This is a list of municipalities in Brazil which have standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as " town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).

A

Aquiraz * Frederick, United States * São Vicente, Cape Verde

Araçariguama Araçariguama is a city on the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba. The population of city is of 22,860 (2020 est.) in an area of 145.20 km². The elevation is 695 m. Araçariguama was established ...

* Binhu (Wuxi), China Assis Chateaubriand * Seixal, Portugal

B

Balneário Camboriú Balneário Camboriú () is a coast beach city in the Brazilian southern state of Santa Catarina. The city, with its steep hills dropping down to the sea, is popular amongst South Americans. The main ocean boulevard is called ''Avenida Atlânti ...

* Pingdingshan, China * Punta del Este, Uruguay Barra Mansa * Bengbu, China Barueri * Ourém, Portugal Belém * Aveiro, Portugal * Campinas, Brazil *

Fort-de-France Fort-de-France (, , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Fodfwans) is a Communes of France, commune and the capital city of Martinique, an overseas department and region of France located in the Caribbean. It is also one of the major cities in the ...

, Martinique, France * Shaoxing, China Belmonte * Belmonte, Portugal

Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte (, ; ) is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population around 2.7 million and with a metropolitan area of 6 million people. It is the 13th-largest city in South America and the 18th-largest in the Americas. The metropol ...

* Cuenca, Ecuador * Fort Lauderdale, United States *

Granada Granada (,, DIN 31635, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the fo ...

, Spain * Havana, Cuba *

Homs Homs ( , , , ; ar, حِمْص / ALA-LC: ; Levantine Arabic: / ''Ḥomṣ'' ), known in pre-Islamic Syria as Emesa ( ; grc, Ἔμεσα, Émesa), is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. It is Metres above sea level ...

, Syria * Jiangyin, China * Lagos, Nigeria * Luanda, Angola * Masaya, Nicaragua *

Newark Newark most commonly refers to: * Newark, New Jersey, city in the United States * Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey; a major air hub in the New York metropolitan area Newark may also refer to: Places Canada * Niagara-on-the ...

, United States *

Tripoli Tripoli or Tripolis may refer to: Cities and other geographic units Greece *Tripoli, Greece, the capital of Arcadia, Greece * Tripolis (region of Arcadia), a district in ancient Arcadia, Greece * Tripolis (Larisaia), an ancient Greek city in ...

, Libya * Tegucigalpa, Honduras * Zahlé, Lebanon Bento Gonçalves *

Brentonico Brentonico (''Brentònec'' in local dialect) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige, located about southwest of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,770 and an area of .A ...

, Italy * Cartaxo, Portugal *

Isera Isera (''Iséra'' in local dialect) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about southwest of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,496 and an area of .A ...

, Italy * Luján de Cuyo, Argentina * Mori, Italy *

Nogaredo Nogaredo (''Nogarédo'' in local dialect) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about southwest of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,747 and an area ...

, Italy * Rovereto, Italy *

Terragnolo Terragnolo (Cimbrian: ''Leimtal'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about south of Trento. Terragnolo borders the following municipalities: Folgaria, Rovereto, Tramb ...

, Italy *

Trambileno Trambileno (german: Trumbeleis) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about south of Trento. Trambileno borders the following municipalities: Rovereto, Terragnolo, Valla ...

, Italy *

Villa Lagarina Villa Lagarina is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino, northern Italy, located about southwest of Trento. Villa Lagarina borders the following municipalities: Cavedine, Cimone, Arco, Drena, Pomarolo, Ronzo-Chienis, Isera, Rovereto and Nogar ...

, Italy Blumenau * Campinas, Brazil * Osorno, Chile * Petrópolis, Brazil

Bragança Paulista Bragança Paulista is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 170,533 (2020 est.) in an area of 512.6 km². The elevation is 817 m. The city is famous for its traditional sausages, with several establishments c ...

* Bragança, Portugal Brasília * Asunción, Paraguay * Buenos Aires, Argentina *

Gaza City Gaza (;''The New Oxford Dictionary of English'' (1998), , p. 761 "Gaza Strip /'gɑːzə/ a strip of territory in Palestine, on the SE Mediterranean coast including the town of Gaza...". ar, غَزَّة ', ), also referred to as Gaza City, i ...

