Cova Lima is a district

Districts of East Timor

||East Timor is divided into thirteen administrative districts. The districts are divided into subdistricts, and further subdivided into sucos.The borders between Cova-Lima and Ainaro and between Baucau and Viqueque were changed in 2003.-References:...

 of East Timor

East Timor

The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as East Timor , is a state in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor...

, in the Southwest part of the country. It has a population of 55,941 (Census 2004) and an area of 1,226 km². The capital of the district is Suai

Suai

Suai is a city in East Timor. It has a population of 23,000 and is located 138 km to the southwest of Dili, the national capital. Suai is the capital of the Cova Lima district, which is in the southwest of the country. It is located just a few kilometers from the Timor Sea, on the south side of the...

, which lies 136 km from Dili, the national capital. The subdistricts of Cova Lima are Fatululic, Fatumean

Fatumean

Fatumean is a subdistrict in the Cova Lima District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 3,346. Capital is Fatumea.-Reference:*...

, Fohorem

Fohorem

Fohorem is a subdistrict in Cova Lima District, East Timor. Capital is Fohoren.- References :...

, Zumalai

Zumalai

Zumalai is a city and subdistrict in East Timor. It is part of Cova Lima District since 2003. Before, it was in Ainaro District....

, Maucatar

Maucatar

Maucatar is a town and subdistrict in the Cova Lima District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 5,876.-Reference:*...

, Suai

Suai

Suai is a city in East Timor. It has a population of 23,000 and is located 138 km to the southwest of Dili, the national capital. Suai is the capital of the Cova Lima district, which is in the southwest of the country. It is located just a few kilometers from the Timor Sea, on the south side of the...

, and Tilomar

Tilomar

Tilomar is a city and subdistrict in Cova Lima District, East Timor....

.

Cova Lima borders the Timor Sea

Timor Sea

The Timor Sea is a relatively shallow sea bounded to the north by the island of Timor, to the east by the Arafura Sea, to the south by Australia and to the west by the Indian Ocean....

 to the south, the districts Bobonaro and Ainaro

Ainaro (district)

Ainaro is one of 13 administrative districts of East Timor, in the southwest part of the country. It has a population of 53,629 and an area of 797 km2...

 to the east, and the Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

n province Nusa Tenggara Timur to the west.