Oakland - Santiago de Cuba Sister City

What is a Sister City, County or State Relationship?

A sister city, county, region, or state relationship is a broad based, officially sanctioned, long-term partnership between two communities, towns, cities, counties, regions, or states in two countries.

Sister city partnerships have proven to be more effective than any other international program in carrying out the greatest possible diversity of activities because they are naturally inclusive of every type of municipal, professional, business, educational, humanitarian, scientific, and cultural exchange or project.

Sister city programs are unique in that they concurrently engage the communities’ three main sectors: local government, business, and a variety of citizen volunteers representing every sector within the community. (Definition thanks to: Sister Cities International)

USCSCA is the only organization in the U.S. recognized by Cuba that can develop an official sister city, county, or state relationship with Cuba. Please contact USCSCA for information about how you can get involved!

We have PowerPoint presentations, sample resolutions, videos, and many other helpful tools to help you get started.

Official Partnership List 2004

(Listed by U.S. state & city or county – Cuban city, municipality & province)

Official U.S.-Cuba Sister States:

(PA) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - Matanzas Province

Officials U.S.-Cuba Sister Counties:

(FL) Manatee – Manati, Las Tunas

(CA) Santa Cruz – Guama, Santiago de Cuba

Official Sister Cities:

(In order of official signing)

(AL) Mobile - Havana, Havana

(WI) Madison - Camaguey

(PA) Pittsburgh - Matanzas, Matanzas

(IN) Bloomington - Santa Clara, Villa Clara

(CA) Richmond - Regla, Havana

(CA) Oakland - Santiago de Cuba, Santiago

(WA) Tacoma - Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos

(PA) Philadelphia- Cardenas, Matanzas

(ME) Brunswick -Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus

(NY) East Hampton - Playa, Havana

(NM) Santa Fe - Holguin, Holguin

(MA) Cambridge - Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos

(NM) Las Vegas - Banes, Holguin

(CO) Boulder - Yateras, Guantanamo

(IL) Bloomington/Normal - Calibarien, Villa Clara

(IL) Bloomington/Normal - Remedios, Villa Clara

(CA) Berkeley - Palma Soriano, Santiago de Cuba

(WI) Milwaukee - Nuevitas, Camaguey

(MI) Ann Arbor – Remedios, Villa Clara

A Few of the many U.S. cities with working committees!

(WA) Seattle/King’s County - Bayamo, Granma

(DC) District of Columbia - Havana, Havana

(FL) St. Augustine - Baracoa, Guantanamo

(MD) Baltimore - Matanzas, Matanzas

(LA) New Orleans - Mariel, Havana

(OH) Cleveland - Ciego de Avila, Ciego de Avila

(GA) Atlanta - Pinar del Rio, Pinar del Rio

(IL) Decatur - Camajuani, Villa Clara

(MA) Boston - Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos

States with people currently working together to build State-to-Province relations with Cuba:

Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Virginia.