Matai (Maucatar)

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Matai
The Suco Matai is located in the southeast of the administrative office of Maucatar. The place Matai is located in the south of the Sucos.
Data
surface 12.27 km²
population 3,013  (2015)
Chefe de Suco Vicente Safera
(election 2009)
Aldeias Population  (2015)
Lohorai 482
Maior / Cunain 843
Matai 1,168
Quiar 520
Matai (East Timor)
Matai
Matai
Coordinates: 9 ° 18 ′  S , 125 ° 16 ′  E

Matai is an East Timorese place, Aldeia and Suco in the administrative office of Maucatar ( municipality of Cova Lima ).

The mountain of the same name, Foho Matai, is located five kilometers from Matai in Suco Ogues ( 9 ° 17 ′  S , 125 ° 15 ′  E ).

The place

Matai is located about 87 km south of the state capital Dili at an altitude of 61  m above sea level. There is a primary school in the village, the Escola Primaria Matai .

The Suco

Matai
places position height
Lohorai 9 ° 18 ′  S , 125 ° 17 ′  E 30  m
Maior 9 ° 18 ′  S , 125 ° 15 ′  E 70  m
Matai 9 ° 18 ′  S , 125 ° 16 ′  E 61  m
My Krus Minar 9 ° 18 ′  S , 125 ° 16 ′  E 61  m
Quiar 9 ° 18 ′  S , 125 ° 17 ′  E 29  m
Children at Christmas party in Matai (2004)
Traditional dance in Matai

3013 inhabitants (2015) live in Suco Matai, of which 1543 are men and 1470 women. The population density is 245.6 inhabitants / km². There are 549 households in the Suco. Over 50% of the population name Tetum Terik as their mother tongue. Around 45% speak Bunak , which is otherwise the clear majority language in the other sucos of the administrative office. Minorities speak Tetum Prasa and Mambai .

Before the 2015 territorial reform, Matai had an area of ​​11.18 km². Now it is 12.27 km². The Suco is located in the southeast of Maucatar and is only connected to the rest of the administrative offices in the west via the Suco Ogues. In the north and east, Matai borders on the Suco Labarai , in the south on Camenaça and Debos (all administrative offices of Suai ). The Nabuk River flows along the northern border , along the southern border of the Karautun , which later together form the Camenaça River .

The larger settlements are in the south of Sucos on a small road: Maior , Matai , My Krus Minar , Quiar ( Kiar ) and Lohorai . In addition to Matai, Lohorai, which is west of Suai Airport, also has a primary school.

The four Aldeias Lohorai , Maior / Cunain ( Kunai ), Matai (formerly Cruz Mina Rai ) and Quiar are located in the Suco .

history

On September 9, 1999, four people were murdered by the Indonesian military and pro-Indonesian militias in Matai during the unrest following the independence referendum in East Timor .

During fighting between two youth gangs from the villages of Cunain and Matai , eight houses in Cunain were set on fire on January 4, 2008 . The PNTL National Police arrested 14 suspects, and two were later released. One of the suspects was the then Chefe de Suco Laurentino de Jesus , who denied the allegations. Fifteen affected families received support from the Ministry of Social Affairs and the World Food Program .

politics

In the 2004/2005 elections , Laurentino de Jesusu was elected Chefe de Suco. In the 2009 elections won Vicente Safera .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Direcção-Geral de Estatística : Results of the 2015 census , accessed on November 23, 2016.
  2. ↑ Fallingrain.com: Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in East Timor
  3. ↑ List of polling stations for the parliamentary elections in East Timor 2007 (PDF file; 118 kB)
  4. ↑ 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; 449 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / unmit.unmissions.org
  5. ↑ Fallingrain.com: Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in East Timor
  6. ↑ Results of the 2010 census for the Suco Matai ( tetum ; PDF; 8.3 MB)
  7. ↑ 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) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / dne.mof.gov.tl
  8. ↑ a b Timor-Leste GIS Portal ( Memento from June 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ Jornal da Républica with the Diploma Ministerial n. 199/09 ( Memento of February 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (Portuguese, PDF; 315 kB)
  10. ↑ CAVR final report “Chega! Report “: East Timor 1999 Crimes against Humanity ( Memento of the original from December 19, 2009 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; 1.7 MB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cavr-timorleste.org
  11. ↑ ABC News, Jan. 4, 2008, Houses torched in East Timor village
  12. ^ Timor Post, January 8, 2008, Suspects of Suai arson brought to court - police have no arrest warrants
  13. ↑ ETAN: RTL news coverage, January 9, 2008 , accessed April 2, 2015.
  14. ↑ Secretariado Técnico de Administração Eleitoral STAE: Eleições para Liderança Comunitária 2004/2005 - Resultados ( Memento of August 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  15. ↑ Secretariado Técnico de Administração Eleitoral STAE: Eleições para Liderança Comunitária 2009 - Resultados ( Memento of August 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

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