Ai-Assa

Data

surface

12.17 km²

population

1,960 (2015)

Chefe de Suco

Juvenal MM Marques
(election 2016)

Aldeias

Population (2015)

Ai-Assa

475

Aisalgusun

253

Laho

138

Mazop

151

Oalgomo

462

Odelgomo

481

Ai-Assa

Coordinates: 9 ° 2 ′ S , 125 ° 19 ′ E

Ai-Assa ( Ai Assa , Aiassa , Aiasa ) is an East Timorese village in the Suco of the same name in the administrative office of Bobonaro ( municipality of Bobonaro ).

The place

Ai-Assa is located in the north of the Sucos at an altitude of 735 m above sea level. There is a primary school in the village.

The Suco

Ai-Assa
places	position	height
Ai-Assa	9 ° 2 ′ S , 125 ° 19 ′ E-9.0405555555556 125.31	735 m
Laho	9 ° 4 ′ S , 125 ° 18 ′ E-9.06 125.29444444444	872 m
Matusama	9 ° 3 ′ S , 125 ° 19 ′ E-9.0444444444444 125.31333333333	645 m
Mazop	9 ° 4 ′ S , 125 ° 18 ′ E-9.0611111111111 125.30333333333	764 m
Oalgomo	9 ° 4 ′ S , 125 ° 20 ′ E-9.0627777777778 125.335	515 m
Odelgomo	9 ° 4 ′ S , 125 ° 19 ′ E-9.0625 125.31972222222	620 m

1960 inhabitants live in the Suco (2015), of which 979 are men and 981 women. The population density is 161.0 inhabitants / km². There are 387 households in the Suco. More than 95% of the residents state Bunak as their mother tongue. Small minorities speak Tetum Prasa or Tetum Terik .

Before the regional reform in 2015, Ai-Assa had an area of 10.25 km². Now there are 12.17 km². The Suco is in the center of the Bobonaro Administrative Office. To the north lies the Suco Bobonaro , in the southeast Lour , in the south the Sucos Sibuni and Leber , in the southwest Tapo and in the west Oeleo . The Laco , a tributary of the Loumea, rises in the border area to Oeleo . The Laco flows across the Suco to the southeast. In the center of the Masi flows into the Laco. Then the Laco follows part of the border with Sibuni, before flowing south as a border river between Sibuni and Lour to the Loumea. The Ilsa flows into the Masi in the triangle of Ai-Assa, Leber and Tapo , which forms a large part of the border between Ai-Assa and Tapo. The country road from Maliana to Bobonaro runs through the extreme north.

In the north of Sucos are the places Ai-Assa and Matusama ( Mausama ), in the southwest the villages Laho and Mazop , in the south Odelgomo ( Odel Gomo , Bunak for monkey owners ) and in the southeast Oalgomo . In addition to the one in Ai-Assa, there are also elementary schools in Mazop, Odelgomo and Oalgomo. A hydropower plant is to be built in Suco.

In Ai-Assa there are the six Aldeias Ai-Assa , Aisalgusun , Laho , Mazop , Oalgomo and Odelgomo .

history

Ai-Assa was one of four camps in which FALINTIL fighters were gathered for demobilization in 1999 .

politics

In the 2004/2005 elections , Agusto Carvaleira was elected Chefe de Suco. In the 2009 elections , Adelino Afonso Mota won and in 2016 Juvenal MM Marques .