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In article <C1DzLH.8u7@techbook.com> dant@techbook.com (Dan Tilque) writes:
>How many cities do you know with an internal border?  What I really mean
>is adjacent cities with identical names, separated by a political
>boundary.  The border can be either internal (state/provincial) or
>international.  It also can include a river.

What is adjacent? Is there an upper limit on the distance between them?
What is a city? Is there a lower limit on its size?

I've collected some names from the Swedish-Finnish and Swedish-Norwegian
borders that more or less fit your rules. At least Pello fits perfect.
My source is the "KAK Bilatlas" i.e. the car atlas published by the Swedish
correspondence to the RAC.

In the list below the following letters are used:
A: Village, farm, church, etc.
B: Mountain, hill.
C: Densely built-up and populated area (in the Nordic countries defined as at
   least 200 inhabitants and at most 200 m between the houses).

The distances given are very approximate.

Some national characters found in the names:
{ = a with dots
\ = O with dots
} = a with ring

SWEDEN-FINLAND
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The border between Sweden and Finland is a river.

A. Identical names.
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Pello: C-C, just across the bridge
Kuivakangas: C-A, 1-2 km, no bridge
Korpikyl{: A-A, 2-3 km, no bridge
V{h{niva: A-A, 2 km, no bridge
Luppio: B-A, 7 km

B. Different spellings depending on phonetic properties of the languages.
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Karungi-Karunki: C-A, 2 km, no bridge
Juoksengi-Juoksenki: C-C, just across the river, no bridge
Karesuando-Karesuvanto: C-A, 1 km, bridge
K{tkesuando-K{tkesuvanto: A-A, 1 km, no bridge

C. The names have the same meaning, but some parts of them are translated.
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Nedre(Swedish)=Ala(Finish)=Lower(English)
\vre/\ver(Swedish)=Yli(Finnish)=Upper(English)

Nedre Vojakkala-Alavojakkala: A-C, 2 km, no bridge
\vre Vajokkala-Ylivojakkala: A-C, 2km, no bridge
\vertorne}-Ylitornio: C-C, 6 km, bridge

SWEDEN-NORWAY
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The border between Sweden and Norway consists of mountains and forests.

A. Identical names.
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Storberget: A-B, 1 km

B. Wery small differences.
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Skalmodalen-Skarmodalen: A-A, 3 km, road
Juberget-Juvberget: A-A, 2km, path

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