Baucau (administrative office)

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Administrative office of Baucau
Baucau (Administrative Office) (East Timor)
Red pog.svg
View over the rice fields in Caibada with the Matebian in the background
Administrative headquarters Afagua Manufai
surface 369.62 km²
population 47,294 (2015)
Sucos Population (2015)
Bahu 8,156
Bucoli 2,443
Buibau 5,838
Buruma 3,245
Caibada 1,984
Gariuai 4,962
Samalari 1,499
Seiçal 1,982
Tirilolo 11,369
Triloca 2,345
Uailili 3,471
Overview map
Administrative division of Baucau

Baucau is an East Timorese administrative office ( Portuguese Posto Administrativo ) in the municipality of Baucau . The administrative headquarters are in Afagua Manufai , in Suco Uailili .

geography

Baucau in the municipality of the same name in the borders between 2006 and 2015

Until 2014, the administrative offices were still referred to as sub-districts . The administrative office of Baucau is located in the north of the municipality of Baucau on the road from Wetar . In the west is the administrative office of Vemasse , in the east Laga and Quelicai and in the south Venilale and the municipality of Viqueque . The Borauai River forms the border with Laga . The river of the same name flows out at the town of Seiçal and supplies the eastern part of the administrative office with water all year round. The region around Baucau is a traditional rice-growing area at heights of up to 500  m . Many of the rice terraces are several hundred years old. Various species of frogs of the genus Fejervarya , snakes and geckos are widespread here .

The administrative office has an area of ​​369.62 km². The outer boundaries of Baucaus have not changed due to the 2015 regional reform, in contrast to the boundaries of Sucos Baucaus. The administrative office is divided into eleven sucos : Bahu ( Bahú ), Bucoli , Buibau ( Boibau, Boebau, Buibao ), Buruma, Caibada ( Caibada Uaimua ), Gariuai , Samalari , Seiçal ( Seical, Seisal, Ceisal ), Tirilolo ( Trilolo ), Triloca ( Triloka , Triloco ) and Uailili ( Wailili ).

About 6 km southwest of the city of Baucau in Suco Bahu is Baucau Airport (formerly Cakung Airport, IATA code: BCH), 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 region's prison is located in Buruma. It can accommodate 120 prisoners.

  • Climate data

  • Annual rainfall (2000)

  • Average annual temperature (2000)

  • Climate diagram

Residents

The administrative office has 47,294 inhabitants (2015), of which 23,968 are men and 23,326 women. The population density is 128.0 inhabitants / km². The largest language group are the speakers of the national language Makasae . The average age is 18.7 years (2010, 2004: 18.4 years).

history

The Pousada (1970)

Several thousand year old rock paintings were found in Lie Siri , Lie Kere , Lie Kere 2 and Lie Baai , on the high plateau of Baucau.

Buibau was one of the traditional Timorese empires ruled by a Liurai . It appears on a list by Afonso de Castro , a former governor of Portuguese Timor who listed 47 empires in 1868. In April 1896 the Liurai von Buibau signed a written contract with Portugal on his vassal status. There are sources that state that Buibau, Samalari, Uailili and Gariuai were united in the Fatumaka Empire before and during the entire colonial period , the inhabitants of which still speak their own Makasae dialect, the Makasae Fatumaka .

The city of Baucau was the second place in East Timor to be founded by the Portuguese. It developed into the colonial administrative center of the region. In 1912 an uprising against the Portuguese colonial rulers broke out in Baucau . Marines of the gunboat Pátria under Lieutenant Jaime do Inso had to defend the place against the insurgents between June 29 and July 25. The uprising was quickly put down. 2000 people are said to have died.

During the UDT's attempted coup in August 1975, she ran two detention centers in the Baucau administrative office. One was in today's Pousada de Baucau in Baucau, the second in Descascadeira , a rice mill in Bahu. Most of the prisoners were kept in the pousada for a few days, where they were interrogated by local UDT leaders. Then they were taken to the Descascadeira. A total of 30 FRETILIN fighters were held captive here. They reported ill-treatment and torture. They were beaten, kicked and beaten with whips. After the victory of FRETILIN, UDT and APODETI followers were now held captive in both places . They also report beatings.

On December 9, 1975, the Indonesians occupied the city of Baucau. Indonesian parachutists followed the bombardment from the air and from the sea. The FALINTIL fighters resisted for several hours before they withdrew into the hinterland. Serious human rights violations such as arrests and torture occurred between 1975 and 1980. There were six detention centers in the city, including the Pousada de Baucau ( Flamboyan Hotel at that time ). In addition, at the end of 1979, East Timorese forcibly resettled were interned in the old town.

