Los Angeles has 26 sister cities. You may ask, “what is a sister city?” The definition stipulates that a sister city distinguishes two politically and geographically distinct regions that share a common goal of fostering human contact and cultural links.

Basically, a sister city is a place that a Mayor or dignitary visits, meets with officials in the host country and they bilaterally come to the conclusion that they like each other enough to label their friendship.

Here’s our list. If you’re on it, I consider you a sister as well. If you’re not, send me an e-mail, an airplane ticket and I’ll come visit to let you know if you made the list (I will not be accepting invitations from brother seeking brother):

Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Athens, Greece
Auckland, New Zealand
Beirut, Lebanon
Berlin, Germany
Bordeaux, France
Busan, South Korea
Eilat, Israel
Giza, Egypt
Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
Jakarta, Indonesia
Kaunas, Lithuania
Lusaka, Zambia
Makati City, Philippines
Mexico City, Mexico
Melbourne, Australia
Moscow, Russia
Mumbai, India
Nagoya, Japan
St. Petersburg, Russia
Salvador, Brazil
Split, Croatia
Taipei, Taiwan
Tehran, Iran
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Yerevan, Armenia