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The City of Seoul began its sister city program in 1968 with Taipei, Taiwan. Since then the City has signed sisterhood agreements with 22 cities in the world and additionally signed a memorandum of understanding with 6 cities for international cooperation.
The main purpose of the sister city program is to strengthen relations between Seoul, Korea and other international cities in an effort to establish global cooperation and to promote cultural understanding.
Listed below is each of Seoul's sister cities, their general information, and links to their official Web site. For more details on Seoul City's sister city program, please contact the International Cooperation Division, Seoul Metropolitan Government.
Address: City Hall Annex Building 1, Deoksugung-gil 15, Jung-gu, Seoul, 100-110 Korea
Tel: +82.2.3707.9357
Fax: +82.2.774.2122
Email: inter@seoul.go.kr |
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Sister cities of Seoul |
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Name of City and Country: Taipei, Taiwan
Size (§´): 272
Population: 2,680,000
Date of signing agreements: March 23, 1968
Web site: http://english.taipei.gov.tw/index.jsp (English |
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Name of City and Country: Ankara, Turkey
Size (§´ ): 1,204
Population: 3,690,000
Date of signing agreements: August 23, 1971
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Name of City and Country: Honolulu, USA
Size (§´): 1,576
Population: 800,000
Date of signing agreements: October 22, 1973
Web site: http://www.co.honolulu.hi.us |
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Name of City and Country: San Francisco, USA
Size (§´): 116
Population: 720,000
Date of signing agreements: May 18, 1976
Web site: http://www.ci.sf.ca.us |
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Name of City and Country: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Size (§´): 1,509
Population: 11,380,000
Date of signing agreements: April 20, 1977
Web site: http://www.prefeitura.sp.gov.br (Portuguese) |
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Name of City and Country: Bogota, Colombia
Size (§´): 120
Population: 6,300,000
Date of signing agreements: June 14, 1982
Web site: http://www.bogota.gov.co (Portuguese) |
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Name of City and Country: Jakarta, Indonesia
Size (§´): 662
Population: 8,800,000
Date of signing agreements: July 25, 1984
Web site: http://www.jakarta.go.id/v21/home/default.asp?lg=2 |
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Name of City and Country: Tokyo, Japan
Size (§´ ): 2,187
Population: 12,378,974 (as of Jan. 2004)
Date of signing agreements: September 3, 1988
Web site: http://www.metro.tokyo.jp/ENGLISH/index.htm (English) |
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Name of City and Country: Moscow, Russia
Size (§´ ): 794
Population: 8,600,000
Date of signing agreements: July 13, 1991
Web site: http://www.mos.ru/index.shtml (Russian) |
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Name of City and Country: New South Wales,
-----------------------------Australia
Size (§´): 801,600
Population: 6,020,000
Date of signing agreements: November 8, 1991
Web site: http://www.nsw.gov.au (English) |
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Name of City and Country: Paris, France
Size (§´): 105
Population: 2,170,000
Date of signing agreements: November 12, 1991
Web site: http://www.paris.fr/en (English) |
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Name of City and Country: Mexico City, Mexico
Size (§´): 1,504
Population: 8,240,000
Date of signing agreements: October 5, 1992
Web site: http://www.mexicocity.com.mx/mexcity.html |
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Name of City and Country: Beijing, China
Size (§´): 16,808
Population: 10,860,000
Date of signing agreements: October 23, 1993
Web site: http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/default.htm (English) |
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Name of City and Country: Ulaanbaatar,
-----------------------------Mongolia
Size (§´): 1,358
Population: 630,000
Date of signing agreements: October 6, 1995
Web site: http://www.ulaanbaatar.net (English) |
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Name of City and Country: Hanoi, Vietnam
Size (§´): 927
Population: 2,300,000
Date of signing agreements: May 1, 1996
Web site: http://www.thudo.gov.vn (English) |
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Name of City and Country: Warsaw, Poland
Size (§´): 485
Population: 1,650,000
Date of signing agreements: June 20, 1996
Web site: http://www.e-warsaw.pl/index.php (English) |
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Name of City and Country: Cairo, Egypt
Size (§´): 1,492
Population: 15,000,000
Date of signing agreements: April 27, 1997
Web site: Not available |
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Name of City and Country: Rome, Italy
Size (§´): 1,508
Population: 2,800,000
Date of signing agreements: March 18, 2000
Web site: http://www.comune.roma.it/eng/index.asp (English) |
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Name of City and Country: Astana, Kazakhstan
Size (§´): 300
Population: 500,000
Date of signing agreements: November 6, 2004
Web site: Not Available |
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Name of City and Country: Washington, D.C.,
-----------------------------USA
Size (§´): 179
Population: 572,059
Date of signing agreements: March 13, 2006
Web site: http://dc.gov (English) |
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Name of City and Country: Athens, Greece
Size (§´ ): 450
Population: 4,000,000
Date of signing agreements: March 15, 2006
Web site: http://www.cityofathens.gr/portal/site/
AthensPortalEN (English) |
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Name of City and Country: Bangkok, Thailand
Size (§´ ): 1,568
Population: 8,200,000
Date of signing agreements: June 16, 2006
Web site: : http://203.155.220.239/en/index.php
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Cities which signed a Memorandum
of Understanding with Seoul |
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Name of City and Country: Ottawa, Canada
Size (§´ ): 110.15
Population: 323,340
Date of signing agreements: January 10, 1997
Web site: http://www.city.ottawa.on.ca (English and French) |
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Name of City and Country: Berlin, Germany
Size (§´ ): 885.5
Population: 3,500,000
Date of signing agreements: April 23, 1997
Web site: http://www.berlin.de/english/ |
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Name of City and Country: Amsterdam,
-----------------------------The Netherlands
Size (§´ ): 220.37
Population: 718,175
Date of signing agreements: March 15, 1999
Web site: http://www.amsterdam.nl |
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Name of City and Country: Budapest, Hungary
Size (§´ ): 526
Population: 31,700,000
Date of signing agreements: : July 14, 2005
Web site: http://english.budapest.hu/Engine.aspx |
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Name of City and Country: : Istanbul, Turkey
Size (§´ ): 5,712
Population: 7,500,000
Date of signing agreements: August 24, 2005
Web site: http://www.ibb.gov.tr/en-US/AnaSayfa/ |
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Name of City and Country: : Tashkent,
------------------------------Uzbekistan
Size (§´ ): 350
Population: 2,500,000
Date of signing agreements: March 30, 2006
Web site: http://www.tashkent.uz |
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