On May 29, 1997, elections were held in which representatives of East Timor should be elected to the Indonesian parliament. Several attacks on the Indonesian occupying power and its supporters took place in the surrounding area. On May 28, the former head of the district parliament, Miguel Baptismo da Silva (1987 to 1992) and his wife were murdered in Baucau . In Seiçal, the vote took place one day late on May 30 because the polling station had been attacked by unknown persons. It was Abinau Salay , an election worker and member of Pro-Indonesia militia injured with a machete. As a result, ten people were arrested.

In November 2002 there were deaths in riots in Baucau.

politics

Former seat of the administrative office in Suco Bahu

The administrator of the administrative office is appointed by the central government in Dili. In 2015 it was Regina de Sousa .

economy

47% of the households in the administrative office grow corn, 39% coconuts, 35% cassava, 29% rice (in and on Seiçal, in Buibau and Samalari), 9% coffee and 30% vegetables.

A test site has been set up in Triloca, where new varieties of plants are tested and local people are taught agricultural methods. There is also a sericulture and a nursery for fruit trees.

Since November 2008 the first hydropower station in Gariuai Baucau has been supplying East Timor with electricity. It was built four kilometers from the site with Norwegian help. Before that, electricity was generated with diesel generators.

  • Fishermen on the beach at Baucau

  • Fields near Baucau

  • Uatabo Beach, Baucau

  • Jugs and baskets in the market

  • Furniture maker in Baucau

Partnerships

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Direcção-Geral de Estatística : Results of the 2015 census , accessed on November 23, 2016.
  2. ^ Map of the Baucau administrative office from the Direcção-Geral de Estatística (2015).
  3. ↑ Hinrich Kaiser u. a .: The herpetofauna of Timor-Leste: a first report. Department of Biology, Victor Valley College.
  4. ↑ a b c Seeds of Life
  5. ↑ Direcção Nacional de Estatística: 2010 Census Wall Chart (English) ( Memento of the original dated August 12, 2011 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; 2.5 MB)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / dne.mof.gov.tl
  6. ↑ Direcção Nacional de Estatística: Census of Population and Housing Atlas 2004 ( Memento of November 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 14 MB)
  7. ^ Sue O'Connor: Nine New Painted Rock Art Sites from East Timor in the Context of the Western Pacific Region , pp. 19 ff., Asia Perspectives, Vol. 42, No.1, 2003 , accessed April 6, 2020.
  8. ↑ TIMOR LORO SAE, Um pouco de história ( Memento of the original dated November 13, 2001 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / oecussi.no.sapo.pt
  9. ↑ East Timor - PORTUGUESE DEPENDENCY OF EAST TIMOR ( Memento of February 21, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ^ A b Geoffrey C. Gunn: 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. Technical University of Lisbon (PDF file; 805 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / pascal.iseg.utl.pt
  11. ↑ Makasae Fatumaka ( Memento from September 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  12. ↑ a b "Part 7.4: Arbitrary, Detention, Torture and Ill treatment" ( Memento of the original dated February 4, 2016 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; 2 MB) from the "Chega!" Report by CAVR (English)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cavr-timorleste.org
  13. ^ Estêvão Cabral: Life and death in the mountains of Timor-Leste: the case of Ponta Leste , accessed on November 25, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Chapter 7.3 Forced Displacement and Famine" ( Memento of the original from November 28, 2015 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; 1.3 MB) from the "Chega!" Report by CAVR (English)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cavr-timorleste.org
  15. ↑ (INDONESIA-L) HRW / ASIA - East Timor Guerrilla Attacks: East Timor Guerrilla Attacks of June 4, 1997 ( Memento of September 19, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  16. ^ Fundasaun Mahein: Victims of Independence , accessed on May 26, 2012.
  17. ↑ Ministério da Administração Estatal: Administração Municipal ( Memento of the original from June 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.estatal.gov.tl
  18. ↑ Direcção Nacional de Estatística: Suco Report Volume 4 (English) ( Memento of the original from April 9, 2015 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; 9.8 MB)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / dne.mof.gov.tl
  19. ↑ Municípios Portugueses: Geminações de Cidades e Vilas , accessed on January 7, 2018.
  20. ↑ Document of the declaration of the partnership ( Memento of May 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  21. ^ Website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of East Timor ( Memento from May 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive )

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