List of twin towns and sister cities in Africa

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

Algeria

Algiers

•   Montreal, Canada^[1]
•   Sofia, Bulgaria^[2]

Annaba

•   Bizerte, Tunisia^[3]
•   Yekaterinburg, Russia^[4]

Blida

•   Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria^[5]
•   Kazanlak, Bulgaria^[6]
•   Metz, France^[7]

Biskra^[8]

•   Makhachkala, Russia

Chlef^[9]

•   Skopje, North Macedonia

Constantine

•   Grenoble, France^[10]
•   Sousse, Tunisia^[11]

Mascara

•   Bursa, Turkey^[12]
•   Elkader, United States^[13]

Oran^[14]

•   Alicante, Spain
•   Bordeaux, France
•   Dakar, Senegal
•   Durban, South Africa
•   Havana, Cuba
•   Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
•   Sfax, Tunisia
•   Zarqa, Jordan

Sétif

•   Lyon, France^[15]
•   Rennes, France^[16]
•   Tangier, Morocco^[17]

Tizi Ouzou

•   Monastir, Tunisia^[18]
•   La Roche-sur-Yon, France^[19]

Tlemcen^[20][21]

•   Granada, Spain
•   Lille, France
•   Montpellier, France
•   Nanterre, France
•   Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Angola

Cabinda^[22]

•   Campinas, Brazil

Huambo

•   Amadora, Portugal^[23]
•   Caldas da Rainha, Portugal^[24]
•   Castelo Branco, Portugal^[25]

Lobito

•   Lowell, United States^[26]
•   Seixal, Portugal^[27]
•   Sintra, Portugal^[28]

Luanda

•   Belo Horizonte, Brazil^[29]
•   Houston, United States^[30]
•   Lisbon, Portugal^[31]
•   Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico^[32]
•   Porto, Portugal^[33]
•   Salvador, Brazil^[34]

Lubango

•   Caldas da Rainha, Portugal^[24]
•   Santarém, Portugal^[35]

Benin

Abomey^[36]

•   Ostrava, Czech Republic

Cotonou

•   Abidjan, Ivory Coast^[37]
•   Atlanta, United States^[38]
•   Rosny-sous-Bois, France^[39]
•   Taipei, Taiwan^[40]

Djougou

•   Évreux, France^[41]
•   Al Wakrah, Qatar^[42]

Porto-Novo^[15]

•   Lyon, France

Botswana

Francistown^[43][44]

•   Genk, Belgium
•   Tai'an, China

Gaborone^[45]

•   Burbank, United States

Burkina Faso

Bobo-Dioulasso

•   Bamako, Mali^[46]
•   Bouaké, Ivory Coast^[47]
•   Châlons-en-Champagne, France^[48]
•   Fez, Morocco^[49]

Boussé^[50]

•   Decatur, United States

Douroula^[51]

•   Besançon, France

Fada N'gourma

•   Épernay, France^[52]
•   Great Barrington, United States^[53]

Garango^[54]

•   Ladenburg, Germany
•   Laval, France

Kaya^[50]

•   Savannah, United States

Ouagadougou

•   Bordeaux, France^[55]
•   Briton Ferry, Wales, United Kingdom^[56]
•   Grenoble, France^[10]
•   Leuze-en-Hainaut, Belgium^[57]
•   Loudun, France^[58]
•   Lyon, France^[15]
•   Nice, France^[59]
•   Taipei, Taiwan^[40]
•   Zhengzhou, China^[60]

Ouahigouya^[61][50]

•   Chambéry, France
•   Decatur, United States

Saponé^[62]

•   Brest, France

Burundi

Bujumbura

•   Cape Town, South Africa^[63]
•   Hefei, China^[64]

Cameroon

Bamenda

•   Dordrecht, Netherlands^[65]
•   Lowell, United States^[66]

Douala

•   Philadelphia, United States^[67]
•   Taiyuan, China^[68]

Limbe^[69]

•   Seattle, United States

Yaoundé^[70][71]

•   Edessa, Greece
•   Shenyang, China
•   Udine, Italy

Cape Verde

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Bangui^[72]

