Baun (West Timor)

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Baun (Lesser Sunda Islands)
Baun
Baun
Location in Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Hendrik Arnold Koroh , the Amarasi-Raja von Baun and his wife (1949)

Baun is an Indonesian town in Desa Teunbaun ( Westamarasi District , Kupang District , East Nusa Tenggara Province ). It is located in the southwest of the island of Timor at an altitude of 254  m . The majority of the population belongs to the Atoin Meto ethnic group , but speaks a special dialect of Uab Meto with Amarasi .

In Baun is the residence of the Amarasi Rajas . Until 1962, Amarasi was still a self- governed territory ( Swapraja ) within Indonesia.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Royal Timor: Amarasi ( Memento from November 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 10 ° 18 ′  S , 123 ° 43 ′  E