Manufahi Municipality

Manufahi
Municipality
Landscape between Dili and Same

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Map of East Timor highlighting Manufahi Municipality
Coordinates: 9°00′S 125°47′E / 9.000°S 125.783°E / -9.000; 125.783Coordinates: 9°00′S 125°47′E / 9.000°S 125.783°E / -9.000; 125.783
Country  East Timor
Capital Same
Administrative posts
  • 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 UTC+09:00 (TLT)
ISO 3166 code TL-MF

Manufahi (Portuguese: Município Manufahi, Tetum: Munisípiu Manufahi) is one of the municipalities of East Timor. It has a population of 53,691 (2015 census) and an area of 1,323 km².[1] The capital of the municipality is Same.[2]

Geography

Manufahi lies on the south coast of East Timor, on the Timor Sea. It borders Manatuto to the east, Ainaro to the west, and Aileu to the north.

Administrative posts of Manufahi
Cities of Manufahi

History

During its time as a Portuguese colony, the municipality was called Same, after the capital city. It was the epicentre of the Great Rebellion of 1910–12. During the Indonesian occupation the then subdistrict of Hato-Udo was split off from the then district of Manufahi and joined to Ainaro, and the then subdistrict of Turiscai, previously in Ainaro, was moved to Manufahi.

Administrative posts

Manufahi's administrative posts (formerly sub-districts) are:[3]

  • Alas
  • Fatuberlio
  • Same
  • Turiscai

Demographics

Besides the national official languages of Tetum and Portuguese, the Malayo-Polynesian language Mambai is also spoken.

References

  1. ↑ Timor-Leste Population And Housing Census 2015 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-12-31)
  2. ↑ Lansell Taudevin (1999). East Timor: Too Little Too Late. Duffy & Snellgrove. ISBN 18-759-8963-3.
  3. ↑ Gunn, Geoffrey C (2011). "Manufahi District". Historical Dictionary of East Timor. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 124–125. ISBN 9780810867543.

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