Xiamen in East China's Fujian province and Santiago Metropolitan Region in Chile signed a letter of intent for friendly exchanges online on April 6, marking the official establishment of friendship between the two cities.
Pecs, the capital of Baranya, is the fifth largest city in Hungary. It is located 198 kilometers south of the capital Budapest and 30 km from the Croatian border.
Markham is located in York Region, Ontario province, Canada, and covers an area of 211 square kilometers. Its population as of 2006 was approximately 260,000.
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is located in the Canary Islands of Spain in the Atlantic Ocean, about 150 kilometers from the African coast and 1,350 km from the main island of the Iberian Peninsula.