Washington, D.C. Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Sister cities == Washington, D.C., has fifteen official [[sister city]] agreements. Each of the listed cities is a national capital except for Sunderland, which includes the town of [[Washington, Tyne and Wear|Washington]], the ancestral home of George Washington's family.<ref name=Sunderland>{{cite web |url=http://os.dc.gov/service/dc-sister-cities |title=DC Sister Cities |publisher=D.C. Office of the Secretary |access-date=August 13, 2019 |archive-date=November 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104133547/http://os.dc.gov/service/dc-sister-cities |url-status=live }}</ref> Paris and Rome are each formally recognized as a partner city due to their special one sister city policy.<ref name=ParisRome>{{cite web |url=http://www.paris.fr/english/paris-a-city-with-an-international-profile/international-action-cooperation/twinning-with-rome/rub_8139_stand_29903_port_18784 |title=Twinning with Rome |publisher=Ville de Paris |access-date=February 21, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608151440/http://www.paris.fr/english/paris-a-city-with-an-international-profile/international-action-cooperation/twinning-with-rome/rub_8139_stand_29903_port_18784 |archive-date=June 8, 2011}}</ref> Listed in the order each agreement was first established, they are: {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * {{flagdeco|Thailand}} [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]] (1962, renewed 2002 and 2012) * {{flagdeco|Senegal}} [[Dakar]], [[Senegal]] (1980, renewed 2006) * {{flagdeco|China}} [[Beijing]], [[China]] (1984, renewed 2004 and 2012) * {{flagdeco|Belgium}} [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]] (1985, renewed 2002 and 2011) * {{flagdeco|Greece}} [[Athens]], [[Greece]] (2000) * {{flagdeco|France}} [[Paris]], [[France]] (2000 as a friendship and cooperation agreement, renewed 2005)<ref name="ParisRome" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://next.paris.fr/english/paris-a-city-with-an-international-profile/international-action-cooperation/friendship-and-cooperation-agreements/rub_8139_stand_29940_port_18784 |title=Friendship and cooperation agreements |publisher=Marie de Paris |location=Paris |access-date=September 10, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403161510/http://next.paris.fr/english/paris-a-city-with-an-international-profile/international-action-cooperation/friendship-and-cooperation-agreements/rub_8139_stand_29940_port_18784 |archive-date=April 3, 2016}}</ref> * {{flagdeco|South Africa}} [[Pretoria]], [[South Africa]] (2002, renewed 2008 and 2011) * {{flagdeco|South Korea}} [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]] (2006) * {{flagdeco|Ghana}} [[Accra]], [[Ghana]] (2006) * {{flagdeco|United Kingdom}} [[Sunderland, Tyne and Wear|Sunderland]], [[United Kingdom]] (2006, renewed 2012)<ref name="Sunderland" /> * {{flagdeco|Italy}} [[Rome]], [[Italy]] (2011, renewed 2013)<ref name="ParisRome" /> * {{flagdeco|Turkey}} [[Ankara]], [[Turkey]] (2011) * {{flagdeco|Brazil}} [[Brasília]], [[Brazil]] (2013) * {{flagdeco|Ethiopia}} [[Addis Ababa]], [[Ethiopia]] (2013)<ref>{{cite web |title=DC & Addis to Become Sister Cities |url=http://www.tadias.com/12/04/2013/dc-addis-to-become-sister-cities/ |work=Tadias Magazine |access-date=December 6, 2013 |archive-date=December 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212053120/http://www.tadias.com/12/04/2013/dc-addis-to-become-sister-cities/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * {{flagdeco|El Salvador}} [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]] (2018) {{div col end}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page