Loi-huno

Data

surface

41.35 km²

population

1,272 (2015)

Chefe de Suco

Miguel da Costa Melo
(election 2009)

Aldeias

Population (2015)

Latu Lale

222

Lia Uai Oli

212

Samaliu

314

Uai-heda

186

Uala Uau

338

Loi-huno

Coordinates: 8 ° 47 ' S , 126 ° 23' E

Loi-Huno ( Loihuno , Loi Hunu , Loihunu ) is an East Timorese place and Suco in the administrative office of Ossu ( municipality of Viqueque ).

The place

Blacksmith in Buanurac

The place Loi-Huno lies on the northern border of the Sucos to the Suco Ossu de Cima , at an altitude of 326 m . In the immediate vicinity are the districts of Kailatulale , Kaitulai , Uai-Heda ( Uaiheda , Wai-Heda ) and Samaliu ( Sama Lio , Samaleo ). The Loi-Huno elementary school is located near Sama Lio. It has a partner school in Australia with Geelong College Prep Newtown . A bridge leads across the Cuha River , which forms the northern border of the Sucos here.

Loi-Huno was a stage destination and start in 2009 at the first Tour de Timor , an annual mountain bike race .

The Suco

Loi-huno
places	position	height
Buanurac	8 ° 47 ' S , 126 ° 23' E-8.7902777777778 126.37833333333	190 m
Kailatulale	8 ° 47 ' S , 126 ° 23' E-8.7816666666667 126.37805555556	326 m
Loi-huno	8 ° 47 ' S , 126 ° 23' E-8.7827777777778 126.3775	326 m
Kaitulai	8 ° 47 ' S , 126 ° 23' E-8.7838888888889 126.37555555556	326 m
Uala Uau	8 ° 50 ′ S , 126 ° 22 ′ E-8.8308333333333 126.37333333333	190 m
Samaliu	8 ° 47 ' S , 126 ° 23' E-8.7902777777778 126.37833333333	282 m
Uai-heda	8 ° 47 ' S , 126 ° 23' E-8.7841666666667 126.37805555556	326 m
Wailakurini	8 ° 47 ' S , 126 ° 23' E-8.778313765 126.37960889333	?

A Timor kite ( Draco timoriensis ) near Wailakurini

1272 inhabitants live in Loi-Huno (2015), of which 638 are men and 634 women. The population density is 30.8 inhabitants / km². There are 280 households in the Suco. 98% of the population name Makasae as their mother tongue. A small minority speaks Tetum Terik .

The Suco is located in the south of the Ossu administrative office. In the northwest, Loi-Huno borders on the Suco Ossu de Cima, in the northeast on Ossorua and in the south on the administrative office of Viqueque with the Sucos Uai-Mori in the southwest and Caraubalo in the south. The Cuha flows along the northern border. The Metaquena forms part of the border with Ossu de Cima. After the confluence of the Metaquena , the Cuha Loi-Huno crosses from north to south. Before the 2015 regional reform, Loi-Huno had an area of 73.44 km². Now there are 41.35 km². Loi-Huno gave areas in the northeast to Ossorua and in the west to Ossu de Cima. The region belongs to the Important Bird Area of the neighboring Monte Mundo Perdido .

One of the larger roads, which connects the cities of Baucau and Viqueque in a north-south direction , crosses the Suco and connects its two main settlement centers. These are Loi-Huno and its neighboring towns on the northern border and the villages of Buanurac ( Buanurak ) and Uala Uau ( Wala Wau , Walawau ) on the southern border . To the northeast of the village of Loi-Huno lies the village of Wailakurini on a side street on the banks of the Cuha . A bridge leads the country road at the border over the river. The second primary school of Sucos is located in Buanurac / Uala Uau.

In the Suco there are the five Aldeias Latu Lale , Lia Uai Oli , Samaliu , Uai-Heda and Uala Uau .

history

At the end of 1979 there was an Indonesian camp in Loi-Huno for East Timorese who were supposed to be relocated by the occupiers for better control. There were other so-called transit camps in Buanurac.

Economy and tourism

As a community project, a hotel village for ecotourism was built ( Pousada de Loi-Huno ) to strengthen the local economy. In the area around the place there are waterfalls, water holes and a network of limestone caves. A biogas power plant supplies 120 families as well as the chapel and the official building with electricity. It is run by a cooperative in the village.

Wasa-Diga , a refuge for fighters of the Forças Armadas de Libertação Nacional de Timor-Leste (FALINTIL) who fought against the Indonesian occupiers, has served as a memorial since 2017 . Between 1989 and 1996 it was used by the guerrillas for their "concentrate and disperse" tactics. Among other things, here hidden Taur Matan Ruak , Francisco Guterres and Falur rate Laek . The guerrilla group Caixa Bua Malos was responsible for the preservation and availability of the shelter.