Twin Cities of India

What is Twin Cities?

• Twin cities are a special case of two adjoining cities or urban centres that develop into a single metropolitan area or narrowly separated urban areas over a period of time.
• Twin cities are a special case of two cities that are founded in close geographic proximity and then grow into each other over time.
• These cities and towns are names that are taken together inevitably. The functioning of these cities are interdependent too. They share a symbiotic relationship that cannot be undone.

Advantages of Sister Cities

• Following are the advantages of having Twin Cities –
  • • • To boost human resources.
      • To bolster business relations.
      • To foster cultural exchange.
      • To encourage tourism.
      • To improving the lives of local residents.

List of Twin Cities in India

• Most of us know about the Seven Sister States of India but not about the other twin towns and cousin sister cities of Indian states.
• Here is the list of Indian cities which can be considered as twin towns or sister cities.

 

 

 

Interesting Facts about Twin Cities of India

• Kolkata-Howrah, West Bengal, Howrah located on the west bank of the Hoogli River is known as a twin city to Kolkata. These two twin cities are connected by four river bridges and Howrah Bridge is the most famous and oldest among them.
• Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, Odisha, The two well develop cities of Odisha are located about 28 km to each other and divided by Mahanadi river. Bhubaneswar is the capital city of Orissa and known as the temple city of India for number of ancient temples of Lord Shiva.
• Hyderabad-Secunderabad, Lake Hussain Sagar seperates the two cities geographically.
• Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, Cuttack is known as the Silver City while Bhubaneshwar is known as the temple city of India. Bhubaneswar was among modern India’s first planned cities.

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