List of twin towns and sister cities in Portugal
Map of Portugal.
This is a list of places in Portugal having standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (though other terms, such as "partner towns" or "sister cities" are sometimes used instead), and while most of the places included are towns, the list also comprises villages, cities, districts, counties, etc. with similar links.[1]
Almada
Angra do Heroísmo
Armamar
Aveiro
Aveiro is twinned with:[2]
- Bourges, France
- Viana do Castelo, Portugal
- Arcachon, France
- Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
- Santa Cruz, Cape Verde
- Cholargos, Greece
- Pemba, Mozambique
- Santo António, São Tomé and Príncipe
- Ōita, Japan
- Inhambane, Mozambique
- Belém do Pará, Brazil
- Cubatão, Brazil
- Pelotas, Brazil
Barcelos
Batalha
Braga
Bragança
Cascais
Coimbra
Is twinned with:[4][5]
- Aix-en-Provence, France
- Beira, Mozambique
- Cambridge MA, United States[6][7]
- Chaves, Portugal
- Curitiba, Brazil
- Daman, India
- Dili, Timor-Leste
- Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
- Fes, Morocco
- Halle, Germany
- Mindelo, Cape Verde
- Ilhas, Macau, China
- Padua, Italy
- Poitiers, France
- Quelimane, Mozambique
- Salamanca, Spain
- Santa Clara CA, United States
- Santarém, Portugal
- Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Santos (São Paulo), Brazil
- São Paulo, Brazil
- Yaroslavl, Russia
- Zaragoza, Spain
Évora
Faro
Figueira da Foz
Funchal
Funchal is twinned with:[8]
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Fremantle, Australia
- Gibraltar, GB
- Herzliya, Israel
- Honolulu HI, USA
- Ílhavo, Portugal
- Leichlingen, Germany
- Livingstone, Zambia
- Marrickville, Australia
- Maui HI, United States
- New Bedford MA, United States
- Oakland CA, United States
- Parla, Spain
- Praia, Cape Verde
- Saint Helier, Jersey, GB
- Santos (São Paulo), Brazil
Fundão
Guimarães
Ílhavo
Lisbon
Lisbon is twinned with the following cities:[10][11]
- Água Grande, São Tomé and Príncipe
- Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
- Brasília, Brazil
- Budapest, Hungary
- Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau
- Guimarães, Portugal
- Luanda, Angola
- Macau, Macau
- Madrid, Spain
- Malacca, Malaysia
- Maputo, Mozambique
- Praia, Cape Verde
- Rabat, Morocco
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- São Salvador, Brazil
- São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe
- Zagreb, Croatia
Loures
Maia
Matosinhos
Porto
Porto is twinned with:[12][13]
- Beira, Mozambique
- Recife, Brazil
- Bristol, England, UK[14]
- Shanghai, China
- Jena, Germany
- Bordeaux, France
- Luanda, Angola
- Liège, Belgium
- Macau, China
- Mindelo, Cape Verde
- Nagasaki, Japan[15]
- Neves, São Tomé and Príncipe
- Ndola, Zambia
- León, Spain
- Duruelo de la Sierra, Spain
- Vigo, Spain
Póvoa de Varzim
Sambrosa
São João da Madeira
Sesimbra
Sesimbra is a founding member of the Douzelage, a town twinning association of 23 towns across the European Union. This active town twinning began in 1991 and there are regular events, such as a produce market from each of the other countries and festivals.[16][17]
Sintra
Vila do Conde
Vila Nova de Famalicão
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