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==Sister cities==
During the month of July, Laredo sponsors the Laredo International Sister Cities Festival, which was founded in 2003. The festival is an international business, trade, tourism, and cultural expo. All of Laredo's [[Sister City|sister cities]] are invited to participate. In 2004, the Laredo International Sister Cities Festival received the best overall Program award from the [[Sister Cities International]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.visitlaredo.com/magazine.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603091145/http://www.visitlaredo.com/magazine.html|url-status=dead|title=visitlaredo.com Laredo International Sister Cities Festival|archive-date=June 3, 2008}}</ref>

Laredo's sister cities are:<ref>{{cite web |title=Sister Cities|url=https://www.cityoflaredo.com/SisterCities/SisterCityIndex.htm|website=cityoflaredo.com|publisher=City of Laredo|access-date=October 26, 2020}}</ref>
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*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Acámbaro]], Mexico (2004)
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Campeche City|Campeche]], Mexico 
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Cerralvo Municipality|Cerralvo]], Mexico
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Chenzhou]], China (2001)
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Ciénega de Flores]], Mexico (1987)
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Ciudad Valles]], Mexico
*{{flagicon|CRI}} [[La Cruz, Costa Rica|La Cruz]], Costa Rica
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Cuernavaca]], Mexico
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[General Escobedo]], Mexico
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[General Terán, Nuevo León|General Terán]], Mexico 
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Guadalajara]], Mexico
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Guadalupe, Nuevo León|Guadalupe]], Mexico (2000)
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Los Herreras]], Mexico
*{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Lower Hutt|Hutt]], New Zealand 
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Jerez de García Salinas|Jerez]], Mexico (1987)
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Lampazos, Nuevo León|Lampazos de Naranjo]], Mexico (2000)
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Laredo, Cantabria|Laredo]], Spain (1978)
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán|Lázaro Cárdenas]], Mexico
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[León, Guanajuato|León]], Mexico
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Mexticacán]], Mexico (2002)
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Monclova Municipality|Monclova]], Mexico (2003)
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Montemorelos]], Mexico
*{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rural City of Murray Bridge|Murray Bridge]], Australia (1984)
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Nuevo Laredo Municipality|Nuevo Laredo]], Mexico (1986)
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Papantla]], Mexico 
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[San Antonio de Areco Partido|San Antonio de Areco]], Argentina
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[San Miguel de Allende (municipality)|San Miguel de Allende]], Mexico (2001)
*{{flagicon|TWN}} [[Tainan]], Taiwan 
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Tepatitlán|Tepatitlán de Morelos]], Mexico
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Tijuana Municipality|Tijuana]], Mexico
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Tlahualilo Municipality|Tlahualilo]], Mexico (1988)
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Tonalá, Jalisco|Tonalá]], Mexico
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Torreón Municipality|Torreón]], Mexico 2004)
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Veracruz (city)|Veracruz]], Mexico (1992)
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wenzhou]], China
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wuwei, Gansu|Wuwei]], China (2004)
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zixing]], China (2002)
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