Sister cities

A sign near City Hall points to the sister cities of Los Angeles

Los Angeles has 25 sister cities, listed chronologically by year joined:

•  Eilat, Israel (1959)
•  Nagoya, Japan (1959)
•  Salvador, Bahia, Brazil (1962)
•  Bordeaux, France (1964)
•  Berlin, Germany (1967)
•  Lusaka, Zambia (1968)
•  Mexico City, Mexico (1969)
•  Auckland City, New Zealand (1971)
•  Busan, South Korea (1971)
•  Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (1972)
•  Tehran, Iran (1972)
•  Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China (1979)
•  Guangzhou, People's Republic of China (1981)
•  Athens, Greece (1984)
•  Saint Petersburg, Russia (1984)
•  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (1986)
•  Giza, Egypt (1989)
•  Jakarta, Indonesia (1990)
•  Kaunas, Lithuania (1991)
•  Makati, Philippines (1992)
•  Split, Croatia (1993)
•  San Salvador, El Salvador (2005)
•  Beirut, Lebanon (2006)
•  Ischia, Campania, Italy (2006)
•  Yerevan, Armenia (2007)

•  Los Angeles also has an exchange partnership with Tel Aviv, Israel.

•  London and Manchester, England, and  Łódź, Poland are "friendship cities".