Adara (Atauro)
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| Coordinates | 8 ° 12 ′ S , 125 ° 34 ′ E | ||
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| Country | East Timor | ||
| Dili | |||
| Administrative office | Atauro | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | TL-DI | ||
| Suco | Beloi | ||
| height | 236 m | ||
| Residents | - | ||
| Metropolitan area | 900 | ||
Adara is a place on the Southeast Asian island of Atauro , which belongs to East Timor ( Suco Beloi , Atauro administrative office , Dili municipality ). Around 900 people live in the area around the village.
geography
Adara is located on the northwest coast of the island of Atauro at 236 meters above sea level. At Adara the beach is bordered by a reef. After a narrow coastal plain, the land rises in stages. The land here is covered by tropical dry forest.
Infrastructure
There is a medical station in Adara.
Culture
What is unusual for the predominantly Catholic East Timor is that the majority of the northern residents of Atauros are Protestants . They were evangelized by Dutch Calvinists from Alor in the 20th century . The dialect Rahesuk of the national language Wetar ( Atauru, Adabe ) is spoken here.
In Adara live the Wawata Topu ( German divers ), women who hunt fish underwater with harpoons and swimming goggles.
Web links
- Wawata Topu - the Mermaids of Timor-Leste : Documentary (English, Creative Commons 3.0 cc-by-nc-nd )
- Photo by Adara
- Photo from Adara
Individual evidence
- ↑ Colin R. Trainor and Thomas Soares: Birds of Atauro Island, Timor-Leste (East Timor)
- ↑ UNMIT: Timor-Leste District Atlas version 02, August 2008 ( Memento from December 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 448 kB)
- ↑ Homepage of the documentary "Wawata Topu - Mermaids of Timor-Leste" (with film trailer)