List of twin towns and sister cities in Taiwan

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This is a list of places in Taiwan 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).

Contents

C

Changhua

Chiayi [3]

H

Hsinchu [4]

Hsinchu County

Hualien [7]

K

Kaohsiung [10]

Keelung

M

Miaoli

N

Nantou

Nantou – Puli [25]

New Taipei [26]

New Taipei – Tamsui [29]

New Taipei – Xindian [30]

New Taipei – Xizhi [31]

New Taipei – Yonghe [32]

P

Pingtung [33]

Pingtung – Hengchun [34]

T

Taichung [35]

Taichung – Wuqi [36]

Tainan [37]

Taipei [39]

Taipei – Shilin [40]

Taitung [41]

Taoyuan [42]

Taoyuan – Guishan [42]

Taoyuan – Zhongli [42]

Y

Yilan [44]

Yunlin – Beigang [45]

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