TRI-CITIES, TENNESSEE

Map spot location of the Tri-Cities. The red dot marks the location of Kingsport. The blue shows Bristol. The green shows Johnson City.

In Tennessee, the name "'Tri-Cities'" refers to the region comprising of the cities of Kingsport, Johnson City, and Bristol and the surrounding smaller towns and communities in Northeast Tennessee. All three of the principal cities are located in the extreme northeastern corner of the state; Bristol is on the Tennessee state line, and has a twin city of the same name on the Virginia side.
The Tri-Cities region was formerly a single Metropolitan Statistical Area; due to the U.S. Census Bureau's revised definitions of urban areas in the early 2000s, it is now said to be a Combined Statistical Area with two metropolitan components: Johnson City and Kingsport-Bristol.[1] That area's population in 2000 was approximately 480,000.[2]

Contents
"All-American City Award"
Sister Cities
References
See Also
External links

"All-American City Award"


All-America City Program Logo

The 'All-America City Award' is given by the National Civic League annually to ten cities in the United States. In 1999, the Tri-Cities were collectively designated as an ''All-America City'' by the National Civic League.
The award is the oldest community recognition program in the nation and recognizes communities whose citizens work together to identify and tackle community-wide challenges and achieve uncommon results.
Since the program's inception in 1949, more than 4,000 communities have competed and over 500 have been named ''All-America Cities''.

Sister Cities


The Greater Tri-Cities of Tennessee and Virginia have four sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International, Inc. (SCI):

★ Guaranda, Ecuador

★ Teterow, Germany

★ Rybinsk, Russia

★ Ronneby, Sweden

References



★ OMB Bulletin No. 04-03. Updates to Statistical Areas. December 2003.

★ U.S. Census Bureau, Table 6. Population in Combined Statistical Areas (CSAs): 1990 and 2000

See Also



★ Elizabethton, Tennessee

★ Roan Mountain, Tennessee

★ Carter County, Tennessee

★ Doe River

★ Watauga River

★ Watauga Lake

★ East Tennessee

External links



★ TriCities.com: News and Information from the area

★ Tri-Cities Personal News and Media Center - Kingsport Times-News

★ Entertainment magazine for Tri-Cities, Tennessee and Virginia Tricities TN

★ Tricities TN

★ Tri-Cities Regional Photo Galleries

★ Johnson's Depot: The History of Johnson City, TN

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