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East Timor is divided into 14 municipalities (Portuguese : municípios, Tetum : munisípiu), which are former districts. One municipality is also a Special Administrative Region (SAR). [1] The municipalities are divided into administrative posts (former subdistricts), and further subdivided into sucos (villages). [2] Atauro Island was initially a part of Dili Municipality, but became a separate municipality on 1 January 2022. [3] [4] The borders between Cova Lima and Ainaro and between Baucau and Viqueque were changed in 2003.
Municipality | Capital | Established | Area [5] | Population (2022) [5] | Population density [5] | Map |
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Aileu | Aileu | 1973 [6] | 676 km2 (261 sq mi) | 54,631 | 80.8/km2 (209/sq mi) | |
Ainaro | Ainaro | 1970 [6] | 869.8 km2 (335.8 sq mi) | 72,989 | 83.9/km2 (217/sq mi) | |
Atauro | Vila Maumeta | 2022 [7] | 140.5 km2 (54.2 sq mi) | 10,302 | 73.3/km2 (190/sq mi) | |
Baucau | Baucau | 1960 [6] | 1,508 km2 (582 sq mi) | 133,881 | 88.8/km2 (230/sq mi) | |
Bobonaro | Maliana | 1960 [6] | 1,380.8 km2 (533.1 sq mi) | 106,543 | 77.2/km2 (200/sq mi) | |
Cova Lima | Suai | 1961 [8] | 1,206.7 km2 (465.9 sq mi) | 73,909 | 61.3/km2 (159/sq mi) | |
Dili | Dili | 1941 [6] | 227.6 km2 (87.9 sq mi) | 324,269 | 1,424.7/km2 (3,690/sq mi) | |
Ermera | Gleno | 1960 [6] | 770.8 km2 (297.6 sq mi) | 138,080 | 179.1/km2 (464/sq mi) | |
Lautém | Lospalos | 1960 [6] | 1,813.1 km2 (700.0 sq mi) | 69,836 | 38.5/km2 (100/sq mi) | |
Liquiçá | Liquiçá | 1970 [6] | 551 km2 (213 sq mi) | 83,689 | 151.9/km2 (393/sq mi) | |
Manatuto | Manatuto | 1960 [6] | 1,786 km2 (690 sq mi) | 50,989 | 28.6/km2 (74/sq mi) | |
Manufahi | Same | 1960 [6] | 1,326.6 km2 (512.2 sq mi) | 60,536 | 45.6/km2 (118/sq mi) | |
Oecusse | Pante Macassar | 1973 [6] | 817.2 km2 (315.5 sq mi) | 80,726 | 98.8/km2 (256/sq mi) | |
Viqueque | Viqueque | 1960 [6] | 1,880.4 km2 (726.0 sq mi) | 80,054 | 42.6/km2 (110/sq mi) |
Municipality | 2004 census | 2010 census | 2015 census | 2022 census |
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Lautém | 56,293 | 59,787 | 65,240 | 70,022 |
Baucau | 100,748 | 111,694 | 123,203 | 134,878 |
Viqueque | 65,449 | 70,036 | 76,033 | 80,176 |
Manatuto | 36,897 | 42,742 | 46,619 | 50,859 |
Dili | 165,678 | 225,424 | 268,005 | 324,738 |
Aileu | 37,967 | 44,325 | 48,837 | 54,324 |
Manufahi | 45,081 | 48,628 | 53,691 | 60,665 |
Liquiçá | 54,973 | 63,403 | 79,127 | 83,658 |
Ermera | 103,322 | 117,064 | 125,702 | 137,750 |
Ainaro | 52,480 | 59,175 | 63,136 | 73,115 |
Bobonaro | 83,579 | 92,049 | 97,762 | 106,639 |
Cova Lima | 53,063 | 59,455 | 65,301 | 73,933 |
Oecusse | 57,616 | 64,025 | 68,913 | 60,685 |
Atauro | 7,863 | 8,602 | 9,274 | 10,295 |
Source: National Institute of Statistics Timor-Leste.
