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This is a list of sister cities in the United States.Sister cities, known in Europe as town twins, are cities which partner with each other to promote human contact and cultural links, although this partnering is not limited to cities and often includes counties, regions, states and other sub-national entities.
"Second-class" cities had a population of at least 34,000 and up to 600,000 at time of designation, and have a nine-member city council and an elected clerk. Indianapolis is the only "first-class" city in Indiana under state law, making it subject to a consolidated city-county government known as Unigov .
During the same time period, the population of the city of Fort Wayne was almost one-third the size of Indianapolis at close to 264,000 people, with roughly 430,000 in its metropolitan area. [3] The other two cities with populations over 100,000, Evansville and South Bend, both had approximately 269,000 people living in their metropolitan areas.
In stories presenting them as twin cities, Gotham City and Metropolis are located on opposite sides of a large bay (identified as Delaware Bay in 1990's The Atlas of the DC Universe), with both cities linked by the Metro-Narrows Bridge, [16] a suspension bridge resembling New York City's Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. [17] [18]
The Clarksville sister or twin city program began in 1998. Bewdley and Melton Mowbray in the UK were the first sister cities to begin friendship ties in 1998 and 1999 and relations have continued. [19] Most recently La Garenne-Colombes in Paris urban area, France joined the sister cities of Clarksville. [20] Bewdley, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
A voluntary program, Indiana's Clean Community program recognizes cities taking a "proactive" approach to environmental issues. There are three tiers: bronze, silver and gold.
Throughout history, many cities have participated in various cultural exchanges and similar activities that might resemble a sister-city or twin-city relationship, but the first officially documented case of such a relationship was a signed agreement between the leaders of the cities of Toledo, Ohio and Toledo, Spain in 1931. [5]
The U.S. state of Indiana is divided into 1,008 townships in 92 counties. Each is administered by a township trustee . The population is from the 2010 census unless denoted otherwise.