List of Guinea-Bissau-Portuguese town and municipality partnerships
This list of Guinea-Bissau-Portuguese city and community partnerships shows the city and community friendships between the countries of Guinea-Bissau and Portugal .
Despite the comparatively small state territory of Guinea-Bissau and its persistently difficult domestic political situation, 22 community partnerships with Portuguese communities already exist or are being initiated (status 2015). They are a sign of the close Guinea-Bissau-Portuguese relations since the partnership realignment of Portuguese foreign policy after the far-reaching Carnation Revolution in Portugal in 1974 and the subsequent end of the bloody Portuguese colonial war in Guinea-Bissau. The country had been a Portuguese colony since the 15th century .
The first Guinea-Bissau-Portuguese city friendship came in 1983 when the two capitals Bissau and Lisbon .
List of city partnerships and friendships
| Guinea-Bissau location | Portuguese place | since | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bafatá | Chaves | 2001 | |
| Bafatá | Mirandela | in preparation | |
| Bafatá | Vagos | 1991 | |
| Bissau | Águeda | 1995 | |
| Bissau | Lisbon | 1983 | also cooperation agreements |
| Bissau | Moura | 1997 | |
| Bissau | Rio Maior | 2015 | Cooperation agreement |
| Bissau | Sintra | 1997 | |
| Bissorã | Braga | 1993 | |
| Bissorã | Loulé | unnamed | |
| Bolama | Faro | 1988 | |
| Buba | Portimão | 1989 | |
| Cacheu | Lisbon | 1988 | |
| Cacheu | Viana do Castelo | 1988 | |
| Canchungo | postage | 2001 | Cooperation agreement |
| Catió | Anadia | unnamed | |
| Catió | Santa Maria da Feira | 2006 | Cooperation agreement |
| Farim | Aveiro | 1992 | |
| Farim | Seixal | 2000 | |
| Fulacunda | Santarém | 1989 | |
| Mansôa | Matosinhos | 1992 | |
| Quinhamel | Oeiras | 2001 |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of Guinea-Bissau-Portuguese town twinning at the Association of Portuguese Administrative Districts (ANMP), accessed on May 14, 2020