Sister cities
Twinned with Surabaya
10 of 17 in this atlas
Surabaya maintains formal town-twinning links with municipalities across Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas, including Busan, Guangzhou, Jiangmen, and Xiamen, along with Gaziantep, İzmir, Istanbul, Jeddah, Mashhad, and Monterrey. Most of these pairings are mutual, with both sides naming each other, though the tie to Istanbul is recorded only from Surabaya's side, leaving that one relationship declared but unreciprocated in this dataset.
In this atlas10
Twinned in total17
Not reciprocated1
Twinned with Surabaya
| City | Country | Distance | Lists back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Busan | KR | 5,009 km | yes |
| Gaziantep | TR | 9,216 km | yes |
| Guangzhou | CN | 3,377 km | yes |
| Istanbul | TR | 10,020 km | not listed |
| İzmir | TR | 10,128 km | yes |
| Jeddah | SA | 8,627 km | yes |
| Jiangmen | CN | 3,317 km | yes |
| Mashhad | IR | 7,352 km | yes |
| Monterrey | MX | 15,957 km | yes |
| Xiamen | CN | 3,575 km | yes |
1 of these do not list Surabaya back. Twinning is declared independently by each municipality, so one-sided pairs are common — and usually more interesting than the mutual ones.