Malailada (river)
| Malailada | ||
 Lautém commune and its rivers |
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| location | Lautém municipality , East Timor | |
| River system | Malailada | |
| origin | Suco Raça 8 ° 27 ′ 36 ″ S , 126 ° 56 ′ 38 ″ E |
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| muzzle | in the street of Wetar Coordinates: 8 ° 22 ′ 4 " S , 126 ° 53 ′ 32" E 8 ° 22 ′ 4 " S , 126 ° 53 ′ 32" E
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| Right tributaries | Veromoco, Cococo | |
| Communities | Malailada , Tamaro , Tamitaro | |
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The Malailada ( Ribeira Malailada , Rio Malai Lada , Ralailaba ) is a river in the East Timorese municipality of Lautém , which flows northwards from the interior of the island into the Wetar Strait .
The two headwaters of the Malailada ( Ribeira Malailada , Rio Malai Lada , Ralailaba ) arise in the west of the municipality . The western source river forms the border between the Sucos Luro and Fuat , the eastern one between Fuat and Cacavei . At its confluence, Fuat meets Suco Maina II . From here the Malailada forms the eastern border of the Sucos to Cacavei, Leuro and Home . The river continues to flow along the eastern border of the Sucos Baduro , which is on the opposite bank of the Sucos Home and Raça.
The Veromoco ( Verokoco ) has its source in Suco Raça and with the Cococo has a small tributary that also rises here.
When the borders between the Sucos Raça, Baduro and Maina I meet, the Veromoco flows into the Malaiada. The Malaiada then follows the border between Baduro on the west bank and the Sucos Maina I and Pairara on the east bank. Shortly before its mouth, the Malaiada near Tamaro is spanned by a bridge on the northern coastal road, one of the country's most important traffic routes. Saltwater crocodiles have also been observed here.
During the dry season , the river is one of the main sources of water for the community's population.
history
On Veromoco and Malailada, the Timorese empire of Sarau was located in Malailada .
During the riots in September 1999 all public facilities were destroyed. On September 25, 1999, members of the pro-Indonesian militia Team Alfa, led by Joni Marques, murdered nine people on the Malaiada near the northern coastal road from Lautém to Baucau . Among the victims were two nuns, three fathers and an Indonesian journalist.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lautém District Development Plan 2002/2003 ( Memento of February 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English; PDF file; 1.97 MB)
- ↑ Andrew McWilliam: Harboring Traditions in East Timor: Marginality in a Lowland Entrepot ( Memento of 13 August 2014 Internet Archive ) (PDF; 364 kB)
- ↑ "Chapter 7.2 Unlawful Killings and Enforced Disappearances" (PDF; 2.5 MB) from the "Chega!" Report of the CAVR (English)
The administrative borders within East Timor changed in 2015. This article must therefore be checked and updated if necessary. See New Administrative Boundaries .