•   Çankaya, Turkey

Chad

N'Djamena

•   Istanbul, Turkey^[73]
•   Liuzhou, China^[74]
•   Stupino, Russia^[75]

Congo

Brazzaville^[76][77]

•   Bolingbrook, United States
•   Changsha, China
•   Dakar, Senegal
•   Dresden, Germany
•   Havana, Cuba
•   Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
•   Nouakchott, Mauritania
•   Reims, France

Pointe-Noire

•   Dalian, China^[78]
•   New Orleans, United States^[79]
•   Suzhou, China^[80]

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Bukavu^[81]

•   Palermo, Italy

Kinshasa

•   Ankara, Turkey^[82]
•   Brazzaville, Congo^[76]
•   Dakar, Senegal^[76]

Lubumbashi^[83]

•   Liège, Belgium

Djibouti

Djibouti City

•   Saint Paul, United States^[84]
•   Sancaktepe, Turkey^[85]

Egypt

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Malabo

•   Guadalajara, Mexico^[86]
•   Madrid, Spain^[87]

Eswatini

Manzini^[88]

•   Keighley, England, United Kingdom

Mbabane^[89]

•   Fort Worth, United States
•   Matola, Mozambique
•   Mbombela, South Africa
•   Taipei, Taiwan

Ethiopia

Adama^[90]

•   Aurora, United States

Addis Ababa^[91][92]

•   Ankara, Turkey
•   Beersheba, Israel
•   Beijing, China
•   Chuncheon, South Korea
•   Harare, Zimbabwe
•   Johannesburg, South Africa
•   Khartoum, Sudan
•   Leipzig, Germany
•   Lusaka, Zambia
•   Lyon, France
•   Nairobi, Kenya
•   Washington, D.C., United States

Axum^[93]

•   Denver, United States

Bahir Dar

•   Ashdod, Israel^[94]
•   Cleveland, United States^[95]
•   Madison, United States^[96]
•   Oakland, United States^[97]

Dire Dawa^[98]

•   Shijiazhuang, China

Gondar^[99]

•   Corvallis, United States
•   Montgomery County, United States
•   Rishon LeZion, Israel

Mekelle

•   Ramla, Israel^[100]
•   Witten, Germany^[101]

Gabon

Libreville

•   Durban, South Africa^[102]
•   Nice, France^[59]

Gambia

Banjul

•   Dakar, Senegal^[103]
•   Doha, Qatar^[104]
•   Nanning, China^[105]
•   Ostend, Belgium^[106]
•   Taipei, Taiwan^[40]

Kanifing

•   Madison, United States^[96]
•   Memphis, United States^[107]

Ghana

Aboadze^[108]

•   Buffalo, United States

Accra^[109][110]

•   Akron, United States
•   Cape Town, South Africa
•   Cheyenne, United States
•   Chicago, United States
•   Columbia, United States
•   Columbus, United States
•   North Miami Beach, United States^[111]

Cape Coast

•   Bonn, Germany^[112]
•   Buffalo, United States^[108]
•   Hanover Park, United States^[113]
•   New Orleans, United States^[114]

Kumasi

•   Charlotte, United States^[115]
•   Newark, United States^[116]
•   Wenzhou, China^[117]
•   Winston-Salem, United States^[118]

Sekondi-Takoradi

•   Boston, United States^[119]
•   Oakland, United States^[97]

Sunyani^[120]

•   Tuscaloosa, United States

Tamale^[121]

•   Louisville, United States

Techiman^[120]

•   Tuscaloosa, United States

Tema^[122]

•   Columbia, United States^[123]
•   Greenwich, England, United Kingdom
•   Norfolk, United States^[124]
•   San Diego, United States

Winneba

•   Birmingham, United States^[125]
•   Charlottesville, United States^[126]
•   Lowell, United States^[26]

Guinea

Conakry

•   Cleveland, United States^[95]
•   Dakar, Senegal^[103]

Guinea-Bissau

Bissau

•   Águeda, Portugal^[127]
•   Ankara, Turkey^[82]
•   Dakar, Senegal^[103]
•   Lisbon, Portugal^[31]
•   Sintra, Portugal^[28]
•   Taipei, Taiwan^[40]

