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What Miami Beach lacks in size, our 7-square-mile urban paradise more than makes up for with global goodwill and intercity relationships that extend beyond the welcome signs that greet an estimated 8 million residents and visitors each year.
Nowhere is our city’s place on the world stage more evident than through the Miami Beach Sister Cities program, which has grown since its inception in 1959 to now include 13 global partner cities that have forged formal cultural and economic bonds with the city.
A directional signpost outside Miami Beach City Hall offers a visual representation of our sister cities, including the estimated distance of each sister city as well as their general direction.
Miami Beach is not alone in pursuing sister city relationships thanks to two-term U.S. President and five-star Army Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, whose presidential initiative established Sister Cities International in 1956. The program has evolved into a national membership organization with 465 U.S. communities and over 1,800 partnerships in more than 138 countries over six continents.
While each participating municipality has its own distinct culture, they also have a shared vision of striving for world peace through programs and projects focused on arts and culture, youth and education, business and trade as well as community development.
It turns out Miami Beach has more similarities with our sister cities than ever imagined when the program began. Here’s a look at each of our sister cities:
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Sister City Cozumel Visit to Miami Beach
Sister City Fujisawa Beach Cleanup
