Letefoho (Administrative Office)
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| Administrative headquarters | Letefoho | ||
| surface | 130.30 km² | ||
| population | 20,887 (2015) | ||
| Sucos | Population (2015) | ||
| Catrai Caraic | 2,659 | ||
| Catrailets | 1,940 | ||
| Ducurai | 4,622 | ||
| Eraulo | 2,098 | ||
| Goulolo | 1,414 | ||
| Hatugau | 1,675 | ||
| Main | 5,034 | ||
| Lauana | 2,686 | ||
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Letefoho is an East Timorese administrative office ( Portuguese Posto Administrativo ) in the municipality of Ermera . The administrative headquarters are in Letefoho .
geography
Until 2014, the administrative offices were still referred to as sub-districts . Before the 2015 regional reform, Letefoho had an area of 129.09 km². Now there are 133.30 km².
The Letefoho administrative office is located in the east of the municipality of Ermera. In the north is the Ermera administrative office, the Hatulia administrative office in the west and the Atsabe administrative office in the south . In the northeast Letefoho borders on the administrative office of the same name belonging to the municipality of Aileu and in the northwest on the administrative offices of Maubisse and Ainaro belonging to the municipality of Ainaro . In the north of Letefoho lies the relatively large Lehumo lake . The Letefoho rivers all flow westward and end in the Lóis River . On the eastern border to Ainaro are the Ramelau Mountains , which include Tatamailau , East Timor's highest mountain, located in the Atsabe area . The Letefoho administrative office is divided into eight sucos : Catrai Caraic ( Catrai-Craic , Katrai Kraik ), Catraileten ( Catrai Leten , Katrai Leten ), Ducurai ( Dukurai ), Eraulo , Goulolo , Hatugau , Haupu ( Haupau, Letefoho ) and Lauana .
There are larger caves in the region.
There are holy places of the traditional, animistic religion of Timor , such as trees, springs and totems, throughout the administrative office .
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Annual rainfall (2000)
Average annual temperature (2000)
Residents
22,128 people live in the administrative office (2015), of which 11,216 are men and 10,912 women. The population density is 166.0 inhabitants / km². The largest language group are the speakers of the national language Mambai . The average age is 17.9 years (2010, 2004: 16.6 years).
history
In 1903, Letefoho's revolt against the Portuguese colonial rulers failed .
On May 3, 1976, the Indonesian battalion 512 reached Letefoho. They began killing people in the town and neighboring villages, which is why civilians fled into the woods. In Catraileten, at the foot of the Tatamailau , a resistance base ( base de apoio ) was built, in which thousands of civilians sought protection under the FALINTIL . Here they could farm and thus secure their basic supplies. The base was encircled and destroyed by the Indonesians on May 18, 1978. The Indonesian armed forces shelled the base with mortars, bazookas and artillery. Aircraft bombed the positions. Landmines killed many people. Those who could not escape were taken to Letefoho.
Those who escaped fled to Lesemau , where they could find little food in the woods. Indonesian planes sprayed toxins that settled on edible plants and ended up in drinking water. About 400 people died because they drank the poisoned water or ate wild plants. Even tubers that grew 15 cm below the surface were poisoned. Of the members of the Aldeia Catrai Caraic, all but one woman and her granddaughter died. The survivors fled to Hatulete (Suco Catrai Caraic). There they were eventually captured by Indonesian Battalion 512 and members of the Civil Defense ( Hansip ). The prisoners were taken to the Letefoho Town Detention Center . Another internment camp for civilians, a so-called transit camp , existed in what was then the sub-district at the end of 1979 in Goulolo.
politics
During the Indonesian occupation, Lino de Jesus Torrezão was the administrator of Letefoho between 1991 and 1994.
The administrator of the administrative office is appointed by the central government in Dili. In 2015 it was Américo Soares .
economy
The region is one of the centers of coffee cultivation in East Timor. 67% of the households in Letefoho grow coffee , 66% corn , 64% cassava , 49% vegetables ( tomatoes , beans and peas ), 8% coconuts and only 1% rice .
partnership
Letefoho has had a partnership with the Australian city of Melville since 2005.
Web links
- Pictures from the Suco Eraulo
- Friends of Lete-Foho ( Memento from September 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Direcção-Geral de Estatística : Results of the 2015 census , accessed on November 23, 2016.
- ↑ Jornal da República : Diploma Ministerial no 24/2014 de 24 de Julho - Orgânica dos Postos Administrativos ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b Direcção Nacional de Estatística: 2010 Census Wall Chart (English) ( Memento of the original from August 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.5 MB)
- ↑ The Max Stahl Audiovisual Archive Center for Timor Leste: FATUK-KUAK HOSI TIMOR - CAVERNAS DE TIMOR - TIMOR CAVES (video)
- ↑ a b Seeds of Life
- ↑ Direcção Nacional de Estatística: Census of Population and Housing Atlas 2004 ( Memento of November 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 14 MB)
- ↑ History of Timor - Technical University of Lisbon ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2009 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. (PDF; 824 kB)
- ↑ a b c CAVR Chega Files: Part 7.3: Forced Displacement and Famine ( Memento of the original from November 28, 2015 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; 1.3 MB)
- ↑ Ministério da Administração Estatal: Lino Jesus Torrezão, Vice-Ministro da Administração Estatal: Nota Biográfica , accessed on August 29, 2020.
- ↑ Ministério da Administração Estatal: Administração Municipal ( Memento of the original from June 1, 2016 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.
- ^ Unofficial Guide to East Timor
- ↑ Direcção Nacional de Estatística: Suco Report Volume 4 (English) ( Memento of the original from April 9, 2015 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; 9.8 MB)
Coordinates: 8 ° 50 ′ S , 125 ° 26 ′ E
The administrative borders within East Timor changed in 2015. This article must therefore be checked and updated if necessary. See New Administrative Boundaries .