Biqueli

Data

surface

29.67 km²

population

2,076 (2015)

Chefe de Suco

Daniel Martins
(election 2016)

Aldeias

Population (2015)

Ilicnamo

432

Ilidua Douro

414

Pala

856

Uaro-Ana

374

Biqueli

Coordinates: 8 ° 11 ′ S , 125 ° 38 ′ E

Biqueli ( Biceli , Bikeli , Biquele , formerly Pala ) is an East Timorese place and Suco in the administrative office of Atauro ( municipality of Dili ).

The place

The place Biqueli ( Pala ) is located on the coast in the southeast of Sucos. The place is at an altitude of 110 m . The primary school Escola Primaria No. is located here . 2 biqueli . There is also a secondary school, medical station and helipad for emergencies.

The Suco

Biqueli
places	position	height
Akrema	8 ° 8 ′ S , 125 ° 38 ′ E-8.1333333333333 125.63472222222	0 m
Arlo	8 ° 11 ′ S , 125 ° 35 ′ E-8.1777777777778 125.59111111111	268 m
Belém	8 ° 9 ′ S , 125 ° 38 ′ E-8.1533333333333 125.6375	0 m
Biqueli	8 ° 11 ′ S , 125 ° 38 ′ E-8.1836111111111 125.62861111111	110 m
Douro	8 ° 10 ′ S , 125 ° 36 ′ E-8.1658333333333 125.60305555556	316 m
Iliana	8 ° 9 ′ S , 125 ° 36 ′ E-8.1513888888889 125.60833333333	232 m
Ilicnamo	8 ° 12 ′ S , 125 ° 38 ′ E-8.1966666666667 125.625	16 m
Uaro-Ana	8 ° 9 ′ S , 125 ° 38 ′ E-8.1577777777778 125.63805555556	0 m
Vatuo	8 ° 9 ′ S , 125 ° 37 ′ E-8.1430555555556 125.61055555556	71 m
Watupo	8 ° 11 ′ S , 125 ° 38 ′ E-8.1908333333333 125.63083333333	0 m

In the interior of the island at Biqueli

Ilicnamo Beach

2076 inhabitants (2015) live in Biqueli, of which 1052 are men and 1024 women. The population density is 70.0 inhabitants / km². There are 418 households in the Suco. Almost 92% of the population name Dadu'a , a dialect of Wetar, as their mother tongue . Slightly more than 1% speaks the Wetar dialect Rahesuk . Almost 6% speak Tetum Prasa as their mother tongue and a small minority speak Makasae . The predominantly Protestant inhabitants of northern Atauro are unusual for the predominantly Catholic East Timor . They were evangelized from the neighboring island of Alor by Dutch Calvinists in the 20th century.

The Suco forms the north of the Atauro island administration office. The Banda Sea surrounds most of the sucos. This is where the Strait of Ombai and the Strait of Wetar meet. The neighboring Suco Beloi is to the southwest . The northern tip is Cape Ponta Akrema .

Before the 2015 territorial reform, Biqueli had an area of 23.84 km². Now it is 29.67 km² after the border with Beloi was moved to the south. This is how Cape Ponta Mano Tala on the west coast and the town of Arlo to the south came to Biqueli.

A paved road connects Biqueli along the east coast with Mau-Meta in the south of the island. The village of Akrema ( Acrema ) is located on the east coast between the capes Ponta Akrema and Ponta Nussalo . Further south are the places Baruana , Belém ( Belem ), Uaro-Ana ( Uaroana ), Biqueli ( Pala ), Watupo and Ilicnamo ( Ilinamu ). On the west coast are the villages of Vatuo ( Vatuu , Fatu'u ), Iliana and, somewhat inland, the places Diana , Douro ( Doro ) and Arlo. There are primary schools in Iliana and Belém.

The four Aldeias Ilicnamo , Ilidua Douro , Pala and Uaro-Ana are located in the Suco .

history

In Arlo, the researchers found traces of villages that were inhabited 2,500 to 3,000 years ago. The rock paintings show showing crocodiles and marine mammals , among other things . One picture shows the hunt for a whale. No such representations on rock paintings are known from East Timor.

politics

In the elections of 2004/2005 was Manuel Barreto elected Chefe de Suco and in 2009 re-elected. In 2016 he was replaced by Daniel Martins.

Web links

Commons : Biqueli - collection of images, videos and audio files

Results of the 2010 census for the Suco Biqueli ( tetum ; PDF; 8.1 MB)
Results of the 2015 census for the Suco Biqueli (tetum; PDF)
Seeds of Life: Suco information sheets Atauro (tetum)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Direcção-Geral de Estatística : Results of the 2015 census , accessed on November 23, 2016.

↑ List of polling stations for the parliamentary elections in East Timor 2007 (PDF file; 118 kB)

↑ ^a ^b UNMIT: Timor-Leste District Atlas version 02, August 2008 ( Memento of the original dated December 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 448 kB)

↑ Fallingrain.com: Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in East Timor

↑ Results of the 2010 census for the Suco Biqueli ( tetum ; PDF; 8.1 MB)

^ Timor-Leste GIS-Portal ( Memento from June 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

↑ Direcção Nacional de Estatística: Population Distribution by Administrative Areas Volume 2 English ( Memento of the original from January 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (2010 census; PDF; 22.6 MB)

↑ Ministry of State Administration and Territorial Management : Map of the Atauro Administration Office ( Memento of July 6, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 1, 2017.