Sister Cities, or also referred as Twin Towns, are two cities that network together and help each other out; to promote tourism and cultural understanding. Basically, Sisiter Cities International is a concept that connect international cities in many interesting ways.

Generally, through friendly negotiations between policy leaders, two different cities are officially announced to be sister cities at a signing ceremony. They agree to share and contribute diverse ideas and activities between each other.

Kathmandu has fourteen sister cities around the world. Here they are in alphabetical order.

1. Edinburgh, Scotland

2. Eugene, United States

3. Isfahan, Iran

4. Istanbul, Turkey

5. Johannesburg, South Africa

6. Kyoto, Japan

7. Matsumoto, Japan

8. Miami, United States

9. Minsk, Belarus

10. Mumbai, India

11. Nicosia, Cyprus

12. Pau, France

13. Quebec City, Canada

14. Xi’an, China

So, how many of these did you know about?

Cover Pictures: Miami by Carolin Soldo; Quebec City by PlanetWare