List of sister cities of Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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The following cities are sister cities of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. [1]

Sister jurisdictionCountryFlagYear
Agogo, Asante Akim North Ghana Flag of Ghana.svg 2001~ [2]
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais Brazil Flag of Brazil.svg 2003 [3]
Cap-Haïtien, Nord Haiti Flag of Haiti.svg 2003 [4]
Duisburg Germany Flag of Germany.svg 2011 [5]
Gold Coast, Queensland Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1980 [6]
Haifa Israel Flag of Israel.svg 2002 [7]
Isla Margarita, Nueva Esparta Venezuela Flag of Venezuela.svg 1997 [8]
Kaohsiung City Republic of China Flag of the Republic of China.svg 2008 [9] [10]
La Romana, La Romana Dominican Republic Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg 1995 [11]
Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Argentina Flag of Argentina.svg 2000 [12]
Mataro Spain Flag of Spain.svg 2014 [13]
Medellín, Antioquia Colombia Flag of Colombia.svg 1967 [14] [15]
Muğla, Muğla Turkey Flag of Turkey.svg 1995~ [11]
Ciudad de Panamá Panama Flag of Panama.svg 2001~ [16]
Quepos, Puntarenas Costa Rica Flag of Costa Rica.svg 2003 [4]
Rimini, Emilia-Romagna Italy Flag of Italy.svg 1985 [17]
São Sebastião, São Paulo [18] Brazil Flag of Brazil.svg 2001~ [2] [16]
Sefton, Merseyside United Kingdom Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2000 [19]
Venezia, Veneto Italy Flag of Italy.svg 2007 [20]
Montería, Córdoba Colombia Flag of Colombia.svg 2018

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References

  1. ↑ Greater Ft. Lauderdale Sister Cities International. "Our Sister Cities". Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
  2. 1 2 "2001 Sister City/Sister State Directory" (PDF). Florida Department of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-06-27. Retrieved 2007-07-16.
  3. ↑ "Belo Horizonte, Brazil". Greater Fort Lauderdale Sister Cities International. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2007-07-16.
  4. 1 2 "City Commission Conference Meeting Agenda" (PDF). City of Fort Lauderdale. July 15, 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 9, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-16.
  5. ↑ "Duisburg, Germany". Greater Fort Lauderdale Sister Cities International. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Sister Cities". Gold Coast City Council. Archived from the original on 2007-11-07. Retrieved 2007-07-16.
  7. ↑ "Fort Lauderdale, U.S.A." Haifa City Secretary. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-07-16.
  8. ↑ Ron Ishoy (June 16, 1997). "Keno-Smith Wrangling is nothing new". p. 1BR. ... a vacation community off Caracas, is Fort Lauderdale's latest Sister city.
  9. ↑ "Sister Cities". Kaohsiung County Government. 2009-11-20. Archived from the original on February 17, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
  10. ↑ "Kaohsiung City, Taiwan". Greater For Lauderdale Sister Cities International. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  11. 1 2 "A couple beats shy of a healthy heart". The Miami Herald . July 10, 1995. sister city Fort Lauderdale has picked up another sister city -- La Romana, Dominican Republic. the town's mayor, Miguel Ceijas, will arrive here next week...
  12. ↑ Jana Soeldner Danger (May 21, 2000). "Fort Lauderdale Hosts a Couple of Vips from Argentine Sister City". The Miami Herald . pp. 13M. Retrieved 2007-07-16. Fort Lauderdale has a new sister city: Mar del Plata in Argentina, about 2,500 miles southwest of Buenos Aires. Sister Cities International celebrated the relationship May 9...
  13. ↑ "Mataro, Spain". Greater Fort Lauderdale Sister Cities International. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  14. ↑ Greater Fort Lauderdale Sister Cities International. "Medellín, Colombia". Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
  15. ↑ Steve Sonsky (October 17, 1979). "Chorus Is Ready To Hit The Road To Colombia". The Miami Herald . Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-07-16. hat trip is to Medellín, Colombia - Fort Lauderdale's designated "sister city" for the last 12 years in the Sister Cities International...
  16. 1 2 Johannes Werner (April 26, 2001). "City Twinning With A Twist". Miami Daily Business Review. Retrieved 2007-07-16. We're going to announce our 10th sister City, Panama City, Panama.[ dead link ]
  17. ↑ Laura Misch (April 17, 1985). "Municipal Match Unites Lauderdale With Sister City". The Miami Herald . p. 1BR. The American mayor spoke no Italian. The Italian mayor spoke no English. They beamed at each other and shook hands and nodded, and beamed and shook hands and nodded. The interpreter, standing between them, beamed and shook hands and nodded. It was an international merger made at the Tower Club. In a ceremony high atop Broward's tallest building Tuesday, Fort Lauderdale welcomed its newest sister city -- Rimini, Italy. Massimo Conti, the dapper, mustachioed, 38-year-old mayor of
  18. ↑ "Office of International Affairs:Sister Cities". State of Florida. Archived from the original on 2004-02-13. Retrieved 2007-07-16.
  19. ↑ "Mons Amis". Sefton Council. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2007-07-16.
  20. ↑ "Venice, Italy". Greater Fort Lauderdale Sister Cities International. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
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