Subdistricts of East Timor
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The districts
of East Timor
are divided into 65 subdistricts, with one designated as the capital. Each subdistrict is divided into several villages (sucos), the smallest political division of East Timor. The subdistricts are listed below, by district:
Oecusse 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...
are divided into 65 subdistricts, with one designated as the capital. Each subdistrict is divided into several villages (sucos), the smallest political division of East Timor. The subdistricts are listed below, by district:
Aileu District
- AileuAileuAileu is the main township in Aileu District, East Timor. It is located 47km southwest of Dili, the national capital, Dili and has a population of 17,356....
(capital) - LaularaLaularaLaulara is a town and subdistrict in the Aileu District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 5,448.-Reference:*...
- LequidoeLequidoeLequidoe is a town and subdistrict in the Aileu District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 5,819.-Reference:*...
- RemexioRemexioRemexio is a town and subdistrict in the Aileu District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 9.493....
Ainaro District
- AinaroAinaroAinaro is a town in East Timor, the capital of the Ainaro District, and is located in the southwest part of the country. The subdistrict has a population of approximately 12,000 people. It contains the small mountain town of Ainaro, the district capital, along with the villages of Soro, Maununo,...
(capital) - Hato-Udo
- Hatu-BuilicoHatu-BuilicoHatu Builico is a town and subdistrict in the Ainaro District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 10,807.-Reference:*...
- MaubisseMaubisseMaubisse is a town, suco and subdistrict in Ainaro District, East Timor. The suco has 4,947 inhabitants ....
Baucau District
- Baguia
- BaucauBaucauBaucau is the second-largest city in East Timor, after Dili, the capital, which lies 122 km east of Dili.Baucau has about 16,000 inhabitants, and is the capital of Baucau, located in the eastern part of the country...
(capital) - LagaLaga (East Timor)Laga is a city and subdistrict in Baucau District, East Timor....
- Quelicai
- VemasseVemasseVemasse is a town and subdistrict in the Baucau District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 8,886.-Reference:*...
- VenilaleVenilaleVenilale is a city and subdistricts in Baucau District, East Timor....
Bobonaro District
- AtabaeAtabae (subdistrict)Atabae is a subdistrict and suco in the Bobonaro District of East Timor. Its population at the 2010 census was 10,976. The capital of the subdistrict is Aidabaleten, which is sometimes wrongly named Atabae, too....
- BalibóBaliboBalibo is a town in East Timor situated approximately from the Indonesian border. It is located in the subdistrict of Balibo, Bobonaro District....
- Bobonaro
- CailacoCailacoCailaco is a town and subdistrict in the Bobonaro District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 8,374.-Reference:*...
- LolotoeLolotoeLolotoe is a city in Bobonaro District, East Timor. It is the capitel of Lolotoe subdistrict, which has 7,021 inhabitants. Most of them are cultivating coffee....
- MalianaMalianaMaliana is a city in East Timor, 149 km southwest of Dili, the national capital. It has a population of 22,000. It is the capital of the district of Bobonaro and subdistrict of Maliana, and is located just a few kilometers from the border with Indonesia...
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Cova Lima District
- Fatululic
- FatumeanFatumeanFatumean is a subdistrict in the Cova Lima District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 3,346. Capital is Fatumea.-Reference:*...
- FohoremFohoremFohorem is a subdistrict in Cova Lima District, East Timor. Capital is Fohoren.- References :...
- MaucatarMaucatarMaucatar is a town and subdistrict in the Cova Lima District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 5,876.-Reference:*...
- SuaiSuaiSuai 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...
(capital) - TilomarTilomarTilomar is a city and subdistrict in Cova Lima District, East Timor....
- ZumalaiZumalaiZumalai is a city and subdistrict in East Timor. It is part of Cova Lima District since 2003. Before, it was in Ainaro District....
Dili District
- Atauro
- Cristo ReiCristo ReiCristo Rei is a town and subdistrict in the Dili District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 43,909.-Reference:*...
- Dom AleixoDom AleixoDom Aleixo is a town and subdistrict in the Dili District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 71,489.-Reference:*...
- MetinaroMetinaroMetinaro is a city in Dili District, East Timor. The coast has a wonderful diving area with a colourful world of animals.Metinaro is also the home of the East Timor's 1st Battalion F-FDTL . Located at the Metinaro Barracks is also the Recruit Training Centre and the Defence Force School of Languages...
- Nain FetoNain FetoNain Feto is a town and subdistrict in the Dili District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 18,693.-Reference:*...
- Vera CruzVera Cruz (East Timor)Vera Cruz is a subdistrict in the Dili District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 28,178.-Reference:*...
Ermera District
- AtsabeAtsabeAtsabe is a town and subdistrict in the Ermera District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 16,037....
- Ermera ErmeraErmera is one of the districts of East Timor, located in the west-central part of the country. It has a population of 103,169 and an area of 746 km2. Its capital is Gleno, which is located 30 km to the southwest of the national capital, Dili...
(Gleno - Capital) - Hatólia
- LetefohoLetefohoLetefoho is a town and subdistrict in the Ermera District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 19,917.-Reference:*...
- RailacoRailacoRailaco is a town and subdistrict in the Ermera District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 9,293.-Reference:*...
Lautém District
- IliomarIliomarIliomar is a town and subdistrict in the Lautém District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 6,726.-Reference:*...
