This is a list of places in Albania having standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (though other terms, such as "partner towns" or "sister cities" are sometimes used instead), and while most of the places included are towns, the list also comprises villages, cities, districts, counties, etc. with similar links.

Twin towns and sister cities

Durrës

• — Istanbul, Turkey^[1][2]
• — Pristina, Kosovo^[a]
• — Prizren, Kosovo^[a]
• — Bari, Italy
• — Ulqin, Montenegro
• — Selanik, Greece^[3]

Fier

• — Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Kamëz

• Yonkers, New York, United States, since 28 October 2011^[4]
• Kemalpaşa, Turkey, since 7 January 2011 ^[5]
• Macerata, Italy, since 13 March 2010^[6]
• Jena, Germany^[7]

Korçë

• — Thessaloniki, Greece^[8]
• — Cluj-Napoca, Romania^[9]
• — Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo^[a][9]
• — Verona, Italy^[9]
• — Los Alcázares, Spain^[9]

Lushnjë

• — Brindisi, Italy

Sarandë

• — Corfu, Greece^[10]

Shkodër

• — Ulqin, Montenegro
• — Đakovica, Kosovo^[a]
• — Podgorica, Montenegro

Tirana

Tirana is twinned with:^[11]

— Ankara, Turkey[11] — Athens, Greece[11] — Barcelona, Spain[11][12] — Beijing China (since 2005) [11][13] — Brussels, Belgium[11] — Bucharest, Romania[11] — Bursa, Turkey[11] — Cobourg, Canada[11] — Florence, Italy[11] — Genoa, Italy[11]

— Grand Rapids, USA[11] — Kiev, Ukraine[11] — Madrid, Spain[11] — Marseille, France[11] — Moscow, Russia[11] — Paris, France[11][14] — Prague, Czech Republic — Pristina, Kosovo[a][11] — Rome, Italy[11]

— Seoul, South Korea[11] — Sofia, Bulgaria[11] — Stockholm, Sweden[11] — Turin, Italy[11] — Vilnius, Lithuania[11] — Zagreb, Croatia[11] — Zaragoza, Spain[11] — Podgorica, Montenegro[11] — Ulqin, Montenegro[11] — Doha, Qatar[15]

Vlorë

• — Izmir, Turkey
• — Hollywood, Florida, USA
• — Monopoli, Italy

Berat

• — Lovech, Bulgaria
• — Ploieşti, Romania

Notes and references

Notes:

a.

^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Serbia and the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo. The latter declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. Kosovo's independence has been recognised by 99 out of 193 United Nations member states.

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