A border town is a town or city close to the boundary between two countries, states, or regions. Usually the term implies that the nearness to the border is one of the things the place is most famous for. With close proximities to a different country, diverse cultural traditions can have certain influence to the place. Border towns can have highly cosmopolitan communities, a feature they share with port cities, as traveling and trading often go through the town. They can also be flashpoints for international conflicts, especially when the two countries have territorial disputes.
| Border towns | Country | Bordering continents |
|---|---|---|
| El-Qantarah el-Sharqiyya | Africa/Asia | |
| Istanbul |  Turkey | Europe/Asia |
| Atyrau | ||
| Oral | ||
| Magnitogorsk |
| Border towns | Bordering countries |
|---|---|
| / | |
| Jayapura |
| Border towns | Bordering countries | |
|---|---|---|
| Alberdi and Formosa | / | |
| Artigas and Quaraí | / | |
| Assis, Bolpebra, and Iñapari | / /  Peru | |
| Barra do Quaraí,Bella Unión and Monte Caseros | /  Uruguay /  Argentina | |
| Brasiléia/Epitaciolândia and Cobija | / | |
| Corumbá and Puerto Suárez | ||
| Chuí and Chuy | / Uruguay | |
| Colón and Paysandú | / Uruguay | |
| Concordia and Salto | ||
| Cúcuta and San Antonio del Táchira | / | |
| Desaguadero | ||
| Fray Bentos and Gualeguaychú | ||
| / | ||
| Pacaraima and Santa Elena de Uairén | / | |
| Jaguarão and Río Branco | ||
| Paso de los Libres and Uruguaiana | ||
| Posadas and Encarnación | ||
/  Brazil / | ||
| Santana do Livramento and Rivera | ||
| Tabatinga and Leticia | ||
| Tulcán and Ipiales | ||
| Border towns | Bordering states and territories |
|---|---|
| Albury and Wodonga (Albury–Wodonga) | / |
| Bordertown | / |
| Canberra and Queanbeyan | / |
| Corowa and Wahgunyah | / |
| Echuca and Moama | |
| Mildura and Buronga | |
| Mulwala and Yarrawonga | |
| Tweed Heads and Gold Coast | / |
| Mungindi | |
| Wallangarra, Jennings |
| Border towns | Bordering states and territories | |
|---|---|---|
| / | ||
| / | ||
| Ottawa and Gatineau | / |
| Border towns | Bordering Departments | |
|---|---|---|
| Soacha | / | |
| / | ||
| / | ||
| Cartago, Pereira and Puerto Caldas | / | |
| / | ||
| Girardot, Flandes and Ricaurte | / | |
| Puerto Salgar, and La Dorada | / | |
| Barbosa and Moniquirá | / | |
| Puerto Bogotá and Honda | / |
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