Sister cities

New York City has ten historic sister cities. The Sister City Program of the City of New York was restructured and renamed New York City Global Partners, Inc. in 2006 with the aim of expanding the City’s interaction with foreign cities while maintaining its historic ten sister city relationships.:

City	Geographical location	Nation	Since
Tokyo	Kantō region (Honshū island)	Japan	1960
Beijing	Bohai Economic Rim, North China	China	1980
Cairo	Cairo Governorate	Egypt	1982
Madrid	Community of Madrid	Spain	1982
Santo Domingo	National District	Dominican Republic	1983
Budapest	Central Hungary	Hungary	1992
Rome	Lazio (Latium)	Italy	1992
Jerusalem	Jerusalem District	Israel	1993
London	England	United Kingdom	2001
Johannesburg	Gauteng Province	South Africa	2003

Like New York, all except Beijing are the most populous cities of their respective nations, but unlike New York, all but Johannesburg also serve as de facto or de jure national political capitals. New York and her sister cities are all major economic centers, but few of the sister cities share New York's status as a major seaport.