- LautémLautém (city)Lautém is a town and subdistrict in the Lautém District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 13,866.-Reference:*...
- LospalosLospalosLospalos is a city in East Timor, 248 km to the east of Dili, the national capital. Lospalos has a population of 17,186 and is the capital of the district of Lautém and the subdistrict of Lospalos...
(capital) - LuroLuroLuro is a subdistrict and the name of two towns there in the Lautém District of East Timor. Its population at the 2010 census was 5,367, at the 2004 census was 6,205.- Reference :*...
- TutualaTutualaTutuala is a town and subdistrict in the Lautém District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 3,707....
Liquiçá District
- BazarteteBazarteteBazartete is a village in East Timor, comprising a subdistrict of Liquiçá district, located on a mountain top deep in the rain forest, just to the southeast of Liquiçá township...
- LiquiçáLiquiçáLiquiçá is a coastal city in East Timor, 32 km to the west of Dili, the national capital. Liquiçá is the capital of Liquiçá district...
(capital) - MaubaraMaubaraMaubara is a village in East Timor and is a subdistrict of the district of Liquiçá, just west of the city of Liquiçá.During the beginning of the Portuguese occupation, it was taken by the Netherlands. There is a historic Dutch fort, located at the entrance to the village on the seaside overlooking...
Manatuto District
- BariqueBarique (East Timor)Bariqu is a town and subdistrict in the Manatuto District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 4,781.-Reference:*...
- LacloLacloLaclo is a town and subdistrict in the Manatuto District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 7,558.-Reference:*...
- LaclubarLaclubarLaclubar is a town and subdistrict in the Manatuto District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 8,034.-Reference:*...
- LaleiaLaleiaLaleia is a town and subdistrict in the Manatuto District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 3,205.-Reference:*...
- ManatutoManatutoManatuto is a city and one of the subdistricts of Manatuto District/East Timor.-The city:Manatuto Vila has 1,924 inhabitants and is capital of the subdistrict and district Manatuto. It is on the north coast of Timor, located 64 km to the east of Dili, the national capital, on the way to Baucau...
(capital) - SoibadaSoibadaSoibada is a town and subdistrict in the Manatuto District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 2,692.-Reference:*...
Manufahi District
- AlasAlas (East Timor)Alas is a town and subdistrict in the Manufahi District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 6,485....
- FatuberlioFatuberlioFatuberliu is a town and subdistrict in the Manufahi District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 6,326.-Reference:*...
- SameSame (East Timor)Same is a city and subdistrict in the interior of East Timor, 81 km south of Dili, the national capital. Same has a population of 25,000 and is the capital of the district of Manufahi, which was known as the district of Same in Portuguese Timor....
(capital) - TuriscaiTuriscaiTuriscai is a town and subdistrict in the Manufahi District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 6,073.-Reference:*...
Oecusse DistrictOecusse DistrictOecusse is a district of East Timor. It is a coastal exclave in the western part of the island of Timor, separated from the rest of East Timor by West Timor, which is part of the province of Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia, and which surrounds Oecusse in all directions except the north, where it...
- NitibeNitibeNitibe is a small town in Nitibe subdistrict, in the East Timor exclave of Oecusse. It is located inland in the west of the exclave.-References:*Wheeler, T. East Timor. Footscray, VIC: Lonely Planet....
- OesiloOesiloOesilo is a small town and sub-district in the East Timor exclave of Oecussi-Ambeno. It is located in the southeast of the exclave, close to the border with Indonesia.-References:*Wheeler, T. East Timor. Footscray, VIC: Lonely Planet....
- Pante MacassarPante MacassarPante Macassar is a city and subdistrict on the north coast of East Timor, 281 km to the west of Dili, the nation's capital. It has a population of 4,730 . It is the capital of the Oecusse exclave .The name literally means "beach of Makasar," alluding to the erstwhile trade with Makasar in Sulawesi...
(capital) - PassabePassabePassabe is a subdistrict of the Oecusse District of East Timor, which is an enclave surrounded by Indonesian West Timor. In the 2004 census it had a population of 7,531 people in 1,153 households. Passabe is a small village in the subdistrict, very near the Indonesian border...
Viqueque District
- LaclutaLaclutaLacluta is a town and subdistrict in the Viqueque District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 5,187.-Reference:*...
- OssuÕssuÕssu is a village in Ülenurme Parish, Tartu County, Estonia. It borders the city of Tartu to the east and is located by the Tartu–Viljandi road. Õssu has a population of 163 ....
- Uato-LariUato-LariUato-Lari is a town and subdistrict in the Viqueque District of East Timor. Its population at the 2010 census was 18,145.- References :...
- UatucarbauUatucarbauUatucarbau is a town and subdistrict in the Viqueque District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 6,725.-Reference:*...
- ViquequeViquequeViqueque is a city in the south-east of East Timor, 183 km from Dili, the national capital. Viqueque is the capital of the district of Viqueque and subdistrict of Viqueque, in the eastern part of the country with five subdistricts under its control, they are: Uatu-Lari, Uatu-Carbau, Viqueque,...
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See also
- Districts of East TimorDistricts 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:...
- Sucos of East TimorSucos of East TimorThe subdistricts of East Timor are subdivided into 442 sucos and 2,336 towns, villages and hamlets . -District Aileu:* Subdistrict Aileu** Suco Aisirimou** Suco Bandudatu** Suco Fahiria** Suco Fatubosa** Suco Hoholau** Suco Lahae...