva Esparta, , Venezuela, , 1997 , - , ,

La Romana, La Romana La Romana is a municipality and capital of the southeastern province of La Romana, opposite Catalina Island. It is one of the 10 largest cities in the Dominican Republic with a population estimated in 2010 at 130,426 within the city limits ( m ...

, , Dominican Republic, , 1995 , - , , Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, , Argentina, , 2000 , - , , Medellín, Antioquia, , Colombia, , 1967 , - , , Muğla, Muğla, , Turkey, , 1995~ , - , , Quepos, Puntarenas, , Costa Rica, , 2003 , - , , Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, , Italy, , 1985 , - , ,

São Sebastião, São Paulo São Sebastião ( Portuguese for Saint Sebastian) is a Brazilian municipality, located on the southeast coast of Brazil, in the state of São Paulo. The population in 2020 was 90,328, its density was 185/km² and the area is 403 km². The Tro ...

, , Brazil, , 2001~ , - , ,

Fort Walton Beach Fort Walton Beach is a city in southern Okaloosa County, Florida. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 20,922, up from 19,507 in 2010. It is the principal city of the Fort Walton Beach− Crestview− Destin Metropolitan Statistical Area ...

, , Quezon City, Metro Manila, , Philippines, , 2007 , - , rowspan=5, Gainesville, , Duhok, Duhok, , Iraq, , 2006 , - , , Jacmel, Sud-Est, , Haiti, , 1998 , - , , Kfar Saba, Center, , Israel, , 1998 , - , , Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai, , Russia, , 1982 , - , , Rzeszów, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, , Poland, , 2001~ , - , rowspan=4,

, , Bucaramanga, Región Andina, , Colombia, , 2001~ , - , , Cartago, Cartago, , Costa Rica, , 1984 , - , , Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza, , Argentina, , 1986 , - , ,

Managua, Managua ) , settlement_type = Capital city , motto = , image_map = , mapsize = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Nicara ...

, , Nicaragua, , 1966 , - , rowspan=8, Hollywood, , Baia Mare, Maramureş, , Romania, , 2003 , - , , Ciudad de la Costa, Canelones, , Uruguay, , 1996~ , - , ,

Guatemala City, Guatemala Guatemala City ( es, Ciudad de Guatemala), known locally as Guatemala or Guate, is the capital and largest city of Guatemala, and the most populous urban area in Central America. The city is located in the south-central part of the country, nest ...

, , Guatemala, , 1988 , - , , Herzliya, Tel Aviv, , Israel, , 1988 , - , ,

Lechería, Anzoátegui The Diego Bautista Urbaneja Municipality is one of the 21 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the eastern Venezuelan state of Anzoátegui and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipali ...

, , Venezuela, , 2003~ , - , , Romorantin-Lanthenay, Centre, , France, , 1989 , - , , Salvaleón de Higüey, La Altagracia, , Dominican Republic, , 2003 , - , , Vlorë, Vlorë, , Albania, , 1994 , - , rowspan=2,

Homestead Homestead may refer to: *Homestead (buildings), a farmhouse and its adjacent outbuildings; by extension, it can mean any small cluster of houses * Homestead (unit), a unit of measurement equal to 160 acres *Homestead principle, a legal concept t ...

, , Liberia, Guanacaste, , Costa Rica, , 1977 , - , , Petit Goâve, Ouest, , Haiti, , 2007 , - , , Inverness, , Inverness, Highland, , Scotland, UK, , 2001~ , - , rowspan=8,

Jacksonville Jacksonville is a city located on the Atlantic coast of northeast Florida, the most populous city proper in the state and is the List of United States cities by area, largest city by area in the contiguous United States as of 2020. It is the co ...

, , Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, , Argentina, , 1967 , - , , Changwon, South Gyeongsang, , South Korea, , 1983 , - , , Murmansk, Murmansk, , Russia, , 1975 , - , , Nantes, Pays de la Loire, , France, , 1984 , - , , Nelson Mandela Bay, Eastern Cape, , South Africa, , 2000 , - , , San Juan, , Puerto Rico, , 2009 , - , ,

Curitiba Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná in Brazil. The city's population was 1,948,626 , making it the eighth most populous city in Brazil and the largest in Brazil's South Region. The Curitiba Metropolitan area ...

