Editing Edinburgh (section)

===Twin towns and sister cities===
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Scotland}}
The City of Edinburgh has entered into 14 international [[town twinning|twinning]] arrangements since 1954.<ref name="Edinburgh twinning">{{Cite web |title=Twin and Partner Cities |url=http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/info/695/council_information_performance_and_statistics/685/european_international_and_parliamentary_relations/3 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614133841/http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/info/695/council_information_performance_and_statistics/685/european_international_and_parliamentary_relations/3 |archive-date=14 June 2012 |access-date=16 January 2009 |publisher=City of Edinburgh Council}}</ref> Most of the arrangements are styled as ''Twin Cities'' but the agreement with [[Kraków]] is designated as a ''Partner City'',<ref name="Edinburgh twinning" /> and the agreement with [[Kyoto Prefecture]] is officially styled as a ''Friendship Link'', reflecting its status as the only region to be twinned with Edinburgh.<ref name="Edinburgh twinning" />

In June 2024, the City of Edinburgh Council shelved plans for a friendship arrangement with [[Kaohsiung]], [[Taiwan]], after a report raised concerns that the agreement could heighten cyber attacks. A few weeks before the decision, the Chinese Consul General met with Scottish government minister [[Angus Robertson]] to protest the potential agreement. In a letter to the city council, the Chinese representative said signing a sister city agreement "will [[Hurting the feelings of the Chinese people|hurt the feeling of the Chinese people]] and bring about serious consequences to … bilateral relations".<ref>{{cite news|last=Turvill|first=Donald|title=Edinburgh shelves Taiwan friendship deal over China sanctions fear|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw00y46n3j9o|work=BBC|date=25 June 2024}}</ref>

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! City
! Since
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| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Munich]], Germany || 1954
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nice]], France || 1958<ref name="Nice Jumellage">{{Cite web |title=Villes jumelées avec la Ville de Nice |url=http://www.nice.fr/Collectivites/La-municipalite/Villes-jumelees-avec-la-Ville-de-Nice |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029114949/http://nice.fr/Collectivites/La-municipalite/Villes-jumelees-avec-la-Ville-de-Nice |archive-date=29 October 2012 |access-date=24 June 2013 |publisher=Ville de Nice |language=fr}}</ref><ref name="Archant twinning">{{Cite web |title=British towns twinned with French towns |url=http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705094933/http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns |archive-date=5 July 2013 |access-date=11 July 2013 |website=Archant Community Media Ltd}}</ref>
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| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Florence]], Italy || 1964
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| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Dunedin]], New Zealand || 1974
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| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Vancouver]], British Columbia, Canada || 1977<ref name="Vancouver">{{Cite web |title=Vancouver Twinning Relationships |url=http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/cclerk/20080311/documents/a14.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110205010523/http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/cclerk/20080311/documents/a14.pdf |archive-date=5 February 2011 |access-date=5 December 2009 |publisher=City of Vancouver}}</ref>
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| {{flagicon|USA}} [[San Diego]], California, United States || 1977
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| {{flagicon|PRC}} [[Xi'an]], China || 1985
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| {{flagicon|SPA}} [[Segovia]], Spain || 1985<ref name="Edinburgh">{{cite web |date=3 March 2010 |title=Edinburgh's Twin Cities &#124; impulse 2011 |url=http://impulse2010.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/edinburghs-twin-cities |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716221648/http://impulse2010.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/edinburghs-twin-cities/ |archive-date=16 July 2014 |access-date=21 July 2014 |publisher=Impulse2010.wordpress.com}}</ref>
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| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Kyiv]], Ukraine || 1989
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| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Aalborg]], Denmark || 1991<ref name="Aalborg twinnings">{{Cite web |title=Aalborg Twin Towns |url=http://www.europeprize.net/en/?page_id=5 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907145357/http://www.europeprize.net/en/?page_id=5 |archive-date=7 September 2013 |access-date=19 August 2013 |publisher=Europeprize.net}}</ref>
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kyoto Prefecture]], Japan || 1994
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| {{flagicon|NEP}} [[Kathmandu]], [[Nepal]] || 1994
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| {{flagicon|POL}} [[Kraków]], Poland || 1995<ref name="Kraków partnerships">{{Cite web |title=Kraków – Miasta Partnerskie |trans-title=Kraków -Partnership Cities |url=http://www.krakow.pl/otwarty_na_swiat/2531,kat,0,5,miasta_partnerskie.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702010825/http://www.krakow.pl/otwarty_na_swiat/2531%2Ckat%2C0%2C5%2Cmiasta_partnerskie.html |archive-date=2 July 2013 |access-date=10 August 2013 |website=Miejska Platforma Internetowa Magiczny Kraków |language=pl}}</ref>
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| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia || 1995<ref name="saint_petersburg">{{Cite web |title=Saint Petersburg in figures – International and Interregional Ties |url=http://eng.gov.spb.ru/figures/ities |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090224073839/http://eng.gov.spb.ru/figures/ities |archive-date=24 February 2009 |access-date=23 March 2008 |publisher=Saint Petersburg City Government}}</ref><ref name="Edinburgh2">{{cite web |title=''Edinburgh – Twin and Partner Cities'' |url=http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/internet/city_living/CEC_twin_and_partner_cities |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080328001653/http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/internet/city_living/CEC_twin_and_partner_cities |archive-date=28 March 2008 |access-date=21 December 2008 |publisher=2008 The City of Edinburgh Council, City Chambers, High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1YJ Scotland}}</ref>
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| {{flagicon|PRC}} [[Shenzhen]], China || 2019<ref>{{cite web |title=Shenzhen and Edinburgh Become Sister Cities |url=https://chinaminutes.com/News/News-Article/shenzhen-and-edinburgh-become-sister-cities |website=chinaminutes.com |publisher=China Minutes |date=5 June 2019 |access-date=8 July 2020 |archive-date=13 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913042928/https://www.chinaminutes.com/News/News-Article/shenzhen-and-edinburgh-become-sister-cities |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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For a list of consulates in Edinburgh, see [[List of diplomatic missions in Scotland]].