Manufahi Municipality

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.[2] The capital of the municipality is Same.[3]

Manufahi
Municipality
Landscape between Dili and Same
Flag
Map of East Timor highlighting Manufahi Municipality
Coordinates: 9°00′S 125°47′E
Country East Timor
CapitalSame
Administrative posts
  • Alas
  • Fatuberlio
  • Same
  • Turiscai
Area
 • Total1,323 km2 (511 sq mi)
Area rank6th
Population
 (2015 census)
 • Total53,691
 • Rank11th
 • Density41/km2 (110/sq mi)
 • Density rank11th
Households (2015 census)
 • Total9,023
 • Rank11th
Time zoneUTC+09:00 (TLT)
ISO 3166 codeTL-MF
HDI (2017)0.618[1]
medium · 3rd

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:[4]

  • Alas
  • Fatuberlio
  • Same
  • Turiscai

Demographics

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

References
  1. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  2. "Timor-Leste Population And Housing Census 2015". Archived from the original on 2016-12-31. Retrieved 2018-02-16.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. Lansell Taudevin (1999). East Timor: Too Little Too Late. Duffy & Snellgrove. ISBN 18-759-8963-3.
  4. Gunn, Geoffrey C (2011). Historical Dictionary of East Timor. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 124–125. ISBN 9780810867543.

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