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  Twin cities information - Search.com
Twin cities are two towns or cities that are geographically close to each other and may seem to form a single unit, often referred to collectively.
Twin cities are often separated by a river; notable examples include the capital of the medieval Khazar Empire, Atil-Khazaran, which was situated on the western and eastern banks of the Volga River, respectively.
Twin cities without this physical barrier more often become a single entity, as with the growth of London from its cores in the City of London and the City of Westminster to encompass many other towns and villages.
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  Town twinning -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
In Europe, such pairs of towns are known as twin towns, friendship towns or, in German, partner towns (Partnerstädte); in North America and Australasia, the term sister cities is used for the same concept; and brother cities (города-побратимы) is the term in the former Soviet bloc.
The city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada was one of the first cities ever to enter into an international twinning arrangement when, in 1944, it twinned with the city of Odessa, which at the time was part of the Soviet Union.
List of twin towns and sister cities - a substantial, though incomplete, list of twinning arrangements, arranged by country.
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 Twinning with Palestine
Town twinning or sister cities is a concept where towns or cities from geographically and politically distinct areas are paired, with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links.
In Europe, such pairs of towns are known as twin towns or friendship towns; in North America and Australasia, the term sister cities is used for the same concept; and "brother cities" is the term in the former Soviet sphere.
The practice of town twinning was developed in Europe after the Second World War as a way to bring European people into a closer understanding of each other and to promote cross-border projects of mutual benefit.
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 List of twin towns and sister cities - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of "twin towns" or "sister cities" – that is, pairs of towns or cities in different countries which have town twinning arrangements.
For ease of reference and maintenance, the list is divided first by continent, then country, and in some cases (where there are a large number of twinnings to list) by an appropriate sub-division of the country (e.g.
Rotterdam Dresden, Germany (1988); Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; Gdańsk, Poland
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Main Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
A siege is a military blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition, often accompanied by an assault.
Brigadier-General William Hope Meiklejohn CB CMG[1] was a British military commander who, as a colonel, was in charge of the British garrison during the siege of Malakand in northern Pakistan from July 26 to August 2, 1897, and who later led a relief force to the besieged fort...
First, a pivot is selected from the list, then the list is partitioned so that the values greater than the pivot come after it and those of lower value come before it.
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