The Baltimore Sister City Committees operate under the auspices of the Office of the Mayor of Baltimore City and Sister Cities International for the purpose of strengthening partnerships between Baltimore City and international communities. The committees strive to build global cooperation at the municipal level, promote cultural understanding and stimulate economic development. Through volunteers, the committees motivate and empower private citizens, municipal officials and business leaders to conduct long-term sister city programs.
| Committee Website: |
http://www.baltimoreegypt.org/ |
| Official Website |
http://www.alexandriaegypt.com/ |
| Founded: |
331 BC by Alexander the Great. |
| Established relationship with Baltimore City: |
1995 |
| Location: |
North west coast of Egypt, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is 140 miles from Cairo. |
| Population: |
3.5 to 5 million |
| Language: |
Standard Arabic, English and French also widely spoken |
| Government: |
Republic |
| Governor: |
General Adel Labib |
| Flag: |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:AlexFlag.gif |
| Port: |
Egypt’s largest seaport. Port of Alexandria is Egypt’s major port. Alexandria was the first port in Egypt. |
| Exports: |
N/A |
| Colleges & Universities: |
Alexandria University, Alexandria Institute of Technology. Also Alexandria has various international schools from England, Germany and France. |
| Professional Sports teams: |
Soccer is the main sport in Alexandria and in much of Northern Africa as well. Alexandria has four major stadiums: Borg El Arab Stadium, Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria Stadium and El-Krom Stadium. |
| Other Sister Cities: |
Cleveland, Ohio is Alexandria’s other sister city in the U.S. |
| Fun Facts: |
- Alexandria has over 60 different neighborhoods.
- Bibliotheca Alexandrina is a new library since 2002. It was built in hopes of reviving the Royal Library of Alexandria. The Royal Library was once the largest Library in the world but was destroyed.
- Known as “the pearl of the Mediterranean
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| Committee Website: |
http://www.associated.org/page.html?ArticleID=153894 |
| Founded: |
1951 |
| Established relationship with Baltimore City: |
2005 |
| Location: |
Located in the south district of Israel on the Mediterranean Sea |
| Population: |
117,000 |
| Language: |
Hebrew and Arabic are the official languages. English is a semi- official language. |
| Government: |
Parliamentary Democracy |
| Mayor: |
Roni Mahatzri |
| Port: |
Port of Ashkelon |
| Exports: |
Machinery and equipment and agricultural products. |
| Colleges & Universities: |
Ashkelon Academic College |
| Professional Sports teams: |
Elitzur Ashkelon, professional Euro basketball team |
| Other Sister Cities: |
Ashkelon has two U.S Sister Cities: Portland, Oregon and Baltimore, Maryland. |
| Fun Facts: |
- Ashkelon is one of the oldest cities in the world.
- It has the world’s largest desalination plant which is a plant that removes excess salt and minerals from water.
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| Official Website: |
http://www.bremerhaven.de/ |
| Founded: |
1827 as part of the State government of Bremen. |
| Established relationship with Baltimore City: |
2007 |
| Location: |
North Sea coast of Germany, between the rivers Weser and Geeste |
| Population: |
116,241 – largest German city on the North Sea coast |
| Language: |
German |
| Government: |
Republic. Bremerhaven has currently a coalition government with the Social Democrats and the Christian Democrats |
| Mayor: |
Jörg Schulz |
| Port: |
Port of Bremerhaven – “Bremenports”. One of the most important German ports, responsible for most of its trade with Baltimore. Played large role in the history of immigration to the US - over 2 million people emigrated from Bremerhaven to Baltimore between 1832 and 1974. |
| Exports: |
Automobiles, seafood. Bremerhaven ranks second in Europe’s car. Imports and exports and is a major business partner with Baltimore. |
| Colleges & Universities: |
Bremerhaven University of Applied Science |
| Professional Sports teams: |
