Bikomi nilulate

Kecamatan Bikomi Nilulate Bikomi Nilulat district
Basic data
Country	Indonesia
province	East Nusa Tenggara
Administrative district	North Central Timor
Seat	Sunkaen
surface	82 km²
Residents	4532 (2017)
density	55 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	ID-NT

Coordinates: 9 ° 26 ′ 5 ″  S , 124 ° 21 ′ 35 ″  E

Bikomi nilulate

Location in East Nusa Tenggara Province

Bikomi Nilulat is an Indonesian district ( Kecamatan ) in the west of the island of Timor .

geography

"Village" (Desa)	Administrative headquarters	surface	Residents	Population density
Nilulate	Nilulate	11.0 km²	579	52.6
Tubu	Tubu	10.0 km²	542	54.2
Haumeni'Ana	Haumeni'Ana	11.0 km²	1,028	93.5
Sunkaen	Sunkaen	9.0 km²	432	48.0
Nainaban	Nainaban	25.0 km²	755	30.2
Inbate	Inbate	16.0 km²	1,187	74.2

The district is located in the west of the administrative district of North Central Timor (Timor Tengah Utara) of the East Nusa Tenggara Province (Nusa Tenggara Timur) . Bikomi Nilulat is divided into two non-contiguous territories. In between lies the Musi district . To the east is the district of Central Bikomi (Bikomi Tengah) and south of South Miomaffo (Miomaffo Selatan) . In the east, Bikomi Nilulat borders on the Oe-Cusse Ambeno exclave belonging to the state of East Timor .

Bikomi Nilulat has an area of ​​82 km² and is divided into the six Desa . Sunkaen , Nainaban and Inbate are in the northern territory, Nilulat , Tubu and Haumeni'Ana in the south. The administrative headquarters are in Sunkaen. Nilulat is 1012  m above sea level , while Nainaban is only 542  m above sea level. As usual in Timor, the climate is divided into a rainy and a dry season .

flora

In the district to find occurrences of bamboo , coconut , teak , mahogany and pecan .

Residents

In 2017 there were 4,532 residents in Bikomi Nilulat. 2,239 are men and 2,284 are women. The population density is 55.2 people per square kilometer. 4,331 people profess the Catholic faith and 192 are Protestants. There are seven Catholic chapels and three Protestant churches in the district.

history

Soldiers of the armed forces of Indonesia and 200 pro-Indonesian militiamen of the Sakunar ( Scorpio ) murdered 17 people during Operation Donner between September 7 and 9, 1999 in the East Timorese villages of Tumin , Quiubiselo , Nonquican (all Suco Bobometo ) and Nibin ( Usitaqueno ) with machetes and firearms. Houses were burned down and the survivors were deported to the Indonesian side of the border. When they arrived in Inbate, 55 young men were separated, handcuffed and beaten by soldiers, police and militiamen. On the morning of September 10th they were herded on foot into the East Timorese Passabe and shot and stabbed to death there. Eight men escaped.

Economy, infrastructure and transport

Most of the district's residents make a living from agriculture. Cattle (2,668), buffalo (2), pigs (1,686), goats (136) and chickens (6,434) are kept as pets. Corn is grown on 263 hectares, rice on 303 hectares, manioc on 37 hectares, sweet potatoes on eight hectares and peanuts on eight hectares. Other agricultural products are chilli, tomatoes, eggplant and cucumber.

There are seven primary schools, two middle schools and one secondary school in Bikomi Nilulat.

Public transport is operated by eight minibuses, five pick-ups , one bus, 98 motorcycles and one other vehicle.

Web links

• Statistical data from Bikomi Nilulat District 2018 (Indonesian).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Kecamatan Bikomi Nilulat Dalam Angka 2018 , accessed on November 3, 2018.
2. ↑ Masters of Terror - Passabe massacre
3. ↑ CAVR-Report: 7.2 Unlawful Killings and Enforced Disappearances ( Memento of the original from November 5, 2013 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. (English; PDF; 2.5 MB)  
4. ↑ CAVR-Report: 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. (English; PDF; 1.3 MB)