Aitarak (Motael)

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Aitarak
Canto Resende Monument
Aitarak (East Timor)
Aitarak
Aitarak
Aitarak is on the Motael coast

Aitarak ( German  Dorn ) is a district of the East Timorese capital Dili .

geography

Aitarak is located in the northwest of the Sucos Motael on the coast of the Bay of Dili . To the east of Rua dos Direitos Humanos is the Palapaso district , to the southeast Farol and south to Bebora . The Maloa River flows along the western border to Suco Kampung Alor , but it only carries water during the rainy season. The Avenida de Portugal runs along the coast .

Sights and facilities

Ceremonial setting up of an Ai To'os in the Jardim Farol in Dili (2019)

The Brazilian , Indonesian and Filipino embassies are located in Aitarak .

Between the Avenida de Portugal and the Travessa Sérgio Vieira de Mello in the south, near the Motael lighthouse, the Jardim Farol is located , which is used for traditional religious ceremonies. In 2019, an ai to'os was set here to protect the country. The Canto Resende Memorial, erected here in 1952, commemorates the Portuguese Artur do Canto Resende , who died in a Japanese internment camp in 1944 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. UNMIT: Timor-Leste District Atlas version 02, August 2008 ( Memento from December 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 448 kB)
  2. Prime Minister of East Timor: PM-TMR Iha Serimonia Ritual Harii Hikas Ai-toos , May 19, 2019 , accessed on May 29, 2019.

Coordinates: 8 ° 32 ′ 59 ″  S , 125 ° 34 ′ 9 ″  E