Sister City
What is a sister (friendship) city?
Exchanges and visits between sister cities are expanded based on mutual understanding and cooperation of cities and rural areas to comfort the feelings of nostalgia of people from various locations who wish to settle in Anyang as their second home, as well as encourage civil harmony and participation.
Major details
- Promotion of mutual understanding and friendly cooperation through city-rural area exchanges in culture and sports
- Purchase of affordable and high-quality agricultural products following the opening of agricultural imports
Sister cities in Korea
Yeongwol-gun, Gangwon-do
- Date of sisterhood affiliation: 1996.4.26
- Area: 1,127 ㎢
- Population: approx. 44,000
- http://gun.yeongwol.gangwon.kr/
Goesan-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do
- Date of sisterhood affiliation: 1996.4.26.
- Area: 842 ㎢
- Population: approx. 40,000
- www.cbgs.net
Yesan-gun, Chungcheongnam-do
- Date of sisterhood affiliation: 1996.4.26.
- Area: 543 ㎢
- Population: approx. 94,000
- http://www.yesan.go.kr
Jangsu-gun, Jeollabuk-do
- Date of sisterhood affiliation: 1996.4.26.
- Area: 533 ㎢
- Population: approx. 29,000
- http://www.jangsu.go.kr
Hampyeong-gun, Jeollanam-do
- Date of sisterhood affiliation: 1996.4.26.
- Area: 393 ㎢
- Population: approx. 42,000
- http://www.hampyeong.go.kr
Ulleung-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
- Date of sisterhood affiliation: 1996.4.26.
- Area: 73 ㎢
- Population: approx. 9,000
- http://www.ulleung.go.kr
Hadong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do
- Date of sisterhood affiliation: 1996.4.26.
- Area: 676 ㎢
- Population: approx. 54,000
- http://www.hadong.go.kr/
Seogwipo-si, Jeju
- Date of sisterhood affiliation: 2001.10.12.
- Area: 871 ㎢
- Population: approx. 154,000
- http://www.seogwipo.go.kr
Yeoncheon-gun, Gyeonggi-do
- Date of sisterhood affiliation: 2016. 9. 2.
- Area: 676 ㎢
- Population: approx. 46,000
- http://www.yeoncheon.go.kr
Secheon-gun, Chungcheongnam-do
- Date of sisterhood affiliation: 2016. 9. 20.
- Area: 358 ㎢
- Population: approx. 56,000
- http://www.seocheon.go.kr
International sister (friendship) cities
Hampton, VA (United States)
- Date of sisterhood affiliation: 1989. 6. 16.
- Location: Eastern coast of Virginia, United States (281 km to the south of Washington D.C.)
- Area: 134.1 ㎢
- Population: approx. 145,000
- Climate: annual mean temperature of 15.2℃; average annual precipitation of 1,157 mm
- http://www.seocheon.go.kr
Garden Grove, CA (United States)
- Date of sisterhood affiliation: 1989. 6. 26.
- Location: Western California, United States (40 km to the south of Los Angeles)
- Area: 46.6 ㎢
- Population: approx. 174,000
- Climate: annual mean temperature of 24℃; average annual precipitation of 310 mm
- www.ci.garden-grove.ca.us
Weifang, Shandong (China)
- Date of sisterhood affiliation: 1995. 5. 7.
- Location: Shandong Province, China (central Shandong peninsula)
- Area: 15,859 ㎢
- Population: approx. 8,553
- Climate: annual mean temperature of 11.5℃; average annual precipitation of 700 mm
Ulan-Ude, Buryatia (Russia)
- Date of sisterhood affiliation: 1997. 7. 23.
- Location: Borders Mongolia, east of Lake Baikal
- Area: 347.6 ㎢
- Population: approx. 373,000
- Climate: summer 28 to 45℃; winter -15 to 45℃; average annual precipitation of 20 to 35 mm
- http://www.ulan-ude-eg.ru/
Naucalpan de Juárez, Mexico City (Mexico)
- Date of sisterhood affiliation: 1997. 9. 17.
- Location: Central Mexico
- Area: 184 ㎢
- Population: approx. 821,000
- Climate: winter 3 to 18℃; summer 6.5 to 32.5℃
- www.naucalpan.gob.mx
Sorocaba, São Paulo (Brazil)
- Date of sisterhood affiliation: 1997. 9. 19.
- Location: 130 km west of São Paulo
- Area: 456 ㎢
- Population: approx. 576,000
- Climate: annual mean temperature of 27.8℃ (highest) and 17℃ (lowest)
- http://www.sorocaba.sp.gov.br
Tokorozawa, Saitama (Japan)
- Date of sisterhood affiliation: 1998. 4. 17.
- Location: 30 km west of Tokyo, Japan
- Area: 71.99 ㎢
- Population: approx. 339,000
- Climate: annual mean temperature of 14℃; average annual precipitation of 1,400 mm
- www.city.tokorozawa.saitama.jp
Komaki, Aichi (Japan)
- Date of friendship affiliation: 1986. 4. 17.
- Location: 15 km north of Nagoya, Aichi
- Area: 62.82 ㎢
- Population: approx. 149,000
- Climate: annual mean temperature of 15℃; average annual precipitation of 1,454 mm
- http://www.city.komaki.aichi.jp/
Anyang, Henan (China)
- Date of friendship affiliation: 2013. 7. 25.
- Location: Located in the northernmost part of Henan Province, about 500 km south of Beijing
- Area: 7,413 ㎢
- Population: approx. 5,600,000
- Climate: annual mean temperature of 13.6℃; average annual precipitation of 556 mm
- http://www.anyang.gov.cn/index.jsp