Atapupu
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| Coordinates | 9 ° 0 ′ S , 124 ° 52 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Indonesia | ||
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Nusa Tenggara | ||
| province | Nusa Tenggara Timur | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ID-NT | ||
| height | 195 m | ||
 Atapupu during the Dutch colonial era
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Atapupu ( Atapoupou ) is a town in the northeast of the Indonesian West Timor at an altitude of 195 m , despite its location close to the Savu Sea . It belongs to the Desa Jenilu ( district Kakuluk Mesak , government district Belu , province of East Nusa Tenggara ). From here a road leads to Batugade, twelve kilometers away . The border town is already in East Timor . The district capital Atambua is 25 kilometers south .
Surname
The name of the place means “ port of the slaves ” in the local language Tetum .
history
The area had been under the influence of the Portuguese since the 16th century . The Dutch later took control of the river port, which was particularly important for smaller ships. When the British occupied Dutch colonies between 1811 and 1816 as a result of the Napoleonic Wars , there were also Kupang and Atapupu in Timor . Portugal, allied with the British, took the opportunity to renew its claims to the port and took control again in 1812. Atapupu became a major source of customs revenue for the Portuguese colony.
On April 20, 1818, 30 Dutch soldiers, on behalf of their commander Hazaert, occupied Atapupu in a coup and replaced the Portuguese flag with the flag of the Netherlands . Chinese traders from Kupang were behind the occupation , who wanted to save the tariffs demanded by Portugal in this way. Many Chinese had also settled in Atapupu. From here and from Kupang they went into the interior of the island as traveling traders.
The Portuguese governor José Pinto Alcoforado de Azevedo e Sousa complained in Batavia about Hazaert's unauthorized garrisons, his efforts to conquer the neighboring Batugade and to stir up the local rulers and the Chinese traders against the Portuguese. Azevedo e Sousa threatened to take troops against the Dutch in Timor and demanded financial compensation. Azevedo e Sousa presented documents signed by Dona Usula da Costa , Queen of Liquiçá, and other dignitaries of Liquiçá on May 16, 1818 as evidence of the legality of the Portuguese claims to Atapupu and Batugade . However, the Dutch commission found that the Portuguese had incorrectly stated the facts and rehabilitated Hazaert, who returned to his post in Kupang in 1820.
In 1848 the ruler of Oecussi occupied the empire of Janilo, three miles away . The Dutch intervened because they feared that the important port of Atapupu could lose its connection with the hinterland. It was not until the Treaty of Lisbon (1859) that a clear line was drawn for the first time, and a Dutch post was then established in Atapupu in 1862.
In 1894 cholera raged in Atapupu. It broke out in Maubara , East Timor , after many bodies had not been buried after the Maubara revolt . The Portuguese governor José Celestino da Silva accused the Chinese traders from Atapupu of selling firearms to Timorese rebels for profit.
During the Dutch colonial era, one of the first roads to connect Atapupu to Kupang was built. Atapupu served as the administrative seat of the Regentschap Belu, today's administrative district, until Atambua became the new capital of Belu in 1916. During the Japanese occupation in World War II , Atapupu was the target of Australian bomber attacks, which caused severe damage.
Traffic and transportation
Atapupu is located at an estuary and has a harbor there that is suitable for small ships. It was one of the most important ports in West Timor until the end of the 19th century.
Once a week there is a ferry from Atapupu to Kalabahi ( Alor ) in nine hours. Since the end of the 2010s, the port has also been used to export goods to East Timor. There is also a post of the Indonesian Navy here.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kisho Tsuchiya: Indigenization of the Pacific War in Timor Island: A Multi-language Study of its Contexts and Impact , p. 11, Journal War & Society, Vol. 38, No. February 1, 2018.
- ↑ a b c d e Laura Suzanne Meitzner Yoder: Custom, Codification, Collaboration: Integrating the Legacies of Land and Forest Authorities in Oecusse Enclave, East Timor. , P. 83, Dissertation, Yale University, 2005 ( PDF file; 1.46 MB ( memento of March 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive )).
- ↑ a b c d e History of Timor ( Memento of the original from March 24, 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; 824 kB) - Technical University of Lisbon
- ↑ James Louis Garvin, Franklin Henry Hooper, Warren E. Cox: The Encyclopedia Britannica ( en ). The Encyclopedia Britannica Company, 1929, p. 231.
- ↑ Ferdinand January Ormeling: The Timor Problem: A Geographical Interpretation of an Under Developed Iceland ( s ). Wolters, 1956, p. 40.
- ↑ Farram, Steven Glen: From 'Timor Koepang' to 'Timor NTT': A Political History of West Timor, 1901-1967 , p. 190, Charles Darwin University.
- ^ Regional Government of Alor: Transport to - and from Alor ( Memento of December 27, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Aditya Himawan: Pelabuhan Atapupu akan Dirancang Jadi Pelabuhan Transit Ekspor (id-ID) . In: Suara , May 9, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
- ^ Atambua-Atapupu, Kota Dollar di NTT ... (id) . In: Kompas.com , December 11, 2009. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