, Paraná, , Brazil, , 2010 , - , , Yingkou, Liaoning, , China, , 1990 , - , , Jensen Beach, , Gregory Town, Eleuthera, , rowspan="2" , The Bahamas, , 1989 , - , , Key West, , Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, , 2004 , - , rowspan=2,

Kissimmee Kissimmee ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Osceola County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 79,226. It is a Principal City of the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area, wh ...

, , Hualien, Hualien County, , rowspan="2" , Taiwan, , 1989 , - , ,

Miaoli Miaoli City (Wade–Giles: ''Miao²-li⁴''; Hakka PFS: ''Mèu-li̍t-sṳ''; Hokkien POJ: ''Biâu-le̍k-chhī'' or ''Miâu-le̍k-chhī'') is a county-administered city and the county seat of Miaoli County, Taiwan. Miaoli has a relatively h ...

, , 1989 , - , , Lake Placid, ,

Lake Placid, New York Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,303. The village of Lake Placid is near the center of the town of North Elba, southwest of Plattsburg ...

, , USA, , 1991 , - , , Lake Worth, , Lappeenranta, South Karelia, , Finland, , 1991~ , - , rowspan=8, Lakeland, , Bălţi, Bălţi, , Moldova, , 1997 , - , ,

Imabari, Ehime 270px, Imabari City Hall 270px, Aerial view of Imabari city center is a city in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is the second largest city in Ehime Prefecture. , the city had an estimated population of 152,111 in 75947 households and a population ...

, , Japan, , 1993 , - , , Richmond Hill, Ontario, , Canada, , 1990 , - , , Jiaxing, Zheijiang, , rowspan="3" , China, , 1993 , - , , Fengxian, Shanghai, , 1993 , - , , Chongming, Shanghai, , 1993 , - , , Rîbnița, Rîbnița District, , Moldova (Transnistria), , 1993 , - , , Portmore, Saint Catherine, , Jamaica, , 1993 , - , ,

Lantana ''Lantana'' () is a genus of about 150 species of perennial flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are native to tropical regions of the Americas and Africa but exist as an introduced species in numerous areas, especially in ...

, , Lapua, Lansi-Suomen Laani, , Finland, , 1979 , - , , Largo, ,

Tosayamada, Kōchi was a town located in Kami District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 22,160 and a density of 190.28 persons per km2. The total area was 116.46 km2. On March 1, 2006, Tosayamada, along with the ...

, , Japan, , 1969 , - , rowspan=2, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, , Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, , England, UK, , 2007 , - , , San Isidro, Lima, , Peru, , 2004 , - , , Lauderdale Lakes, , Port-de-Paix, Nord-Ouest, , Haiti, , 2005 , - , rowspan=5,

Lauderhill Lauderhill, officially the City of Lauderhill, is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census,the city's population was 74,482. It is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to an estimated 6,0 ...

, ,

Chaguanas The Borough of Chaguanas is the largest municipality (83,489 at the 2011 census) and fastest-growing
– Afra ...

, , Trinidad and Tobago, , 2001 , - , , Gemlik, Bursa, , Turkey, , 2002 , - , , Falmouth, Trelawny, , Jamaica, , 2002 , - , , Pétionville, Ouest, , Haiti, , 2002 , - , , Suzano, São Paulo, , Brazil, , 2002 , - , ,

Madeira Beach Madeira Beach ( ) is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States, bordered on the west by the Gulf of Mexico, and on the east by St. Petersburg, Florida, St. Petersburg. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was ...

, , Machico, Ilha da Madeira, , Portugal, , 1974 , - , rowspan=24,

Miami Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a coastal metropolis and the county seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida, United States. With a population of 442,241 at ...

, , Agadir, Souss-Massa-Draâ, , Morocco, , 1995 , - , , Amman, Amman, , Jordan, , 1995 , - , , Bogotá, Distrito Capital, , Colombia, , 1971 , - , , Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, , Argentina, , 1979 , - , , Cochabamba, Cochabamba, , Bolivia, , 1995 , - , , Ibiza, Balearic Islands, , Spain, , 1986~ , - , ,

Kagoshima, Kagoshima , abbreviated to , is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Located at the southwestern tip of the island of Kyushu, Kagoshima is the largest city in the prefecture by some margin. It has been nicknamed the "Naples of the Eastern world ...