, Palestine * Havana, Cuba * Khartoum, Sudan * Kyiv, Ukraine * Luxor, Egypt *

Montevideo Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

, Uruguay * Tehran, Iran * Xi'an, China

C

Cabedelo Cabedelo is a municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region of Brazil. The municipality contains the Restinga de Cabedelo National Forest, created in 2004. Cabedelo is a municipality in the Metropolitan Region of João Pes ...

* Viana do Castelo, Portugal

Cabo Frio Cabo Frio (, ''Cold Cape'') is a tourist destination located in the state of Rio de Janeiro state. It was founded by the Portuguese on November 13, 1615. The Brazilian coast runs east from Rio de Janeiro to Cabo Frio where it turns sharply north ...

Huzhou Huzhou (, ; Huzhounese: ''ghou² cieu¹'') is a prefecture-level city in northern Zhejiang province (Hangzhou–Jiaxing–Huzhou Plain, China). Lying south of the Lake Tai, it borders Jiaxing to the east, Hangzhou to the south, and the provinc ...

, China *

Ílhavo Ílhavo () is a municipality located in the centre of Portugal. The population in 2021 was 39,239, in an area of 73.48 km². The Municipality of Ílhavo includes four parishes and two cities: Gafanha da Nazaré and Ílhavo (City). General i ...

, Portugal Campinas * Asunción, Paraguay * Auroville, India * Belém, Brazil * Blumenau, Brazil * Cabinda, Angola *

Camanducaia Camanducaia is the southernmost municipality in Minas Gerais, Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 ...

, Brazil *

Cascais Cascais () is a town and municipality in the Lisbon District of Portugal, located on the Portuguese Riviera. The municipality has a total of 214,158 inhabitants in an area of 97.40 km2. Cascais is an important tourism in Portugal, tourist de ...

, Portugal * Concepción, Chile * Córdoba, Argentina * Cotorro (Havana), Cuba *

Daloa Daloa is a city in western Ivory Coast. It is the seat of both the Sassandra-Marahoué District and the Haut-Sassandra Region. It is also the seat of and a sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast, sub-prefecture of Daloa Department. Daloa is also a Commune ...

, Ivory Coast *

Fuzhou Fuzhou (; , Fuzhounese: Hokchew, ''Hók-ciŭ''), alternately romanized as Foochow, is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian province, China. Along with the many counties of Ningde, those of Fuzhou are considered to constitute t ...

, China *

Gifu is a city located in the south-central portion of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and serves as the prefectural capital. The city has played an important role in Japan's history because of its location in the middle of the country. During the Sengoku ...

, Japan *

Indianapolis Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Marion ...

, United States *

Jericho Jericho ( ; ar, أريحا ; he, יְרִיחוֹ ) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank. It is located in the Jordan Valley, with the Jordan River to the east and Jerusalem to the west. It is the administrative seat of the Jericho Gove ...

, Palestine * Malito, Italy * Peruíbe, Brazil * Salinas, Minas Gerais, Salinas, Brazil * San Diego, United States * Ubatuba, Brazil * Viseu, Portugal * Zaragoza, Spain Campo Grande * Puerto Tirol, Argentina Canoas * Morón, Buenos Aires, Morón, Argentina * Quilmes, Argentina Canoinhas * Sterling, Illinois, Sterling, United States Cantanhede, Maranhão, Cantanhede * Cantanhede, Portugal, Cantanhede, Portugal Caxias do Sul * Changzhou, China * Little Rock, Arkansas, Little Rock, United States Chapecó * Asunción, Paraguay * Medellín, Colombia * Ninghai County, Ninghai, China * Pergamino, Argentina Colombo, Paraná, Colombo * Heze, China Congonhas * Matosinhos, Portugal Criciúma * Huaibei, China * Vittorio Veneto, Italy Cubatão * Águas de São Pedro, Brazil * Aveiro, Portugal * Conchal, Brazil * Melipilla, Chile * Peruíbe, Brazil * Serra Negra, Brazil * Taquaritinga, Brazil Curitiba * Asunción, Paraguay * Changzhou, China * Coimbra, Portugal * Columbus, Ohio, Columbus, United States * Guadalajara, Mexico * Hangzhou, China * Himeji, Japan * Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville, United States * Kraków, Poland * Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County, United States *

