Caicua

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Caicua
The Suco Caicua is located in the center of the administrative office of Vemasse.
Data
surface 18.55 km²
population 77  (2015)
Chefe de Suco Geraldo Romaldo da Silva
(election 2016)
Aldeias Population  (2015)
Bahamori 41
Caicua 36
Suco Caicua (East Timor)
Suco Caicua
Suco Caicua
Coordinates: 8 ° 35 ′  S , 126 ° 18 ′  E

Caicua is an East Timorese Suco in the administrative office of Vemasse ( municipality of Baucau ).

geography

Before the 2015 territorial reform, Caicua had an area of ​​22.99 km². Now it is 18.55 km². The Suco Caicua is located in the center of the administrative office of Vemasse. To the west and north is the Suco Vemasse , to the east are the Sucos Ostico , Uato-Lari and south of the Suco Ossouala . The Manuleiden River runs along much of the eastern border .

According to the Diploma Ministerial n. 199/09, the two Aldeias Bahamori and Caicua are located in the Suco .

Current maps do not show any major towns in the Sucos area.

The places Caicua and Bahamori are located in Suco Vemasse, near the place of the same name , while a map drawn between 2003 and 2004 extends the border from Caicua to the two places in Vemasse.

Residents

77 people live in Caicua (2015), 35 of them are men and 42 are women. The population density is 4.1 inhabitants / km². There are 22 households in the Suco. The list of polling stations in the parliamentary elections in East Timor in 2007 gives a total of 487 voters for the Suco Caicua in the polling station of the Escola Primaria Caicua elementary school . 55.56% of the population are under 15 years old, 12.96% over 60 years. All men can read, but a third of the women are illiterate. Almost 80% of the population name Waimaha as their mother tongue. Over 10% speak Galoli , around 5% Tetum Prasa and a few residents speak Habun as their mother tongue.

history

In 1979/80 people from Caicua and other settlements in the hills around the village of Vemasse were forced to relocate to Natar Ulun , three kilometers away from Vemasse. The reason was the isolation of Caicua, which is why the inhabitants were difficult to control by the Indonesian occupiers. Indonesian soldiers found it difficult to get into the region. The residents of Caicua were suspected of collaborating with the FALINTIL resistance fighters .

politics

In the elections of 2004/2005 was Geraldo Romaldo da Silva elected Chefe de Suco and 2009 and in 2016 re-elected.

economy

81.82% of the population keep farm animals. In 2010 there were 52 chickens, 15 pigs, 15 sheep, 13 goats, 3 horses and 4 water buffalo. 45.45% of households in Caicua are arable. 35% grow rice, about 18% each coconuts, coffee and fruit, just under 10% each manioc, corn and vegetables. The residents only use firewood for cooking. Access to sanitation and safe drinking water is a major problem. 18.2% of households have a telephone, just as many have a radio. 9.1% each have a television or a refrigerator. No resident owns a car, motorcycle or bicycle.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Direcção-Geral de Estatística : Results of the 2015 census , accessed on November 23, 2016.
  2. ↑ Direcção Nacional de Estatística: Population Distribution by Administrative Areas Volume 2 English ( Memento of the original from January 5, 2017 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. (2010 census; PDF; 22.6 MB)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / dne.mof.gov.tl
  3. ↑ a b c Timor-Leste GIS-Portal ( Memento from June 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Jornal da Républica with the Diploma Ministerial n. 199/09 ( Memento of February 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (Portuguese; PDF; 323 kB)
  5. ↑ a b UNMIT: Timor-Leste District Atlas version 02, August 2008 ( Memento of the original dated December 3, 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; 499 kB)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / unmit.unmissions.org
  6. ^ Map of the Baucau district from the Instituto Superior Técnico and GERTIL
  7. ↑ List of polling stations for the parliamentary elections in East Timor 2007 (PDF file; 118 kB)
  8. ↑ a b Results of the 2010 census for the Suco Caicua ( tetum ; PDF; 8.6 MB)
  9. ↑ "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
  10. ↑ Secretariado Técnico de Administração Eleitoral STAE: Eleições para Liderança Comunitária 2004/2005 - Resultados ( Memento of August 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ↑ Secretariado Técnico de Administração Eleitoral STAE: Eleições para Liderança Comunitária 2009 - Resultados ( Memento of August 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

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