Columbus has ten Sister Cities spanning four continents.

Columbus is exploring becoming Sister Cities with an eleventh city, Dakhla, Morocco.

These relationships foster cultural exchanges, from pesto to marathons, and delegations that learn about robotics to transit.

Everybody knows countries have diplomatic relationships, but cities can have them, too.

These relationships are why Tainan City, Taiwan, donated face masks and safety goggles to Columbus in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. It's why Columbus hosts a qualifier competition for the biennial Pesto World Championship in Genoa, Italy. It's why Dresden, Germany and Columbus send runners to each other's marathons every year.

Tainan, Genoa and Dresden are three of Columbus' 10 Sister Cities. Columbus signed its first Sister C

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