Home to the basketball team; Eisbären Bremerhaven and the Hockey team; Fischtown Pinguins. |
| Fun Fact: |
Every five years Bremerhaven is host to ‘Sail Bremerhaven”, a one-week long international gathering of ocean-going sailing vessels and “Windjammers”. Up to 250 ships from over 20 nations participate, including our “Pride of Baltimore II” – which has her own dock “The Baltimore Pier”. The next event is in 2010. |
| Founded: |
1821 |
| Established relationship with Baltimore City: |
1973 |
| Location: |
Bong County, Liberia, north east of the capital Monrovia |
| Population: |
estimated at about 3.2 million |
| Language: |
Their Official language is English however only about 20% of the population speaks English. There are 28 different indiginous languages and dialects spoken. |
| Government: |
Republic |
| Mayor: |
Esther Coaline-Warbley |
| Exports: |
Iron-ore, rubber, timber, diamonds and agricultural products |
| Fun Facts: |
- The Liberian population consits of two main groups; indiginous Liberians and Americo- Liberians. Due to the many civil wars there are Liberian refugies in various places throughout Africa and many in the U.S
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| Official Website: |
http://www.comune.genova.it/ |
| Founded: |
11th century |
| Established relationship with Baltimore City: |
1985 |
| Location: |
Northwest Italy in the region of Liguria |
| Population: |
Around 620,000 |
| Language: |
Italian, Zeneise is their local dialect |
| Government: |
Italian Republic |
| Mayor: |
Marta Vincenzi (in Italian) |
| Flag: |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Genoa.svg |
| Port: |
Port of Genoa (Site in Italian), there are 27 major ports in Italy; the largest is in Genoa, which is also the second largest in the Mediterranean Sea, after Marseille, France. |
| Exports: |
Cars, Fashion, Food, Chemicals and electric goods. |
| Colleges & Universities: |
University of Genoa, one of Italy’s largest universities. |
| Professional Sports Teams: |
Genoa Cricket & Football Club gives to the City of Genoa the very first football club founded in Italy. |
| Other Sister Cities: |
Columbus, Ohio is Genoa’s other Sister City in the U.S. |
| Fun Facts: |
- Christopher Columbus was a Native of Genoa. Genoa is the 6th largest city in Italy.
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| Committee Website: |
http://www.baltimore2kawasaki.com/ |
| Official Website: |
http://www.city.kawasaki.jp/index_e.htm |
| Founded: |
1924 |
| Established relationship with Baltimore City: |
1978 |
| Location: |
In Kanagawa, Japan between Tokyo and Yokohama. |
| Population: |
1,366,342 |
| Language: |
Japanese |
| Government: |
Japan has a Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government. |
| Mayor: |
Takao Abe (independent) |
| Symbol: |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:CitySymbol-Kawasaki.png |
| Port: |
Port of Kawasaki |
| Exports: |
automobiles, machines… |
| Colleges & Universities: |
St. Marianna University, Kawasaki City University of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School. |
| Professional Sports Teams: |
Chiba Lotte Marines (in Japanese) baseball team, Kawasaki Frontale (in Japanese) soccer. |
| Other Sister Cities: |
Kawasaki’s only Sister City in the U.S is Baltimore, Maryland. |
| Fun Facts: |
Kawasaki has two stadiums that are currently used for American type football games. |
| Committee Website: |
http://www.baltimoreegypt.org/ |
| Established relationship with Baltimore City: |
1982 |
| Location: |
On the river Nile “upper southern” Egypt. It is 425 miles from Cairo. |
| Population: |
about 500,000 |
| Language: |
Standard Arabic, English and French also widely spoken |
| Government: |
Republic |
| Colleges & Universities: |
University of South Valley and Institute of Tourism & Hotels. |
| Professional Sports teams: |
Soccer is the main sport in Luxor and in much of Northern Africa as well. |
| Governor: |
Dr. Samir Farag |
| Other sister Cities: |
Luxor’s only Sister City in the U.S is Baltimore, Maryland. |
| Fun Facts: |
