Biboki Tanpah

Kecamatan Biboki Tanpah Biboki Tanpah District
Basic data
Country	Indonesia
province	East Nusa Tenggara
Administrative district	North Central Timor
Seat	Oenopu
surface	99.2 km²
Residents	6236 (2017)
density	63 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	ID-NT

Coordinates: 9 ° 18 ′  S , 124 ° 33 ′  E

Biboki Tanpah is an Indonesian district ( Kecamatan ) in the west of the island of Timor .

geography

"Village" (Desa)	Administrative headquarters	surface	Residents	Population density
Teba	Oenopu	17.50 km²	1,778	101.60
Oerinbesi	Tuamese	20.50 km²	1,235	60.24
Ecopa	Tuato'o	40.00 km²	1,782	44.55
East teba	Taluik	21.95 km²	1,441	68.13

Biboki Tanpah

Location in East Nusa Tenggara Province

The district is located in the east of the administrative district of North Central Timor (Timor Tengah Utara) in the province of East Nusa Tenggara (Nusa Tenggara Timur) . In the south is the Insana district , in the west South Biboki (Biboki Selatan) and in the north North Biboki (Biboki Utara) . To the east, Biboli Tanpah borders the Malaka administrative district with its Laenmanen district .

Biboki Tanpah has an area of ​​99.15 km² and is divided into the four Desa Teba in the west, Oerinbesi and Oekopa in the northeast and East Teba (Teba Timur) in the southeast. The administrative headquarters are in Oenopu in Desa Teba. The territory is less than 500  m above sea level . As usual in Timor, the climate is divided into a rainy and a dry season .

Residents

In 2017 there were 6,236 residents in Biboki Tanpah. 3,074 were men and 3,162 women. The population density was 62.88 people per square kilometer. 6,152 people professed to be Catholic, 80 were Protestants and four people were Muslim. There was a Catholic church and five chapels in the district.

Economy, infrastructure and transport

Most of the district's residents make a living from agriculture. Cattle (2,129), buffalo (three), pigs (1,737), goats (238) and chickens (3,905) are kept as pets. There are also two fish ponds for breeding. Maize is grown on 652 hectares, 724 hectares of rice, 600 hectares of cassava, 30 hectares of sweet potatoes, 50 hectares of peanuts and ten hectares of green beans. Other agricultural products include beans, chilli, tomatoes, cucumber, spinach, coconuts, cashews, coffee, cocoa, hazelnuts, kapok, areca nuts, pepper and vanilla.

There are five elementary schools, two middle schools and one secondary school in Biboki Tanpah. A community health center ( Puskesmas ), a medical care center ( Puskesmas Pembantu ) and two midwifery centers ( Polindes ) are available for medical care .

Public transport is operated by two minibuses, 20 pick ups and trucks, two buses, 62 motorcycles and two other vehicles.

Web links

• Statistical data from Biboki Tanpah District 2018 (Indonesian).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Kecamatan Biboki Tanpah Dalam Angka 2018 , accessed on November 3, 2018.