Editing Marlboro Township, New Jersey (section)

==Sister cities==
Marlboro has two sister cities:
*{{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Nanto, Toyama|Nanto]], [[Japan]]
*{{Flagicon|China}} [[Wujiang District, Suzhou|Wujiang]], [[China]]

Marlboro's first sister city, [[Nanto, Toyama|Nanto]] was formerly known as [[Jōhana, Toyama|Jōhana]] (Nanto was formed after the merger of the towns of [[Fukuno, Toyama|Fukuno]], [[Inami, Toyama|Inami]] and [[Jōhana, Toyama|Jōhana]]). It was officially Marlboro's sister city in August 1991 as part of an agreement signed by mayor Saul Hornik with Johana's mayor.<ref>Murtha, Jack. [http://www1.gmnews.com/2012/03/07/marlboro-continues-bond-with-nanto-city-japan/ "Marlboro continues bond with Nanto City, Japan"], ''News Transcript'', March 7, 2012. Accessed August 29, 2016. "Marlboro officials originally signed the sister city agreement with Johana, Japan, in 1997, which formalized a friendship that began in 1991.... Johana merged with several other municipalities in 2004 to form the larger Nanto City. The re-signing ceremony marked the first official agreement between Marlboro and the larger collective of Nanto City, although the municipalities had continued to participate in the youth exchange program beforehand."</ref>

Marlboro's second sister city, [[Wujiang District, Suzhou|Wujiang]]<ref>Boyd, Alesha Williams. [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/app/access/2534614441.html?FMT=ABS&date=Dec+12%2C+2011 "Marlboro now has a sister-city in China"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302001731/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/app/access/2534614441.html?FMT=ABS&date=Dec+12%2C+2011 |date=March 2, 2013 }}, ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', December 12, 2011. Accessed July 13, 2012.</ref> is an urban city in [[Jiangsu]] Province of southeast China. It has been regarded for "The Land of Rice and Fish" and "The Capital of Silk". It is recently known for being the "Capital of Electronics". Wujiang officially became a sister city with Marlboro in December 2011.<ref>Murtha, Jack. [http://nt.gmnews.com/news/2012-01-04/Front_Page/Marlboro_welcomes_new_sister_city.html "Marlboro welcomes new sister city; Officials sign agreement with Wujiang City, China"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130124103156/http://nt.gmnews.com/news/2012-01-04/Front_Page/Marlboro_welcomes_new_sister_city.html |date=2013-01-24 }}, ''News Transcript'', January 4, 2012. Accessed September 19, 2012. "After nearly three years spent building a sister city relationship, Marlboro Mayor Jonathan Hornik and Vice Director of the Standing Committee of the Wujiang Congress Shen Jianwei signed an agreement on Dec. 9 that formally established an association between Marlboro and Wujiang City, China.... The Marlboro-Nanto youth exchange program, which was established in 1991 to form a similar situation with residents of Nanto City, Japan, may provide a loose basis for the new sister city program with the Chinese municipality of Wujiang, Hornik said."</ref>

There are youth exchanges with each of these cities. In February 2011, there were 41 exchange students from Wujiang City, China welcomed into the homes of Marlboro. They were also welcomed August 2012 and August 2014. However, beginning in 2014, exchange students from Wujiang City visit Marlboro every other summer.<ref>Marlboro-Wujiang Youth Exchange Program, Township of Marlboro</ref>