List of twin towns and sister cities in Azerbaijan

This is a list of places in Azerbaijan which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).

Map of Azerbaijan

B

Baku^[1]

• Basra, Iraq
• Bordeaux, France
• Dakar, Senegal
• Honolulu, United States
• Houston, United States
• İzmir, Turkey
• Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
• Kyiv, Ukraine
• Ljubljana, Slovenia^[2]
• Moscow, Russia
• Naples, Italy
• Pretoria, South Africa
• Rio de Janeiro, Brazil^[3]
• Saint Petersburg, Russia
• Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Tabriz, Iran
• Tbilisi, Georgia^[4]

G

Ganja^[5]

• Derbent, Russia
• Kars, Turkey
• Kutaisi, Georgia
• Moscow, Russia
• Newark, United States
• Olomouc Region, Czech Republic
• Ordu, Turkey
• Tabriz, Iran

Gədəbəy^[6]

• Stillwater, United States

Goychay^[7][8]

• Lida, Belarus
• Valmontone, Italy

I

Ismayilli

• Itō, Japan^[9]
• Kiryat Bialik, Israel^[10]
• Nyasvizh, Belarus^[11]

L

Lachin^[12]

• Highland, United States

Lankaran^[5]

• Monterey, United States

M

Martakert^[13]

• Vagarshapat, Armenia

Martuni^[14]

• Les Pennes-Mirabeau, France

Mingachevir^[5][15][16]

• Afula, Israel
• Gölbaşı, Turkey
• Kahramanmaraş, Turkey^[17]
• Kars, Turkey
• Orhangazi, Turkey^[18]
• Polotsk, Belarus

N

Naftalan^[19]

• Yessentuki, Russia

Nakhchivan

• Batumi, Georgia^[20]
• Brest, Belarus^[21]
• Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria^[22]

Q

Qazax^[23][24]

• Bolu, Turkey
• Trakai, Lithuania

S

Salyan^[17]

• Kahramanmaraş, Turkey

Shaki^[25]

• Gabrovo, Bulgaria
• Giresun, Turkey
• Göynük, Turkey
• Lapseki, Turkey
• Meram, Turkey
• Slutsk, Belarus
• Telavi, Georgia

Shamakhi^[5]

• Iğdır, Turkey
• Tirat Carmel, Israel

Sharur^[5]

• Iğdır, Turkey

Shusha

• Kayseri, Turkey^[26]
• Turkistan, Kazakhstan^[27]

Stepanakert^[28]

• Franco da Rocha, Brazil^[29]
• Mairiporã, Brazil^[30]
• Montebello, United States^[31]

Sumgait^[32][33]

• Aktau, Kazakhstan
• Białystok, Poland
• Ceyhan, Turkey
• Cherkasy, Ukraine
• Keçiören, Turkey
• Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany
• Mogilev, Belarus
• Nevinnomyssk, Russia
• Quzhou, China
• Rustavi, Georgia

T

Tovuz^[34]

• Cognac, France

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