▁( D allas – F ort ▁W orth ), ▁L BA ▁( Le eds – B rad ford ), ▁M SP ▁( Min ne apolis – Saint ▁Paul , ▁Minnesota ), ▁R DU ▁( R ale igh ▁and ▁Dur ham , ▁NC ), ▁and ▁CA K ▁( A k ron – C anton , ▁Ohio ). ▁ ▁In ▁some ▁cases , ▁such ▁as ▁Al bury / W od ong a ▁in ▁Australia , ▁the ▁two ▁cities ▁are ▁perman ently ▁divided ▁by ▁a ▁state ▁border , ▁often ▁one ▁that ▁strictly ▁ad her es ▁to ▁a ▁ge ographical ▁land mark , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Murray ▁River ▁that ▁div ides ▁New ▁South ▁Wales ▁from ▁Victoria , ▁and ▁thus ▁Al bury ▁from ▁W od ong a . ▁In ▁other ▁cases ▁tw in ▁cities ▁can ▁be ▁divided ▁by ▁an ▁international ▁border , ▁but ▁retain ▁a ▁cultural ▁and ▁historical ▁similarity , ▁for ▁example ▁H ap ar anda ▁( Sw eden ) ▁and ▁T orn io ▁( Fin land ), ▁Let icia ▁( Col omb ia ) ▁and ▁Tab ating a ▁( B raz il ) ▁or ▁Val ga ▁( Est onia ) ▁and ▁Val ka ▁( Lat via ). ▁ ▁Ex amples ▁ ▁Africa ▁ ▁Egypt ▁ ▁C airo ▁and ▁G iza ▁▁ ▁Sam ann oud , ▁G har bia ▁Governor ate ▁and ▁Min y et ▁Sam ann oud , ▁Dak ah lia ▁Governor ate ▁Gh ana ▁Se k ond i - T ak or adi ▁ ▁Amer icas ▁ ▁North ▁America ▁ ▁Canada ▁ ▁Battle ford ▁and ▁North