, , Japan, , 1990 , - , , Kaohsiung, , Taiwan, , 1987 , - , , Lima, Lima, , Peru, , 1977 , - , , Madrid, Madrid, , Spain, , 1997~ , - , ,

Managua, Managua ) , settlement_type = Capital city , motto = , image_map = , mapsize = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Nicara ...

, , Nicaragua, , 1991 , - , , Margherita di Savoia, Puglia, , Italy, , 2011 , - , , Montes de Oca, San José, , Costa Rica, , 1986~ , - , , Murcia, Murcia, , Spain, , 1993 , - , , Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, , France, , 1986~ , - , , Palermo, Sicilia, , Italy, , 2001~ , - , ,

Port-au-Prince, Ouest Port-au-Prince ( , ; ht, Pòtoprens ) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 987,311 in 2015 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The metropolitan area is define ...

, , Haiti, , 2001 , - , ,

Qingdao, Shandong Qingdao (, also spelled Tsingtao; , Mandarin: ) is a major city in eastern Shandong Province. The city's name in Chinese characters literally means " azure island". Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, it is a major nodal city of the One Bel ...

, , China, , 2005 , - , , Salvador, Bahia, , Brazil, , 2006 , - , ,

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whos ...

, , Chile, , 1986~ , - , , Santiago de Cali, Pacific Region, , Colombia, , 1986~ , - , , Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, , Dominican Republic, , 1987~ , - , , Varna, Varna, , Bulgaria, , 1994~ , - , , Yeruham, Hadarom, , Israel, , 2007 , - , rowspan=10, Miami Beach, ,

Cozumel, Quintana Roo Cozumel (; yua, Kùutsmil) is an island and municipality in the Caribbean Sea off the eastern coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, opposite Playa del Carmen. It is separated from the mainland by the Cozumel Channel and is close to the Yucatá ...

, , Mexico, , 1992 , - , ,

Fortaleza, Ceará Fortaleza (, locally , Portuguese language, Portuguese for ''Fortress'') is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeastern Brazil. It belongs to the Metropolitan mesoregion of Fortaleza and microregion of Fortal ...

, , Brazil, , 2006 , - , ,

Fujisawa, Kanagawa is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 439,728 and a population density of 6300 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Fujisawa is in the central part of Kanagawa Prefecture. ...

, , Japan, , 1959 , - , , Ica, Ica, , Peru, , 1996 , - , , Pescara, Abruzzo, , Italy, , 1997~ , - , , Nahariya, North District, , Israel, , 1971 , - , , Almonte, Andalusia, , Spain, , 1971 , - , ,

Brampton, Ontario Brampton ( or ) is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Brampton is a city in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and is a lower-tier municipality within Peel Region. The city has a population of 656,480 as of the 2021 Census, making it th ...

, , Canada, , 1971 , - , ,

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...

, , Switzerland, , 1971 , - , ,

, , Colombia, , 1983~ , - , rowspan=17, Miami-Dade County, , Asunción, Asunción, , Paraguay, , 1994 , - , , Cabildo de Tenerife, Tenerife, , Spain, , 1993~ , - , ,

Cape Town, Western Cape Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...

, , South Africa, , 2007 , - , ,

Kingston, Surrey Kingston upon Thames (hyphenated until 1965, colloquially known as Kingston) is a town in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, southwest London, England. It is situated on the River Thames and southwest of Charing Cross. It is notable as ...

, , Jamaica, , 1987~ , - , , Maldonado, Maldonado, , Uruguay, , 2001~ , - , , Mendoza, Mendoza, , Argentina, , 2001 , - , ,

Monagas ) , anthem = '' Himno del Estado Monagas'' , image_map = Monagas in Venezuela.svg , map_alt = , map_caption = Location within Venezuela , pushpin_map = , pushpin_m ...

