Manatuto
Encyclopedia
Manatuto is a city and one of the subdistricts of Manatuto District
/East Timor
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, located 64 km to the east of Dili
, the national capital, on the way to Baucau
. The capital is known for its salt production and abundance of tamarind.
The town of Manatuto suffered an excessive amount of damage and high murder rate in 1999 compared to other locations. The town is still being re-built.
though Tetum is widely known.
Manatuto (district)
Manatuto is one of the districts of East Timor, located in the central part of the country. It reaches both the south and north coasts of the island, and is only one of two districts to do so . To the north is the Strait of Wetar, to the south is the Timor Sea...
/East Timor
East Timor
The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as East Timor , is a state in 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, within Indonesian West Timor...
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The city
Manatuto Vila has 1,924 inhabitants (Census 2006) and is capital of the subdistrict and district Manatuto. It is on the north coast of TimorTimor
Timor is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, north of the Timor Sea. It is divided between the independent state of East Timor, and West Timor, belonging to the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara. The island's surface is 30,777 square kilometres...
, located 64 km to the east of Dili
Dili
Dili, spelled Díli in Portuguese, is the capital, largest city, chief port and commercial centre of East Timor.-Geography and Administration:Dili lies on the northern coast of Timor island, the easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands....
, the national capital, on the way to Baucau
Baucau
Baucau is the second-largest city in East Timor, after Dili, the capital, which lies 122 km east of Dili.Baucau has about 16,000 inhabitants, and is the capital of Baucau, located in the eastern part of the country...
. The capital is known for its salt production and abundance of tamarind.
The town of Manatuto suffered an excessive amount of damage and high murder rate in 1999 compared to other locations. The town is still being re-built.
The subdistrict
The subdistrict with 10,449 inhabitants (Census 2004) is divided in six Sucos: Ailili, Aiteas, Cribas, Iliheu, Ma'abat and Sau. The local dialect is GaloliGaloli
Galoli is an ethnic group in East Timor with a population of about 50,000, primarily along the northern coast of the district of Manatuto. To the west lies the Mambai ethnic group...
though Tetum is widely known.