Manatuto Administrative Post

This article is about the administrative post. For the city, see Manatuto. For the municipality, see Manatuto Municipality.
Manatuto
Administrative Post
  • Posto Administrativo de Manatuto (Portuguese)
  • Postu administrativu Manatutu (Tetum)
Manatuto ricefields
Manatuto ricefields
Official map of the Administrative post
Official map
Manatuto is located in East Timor
Manatuto
Manatuto
Coordinates: 8°31′S 126°01′E / 8.517°S 126.017°E / -8.517; 126.017
Country East Timor
MunicipalityManatuto
SeatSau
Sucos
Area
 • Total
345.9 km2 (133.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2015 census)
 • Total
14,392
 • Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Households (2015 census)
 • Total2,300
Time zoneUTC+09:00 (TLT)

Manatuto, officially Manatuto Administrative Post (Portuguese: Posto Administrativo de Manatuto, Tetum: Postu administrativu Manatutu), is an administrative post (and was formerly a subdistrict) in Manatuto municipality, East Timor.[1][2] Its seat or administrative centre is the suco of Sau.[2]

The administrative post with 10,449 inhabitants (Census 2004) is divided in six Sucos: Ailili, Aiteas, Cribas, Iliheu, Ma'abat and Sau. The local dialect is Galoli though Tetum is widely known.

References

  1. ^ "Subdistricts of Timor-Leste". www.statoids.com. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Diploma Ministerial n.o 24/2014 de 24 de Julho Orgânica dos Postos Administrativos Preâmbulo" [Ministerial Diploma No. 24/2014 of 24 July Organic of Administrative Posts Preamble]. Jornal da República (in Portuguese). Government of East Timor. 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Seeds of Life

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