, , Venezuela, , 1996 , - , , Pereira, Risaralda, , Colombia, , 2002 , - , , Petit Goâve, Ouest, , Haiti, , 2001~ , - , , Provincia di Asti, Piemonte, , Italy, , 1986 , - , , San Jose, , Costa Rica, , 1990 , - , , Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, , Dominican Republic, , 1975 , - , ,

São Paulo, São Paulo SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD * Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso * Saco Transportation Center (station code SAO), a train station in Saco, Maine, U.S. ...

, , Brazil, , 1988 , - , , Stockholm County, , Sweden, , 1996 , - , ,

New Taipei City New Taipei City is a special municipality located in northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 3,974,683 as of 2022, making it the most populous city of Taiwan, and also the second largest special municipality by area, b ...

, , Taiwan, , 1990 , - , ,

The Bahamas The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the ar ...

, , The Bahamas, , 1996 , - , ,

Veracruz, Veracruz Veracruz (), known officially as Heroica Veracruz, is a major port city and municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Veracruz on the Gulf of Mexico in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The city is located along the coast in the central p ...

, , Mexico, , 1993 , - , , Miramar, , Santa Ana, Santa Ana, , El Salvador, , 2001~ , - , , Miami Lakes, , Desamparados, San José, , Costa Rica, , 2006 , - , , Mount Dora, ,

Forres, Moray Forres (; gd, Farrais) is a town and former royal burgh in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast, approximately northeast of Inverness and west of Elgin. Forres has been a winner of the Scotland in Bloom award on several occasions. There ...

, , Scotland, UK, , 1990 , - , ,

New Port Richey New Port Richey is a city in Pasco County, Florida, United States. It is a suburban city included in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was counted at 16,728 in the 2020 census. History B ...

, , Cavalaire-sur-Mer, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, , France, , 2001~ , - , , Niceville, , Les Sables-d'Olonne, Pays de la Loire , France, , 2001~ , - , , North Lauderdale, , Yatağan, Muğla, , Turkey, , 2002 , - , ,

North Miami North Miami is a suburban city located in northeast Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, about north of Miami. The city lies on Biscayne Bay and hosts the Biscayne Bay Campus of Florida International University, and the North Miami campu ...

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Delmas, Ouest Delmas ( ht, Dèlma) is a commune in the Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, in the Ouest department of Haiti. Delmas itself is an urban continuation of the capital city. Delmas is also the location of much of the area's commercial and industrial ente ...

, , Haiti, , 2008 , - , rowspan=8, North Miami Beach, , Migdal, North, , Israel, , 1989 , - , , San Pedro Sula, Cortés, , Honduras, , 1989 , - , , Sosúa, Puerto Plata, , Dominican Republic, , 1989 , - , , Gonaives, Artibonite, , rowspan="3" , Haiti, , 1989 , - , ,

La Chapelle, Artibonite La Chapelle (; ht, Lachapèl) is a commune in the Saint-Marc Arrondissement, in the Artibonite department of Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country locat ...

, , 1989 , - , , Tabarre, Ouest, , 1989 , - , , Accra Metropolis District, Greater Accra, , Ghana, , 1989 , - , , Pingzhen District, Taoyuan City, , Taiwan, , 1989 , - , rowspan=3,

Ocala Ocala ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Marion County within the northern region of Florida, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city's population was 63,591, making it the 54th most populated city in Florida. Home to ...

, , Pisa, Toscana, , Italy, , 2004 , - , ,

Newbridge, County Kildare Newbridge, officially known by its Irish name Droichead Nua (), is a town in County Kildare, Ireland. While the nearby Great Connell Priory was founded in the 13th century, the town itself formed from the 18th century onwards, and grew rapidly ...

, , Ireland, , 2008 , - , , Sincelejo, Sucre, , Colombia, , 1967 , - , ,

Opa-Locka Opa-locka is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,463, up from 15,219 in 2010. The city was developed by Glenn Curtiss. Developed based on a ''One Thousand and One Nights'' theme, Op ...

, , Isla Pucu, Cordillera, , Paraguay, , 1996 , - , rowspan=7,

Orlando Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures re ...

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Curitiba, Paraná Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná in Brazil. The city's population was 1,948,626 , making it the eighth most populous city in Brazil and the largest in Brazil's South Region. The Curitiba Metropolitan area ...

