Alas (East Cobalima)
| Desa Alas Alas village
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| province | East Nusa Tenggara |
| Administrative district | Malaka |
| local community | |
| Residents | 1590 (2010) |
| ISO 3166-2 | ID-NT |
Coordinates: 9 ° 23 ' S , 125 ° 2' E
 
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Location in East Nusa Tenggara Province
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Alas is an Indonesian Desa ("village") in the district ( Kecamatan ) East Kobalima ( Kobalima Timur ) on the island of Timor .
geography
Alas is located in the center of the East Kobalima District ( Malaka District , East Nusa Tenggara Province ). North lies the Desa Kotabiru , south the Desa Südalas ( Alas Selatan ), west of the district Kobalima and eastern borders Alas to the neighboring state of East Timor .
The administrative center of the district is in Alas.
Residents
In 2010 there were 1,590 people in Alas. The majority of them belong to the Bunak ethnic group . Most of the Bunak are descendants of refugees who left Maucatar in East Timor when it was given to the Portuguese by the Dutch in 1916 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Penduduk Indonesia menurut desa 2010 ( Memento from March 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Indonesian; PDF; 6.0 MB), accessed on January 26, 2013
- ^ Map of Belu County , accessed July 27, 2014.
- ↑ Antoinette Schapper: Finding Bunaq: The homeland and expansion of the Bunaq in central Timor ( Memento of the original from October 24, 2013 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. , accessed January 26, 2013