Cacheu^[31]

•   Lisbon, Portugal

Ivory Coast

Abidjan

•   Cotonou, Benin^[37]
•   Marseille, France^[128]
•   Nice, France^[129]
•   San Francisco, United States^[130]
•   São Paulo, Brazil^[131]
•   Tianjin, China^[132]
•   Viseu, Portugal^[133]

Anyama^[134]

•   Pontault-Combault, France

Bouaké

•   Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso^[47]
•   Coslada, Spain^[135]
•   Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France^[136]

Daloa

•   Campinas, Brazil^[22]
•   Pau, France^[137]

Man^[51]

•   Besançon, France

Kenya

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Kenya

Lesotho

Hlotse^[138]

•   Crymych, Wales, United Kingdom

Maseru^[139]

•   Austin, United States

Liberia

Barclayville^[26]

•   Lowell, United States

Buchanan^[118]

•   Winston-Salem, United States

Gbarnga^[140]

•   Baltimore, United States

Monrovia

•   Dayton, United States^[141]
•   Taipei, Taiwan^[40]

Libya

Benghazi^[73]

•   Istanbul, Turkey

Tripoli

•   Belo Horizonte, Brazil^[142]
•   Cairo, Egypt^[143]
•   Madrid, Spain^[144]
•   El Mina, Lebanon^[145]
•   Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina^[21]

Madagascar

Antsirabe

•   Montluçon, France^[146]
•   Stavanger, Norway^[147]
•   Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius^[148]

Antsiranana^[149]

•   Port Louis, Mauritius

Antananarivo

•   Montreal, Canada^[150]
•   Nanning, China^[105]
•   Nice, France^[151]
•   Suzhou, China^[80]
•   Vorkuta, Russia^[152]
•   Yerevan, Armenia^[153]

Malawi

Blantyre

•   Hanover, Germany^[154]
•   Kaohsiung, Taiwan^[155]

Lilongwe

•   Nanning, China^[105]
•   Taipei, Taiwan^[40]

Zomba^[156]

•   Urbana, United States

Mali

Bamako^[46]

•   Angers, France
•   Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
•   Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
•   Bordeaux, France
•   Dakar, Senegal
•   Nouakchott, Mauritania
•   Rochester, United States

Ségou^[157]

•   Angoulême, France
•   Richmond, United States

Timbuktu^[158][159]

•   Chemnitz, Germany
•   Hay-on-Wye, Wales, United Kingdom
•   Kairouan, Tunisia
•   Marrakesh, Morocco
•   Saintes, France
•   Tempe, United States

Mauritania

Nouadhibou

•   Casablanca, Morocco^[160]
•   Fuzhou, China^[161]
•   Las Palmas, Spain^[162]

Nouakchott

•   Bamako, Mali^[46]
•   Dakar, Senegal^[103]
•   East Jerusalem, Palestine^[163]
•   Lanzhou, China^[164]
•   Madrid, Spain^[87]

Mauritius

Beau Bassin-Rose Hill^[165]

•   Changzhou, China

Grand Port^[166]

•   Baie Lazare, Seychelles
•   Qingdao, China
•   Spelthorne, England, United Kingdom
•   Tsiafahy, Madagascar

Port Louis^[149]

•   Alexandria, Egypt
•   Antsiranana, Madagascar
•   Dakar, Senegal
•   Doha, Qatar
•   Foshan, China
•   Karachi, Pakistan
•   Lamentin, Guadeloupe, France
•   Maputo, Mozambique
•   Port Mathurin, Mauritius
•   La Possession, Réunion, France
•   Pretoria, South Africa
•   Saint-Malo, France

Quatre Bornes^[167]

•   Ambalavao, Madagascar
•   Daqing, China
•   Saint-Benoît, Réunion, France

Vacoas-Phoenix^[148]