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Monterrey, Nuevo León Monterrey ( , ) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, Mexico, and the third largest city in Mexico behind Guadalajara and Mexico City. Located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the city is anc ...

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Tainan Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a special municipality in southern Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and also commonly known as the "Capital City" for its over 200 years of his ...

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Urayasu, Chiba 260px, old Urayasu is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 170,533 in 81,136 households and a population density of . The total area of the city is . Urayasu is best known as the home of the Tokyo ...

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Pembroke Pines Pembroke Pines is a city in southern Broward County, Florida, United States. The city is located 22 miles (35 km) north of Miami. The population of Pembroke Pines is 171,178 as of the 2020 census. It is a suburb of and the fourth-most populous c ...

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Pensacola Pensacola () is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle, and the county seat and only incorporated city of Escambia County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 54,312. Pensacola is the principal ci ...

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Gero, Gifu is a city located in Gifu, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 33,283, and a population density of 39 persons per km2 (101/sq mi), in 12,253 households. The total area of the city was . The city is famous for its hot springs. Ge ...

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Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast Horlivka ( , ; uk, Го́рлівка ), or Gorlovka (russian: link=no, Горловка ), is a city of regional significance in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. In 2001, the city's population was 292,000, and it was estimated as Economic activi ...

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Plant City Plant City is an incorporated city in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States, approximately midway between Brandon and Lakeland along Interstate 4. The population was 39,764 at the 2020 census. Despite many thinking it was named for flora ...

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Portage la Prairie, Manitoba Portage la Prairie () is a small city in the Central Plains Region of Manitoba, Canada. As of 2016, the population was 13,304 and the land area of the city was . Portage la Prairie is approximately west of Winnipeg, along the Trans-Canada Hi ...

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Port St. Lucie Port St. Lucie is a city in St. Lucie County, Florida, United States. It is the most populous municipality in the county with a population of 204,851 at the 2020 census. It is located southeast of Orlando and north of Miami. The Port St. Lu ...

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Putuo District, Zhoushan Putuo District is a district of Zhoushan City, Zhejiang, China with a population of 378,805. The district used to be a county. In 1987, it was combined with the neighbouring county of Dinghai to form the city of Zhoushan. Basic Information ...

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Royal Palm Beach Royal Palm Beach is a village in southeast Florida, located within Palm Beach County. The population was measured at 34,140 in the 2010 census. It is part of the Miami Metropolitan Area. Despite its name, the village is located approximately fift ...

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Saint Augustine Augustine of Hippo ( , ; la, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Afr ...

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Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

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Takamatsu, Kagawa 270px, Takamatsu City Hall 270px, Aerial view of Takamatsu city center 270px, View from Yashima to Takashima port is a city located in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 414,134 in 190120 households and a popu ...

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Mérida, Yucatán Mérida () is the capital of the Mexican state of Yucatán, and the largest city in southeastern Mexico. The city is also the seat of the eponymous Municipality. It is located in the northwest corner of the Yucatán Peninsula, about 35 km (22 ...

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Southwest Ranches Southwest Ranches is a town in Broward County, Florida, United States. It is a suburban community part of the Miami metropolitan area and is located on the eastern edge of the Everglades, 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Fort Lauderdale and abo ...

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Sunrise Sunrise (or sunup) is the moment when the upper rim of the Sun appears on the horizon in the morning. The term can also refer to the entire process of the solar disk crossing the horizon and its accompanying atmospheric effects. Terminology A ...

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Boca del Río, Veracruz Boca del Río is a city and municipality located in the center of the Mexican state of Veracruz. The small city of Boca del Río serves as the seat of the municipality. The municipality lies just south of the municipality of Veracruz, and contains ...

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Tavares Tavares may refer to: Places Brazil *Tavares, Paraíba *Tavares, Rio Grande do Sul *Rodovia Raposo Tavares, the longest highway in São Paulo *Tavares Bastos (favela), a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil *Tavares River Jamaica *Tavares Garden ...

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Eastleigh Eastleigh is a town in Hampshire, England, between Southampton and Winchester. It is the largest town and the administrative seat of the Borough of Eastleigh, with a population of 24,011 at the 2011 census. The town lies on the River Itchen, ...

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West Palm Beach West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some R ...

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Populated places in Florida