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| Manufahi | ||
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| District | ||
Landscape between Dili and Same | ||
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 Map of East Timor highlighting Manufahi District | ||
| Coordinates: 9°00′S125°47′E / 9.000°S 125.783°E Coordinates: 9°00′S125°47′E / 9.000°S 125.783°E | ||
| Country |  | |
| Capital | Same | |
| Subdistricts | Alas, Fatuberlio, Same, Turiscai | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 1,323 km2 (511 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 6th | |
| Population (2015 census) | ||
| • Total | 53,691 | |
| • Rank | 11th | |
| • Density | 41/km2 (110/sq mi) | |
| • Density rank | 11th | |
| Households (2015 census) | ||
| • Total | 9,023 | |
| • Rank | 11th | |
| Time zone | TLT (UTC+09:00) | |
| ISO 3166 code | TL-MF | |
Manufahi is one of the districts of East Timor. It has a population of 53,691 (2015 census) and an area of 1,323 km². [1] The capital of the district is Same. [2] The subdistricts are Alas, Fatuberlio, Same, and Turiscai.
During its time as a Portuguese colony, the district was called Same, after the capital city. It was the epicentre of the Great Rebellion of 1910–12. During the Indonesian occupation the subdistrict Hato-Udo was split off from the district and joined to Ainaro, and the subdistrict Turiscai, previously in Ainaro, was moved to Manufahi.
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located mostly on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. It is the westernmost sovereign state of mainland Europe, being bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain. Its territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, both autonomous regions with their own regional governments.
Manufahi lies on the south coast of East Timor, on the Timor Sea. It borders Manatuto District to the east, Ainaro District to the west, and Aileu District to the north.
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.
Besides the national official languages of Tetum and Portuguese, the Malayo-Polynesian language Mambai is also spoken.
Portuguese is a Western Romance language originating in the Iberian Peninsula. It is the sole official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Angola, and São Tomé and Príncipe. It also has co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea and Macau in China. As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese and Portuguese creole speakers are also found in Goa, Daman and Diu in India; in Batticaloa on the east coast of Sri Lanka; in the Indonesian island of Flores; in the Malacca state of Malaysia; and the ABC islands in the Caribbean where Papiamento is spoken, while Cape Verdean Creole is the most widely spoken Portuguese-based Creole. Reintegrationists maintain that Galician is not a separate language, but a dialect of Portuguese. A Portuguese-speaking person or nation is referred to as "Lusophone" (Lusófono).
The Mambai people are the second largest ethnic group after the Tetum Dili people in East Timor. Originally, they were known as the Maubere by the Portuguese. Maubere or Mau Bere is a widespread male first name among the Mambai people.
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