, Uruguay * Orlando, Florida, Orlando, United States * Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia * Suwon, South Korea * Province of Treviso, Treviso Province, Italy

D

Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Diamantina * Daytona Beach, Florida, Daytona Beach, United States Dourados * Iquique, Chile * Kearney, Nebraska, Kearney, United States

E

Embu das Artes * Hino, Shiga, Hino, Japan

F

Farroupilha * Cadaval, Portugal * Latina, Lazio, Latina, Italy Florianópolis * Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal * Asunción, Paraguay * Córdoba, Argentina * Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay, Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay * Havana, Cuba * Luján, Buenos Aires, Luján, Argentina * Ponta Delgada, Portugal * Praia da Vitória, Portugal * Presidente Franco District, Presidente Franco, Paraguay * Roanoke, Virginia, Roanoke, United States Fortaleza * Ferreira do Alentejo, Portugal * Lisbon, Portugal * Miami Beach, Florida, Miami Beach, United States * Montese, Italy * Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil * Praia, Cape Verde (municipality), Praia, Cape Verde * Sal, Cape Verde, Sal, Cape Verde Foz do Iguaçu * Hernandarias District, Hernandarias, Paraguay * Jerez de la Frontera, Spain *

, Palestine * Yichang, China Franco da Rocha * Stepanakert, Azerbaijan

G

Goiânia * Chittagong, Bangladesh * Uberaba, Brazil * Xinzhou, China Gramado * Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal * Levico Terme, Italy * Maldonado, Uruguay, Maldonado, Uruguay * Óbidos, Portugal, Óbidos, Portugal * Puerto Varas, Chile Guarapuava * Rastatt, Germany Guararapes * Natori, Miyagi, Natori, Japan Guarujá *

, Portugal Guarulhos * Avellaneda, Argentina * Boyeros, Boyeros (Havana), Cuba * Cuenca, Ecuador * Ecatepec de Morelos, Ecatepec, Mexico * Maputo, Mozambique * Mejicanos, El Salvador * Quito, Ecuador

I

Igarassu, Pernambuco, Igarassu * Viana do Alentejo, Portugal * Viana do Castelo, Portugal Ilhéus * Davenport, Iowa, Davenport, United States Itajaí * Melipilla, Chile * Pompano Beach, Florida, Pompano Beach, United States * Sodegaura, Japan * Viana do Castelo, Portugal * Xinxiang, China Itanhaém * Marbella, Spain Iúna * Castelluccio Superiore, Italy

J

Jandira * Kameoka, Kyoto, Kameoka, Japan Joinville * Chesapeake, Virginia, Chesapeake, United States * Joinville-le-Pont, France * Schaffhausen, Switzerland * Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia * Zhengzhou, China Jundiaí * Havana, Cuba * Iwakuni, Japan * Rugao, China * Tai'an, China * Trenton, New Jersey, Trenton, United States

L

Londrina * Guimarães, Portugal * Modena, Italy * León, Nicaragua, León, Nicaragua * Nago, Japan * Toledo, Ohio, Toledo, United States * Zhenjiang, China

M

Macapá * Kourou, French Guiana, France Mairiporã * Stepanakert, Azerbaijan Manaus * Braga, Portugal Marília * Higashihiroshima, Japan Maringá * Caserta, Italy * General San Martín Partido, General San Martín, Argentina * Kakogawa, Hyōgo, Kakogawa, Japan * Leiria, Portugal Mogi das Cruzes * Seki, Gifu, Seki, Japan * Tournai, Belgium * Toyama, Toyama, Toyama, Japan Mostardas * Aprilia, Lazio, Aprilia, Italy

