List of Portuguese-São-Tome cities and municipalities
This list Portuguese-são-toméischer city and community partnerships leading the Cities and Municipalities friendships between countries Portugal and Sao Tome and Principe on.
Despite the small size of São Tomé and Príncipes, 31 municipal partnerships with Portuguese municipalities already exist or are being initiated (as of 2015). They are a sign of the close Portuguese-São-Toméic relations since the partnership realignment of Portuguese foreign policy after the far-reaching Carnation Revolution in 1974 and the subsequent end of the colonial Estado Novo dictatorship in Portugal. The islands of São Tomé and Príncipe have been a Portuguese colony since their discovery and settlement in the 15th century .
The partnerships exist on different levels, for example between districts ( concelhos ), municipalities ( freguesias ), individual places or even regions. The first Portuguese-São-Tome city friendship was established in 1983 in the two capitals of São Tomé and Lisbon .
List of city partnerships and friendships
| Portuguese place | São Toméian place | since | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aveiro | Santo António do Príncipe | 1998 | |
| Benavente | Autonomous Region of Príncipe | 2001 | |
| Borba | Mé-Zóchi | 1991 | |
| Boticas | Caué | 2009 | Cooperation agreement |
| Bragança | Água Grande | 2008 | |
| Cascais | Santana | 1986 | |
| Covilhã | Principe | 2015 | |
| Crato | Lembá | 2000 | |
| Faro | Principe | 2008 | |
| Guimarães | Mé-Zóchi | 1989 | |
| Lisbon | Sao Tome | 1983 | |
| Lisbon | Água Grande | 1993 | |
| Maia | Água Grande | 2008 | Cooperation agreement |
| Marco de Canaveses | Autonomous Region of Príncipe | 1998 | |
| Matosinhos | São João dos Angolares | 1989 | |
| Montijo | Água Grande | 2013 | |
| Odivelas | Autonomous Region of Príncipe | 2012 | |
| Oeiras | Principe | 1997 | |
| Ponta Delgada | Caué | 2000 | |
| postage | Neves | 1987 | |
| Santa Marta de Penaguião | Lembá | 2000 | |
| Santo Tirso | Santana | 1997 | |
| Seixal | Guadalupe | 1994 | |
| Serpa | Caué | 2002 | |
| Sintra | Trindade | 1997 | |
| Sousel | Guadalupe | 1993 | |
| Vagos | Trindade | 1993 | |
| Valongo | Trindade | 1997 | |
| Vila Nova de Famalicao | Lobata | 2012 | |
| Vila Nova de Poiares | Caué | 1998 | |
| Viseu | Cantagalo | 2009 |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of Portuguese-São-Toméian town twinning at the Association of Portuguese Administrative Districts (ANMP), accessed on May 14, 2020