[PghUSA]

Urbanguy's Great Idea! was to make a listing of the Consulates and Sister Cities of your region(Post ones of the lower 48 or in other nations in general discussion though).

I thought it was a very cool idea! I am interested in seeing the geographic spread of what nations have representatives where and what cities pair with each other for "sisterdom". So post what you find out here, I'm looking forward to learning lots from this thread and I hope its educational for everyone!

[PghUSA]

As far as Pittsburgh's resources:

Pittsburgh Foreign Consulates:

Australia
102 Haverford Road
(412) 967-9335

Austria
125 Technology Drive
(724) 745-7599

Belgium
700 Bell Avenue
(412) 276-1272

Britain
301 Grant Street
(412) 562 8872

Canada
Honorary
(412) 392-4555

Croatia
Honorary
(412) 429-2570

Czech Republic
Honorary
(412) 221-4057

China
711 Penn Avenue
(412) 228-9175

Denmark
1090 Freeport Road
(412) 784-8804

France
435 Sixth Avenue
(412) 624-6232

Republic of Georgia
Honorary
(412) 781-0243

Germany
500 Grant Street
(412) 355-6472

Guatemala
709 Washington Drive
(412) 366-7715

Hungary
333 Grant Street
(412) 438-0809

India
1230 McCully Drive
(412) 373-3380

Ireland
425 Sixth Avenue
(412) 394-3900

Israel
600 Grant Street
(412) 355-2751

Italy
600 Forbes Avenue
(412) 765-0273


Japan
500 Wood Street
(412) 433-5021

Mexico
425 Sixth Avenue
(412) 201-9140

Romania
45 Oakhurst Circle
(412) 784-1896

Saudi Arabia
4100 Bigelow Blvd.
(412) 431-9351

Slovakia
333 Technology Drive
(724) 873-1935

Sweden
324 Thompson Run Road
(412) 531-2609

Switzerland
611 Essex Court
(412) 621-8804


Pittsburgh Sister Cities:

Capital of Bulgaria: Sofia!
Capital of Croatia: Zagreb!
Capital of Macedonia: Skopje!
Presov, Slovakia
Wuhan, China
Matanzas, Cuba
Ostrava, Czech Republic
Sheffield, England
Saarbrucken, Germany
Saitama, Japan
Omiya, Japan
Aichi, Japan
San Isidro, Nicaragua
Fernando De La Mora, Paraguay
Presov, Slovakia
Bilbao, Spain
Donetsk, Ukraine
DaNang, Vietnam

The Suburb of Greensburg, PA Sister Cities:
Nation of Belize
Ceremaggiore, Italy

[urbanguy]

BTW If your from NYC, DC, Ottawa, Toronto, London, Sydney, or Canberra you dont have to post hehe cause each countries capital and leading city basically have just about all of them.

[PghUSA]

Honolulu isn't America's leading city? It should be!

[urbanguy]

^haha well for a city its size it does have a lot but no where near as much as DC with all the embassies and NYC with embassies and the UN as well as many country capitals and largest cities. I think NYC has over a 100 maybe something like a 130 something i did it once but its been a while and Toronto has over 90 not sure about other leading cities.

[Evergrey]

What is a Pittsburgh foreign consulate?

[urbanguy]

^Well its for the foreign consulates in Pittsburgh

[TravisNC]

PghUSA, where did you find this list? I looked at the Embassy/Consulate web sites for Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, and Mexico and I didn't see Pittsburgh on any of them.

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Though I haven't checked many sites the consulates that I know of in North Carolina are:

Canada: Raleigh
Mexico: Raleigh & Charlotte

[PghUSA]

http://www.globalpit...781070313305138 for the consulates (not ALL of them are listed there) I compiled this list for a site I was building over a year ago just combed through google for "Pittsburgh Consulate" until I found (almost) every one.

