Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico
Our Sister City
The City of Greenacres is honored to recognize Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico, as its Sister City.
This partnership reflects shared values of economic growth, education, culture, civic collaboration, and community pride. The relationship also recognizes the strong Hispanic and Mexican cultural presence in Greenacres and creates a bridge for future collaboration between residents, businesses, institutions, and local government leaders.
Celaya is a municipality in the State of Guanajuato, Mexico. In 2020, Celaya had a population of 521,169 residents. The community is also an important economic center, with international sales in 2024 totaling approximately $1.48 billion, led by industries such as motor vehicle parts and accessories, engine parts, and filtration-related products.
Areas of Cooperation
The Greenacres and Celaya Sister City relationship is designed to support collaboration in the following areas:
Economic Development
Promoting bilateral business opportunities, investment discussions, entrepreneurship, tourism, sustainability, and business-to-business connections.
Cultural Exchange
Encouraging arts, food, music, heritage, and community celebrations that highlight the rich cultural traditions of both cities.
Civic Exchange
Creating opportunities for local government leaders and staff to share best practices in city management, sustainability, community engagement, and public service delivery.
Education
Supporting connections between schools, colleges, universities, students, and educators through learning opportunities, internships, bilingual engagement, and youth leadership development.
The City’s early planning for the Celaya partnership identified these four pillars, economic development, cultural exchange, civic exchange, and education, as the foundation for a lasting relationship.
