Bahu

Data

surface

28.78 km²

population

8,156 (2015)

Chefe de Suco

Manuel FR Gusmão
(election 2016)

Aldeias

Population (2015)

Ana-Ulo

4,740

Boi-Le

1,307

Lamegua

1,284

Macadai

559

Ro-Ulo

266

Bahu

Coordinates: 8 ° 28 ′ S , 126 ° 27 ′ E

Bahu ( Bahú ) is an East Timorese Suco in the administrative office of Baucau ( municipality of Baucau ).

The Suco

Bahu
places	position	height
Ana-Ulo	8 ° 28 ′ S , 126 ° 27 ′ E-8.4622222222222 126.44944444444	336 m
Build Oli	8 ° 27 ' S , 126 ° 27' E-8.4578551316667 126.44731521611	?
Bahu	8 ° 28 ′ S , 126 ° 27 ′ E-8.4631717836111 126.45082891	?
Boi-Le	8 ° 28 ′ S , 126 ° 27 ′ E-8.4619444444444 126.45611111111	287 m
Ro-Ulo	8 ° 27 ' S , 126 ° 27' E-8.4577777777778 126.44888888889	336 m
Diwake	8 ° 27 ' S , 126 ° 28' E-8.4483333333333 126.46083333333	205 m
Macadai	8 ° 28 ′ S , 126 ° 27 ′ E-8.46 126.45333333333	336 m
Teolale	8 ° 27 ' S , 126 ° 27' E-8.4566666666667 126.45722222222	287 m
Uaineque	8 ° 28 ' S , 126 ° 26' E-8.4618028322222 126.43143653861	?
Uani-Uma	8 ° 27 ' S , 126 ° 27' E-8.4419444444444 126.44777777778	162 m

8,156 inhabitants live in Bahu (2015), of which 4107 are men and 4049 women. The population density is 283.4 inhabitants / km². There are 1,340 households in the Suco. Over 70% of the population name Tetum Prasa as their mother tongue. About 15% each speak Makasae and the "coastal dialect" of Waimaha , which is one of the Kawaimina languages. Both languages are recognized as the national languages of East Timor . Young people are increasingly adopting the official language Tetum as their first language.

Bahu is in the north of the Baucau administrative office. The Suco Tirilolo frames Bahu almost completely from northwest to east. To the north lies the Suco Caibada , in the northeast Buruma . Bahu stretches in a narrow strip between Caibada and Buruma as far as the Wetar Strait . Bahu includes the old town of Baucau (Vila Antuga) in the east , and Baucau Airport (formerly Cakung Airport, IATA code: BCH) on the western border . It is the only airport in East Timor where larger aircraft than the Boeing 737 can land. It is primarily used for military and supply flights. Regular, civil flight connections to Baucau are currently not recorded in the airlines' international booking system. The country road leads across the Suco from the state capital Dili to the east.

Before the 2015 territorial reform, Bahu had an area of 14.76 km². Now there are 28.78 km². The eastern part of the old town of Baucau came from Buruma to Bahu, from the Suco Buibau area in the south, from Tirilolo in the west and Caibada in the north.

The old town of Baucau is made up of the districts Bahu , Ana-Ulo (Anaulu , Anaulo) , Boi-Le (Boite) and Macadai (Makadai) . The latter two came to Bahu through Buruma territorial reform. Likewise, Baucau's outskirts of Diwake and Teolale (Teulale) in the northeast. The Teolale school , with its colonial buildings, is located in Suco Tirilolo. To the northwest of the old town are the outskirts of Ro-Ulo ( Roulu ) and Bau Oli (Bauoli) in Suco . To the west lies the village of Uaineque on the country road . To the north is the village of Uani-Uma (Waniuma) , which belonged to Caibada until 2015.

The five Aldeias Ana-Ulo , Boi-Le , Lamegua , Macadai and Ro-Ulo are located in Suco Bahu .

Sights and facilities

Pousada de Baucau

To the east of the old town are the Baucaus Cathedral and the old market building from 1932, which was renovated in 2014 and reopened as a congress center. Opposite the market hall, a shop still reminds of the earlier name Baucaus, "Vila Salazar". Below the market hall is the former pharmacy, which was also built at the time of the Portuguese colonial administration. Not far from there are several other residential and administrative buildings from this era, such as the primary school in the old town. In the western part, for example, are the Pousada de Baucau and the associated outdoor swimming pool ( Piscina de Baucau ), both of which date from the colonial era. The building of the former headquarters of the Baucaus sub-district is located near the pousada. The administrative office is now based in Afagua Manufai in Suco Uailili .

Schools in Suco include the Escola Pre-Primaria No. 1 Bahu , the primary schools Escola Primaria Katolika Domingos Savio and Escola Primaria Bau Oli . The Bauoli Ria Mhare Hospital is located in Bau Oli .