Sister Cities are easy for any region (but may not be COMPLETE):
http://www.sister-ci...irectory/USA/PA

looking forward to seeing the reach of other regions (again save NYC or DC or SF or Philly or Chicago or Miami--your welcome to post them but I'd be more surprised with those cities on listing the ones you have yet to get )

[urbanguy]

TravisNC, those sites dont always show that stuff and a lot time its outdated sometimes you have to search there are many for Honolulu that i found by searching thru different sources and i just recently found out about Morocco being added.

Little ole Honolulu's Foreign/Territorial Consulates:

1 American Samoa
2 Australia
3 Austria
4 Bangladesh
5 Belgium
6 Brazil
7 Chile
8 Cook Islands *The only in the US
9 Denmark
10 Finland
11 France
12 Germany
13 Honduras
14 Hungary
15 India
16 Indonesia
17 Italy
18 Japan
19 Kiribati *The only in the US
20 Korea
21 Malaysia
22 Marshall Islands
23 Mexico
24 Micronesia, Federated States of
25 Morocco *New
26 Nauru
27 Netherlands
28 New Zealand
29 Norway
30 Palau
31 Panama
32 Papua New Guinea
33 Peru
34 Philippines
35 Poland
36 Portugal
37 Russian Federation
38 Samoa (Western)
39 San Marino
40 Spain
41 Sri Lanka
42 Sweden
43 Switzerland
44 Taiwan
45 Thailand
46 Tonga
47 United Kingdom
48 Uruguay

Honolulu's Sister Cities:

1 Baguio City, Philippines (1995)
2 Baku, Azerbaijan (1998)
3 Bombay, India (1970)
4 Bruyeres, France (1960)
5 Caracas, Venezuela (1999)
6 Cebu City, Philippines (1990)
7 Funchal, Madeira (1979)
8 Hainan Province, China (1985)
9 Hiroshima, Japan (1959)
10 Hue, Vietnam (1995)
11 Incheon, South Korea (2003)
12 Kaohsiung, Taiwan (1962)
13 Laoag City, Philippines (1969)
14 Luganville, Vanuatu (2003)
15 Manila, Philippines (1980)
16 Mombasa, Kenya (2000)
17 Naha City, Okinawa, Japan (1960)
18 San Juan, Puerto Rico (1985)
19 Seoul, South Korea (1973)
20 Sintra, Portugal (1998)
21 Tianjin, China (2002)
22 Tokyo, Japan (1960)
23 Uwajima, Japan (2004)
24 Vigan, Philippines (2003)
25 Zhongshan, China (1997)

Sister States:

1 Azores Islands, Portugal (1982)
2 Cebu Province, the Philippines (1996)
3 Cheju Province, Korea (1986)
4 Ehime Prefecture, Japan (2003)
5 Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan (1981)
6 Guangdong Province, China (1985)
7 Hainan Province, China (1992)
8 Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan (1997)
9 Ilocos Sur Province, the Philippines (1985)
10 Okinawa Prefecture, Japan (1985)
11 Pangasinan, the Philippines (2002)
12 Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaër, Morocco (2004)
13 Taiwan Province, China (1993)
14 Tianjin City, Hebei Province, China (2002)
15 Thua Thien-Hue Province, Vietnam (2004)

Honolulu Friendship Cities: *Seems to be a new thing most started in 2003-2004

1 Arai, Japan
2 Bago, Philippines
3 Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
4 Caloocan, Philippines
5 Chlumec nad Cidlinou, Czech Republic
6 Dagupan, Philippines
7 Darwin, Australia
8 Dumaguete, Philippines
9 Gampaha, Sri Lanka
10 Gifu, Japan
11 Houjou Tateyama, Japan
12 Huangshan, China
13 Iloilo, Philippines
14 Kawaguchi, Japan
15 Kyzyl, Tuva, South Siberia, Russia
16 Makati, Philippines
17 Mandaluyong, Philippines
18 Marikina, Philippines
19 Matsuyama, Japan
20 Misato, Japan
21 Miura, Japan
22 Muntinlupa, Philippines
23 Pardubice, Czech Republic
24 Prelouc, Czech Republic
25 Quezon, Philippines
26 Saiki, Japan
27 San Carlos, Philippines
28 San Fernando, Philippines
29 Shanghai, China
30 Shirama, Japan
31 Sorsogon, Philippines
32 Tianjin, China
33 Uwajima, Japan
34 Valenzuela, Philippines
35 Vladivostok, Russia
36 Yogyakarta, Indonesia


Puerto Rico's Foreign Consulates: *as of 2000 so there might be more!

