Municipalities of East Timor

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East Timor is divided into 14 municipalities (Spanish: municipios), 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]

Municipality Capital / Largest City Area (km2) House-
holds
Pop'n (2004 Census) Pop'n (2010 census) Pop'n (2015 census) Pop'n (2022 census) Pop'n density (2022)
(/km2)
1 Lautém Lospalos 1,817 12,998 56,293 59,787 65,240 70,022 38.5
2 Baucau Baucau 1,494 22,659 100,748 111,694 123,203 134,878 90.3
3 Viqueque Viqueque 1,888 15,115 65,449 70,036 76,033 80,176 42.5
4 Manatuto Manatuto 1,787 8,338 36,897 42,742 46,619 50,859 28.5
5 Dili Dili 228 31,575 165,678 225,424 268,005 324,738 1,424.3
6 Aileu Aileu 735 7,745 37,967 44,325 48,837 54,324 73.9
7 Manufahi Same 1,338 8,901 45,081 48,628 53,691 60,665 45.3
8 Liquiçá Liquiçá 562 11,063 54,973 63,403 79,127 83,658 148.9
9 Ermera Gleno 759 21,165 103,322 117,064 125,702 137,750 181.5
10 Ainaro Ainaro 802 11,527 52,480 59,175 63,136 73,115 91.2
11 Bobonaro Maliana 1,374 18,397 83,579 92,049 97,762 106,639 77.6
12 Covalima Suai 1,207 11,820 53,063 59,455 65,301 73,933 61.3
13 Oecusse-Ambeno (SAR) Pante Macassar 817 13,659 57,616 64,025 68,913 60,685 74.3
14 Atauro Vila Maumeta 141 7,863 8,602 9,274 10,295 73.0

Source: National Institute of Statistics Timor-Leste.

A clickable map of East Timor exhibiting its 14 administrative municipalities.
A clickable map of East Timor exhibiting its 14 administrative municipalities.Atauro DistrictLautém DistrictBaucau DistrictViqueque DistrictManatuto DistrictDili DistrictAileu DistrictManufahi DistrictLiquiçá DistrictErmera DistrictAinaro DistrictBobonaro DistrictCova Lima DistrictOecusse District
A clickable map of East Timor exhibiting its 14 administrative municipalities.

The borders between Cova Lima and Ainaro and between Baucau and Viqueque were changed in 2003.

Allocation of land area and population in percent (2010)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jornal da República: Diploma Ministerial no. 24/2014 de 24 de Julho, Orgânica dos Postos Administrativos
  2. ^ Data from 2004 census from the Direcção Nacional de Estatística, Timor-Leste: District Priority Tables Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 28 January 2008
  3. ^ Piedade da Freitas, Domingos (9 March 2022). "Governo nomeia Domingos Soares para Administrador Municipal de Ataúro" [Government appoints Domingos Soares as Municipal Administrator of Atauro] (in Portuguese). Tatoli. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Governo timorense nomeia primeiro administrador do novo município de Ataúro" [Timorese government appoints first administrator of the new municipality of Ataúro]. RTP Notícias (in Portuguese). 9 March 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

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