•   Antsirabe, Madagascar
•   Pune, India
•   Sainte-Suzanne, Réunion, France

Morocco

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Morocco

Mozambique

Beira

•   Arganil, Portugal^[168]
•   Boston, United States^[119]
•   Bristol, England, United Kingdom^[169]
•   Coimbra, Portugal^[170]
•   Padua, Italy^[171]
•   Porto, Portugal^[172]
•   Seixal, Portugal^[27]
•   Sintra, Portugal^[28]

Maputo

•   Ankara, Turkey^[82]
•   Chengdu, China^[173]
•   Durban, South Africa^[102]
•   Guarulhos, Brazil^[174]
•   Jakarta, Indonesia^[175]
•   Lisbon, Portugal^[31]
•   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil^[176]
•   Port Louis, Mauritius^[149]
•   Shanghai, China^[177]

Pemba^[178]

•   Reggio Emilia, Italy

Namibia

Windhoek^{[179][180][181]}

•   Berlin, Germany
•   Havana, Cuba
•   Johannesburg, South Africa
•   Kingston, Jamaica
•   Nanjing, China
•   Richmond, United States
•   San Antonio, United States
•   Shanghai, China
•   Suzhou, China
•   Trossingen, Germany

Walvis Bay

•   Drakenstein, South Africa^[182]
•   Kristiansand, Norway^[183]
•   Lobatse, Botswana^[182]
•   Wenzhou, China^[184]

Niger

Niamey^[82]

•   Ankara, Turkey

Nigeria

Asaba^[185]

•   Stockton, United States

Ibadan^[95]

•   Cleveland, United States

Ifẹ

•   Oberlin, United States^[186]
•   Salvador, Brazil^[187]
•   San Bernardino, United States^[188]

Lagos

•   Atlanta, United States^[38]
•   Belo Horizonte, Brazil^[29]
•   Bucharest, Romania^[189]
•   Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago^[190]

Onitsha^[191]

•   Compton, United States
•   Indianapolis, United States

Orlu^[139]

•   Austin, United States

Osogbo

•   Asheville, United States^[192]
•   Wilmington, United States^[193]

Owerri^[194]

•   Gresham, United States

Port Harcourt^[195]

•   Kansas City, United States

Rwanda

Kigali

•   Oklahoma City, United States^[196]
•   San Bernardino, United States^[188]

São Tomé and Principe

Lobata^[27]

•   Seixal, Portugal

Lembá

•   Moura, Portugal^[197]
•   Porto, Portugal^[172]
•   Santa Marta de Penaguião, Portugal^[198]

Mé-Zóchi

•   Guimarães, Portugal^[199]
•   Tarrafal, Cape Verde^[200]

Príncipe

•   Amadora, Portugal^[23]
•   Faro, Portugal^[201]
•   Marco de Canaveses, Portugal^[202]
•   Oeiras, Portugal^[203]

São Tomé^[31]

•   Lisbon, Portugal

Senegal

Dakar

•   Ann Arbor, United States^[204]
•   Baku, Azerbaijan^[205]
•   Bamako, Mali^[103]
•   Banjul, Gambia^[103]
•   Bissau, Guinea-Bissau^[103]
•   Brazzaville, Congo^[76]
•   Casablanca, Morocco^[160]
•   Conakry, Guinea^[103]
•   Dijon, France^[206]
•   Isfahan, Iran^[207]
•   Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo^[76]
•   Marseille, France^[208]
•   Miami-Dade County, United States^[209]
•   Milan, Italy^[210]
•   Nouakchott, Mauritania^[103]
•   Oran, Algeria^[14]
•   Port Louis, Mauritius^[149]
•   Rosario, Argentina^[211]
•   Sfax, Tunisia^[212]
•   Taipei, Taiwan^[40]
•   Washington, D.C., United States^[213]

Diourbel^[214]

•   Avignon, France

Guédiawaye^[125]

•   Birmingham, United States

Kaolack

•   Aosta, Italy^[215]
•   Mérignac, France^[216]

M'Bour

•   Concarneau, France^[217]
•   Jackson, United States^[218]
•   Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium^[219]

Rufisque

•   Hénin-Beaumont, France^[220]
•   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil^[176]

Saint-Louis

•   Bologna, Italy^[221]
•   Fez, Morocco^[49]
•   Liège, Belgium^[83]
•   Lille, France^[222]
•   St. Louis, United States^[223]

