Editing Wakefield (section)

==Twin cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in the United Kingdom}}
Wakefield is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:<ref name="Wakefield twinning">{{cite web |url=http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/TownTwinning/twintowns.htmclick |title=Wakefield's twin towns |access-date=14 July 2013 |work=Wakefield City Council |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017025315/http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/TownTwinning/twintowns.htmclick |archive-date=17 October 2013}}</ref>
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*[[Alfeld|Alfeld (Leine)]], Germany (since 1958)
*[[Castres]], France<ref name="Archant twinning 2">{{cite web |url=http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns |title=British towns twinned with French towns ''[via WaybackMachine.com]'' |access-date=12 July 2013 |work=Archant Community Media Ltd |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705094933/http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns |archive-date=5 July 2013}}</ref> (since 1953)
*[[Castrop-Rauxel]], Germany (since 1949)
*[[Girona]], Spain (since 1990)
*[[Hénin-Beaumont]], France<ref name="Archant twinning 2"/> (since 1972)
*[[Herne, Germany|Herne]], Germany (since 1956)
*[[Konin]], Poland (since 1996)
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Wakefield was previously twinned with [[Xiangyang]], China (2016–2020) and [[Nanning]], China (2019–2020). Both relations were ended due to human rights concerns relating to the [[Persecution of Uyghurs in China|treatment of Uyghur Muslims]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/business/wakefield-twin-partnerships-with-nanning-city-and-xiangyang-to-be-axed-over-china-human-rights-concerns-2986655 |title= Wakefield twin partnerships with Nanning City and Xiangyang to be axed over China human rights concerns |date=29 September 2020 |work=Wakefield Express |accessdate=16 July 2023 |archive-date=16 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716140014/https://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/business/wakefield-twin-partnerships-with-nanning-city-and-xiangyang-to-be-axed-over-china-human-rights-concerns-2986655 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = McGowan | first = Kathryn | title = Agenda and minutes – Council – Wednesday, 30 September 2020 2:00 pm | url = http://mg.wakefield.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=221&MID=14524#AI72418 | publisher = Wakefield Council | date = 30 September 2020 | access-date = 16 July 2023 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230716141020/http://mg.wakefield.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=221&MID=14524 | archive-date = 16 July 2023}}</ref>

Wakefield was also previously twinned with [[Belgorod]], Russia (1991–2022), but this agreement was ended in response to the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/wakefield-cut-ties-twinned-russian-23240230 |title=Wakefield to cut all ties with its twinned Russian city Belgorod |last=Johnson |first=Kristian |date=28 February 2022 |work=Yorkshire Live |accessdate=9 January 2023 |archive-date=9 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109184057/https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/wakefield-cut-ties-twinned-russian-23240230 |url-status=live }}</ref>