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| Baucau Baukau | ||
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| District | ||
Osolata beach | ||
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 Map of East Timor highlighting Baucau District (borders of 2003 to 2015) | ||
| Coordinates: 8°35′S126°30′E / 8.583°S 126.500°E Coordinates: 8°35′S126°30′E / 8.583°S 126.500°E | ||
| Country |  | |
| Capital | Baucau | |
| Subdistricts | Baguia, Baucau, Laga, Quelicai, Vemasse, Venilale | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 1,506 km2 (581 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 4th | |
| Population (2015 census) | ||
| • Total | 123,203 | |
| • Rank | 3rd | |
| • Density | 82/km2 (210/sq mi) | |
| • Density rank | 5th | |
| Households (2015 census) | ||
| • Total | 22,976 | |
| • Rank | 3rd | |
| Time zone | TLT (UTC+09:00) | |
| ISO 3166 code | TL-BA | |
Baucau (Tetum : Baukau), is a district of East Timor, [1] on the northern coast in the eastern part of the country. The capital is also called Baucau (formerly Vila Salazar). The population of the district is 111,694 (census 2010) and it has an area of 1,506 km². The subdistricts are Baguia, Baucau, Laga, Quelicai, Vemasse, and Venilale (formerly known as Vila Viçosa). The district was the same during the colonial era. Its north edge is to the Wetar Strait; it also borders the districts of Lautém to the east, Viqueque to the south, and Manatuto to the west.
Tetum (Portuguese), Tetun, is an Austronesian language spoken on the island of Timor. It is spoken in Belu Regency in Indonesian West Timor, and across the border in East Timor, where it is one of the two official languages. In East Timor Tetun Dili, or Tetun Prasa, is widely spoken fluently as a second language; without previous contact, the Tetum dialects and Tetun Dili are not immediately mutually intelligible, mainly because of the large number of Portuguese origin words used in Tetun Dili. Besides some grammatical simplification, Tetun Dili has been greatly influenced by the vocabulary and to a small extent by the grammar of Portuguese, the other official language of East Timor.
East Timor or Timor-Leste, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Maritime 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 surrounded by Indonesian West Timor. Australia is the country's southern neighbour, separated by the Timor Sea. The country's size is about 15,410 km2.
Baucau is the second-largest city in East Timor, after Dili, the capital, which lies 122 km east of Dili.
Besides the national official languages of Tetum and Portuguese, most of the inhabitants speak the Papuan language Makasae. While most of the inhabitants are Roman Catholics, a few Muslims also live there.
Baucau has the most highly developed agriculture in East Timor. Besides the staples rice and corn, Baucau produces beans, peanuts, sweet potatoes, copra, candlenut and manioc. It also raises buffalo and goats. A shortage of transportation links and the unpredictability of energy availability stymie the development of emerging industries.
Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima. As a cereal grain, it is the most widely consumed staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in Asia. It is the agricultural commodity with the third-highest worldwide production, after sugarcane and maize.
Maize, also known as corn, is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. The leafy stalk of the plant produces pollen inflorescences and separate ovuliferous inflorescences called ears that yield kernels or seeds, which are fruits.
A bean is a seed of one of several genera of the flowering plant family Fabaceae, which are used for human or animal food.
In the subdistrict of Venilale are tunnels that the Japanese built during their occupation in the Second World War. Also in this subdistrict is an ongoing project to reconstruct and renovate the Escola do Reino de Venilale (School of the Kingdom of Venilale). [2]
Baucau also has a wide coastline with sandy beaches, ideal for swimming and other watersports.
Baucau has the country's longest airport runway, in Cakung Airport, [3] as currently, Dili's Nicolau Lobato International Airport can only serve small airliners like the Boeing 737. The airport is located six km from the city of Baucau. It served as the country's principal airport before the Indonesian invasion in 1975, when it was taken over by the Indonesian military. Bucoli, a village with symbolic role in the East Timorese resistance movement, is located in the subdistrict of Baucau.
Dili, also known as “City of Peace”, is the capital, largest city, chief port, and commercial centre of East Timor (Timor-Leste). Dili is part of a free trade zone, the Timor Leste–Indonesia–Australia Growth Triangle (TIA-GT).
Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport, formerly known as Comoro International Airport, is an international airport located in Dili, the capital of East Timor. The airport was renamed after Nicolau dos Reis Lobato, an East Timorese politician and national hero.
The Boeing 737 is a short- to medium-range twinjet narrow-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States. Originally developed as a shorter, lower-cost twin-engine airliner derived from the 707 and 727, the 737 has developed into a family of thirteen passenger models with capacities from 85 to 215 passengers. The 737 is Boeing's only narrow-body airliner in production, with the 737 Next Generation and the re-engined and updated 737 MAX variants also in use.
