SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIPS

Relationships with our many important sister cities, ports and counties facilitate the exchange of culture, knowledge and business with partners around the world. Many of these relationships span decades.

Snohomish County sister relationships

  • Snohomish County
    • Danjin County, S. Korea
    • Tainan County, Taiwan
  • Port of Everett
    • Ishinomaki, Japan
  • Everett
    • Iwakuni, Japan
    • Sligo, Ireland
    • Sovetskaya Gaven, Russia
  • Edmonds
    • Hekinan, Japan

King County sister relationships

  • King County
    • Hwasong County, S. Korea
    • Kaohsiung County, Taiwan
  • Port of Seattle
    • Kobe, Japan
    • Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Shanghai, China
    • Busan, S. Korea
    • Singapore
    • Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
    • Fremantle, Australia
    • Vostochny, Russia
    • Qingdao, China
    • Tanjung Perak, Indonesia
    • Taichung, Taiwan
  • Auburn
    • Kasugai, Japan
  • Bellevue
    • Hualien, Taiwan
    • Kladno, Czech Republic/a>
    • Liepaja, Latvia
    • Yao, Japan
  • Federal Way
    • Hachinohe City, Japan
    • Donghae City, S. Korea
  • Issaquah
    • Sunndal, Norway
  • Kent
    • Castlereagh, Northern Ireland
    • El Grullo, Mexico
    • Tamba, Japan
    • Kherson, Ukraine
    • Sunnfjord Area, Norway
    • Yangzhou, China
  • Kirkland
    • Emmerich, Germany
  • Mercer Island
    • Thonon-les-Bains, France
  • Renton
    • Cuautla, Mexico
    • Nishiwaki, Japan
  • Seattle
    • The City of Seattle’s Office of Intergovernmental Relations, the central source for information about Seattle’s sister city associations, offers contact information for each sister city association and general information about each city.
    • Beer Sheva, Israel
    • Bergen, Norway
    • Cebu, Philippines
    • Chongqing, China
    • Christchurch, New Zealand
    • Galway, Ireland
    • Gdynia, Poland
    • Haiphong, Vietnam
    • Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Kobe, Japan
    • Limbe, Cameroon
    • Mazatlan, Mexico
    • Mombasa, Kenya
    • Nantes, France
    • Pecs, Hungary
    • Perugia, Italy
    • Reykjavik, Iceland
    • Sihanoukville, Cambodia
    • Surabaya, Indonesia
    • Taejon, S. Korea
    • Tashkent, Uzbekistan
  • Tukwila
    • Miyoshi, Japan

Pierce County sister relationships

  • Auburn
    • Tamba, Japan
  • City of Tacoma
    • Aalesund, Norway
    • Cienfuegos, Cuba
    • Davao City, Philippines
    • El Jadida, Morocco
    • Fuzhou, China
    • George, South Africa
    • Kiryat Motzkin, Israel
    • Kitakyushu, Japan
    • Gunsan, Korea
    • Taichung, Taiwan
    • Vladivostok, Russia
  • Lakewood
    • Okinawa City, Japan
  • Port of Tacoma
    • Belawan, Indonesia
    • Tianjin, China
    • Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Kitakyushu, Japan
    • Vladivostok, Russia
  • University Place
    • Karsiyaka, Turkey

Contact

For more information about Greater Seattle and Washington state’s sister relationships, contact:

State of Washington
Office of the Lieutenant Governor

Washington Coordinator
Sister Cities International
Barbara Sanchez