since 2005 Porto Novo, Cape Verde, since 2011 Cartagena, Colombia, since 2015 Jining, China, since 2015 Alenquer, Portugal, since 2016 Funchal, Portugal, since 2016 Notable people Gaspar Corte-Real (1450 in Angra - 1501) explorer towards parts of eastern Canada. Brianda Pereira (ca.1550 in Angra — ca.1620) an Azorean later politicised for her role in the Battle of Salga António Cordeiro (1641 in Angra – 1722) Catholic priest, Azorean historian and author Manuel Inácio Martins Pamplona Corte Real (1760 in Angra – 1832) a nobleman and politician. Peter Francisco (1760 in Porto Judeu – 1831) an American patriot and soldier in the American Revolutionary War. Francisco Ferreira Drummond (1796 in Vila de São Sebastião – 1858) an historian, palaeographer, musician and politician Diogo de Barcelos Machado Bettencourt (1847 in Angra – 1922) politician and judicial magistrate José Júlio de Souza Pinto (1856 in Angra - 1939) a painter in the naturalist style. Ana Augusta de Castilho (1860 in Angra – 1916) a feminist, teacher, propagandist, freemason, and republican Manuel António Lino (1865 in Angra – 1927) a physician, politician, poet, dramatist and Civil Governor Maria Teodora Pimentel (1865 in Angra -??) first female doctor from the Azores Francisco Coelho Maduro Dias (1904 in Angra – 1986) a poet, painter, sculptor, illustrator, teacher, set designer and an overall "theatre man". António Dacosta (1914 in Angra – 1990) a painter, poet, art critic and pioneer of the surrealist movement Álvaro Monjardino (born 1930 in Angra) lawyer and politician Dionísio Mendes de Sousa (born 1940 in Vila de São Sebastião) a politician, writer, educator, and former president of the Legislative Assembly of the Azores. José Guilherme Reis Leite (born 1943 in Angra) a professor, historian and Azorean politician Vítor Gonçalves (born 1951 in Angra) a filmmaker, film director, screenwriter and film producer. Helder Antunes (born 1963 in Angra) a Portuguese-American executive, computer scientist and former racing car driver. Eliseu Pereira dos Santos (born 1983 in Angra) known as Eliseu, footballer with 355 club caps and 29 for Portugal Jaime Seidi (born 1989 in Angra) a footballer of Bissau-Guinean descent with over 170 club caps See also Political status of the Autonomous Region of the Azores Political sub-divisions of Portugal Notes References External links Explore the Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores in the UNESCO collection on Google Arts and Culture Photos from Angra do Heroísmo The Azores Islands,