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! style="background:#1E90FF; width: 40%;" | City ! ! style="background:#1E90FF; width:40%;" | Province / Region / State ! ! style="background:#1E90FF; width:15%;" | Nation ! ! style="background:#1E90FF; width:10%;" | Year ! ! style="background:#1E90FF; width:10%;" | Ref |- | ! ! style="background:lemonchiffon;" | [[File:Flag of Johannesburg.svg|30px]] '''[[Johannesburg]]''' | ! ! style="text-align:center;" | [[Gauteng]] | ! ! style="text-align:center;" | {{flagicon|South Africa}} | ! ! style="text-align:center;" | | ! ! style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="JHBsisterCity">{{cite web |url=http://www.joburg.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=833&Itemid=131 |title=Johannesburg's Sister Cities |publisher=joburg.org.za |access-date=14 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201163954/http://www.joburg.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=833&Itemid=131 |archive-date=1 February 2014}}</ref> |- | ! ! style="background:lemonchiffon;" | '''[[Sterling, Connecticut|Sterling]]''' | ! ! style="text-align:center;" | [[Connecticut]] | ! ! style="text-align:center;" | {{flagicon|United States}} | ! ! style="text-align:center;" | | ! ! style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="sister-cities1" /> |- | ! ! style="background:lemonchiffon;" | [[File:Flag of Washington, D.C..svg|30px]] '''[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]''' | ! ! style="text-align:center;" | [[District of Columbia]] | ! ! style="text-align:center;" | {{flagicon|United States}} | ! ! style="text-align:center;" | 2006 | ! ! style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://os.dc.gov/service/dc-sister-cities |title=DC Sister Cities |publisher=os.dc.gov |access-date=8 August 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702114528/https://os.dc.gov/service/dc-sister-cities |archive-date=2 July 2017}}</ref> |- | ! ! style="background:lemonchiffon;" | '''[[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]]''' | ! ! style="text-align:center;" | [[South Carolina]] | ! ! style="text-align:center;" | {{flagicon|United States}} | ! ! style="text-align:center;" | | ! ! style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.columbiawac.org/sister_cities.html |title=Columbia's Sister Cities |publisher=columbiawac.org |access-date=14 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908223320/http://columbiawac.org/sister_cities.html |archive-date=8 September 2013}}</ref> |- | ! ! style="background:lemonchiffon;" | '''[[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]]''' | ! ! style="text-align:center;" | [[Ohio]] | ! ! style="text-align:center;" | {{flagicon|United States}} | ! ! style="text-align:center;" | 2015 | ! ! style="text-align:center;" | |- | ! ! style="background:lemonchiffon;" | '''[[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]]''' | ! ! style="text-align:center;" | [[Tennessee]] | ! ! style="text-align:center;" | {{flagicon|United States}} | ! ! style="text-align:center;" | 2024 | ! ! style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web |date=February 12, 2024 |website= Local 3 News |url=https://www.local3news.com/local-news/chattanoogas-seventh-sister-city-accra-ghana-the-first-from-the-continent-of-africa/article_5b8f372c-c9c5-11ee-95de-572791d8312f.html |title=Chattanooga's seventh sister city, Accra, Ghana, the first from the continent of Africa}}</ref> |} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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