N

Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Natal * Bethlehem, Palestine * Córdoba, Argentina * Fortaleza, Brazil * Guadalajara, Mexico * Porto Alegre, Brazil Niterói * Jerusalem, Israel * São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, São Gonçalo, Brazil Nova Friburgo * Santo Tirso, Portugal Nova Odessa * Jelgava, Latvia Nova Petrópolis * Sunchales, Santa Fe, Sunchales, Argentina Nova Prata * Cittadella, Italy * Noblesville, Indiana, Noblesville, United States Novo Hamburgo * Atlántida, Uruguay, Atlántida, Uruguay * Canelones, Uruguay, Canelones, Uruguay * Elda, Spain * León, Guanajuato, León, Mexico * São João da Madeira, Portugal

O

Oeiras, Piauí, Oeiras * Oeiras, Portugal, Oeiras, Portugal Olímpia * Belmonte, Portugal Olinda * Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay * Vila do Conde, Portugal Osasco * Gyumri, Armenia * Jining, China * Osasco, Piedmont, Osasco, Italy * Tsu, Mie, Tsu, Japan * Viana, Luanda, Viana, Angola * Xuzhou, China Ouro Preto * Belmonte, Portugal

P

Paraíso do Tocantins * Tarouca, Portugal Paraty * Capri (town), Capri, Italy * Cunha, São Paulo, Cunha, Brazil *

, Portugal Pelotas * Aracati, Brazil * Aveiro, Portugal * Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay * Suzu, Ishikawa, Suzu, Japan Petrolina * Castelo Branco, Portugal, Castelo Branco, Portugal Petrópolis * Areal, Rio de Janeiro, Areal, Brazil * Blumenau, Brazil * Orleans, Santa Catarina, Orleans, Brazil * Sintra, Portugal Piracicaba * Amadora, Portugal * Seongnam, South Korea Poços de Caldas * Caldas da Rainha, Portugal Pomerode * Torgelow, Germany Porto Alegre * Horta, Azores, Horta, Portugal * Kanazawa, Japan * Morano Calabro, Italy * Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil *

, United States * La Plata, Argentina * Punta del Este, Uruguay * Portalegre, Portugal, Portalegre, Portugal * Ribeira Grande, Azores, Ribeira Grande, Portugal * Rosario, Santa Fe, Rosario, Argentina * Suzhou, China * Tampa, Florida, Tampa, United States Porto Seguro * Belmonte, Portugal * Fafe, Portugal * Setúbal, Portugal * Trancoso, Portugal, Trancoso, Portugal * Viana do Alentejo, Portugal * Viana do Castelo, Portugal Porto Velho * Jinan, China Promissão * Silistra, Bulgaria Prudentópolis * Ternopil, Ukraine

Q

Queimados * Jiujiang, China

R

Recife * Chengdu, China * Guangzhou, China * Porto, Portugal Registro * Nakatsugawa, Gifu, Nakatsugawa, Japan Ribeirão Preto * Bucaramanga, Colombia * San Leandro, California, San Leandro, United States * Teramo, Italy Rio de Janeiro * Arganil, Portugal * Athens, Greece * Atlanta, United States * Baku, Azerbaijan * Barcelona, Spain * Barranquilla, Colombia * Beijing, China * Beirut, Lebanon * Braga, Portugal * Buenos Aires, Argentina * Busan, South Korea * Cape Town, South Africa * Caracas, Venezuela * Cologne, Germany * Cusco, Peru * Espinho, Portugal, Espinho, Portugal * Guimarães, Portugal * Guiyang, China * Havana, Cuba * Hebron, Palestine * Istanbul, Turkey * Jerusalem, Israel * Kyiv, Ukraine * Kobe, Japan * Lahore, Pakistan * Lisbon, Portugal * Liverpool, England, United Kingdom * Madrid, Spain * Managua, Nicaragua * Maputo, Mozambique * Mar del Plata, Argentina *

