Alas
| Alas | |||
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| Coordinates | 9 ° 1 ′ S , 125 ° 48 ′ E | ||
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| Country | East Timor | ||
| Manufahi | |||
| Administrative office | Turiscai | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | TL-MF | ||
| Suco | Maha-Quidan , Taitudac | ||
| height | 294 m | ||
Alas ( Allas , also Cnua Alas or Onuaalas ) is the capital of the East Timorese administrative office of Alas ( Manufahi municipality ). The place name is derived from the Malay language , which means "jungle".
geography
The place Alas is in the interior of the island as the crow flies, 56 km southeast of the state capital Dili and 7 km east of Same at an altitude of 294 m . It is located in the north of the sucos Maha-Quidan ( Mahaquidan , Malaquidan , Malagidan ). The suburbs Uma Mean ( Umanican , Umamean ) and Beremanek are also in Maha-Quidan. The suburbs of Lurin and Ailora are located in Suco Taitudac ( Taitudak , Taitudac , Taitudal ). In Alas there is a medical station, a helicopter, a primary school ( Escola primaria Alas Vila ) and a pre-secondary school.
history
In 1976 Alas was a retreat for the FALINTIL , who fought against the Indonesian invaders. In 1978 the resistance base was destroyed by the Indonesians. Thousands of East Timorese had to surrender or were captured and interned in military camps. One of them was the temporary camp Uma Metan ( German Black House ), 400 meters south of Alas. Two kilometers southwest of Alas was another, Lebos . In Uma Metan alone 8,000 people lived at times. The only water point was 500 meters away and each person only got one small can of corn to eat per week. Leaving the camp to look for food or to create gardens was forbidden. According to a testimony, five to six people died of starvation a day. Others suffered from diseases such as tuberculosis, beriberi or diarrhea. There was no medical care. Executions of those involved in the resistance were also common. The sick died. On the orders of the soldiers, the internees built a village hall and a school. In the school, the soldiers taught the Indonesian language . However, the school was basically only for young women, so in reality it quickly became a center of rape by army personnel. According to local people, around 2,000 people are said to be buried in mass graves in Uma Metan. Uma Metan and Lebos were also important military bases of the Indonesians in the fight against the resistance in the mountains of Manufahi. Units from Airborne Battalion 700, Battalions 745 and 310 and the Kopassandha special unit were stationed here. Alas was also the headquarters of the Sub- District Territorial Command ( Koramil ) and Civil Defense ( Hansip ). On November 9, 1998, FALINTIL forces under the command of Jaime Ribeiro attacked the Koramil headquarters , contrary to the instructions of FALINTIL boss Xanana Gusmão , who during this period of negotiations called for restraint in military action. The Indonesian army soon responded with reprisals.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Geoffrey Hull : The placenames of East Timor , in: Placenames Australia (ANPS): Newsletter of the Australian National Placenames Survey, June 2006, pp. 6 & 7, ( Memento of February 14, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). September 2014.
- ↑ UNMIT map of Manufahi, August 2008 ( Memento from December 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 523 kB)
- ↑ "Chapter 7.3 Forced Displacement and Famine" (PDF; 1.3 MB) from the "Chega!" Report of the CAVR (English)
- ^ The Struggle in Iliomar: Resistance in rural East Timor , 2017 , p. 140, accessed July 1, 2019.
The administrative borders within East Timor changed in 2015. This article must therefore be checked and updated if necessary. See New Administrative Boundaries .