Thiès

•   Caen, France^[224]
•   Cayenne, French Guiana, France^[225]
•   Solingen, Germany^[226]
•   Sousse, Tunisia^[227]

Ziguinchor

•   Compiègne, France^[228]
•   Rimini, Italy^[229]
•   Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France^[230]
•   São Filipe, Cape Verde^[231]

Seychelles

Victoria

•   Haikou, China^[232]
•   Hanoi, Vietnam^[233]
•   Panaji, India^[234]

Sierra Leone

Freetown

•   Charleston, United States^[235]
•   Hefei, China^[236]
•   Kansas City, United States^[195]
•   Kingston upon Hull, England, United Kingdom^[237]
•   New Haven, United States^[238]

Somalia

Galkayo^[12]

•   Bursa, Turkey

Mogadishu

•   Ankara, Turkey^[82]
•   Doha, Qatar^[239]
•   Saint Paul, United States^[84]

South Africa

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in South Africa

Sudan

El-Gadarif^[240]

•   Khan Yunis, Palestine

Khartoum

•   Addis Ababa, Ethiopia^[91]
•   Ankara, Turkey^[82]
•   Brasília, Brazil^[241]
•   Cairo, Egypt^[143]
•   Istanbul, Turkey^[73]
•   Manisa, Turkey^[242]
•   Saint Petersburg, Russia^[243]
•   Tehran, Iran^[244]
•   Wuhan, China^[245]

Tanzania

Arusha^[246]

•   Durham, United States
•   Mürzzuschlag, Austria
•   Kansas City, United States
•   Tifariti, Western Sahara

Dar es Salaam

•   Changzhou, China^[247]
•   Hamburg, Germany^[248]
•   Liuzhou, China^[249]
•   Samsun, Turkey^[250]

Dodoma^[251]

•   Linz, Austria

Moshi

•   Delray Beach, United States^[252]
•   Halmstad, Sweden^[253]
•   Tübingen, Germany^[254]

Mtwara^[255]

•   Redditch, England, United Kingdom

Musoma^[256]

•   Calderdale, England, United Kingdom

Mwanza^[257]

•   Würzburg, Germany

Singida^[258]

•   Salzburg, Austria

Tanga

•   Eckernförde, Germany^[259]
•   Toledo, United States^[260]

Zanzibar City

•   Haikou, China^[232]
•   Potsdam, Germany^[261]
•   Sakarya, Turkey^[262]

Togo

Atakpamé^[263]

•   Niort, France

Dapaong^[264]

•   Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

Kpalimé^[265]

•   Bressuire, France

Lomé

•   Duisburg, Germany^[266]
•   Shenzhen, China^[267]
•   Taipei, Taiwan^[40]

Tunisia

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Tunisia

Uganda

Entebbe

•   Ashkelon, Israel^[268]
•   Kalmar, Sweden^[269]
•   Wuhan, China^[245]

Western Sahara

Bir Lehlou

•   Campi Bisenzio, Italy^[270]
•   Montevarchi, Italy^[271]
•   Novelda, Spain^[272]
•   Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain^[273]
•   Prato, Italy^[274]

Zambia

Kasama^[275]

•   Clovis, United States

Kitwe

•   Baia Mare, Romania^[276]
•   Detroit, United States^[277]

Livingstone

•   Funchal, Portugal^[278]
•   Santa Fe, United States^[279]

Lusaka

•   Addis Ababa, Ethiopia^[91]
•   Albuquerque, United States^[280]
•   Białystok, Poland^[281]
•   Dushanbe, Tajikistan^[282]
•   Los Angeles, United States^[283]
•   Nanjing, China^[284]

Ndola

•   Makhachkala, Russia^[8]
•   Porto, Portugal^[172]

Zimbabwe

Bulawayo^[285]

•   Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
•   Pretoria, South Africa

Harare^[92][286]

•   Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
•   Cincinnati, United States
•   Guangzhou, China
•   Kazan, Russia
•   Munich, Germany
•   Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

Mutare^[287]

•   Portland, United States

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