Baucau is a municipality, and was formerly a district, of East Timor, on the northern coast in the eastern part of the country. The capital is also called Baucau. The population of the municipality is 111,694 and it has an area of 1,506 km2.
Bobonaro is a municipality in the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste commonly known as East Timor. It is the second-most western municipality on the east half of the island. It has a population of 92,045 and an area of 1,376 km2.
Atauro, also known as Kambing Island, is an island and municipality of East Timor. Atauro is a small oceanic island situated north of Dili, on the extinct Wetar segment of the volcanic Inner Banda Arc, between the Indonesian islands of Alor and Wetar. The nearest island is the Indonesian island of Liran, 13.0 km (8.1 mi) to the northeast. At the 2015 census, it had 9,274 inhabitants.
Ermera is one of the municipalities of East Timor, located in the west-central part of the country. It has a population of 117,064 and an area of 756.5 km2.
Dili Municipality is one of the 14 municipalities, formerly districts, of Timor-Leste, and includes the national capital Dili. The municipality had a population of 277,279 as of 2015, most of whom live in the capital city.
Tilomar, officially Tilomar Administrative Post, is an administrative post in Cova Lima municipality, East Timor. Its seat or administrative centre is Casabauc.
Oecusse Airport, officially Oecusse Route of the Sandalwood International Airport, and formerly Palaban Airport, is an international airport serving Pante Macassar, the capital city of the Oecusse Special Administrative Region of East Timor.
The Sahen River is a river in East Timor. It originates in central Manatuto municipality, flows in a mostly southerly direction, and then discharges into the Timor Sea at the southern tip of the border between Manatuto and Manufahi municipalities.
The Comoro River is a river in East Timor. It flows north into Ombai Strait, reaching the coast in the north western suburbs of the capital, Dili. In its lower reaches, it is the main and largest of Dili's four major rivers.
Atabae, officially Atabae Administrative Post, is an administrative post in Bobonaro municipality, East Timor. Its seat or administrative centre is Aidabaleten, which is sometimes wrongly named Atabae, too. Its population at the 2010 census was 10,976.
Luro, officially Luro Administrative Post, is an administrative post in Lautém municipality, East Timor; Luro is also the name of two of its towns.
Fatululic, officially Fatululic Administrative Post, is an administrative post in Cova Lima municipality, East Timor. Its seat or administrative centre is Fatululic.
Alas, officially Alas Administrative Post, is an administrative post in the centre of Manufahi municipality, which lies in the centre of East Timor. Its seat or administrative centre is Mahaquidan, and it is divided into five sucos: Aituha, Dotik (Dotic), Mahaquidan, Taitudac und Uma Berloic.
The Bandeira Waterfall is a tall waterfall in the municipality of Ermera, East Timor. It forms part of a minor tributary of the Loes River.
The Berloi Waterfall is a small waterfall in the municipality of Aileu, East Timor. It forms part of a minor tributary of the Comoro River.
The Bay of Dili is a bay on the north coast of East Timor adjacent to Dili, its capital city. The bay forms part of Ombai Strait, which separates the Alor Archipelago from the islands of Wetar, Atauro, and Timor in the Lesser Sunda Islands.
Bidau Santana is a suco in Cristo Rei Administrative Post, Dili Municipality, East Timor. The administrative area covers an area of 1.84 square kilometres and at the time of the 2015 census it had a population of 6,482 people.
Cape Fatucama is a cape or large headland a short distance north east of Dili, on the north coast of East Timor. It is best known as the site of the Cristo Rei of Dili, a colossal statue of Jesus Christ.
Fatuhada is a Suco ("village") in East Timor under the Administrative Post Dom Aleixo Administrative Post in Dili Municipality, within the capital city Dili.
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