Editing Los Angeles (section)

==Sister cities==
[[File:Sister cities of Los Angeles.jpg|alt=|thumb|A sign near [[Los Angeles City Hall|LA City Hall]] displaying Los Angeles' sister cities]]
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Los Angeles has 25 [[sister cities]],<ref name="Sistercities">{{cite web|url=http://sistercities.lacity.org/|title=Sister Cities of Los Angeles|publisher=[[Government of Los Angeles|Sister Cities Los Angeles]]|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-date=April 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411141114/http://sistercities.lacity.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> listed chronologically by year joined:
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*{{flagdeco|ISR}} [[Eilat]], Israel (1959)
*{{flagdeco|JPN}} [[Nagoya]], Japan (1959)
*{{flagdeco|BRA}} [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]], Brazil (1962)
*{{flagdeco|FRA}} [[Bordeaux]], France (1964)<ref name="Bordeaux twinnings">{{cite web | url=http://www.bordeaux.fr/p63778/europe%C2%A0et%C2%A0international | title=Bordeaux– Rayonnement européen et mondial | work=Mairie de Bordeaux | access-date=July 29, 2013 | language=fr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207154903/http://www.bordeaux.fr/p63778/europe%C2%A0et%C2%A0international | archive-date=February 7, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Bordeaux twinnings 2">{{cite web | url=http://www.cncd.fr/frontoffice/bdd-recherche-resultat.asp?searchField=bordeaux&x=36&y=14 | title=Bordeaux-Atlas français de la coopération décentralisée et des autres actions extérieures | work=Délégation pour l'Action Extérieure des Collectivités Territoriales (Ministère des Affaires étrangères) | access-date=July 29, 2013 | language=fr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207152951/http://www.cncd.fr/frontoffice/bdd-recherche-resultat.asp?searchField=bordeaux&x=36&y=14 | archive-date=February 7, 2013}}</ref>
*{{flagdeco|DEU}} [[Berlin]], Germany (1967)<ref name="Berlin twinnings">{{cite web | url=http://www.berlin.de/rbmskzl/staedteverbindungen/staedtepartnerschaft_ueberblick.en.html | title=Berlin City Partnerships | work=Der Regierende Bürgermeister Berlin | date=February 16, 2012 | access-date=September 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521054019/http://www.berlin.de/rbmskzl/staedteverbindungen/staedtepartnerschaft_ueberblick.en.html | archive-date=May 21, 2013}}</ref>
*{{flagdeco|ZMB}} [[Lusaka]], Zambia (1968)
*{{flagdeco|MEX}} [[Mexico City]], Mexico (1969)
*{{flagdeco|NZL}} [[Auckland]], New Zealand (1971)
*{{flagdeco|ROK}} [[Busan]], South Korea (1971)
*{{flagdeco|IND}} [[Mumbai]], India (1972)
*{{flagdeco|IRN}} [[Tehran]], Iran (1972)
*{{flagdeco|ROC}} [[Taipei]], Taiwan (1979)
*{{flagdeco|PRC}} [[Guangzhou]], China (1981)<ref name="Guangzhou twinnings">{{cite web | url=http://www.gzwaishi.gov.cn/Category_121/Index.aspx | title=Guangzhou Sister Cities | publisher=Guangzhou Foreign Affairs Office | access-date=July 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024091437/http://www.gzwaishi.gov.cn/Category_121/Index.aspx | archive-date=October 24, 2012}}</ref>
*{{flagdeco|GRC}} [[Athens]], Greece (1984)
* {{flagdeco|RUS}} [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia (1984)
* {{flagdeco|CAN}} [[Vancouver]], Canada (1986)<ref name="Vancouver">{{cite web | url=http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/cclerk/20080311/documents/a14.pdf | title=Vancouver Twinning Relationships | publisher=City of Vancouver | access-date=December 5, 2009 | archive-date=February 5, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110205010523/http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/cclerk/20080311/documents/a14.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{flagdeco|EGY}} [[Giza]], Egypt (1989)
*{{flagdeco|IDN}} [[Jakarta]], Indonesia (1990)
*{{flagdeco|LTU}} [[Kaunas]], Lithuania (1991)
*{{flagdeco|PHL}} [[Makati]], Philippines (1992)
*{{flagdeco|CRO}} [[Split, Croatia]] (1993)<ref name="Split twinnings">{{cite web | url=http://www.split.hr/Default.aspx?sec=526 | title=Gradovi prijatelji Splita |trans-title=Split Twin Towns | work=Grad Split [Split Official City Website] | access-date=December 19, 2013 | language=hr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324035937/http://www.split.hr/Default.aspx?sec=526 | archive-date=March 24, 2012}}</ref>
*{{flagdeco|SLV}} [[San Salvador]], El Salvador (2005)
*{{flagdeco|LBN}} [[Beirut]], Lebanon (2006)
*{{flagdeco|ITA}} [[Ischia, Campania]], Italy (2006)
*{{flagdeco|ARM}} [[Yerevan]], Armenia (2007)<ref name="Yerevan twinnings 2">{{cite web | url=http://www.yerevan.am/en/partner/sister-cities/ | title=Yerevan Twin Towns & Sister Cities | work=Yerevan Municipality Official Website | access-date=November 4, 2013 | archive-date=November 7, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107035410/http://www.yerevan.am/en/partner/sister-cities/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
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In addition, Los Angeles has the following "friendship cities":
*{{flagdeco|POL}} [[Łódź]], Poland
*{{flagicon|AUS}} City of [[Melbourne]], Australia
*{{flagdeco|UK}} [[Manchester]], United Kingdom<ref name="Manchester">{{cite web|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/twinning-link-with-la-925445|title=Twinning link with LA|date=July 27, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731001604/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/twinning-link-with-la-925445|archive-date=July 31, 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=July 28, 2009|newspaper=[[Manchester Evening News]]}}</ref>
*{{flagdeco|ISR}} [[Tel Aviv]], Israel<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishla.org/Tel_Aviv_LA_Partnership.cfm|title=Tel Aviv/Los Angeles Partnership|year=2007|publisher=The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080623075353/http://www.jewishla.org/Tel_Aviv_LA_Partnership.cfm|archive-date=June 23, 2008|access-date=August 7, 2008}}</ref>