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This is a list of Philippine twin towns, sister cities and other international relationships. In most cases, the association, especially when formalized by local government, is known as "town twinning" or "sister cities", and while most of the places included are cities, it also includes municipalities, provinces and a region.
The list is arranged by regions and then by provinces and then cities and municipalities. See also the lists of twin towns and sister cities.
There are 24 pairs of sister-cities or sister-provinces between China and the Philippines, namely: Hangzhou and Baguio City, Guangzhou and Manila City, Shanghai and Metro Manila, Xiamen and Cebu City, Shenyang and Quezon City, Fushun and Lipa City, Hainan and Cebu Province, Sanya and Lapu-Lapu City, Shishi and Naya City, Shandong and Ilocos Norte Province, Zibo and Mandaue City, Anhui and Nueva Ecija Province, Hubei and Leyte Province, Liuzhou and Muntinlupa City, Hezhou and San Fernando City, Harbin and Cagayan de Oro City, Laibin and Laoag City, Beijing and Manila City, Jiangxi and Bohol Province, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Davao City, Lanzhou and Albay Province, Beihai and Puerto Princessa City, Fujian Province and Laguna Province, Wuxi and Puerto Princessa City.
The move is targeted to strengthen the sisterhood partnership St. Petersburg recently forged with the Province of Cebu last September
Mayor Mauricio Domogan signed four separate resolutions previously introduced by Councilors Betty Lourdes Tabanda and Elmer Datuin, which was unanimously approved by the City Council accepting the towns of Dalaguete, Cebu; Bacarra, Ilocos Norte; Libon, Albay; Pudtol, Apayao as the new sister cities of Baguio.
Aside from Hangzhou the international cities of Baguio include Cusco, Peru; Gongju, South Korea; Nanyu City, Japan; Honolulu, Hawaii; Karuizawa, Japan; Seoul, South Korea; Shepparton, Australia; Taebek City, South Korea; Tamuning Tumon Harmon, Guam; Taxco, Mexico; Vallejo, California; Vaughan, Ontario; and Wakkanai City, Japan.
Baguio, located on the north island of Luzon, has already collected six sister cities: Cusco, Peru; Hangzhou, China; Honolulu, U.S.; Kislovodsk, Russia; Taebek City, South Korea; Vaughan, Ontario, Canada.
Many Filipinos visit Litomerice which has sister city agreements with Calamba and Dapitan in the Philippines, where Rizal used to live.
Ludva vigorously promotes cultural and historical activities between the sister cities of Litomerice in the Czech Republic where Blumentritt grew up and where Rizal frequented, and Calamba in Laguna where Rizal was born. Litomerice and Calamba signed a sister city agreement in 1974.
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