Economy of Luxor is heavily dependent on tourism as is much of Egypt. Luxor is characterized as “the greatest open air museum” because it is the site of the ancient city of Thebes. |
| Committee Website: |
http://www.odessa.ua/?lang=en |
| Founded: |
1794 |
| Established relationship with Baltimore City: |
1974 |
| Location: |
Located on the Black Sea, it is 443 km south of Ukraine’s capital Kiev |
| Population: |
1,029,000 |
| Language: |
Ukrainian is the Official language, however Russian is more widely spoken |
| Government: |
Republic |
| Mayor: |
Eduard Yosypovych Hurvits |
| Port: |
Port of Odessa is the largest port in Ukraine. |
| Exports: |
Chemicals, fuel, petroleum and transport equipment |
| Colleges & Universities: |
European University and The National Marine University |
| Professional Sports Teams: |
Odessa’s professional soccer team is the Chernomorets |
| Other Sister Cities: |
Odessa, Ukraine’s only U.S Sister City is Baltimore, Maryland. |
| Fun Facts: |
Odessa is the 4th largest city in Ukraine. |
| Official Website: |
http://www.pireasnet.gr/ |
| Founded: |
2600 B.C. |
| Established relationship with Baltimore City: |
1982 |
| Location: |
Southern Greece. South to the center of Athens |
| Population: |
175,697 |
| Language: |
Greek |
| Government: |
Hellenic Republic |
| Mayor: |
Panagiotis Fasoulas (elected 2006) |
| Port: |
Port of Piraeus, main port in Greece. Presently it is used only for passenger boats. |
| Colleges & Universities: |
University of Piraeus , and the Technological Education Institute of Piraeus. |
| Professional Sports Teams: |
Olympiacos Football Club (current champion), Ethnikos Piraeus (2nd division Football club) and Ionikos (2nd Division football club). |
| Other Sister Cities: |
Piraeus’ only sister city in the U.S is Baltimore, Maryland. |
| Fun Facts: |
Piraeus is the largest port in Europe and the third largest in the world in terms of passenger transportation, servicing 19,000,000 passengers annually |
| Committee Website: |
http://www.baltimorerotterdam.org/ |
| Official Website: |
http://www.rotterdam.nl |
| Founded: |
1350 |
| Established relationship with Baltimore City: |
1985 |
| Location: |
South-west in the Netherlands. 55 km from Amsterdam |
| Population: |
About 590,000 |
| Language: |
Standard Dutch |
| Government: |
Constitutional Monarchy |
| Mayor: |
Ivo Opstelten |
| Port: |
Port of Rotterdam. It is the largest port in Europe. |
| Colleges & Universities: |
Erasmus University Rotterdam which includes the Rotterdam School of Management |
| Professional Sports Teams: |
Has the largest Hockey club in the Netherlands, home to 3 Dutch Premier League football teams. |
| Other Sister Cities: |
Rotterdam’s only Sister City in the U.S is Baltimore, Maryland. |
| Fun Facts: |
Both Rotterdam and Baltimore were partially destroyed and then built up again during the 20th century. |
| Commitee Website: |
http://www.bxscc.org/ |
| Official Website: |
http://english.xm.gov.cn/ |
| Founded: |
14th Century A.D. |
| Established relationship with Baltimore City: |
1985 |
| Location: |
South-east coast of China between Shanghai and Hong Kong |
| Population: |
2.35 million (at year end 2006) |
| Language: |
Mandarin and Minnan Hua (local dialect) |
| Government: |
Communist party-led state |
| Mayor: |
Liu Cigui |
| Port: |
Xiamen Seaport is a natural deepwater port located at the mouth of the Jiulong River. At year-end 2006 it was the 7th largest port in China by total tonnage. |
| Exports: |
electronics, machinery, textiles, stone (granite, marble etc.), chemicals |
| Colleges & Universities: |
Xiamen University, Lujiang University, Jimei University |
| Professional Sports Teams: |
Xiamen Lanshi ("Blue Lions") is the city's professional soccer team. Xiamen also hosts an international marathon each March and an international dragon boat race every May or June. |
| Other Sister Cities: |
Baltimore, Maryland is the only Sister City of Xiamen. |
| Fun Facts: |
- Xiamen's waterfront is a modern tourist, recreational and shopping area similar to Baltimore's "Inner Harbor".
- Xiamen is one of China's top ten "Most Livable Cities" and is also the "National Model City for Environmental Protection".
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