Sister Cities
Edmonton has four sister cities, with one American city listed by Sister Cities International.
- Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, since 1967
- Harbin, China, since 1985
- Nashville, Tennessee, United States, since 1990
- Wonju, South Korea, 1998
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Famous quotes containing the words sister and/or cities:
“For she has made me the laily worm
That lies at the fit o’ the tree,
An’ my sister Masery she’s made
The machrel of the sea.”
—Unknown. The Laily Worm and the Machrel of the Sea (l. 5–8)
“The only phenomenon with which writing has always been concomitant is the creation of cities and empires, that is the integration of large numbers of individuals into a political system, and their grading into castes or classes.... It seems to have favored the exploitation of human beings rather than their enlightenment.”
—Claude Lévi-Strauss (b. 1908)