| Berloi Waterfall | |
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 The waterfall in March 2016 | |
  Location of waterfall | |
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| Location | Fatisi, Laulara, Aileu, East Timor |
| Coordinates | 8°38′43″S125°31′30″E / 8.6453°S 125.525°E |
| Elevation | c. 541–545 m (1,775–1,788 ft) AMSL |
| Watercourse | Berloi / Berloi-Fatisi River |
The Berloi Waterfall (Portuguese : Cascata de Berloi, Tetum : Be Tuda Berloi) is a small waterfall in the municipality of Aileu, East Timor. It forms part of a minor tributary of the Comoro River.
The waterfall is located within the suco of Fatisi and the Laulara administrative post in the Aileu municipality, a short distance from Dili, the capital city. [1] : ff [2] [3] The stream that passes over the waterfall is sometimes referred to as the Berloi River or the Berloi-Fatisi River, [3] and is a minor tributary of the Comoro River. [2] [4]
From the base of the waterfall, the stream flows initially in a southwesterly direction for a short distance. It then turns northwest to mark the border between the municipalities of Aileu and Ermera for about 3 km (1.9 mi), until it flows into the Comoro River about 5 km (3.1 mi) downstream of the village of Railaco . [2] [4]
On 19 August 1975, during the East Timorese Civil War, a member of Unetim, the Fretilin youth wing, killed a man who was being detained by Fretilin at the detention centre in Unmenlau, in the then sub-district of Laulara. His body was thrown into the stream near the waterfall. The following day, 20 August 1975, a group of eight men, who were being detained by Fretilin in Fatisi on suspicion of being spies for the Timorese Democratic Union (Portuguese : União Democrática Timorense (UDT)), were taken outside. Five of them were killed at the stream, and the remaining three were killed near Fatisi. [3]
The waterfall is a habitat, and has been a site for observation and recording, of both rare and abundant species of dragonfly. [1]
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