, Uruguay * Montpellier, France * Montreal, Canada *

, United States * Nice, France * Oklahoma City, United States * Olhão, Portugal * Parelhas, Brazil * La Paz, Bolivia * Praia, Cape Verde * Ra'anana, Israel * Ramat Gan, Israel * Rufisque, Senegal * Saint Petersburg, Russia * Samarkand, Uzbekistan * San José, Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica * Santa Comba, Galicia, Santa Comba, Spain * Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain * Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic * São Borja, Rio Grande do Sul, São Borja, Brazil * Tianjin, China * Tunis, Tunisia * Viana do Castelo, Portugal * Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal * Viseu, Portugal * Warsaw, Poland

S

Salvador, Bahia, Salvador * Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal * Campobasso, Italy * Florence, Italy * Harbin, China * Havana, Cuba * Ifẹ, Nigeria * Jerusalem, Israel * Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica * Lisbon, Portugal * Los Angeles, United States * Luanda, Angola * Pontevedra, Spain * Sciacca, Italy * Valparaíso, Chile Santa Bárbara, Minas Gerais, Santa Bárbara *

, Palestine Santa Cruz Cabrália * Belmonte, Portugal * Felgueiras, Portugal * Manteigas, Portugal Santa Gertrudes * Novellara, Italy Santarém, Pará, Santarém * Santarém, Portugal, Santarém, Portugal Santo André, São Paulo, Santo André * Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde (municipality), Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde * Takasaki, Japan Santos, São Paulo, Santos * Alajuela, Costa Rica * Ansião, Portugal * Arouca, Portugal, Arouca, Portugal * Cádiz, Spain * Callao, Peru * Coimbra, Portugal * Colón, Panama, Colón, Panama * Constanța, Romania * Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay, Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay * Funchal, Portugal * Havana, Cuba * Kenitra, Morocco * Nagasaki, Japan * Ningbo, China * Porto, Portugal * Rizhao, China * Shimonoseki, Japan * Trieste, Italy * Ulsan, South Korea * Ushuaia, Argentina * Veracruz (city), Veracruz, Mexico * Viseu, Portugal São Bernardo do Campo * General San Martín Partido, General San Martín, Argentina * Havana, Cuba * Managua, Nicaragua * Marostica, Italy * Shūnan, Japan * Vittorio Veneto, Italy São João Nepomuceno * Nepomuk, Czech Republic São José do Belmonte * Belmonte, Portugal São José dos Campos * Kadoma, Osaka, Kadoma, Japan São José dos Pinhais * Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal * Zibo, China São Luís, Maranhão, São Luís * Nairobi, Kenya São Mateus, Espírito Santo, São Mateus * Sondrio, Italy São Paulo * Abidjan, Ivory Coast * Asunción, Paraguay * Barcelona, Spain * Belmonte, Portugal * Cluj-Napoca, Romania * Havana, Cuba * Lima, Peru * Macau, China * Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County, United States * Milan, Italy * Osaka, Japan * La Paz, Bolivia * San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain * Santiago, Chile * Santiago de Compostela, Spain * Seoul, South Korea * Shanghai, China * Yerevan, Armenia São Sebastião, São Paulo, São Sebastião * Fort Lauderdale, United States São Vicente, São Paulo, São Vicente * Ansião, Portugal * Asunción, Paraguay * Belmonte, Portugal * Corrientes, Argentina * Havana, Cuba * Holguín, Cuba * Naha, Japan * Resistencia, Chaco, Resistencia, Argentina * Santarém, Portugal, Santarém, Portugal * Vila Viçosa, Portugal Sorocaba * Anyang, Gyeonggi, Anyang, South Korea * Nanchang, China * Wuxi, China Suzano * Komatsu, Ishikawa, Komatsu, Japan

U

Uberaba * Goiânia, Brazil * Hyderabad, India * Ongole, India * Reynosa Municipality, Reynosa, Mexico Umuarama * Castelo Branco, Portugal, Castelo Branco, Portugal Urussanga * Longarone, Italy

V

Viana, Maranhão, Viana * Viana do Alentejo, Portugal * Viana do Castelo, Portugal Vila Velha * Qingdao, China Vinhedo * Bozhou, China Vitória, Espírito Santo, Vitória *

, Portugal * Iquique, Chile * Zhuhai, China

References

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