1 Austria
2 Belize
3 Canada
4 Chile
5 Colombia
6 Denmark
7 Dominican Republic
8 Ecuador
9 El Salvador
10 Germany
11 Haiti
12 Honduras
13 Holland
14 Iceland
15 Italy
16 Japan
17 Mexico
18 Nicaragua
19 Norway
20 Paraguay
21 Peru
22 Spain
23 Thailand
24 United Kingdom
25 Sweden
26 Switzerland
27 Uruguay
28 Venezuela

Edit: i added Honolulu's sister cities/states/friendship cities

[Cotuit]

We only got one, Portugal. Rhode Island has a large Portuguese population, especially from the Azores. Most consulates for the New England region are in Boston. And of course our proximity to New York makes even those kind of redundant.

Anyway, here's Boston's list:
British Consulate General
Consulate General Israel
Consulate General of Canada
Consulate General of Greece
Consulate General of Haiti
Consulate General of Mexico
Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany
Consulate Of Spain
Consulate of Belgium
Consulate of Bolivia
Consulate of Brazil
Consulate of Cape Verde
Consulate of Columbia
Consulate of Denmark
Consulate of Dominican Republic
Consulate of France
Consulate of Ireland
Consulate of Japan
Consulate of Norway
Consulate of Poland
Consulate of The Netherlands
Consulate of Venezuela
Consulate General of Italy
Honorary Consulate of Hungary
Swedish Consulate

And across the river in Cambridge:
Consulate of Switzerland

[ShowMeKC]

Consulates:
Italian (KCK)
Mexican (KCMO)
Taiwanese (KCMO)
German (Prairie Village, KS)
Danish (KCMO)
Austrian (KCMO)
Swiss (KCMO)
Icelandic (Grandview, MO)
French (KCMO)
there may be more... The Japanese Consulate had to leave KCMO for reasons I forgot.

Sister Cities:
Seville, Spain
Kurashiki, Japan
Morelia, Mexico
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Tainan City, Taiwan
Xi'an, China
Guadalajara, Mexico
Hannover, Germany
Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Arusha, Tanzania
San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico
Ramle, Israel

Source for sister cities: http://www.kcmo.org/...er?opendocument

Sister cities of KC suburbs:
Liberty:
Diekirch, Luxembourg
Independence:
Higashimurayama, Japan
North Kansas City:
Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

[TravisNC]

urbanguy, on Jun 17 2004, 04:04 PM, said:

TravisNC, those sites dont always show that stuff and a lot time its outdated sometimes you have to search there are many for Honolulu that i found by searching thru different sources and i just recently found out about Morocco being added...

I'm not sure about that. I think the most up to date and accurate info for consulates is their own web sites. If anyone knows whether one of their own consulates exists I'm sure they do.

[PghUSA]

you'd think so, did you ever notice how most cities (especially the smaller ones) don't even list the current mayor?!? Most of these governmental agencies aren't in the technology business, and when people are here traveling abroad the local travelers aid office knows the local consulate, and the embassy # on their passport once called would locate them. It's just that some of these Embassies dont think posting every consulate or every honorary consulate (which there are several dozen) is a top priority. Shame. But what can you do.

Again if anyone has there region to add I'd love to see the lists and thanks for all the contributions!

[ShowMeKC]

Well, KC's website is always updated kcmo.org
they have recordings of council meetings etc... along with all the ordinances ever passed. They meet every thursday and I try to watch the council meeting on the cpu when I'm at home.

[urbanguy]

I just edited my originaly post to add Honolulu's sister cities & friendship cities!

BTW do other cities have friendship cities too? It seems to be a new thing because most of the friendship cities started in 2003 up to 2004 and frankly i dont know what its all about but it had a list of mayors from those other cities.