Iowa 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 jurisdictions== Iowa has ten official partner jurisdictions:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iowasisterstates.org/ |title=Iowa Sister States |publisher=Iowa Sister States |date=February 23, 2010 |access-date=August 8, 2018 |archive-date=August 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809111502/https://www.iowasisterstates.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * {{flagdeco|Japan}} [[Yamanashi Prefecture]], Japan (1960) * {{flagdeco|Mexico}} [[Yucatán (state)|Yucatán]], Mexico (1964) * {{flagdeco|PRC}} [[Hebei|Hebei Province]], [[People's Republic of China]] (1983) * {{flagdeco|Malaysia}} [[Terengganu]], Malaysia (1987) * {{flagicon|ROC}} [[Taiwan Province]], [[Republic of China]] (1989) * {{flagdeco|Russia}} [[Stavropol Krai]], USSR/Russia (1989) * {{flagdeco|Ukraine}} [[Cherkasy Oblast]], Ukraine (1996) * {{flagdeco|Italy}} [[Veneto|Veneto Region]], Italy (1997) * {{flagdeco|Kosovo}} [[Kosovo|Republic of Kosovo]] (2013) A [[List of diplomatic missions in the United States|consulate]] was opened in Des Moines in 2015.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/consularnotification/ConsularNotificationandAccess/kosovo.html | title=Kosovo }}</ref> 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