Dom Aleixo (Administration Office)

Dom Aleixo Administration Office
Administrative headquarters	Comoro
surface	25.93 km²
population	130,095 (2015)
Sucos	Population (2015)
Bebonuk	11,383
Bairro Pite	25,201
Comoro	44,411
Fatuhada	14,890
Kampung Alor	3,531
Madohi	14,818
Manleuana	8,465
Overview map

Dom Aleixo is the East Timorese administrative office ( Portuguese Posto Administrativo ), which forms the western part of the state capital Dili . The administration office is named after the Timorese folk hero Dom Aleixo . The seat of the administration is in Comoro .

geography

Dom Aleixo in the west of the parish of Dili

Until 2014, the administrative offices were still referred to as sub-districts . Before the 2015 territorial reform, Dom Aleixo had an area of ​​33.12 km². Now it is 25.93 km².

Dom Aleixo forms the west of the municipality of Dili . In the east is the Vera Cruz administrative office , in the west the municipality Liquiçá with the administrative office Bazartete and in the south Dom Aleixo touches the municipality Aileu with the administrative office Laulara with a tip . To the north is the Strait of Wetar . Here the Rio Comoro flows into the sea. However, the river only carries water during the rainy season. Lake Tibar , one of the few larger lakes in East Timor, is located near the western border . There are three small salt lakes in Tasitolu , which are fed by Mota Tasitolu in the rainy season . They are a designated Important Bird Area and under special protection as a Peace Park. Also in Tasitolu is a six-meter-high monumental statue of Pope John Paul II. The Maloa forms the border to Vera Cruz in the northeast . Between Maloa and Rio Comoro, a third temporary river flows into the sea in Dom Aleixo.

The Office of Administration Dom Aleixo divided since 2017 into seven Sucos : Bairro Pite ( Bairo Pite ) Bebonuk , Comoro , Fatuhada , Kampung Alor , Madohi and Manleuana . All sucos are classified as urban.

The Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport and the Arte Moris Cultural Center are located in Suco Madohi .

The new headquarters of the Defense Forces of East Timor has been located in Fatuhada since October 2010 .

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  Annual rainfall (2000)

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  Average annual temperature (2000)

Residents

Sao José Church in Aimutin

130,095 people live in Dom Aleixo (2015), of which 67,646 are men and 62,449 women. The population density is 5,017.9 inhabitants / km². The average age is 20.9 years (2010, 2004: 20.0 years).

history

Australian ISF troops land in Comoro (2006)

Kampung Alor used to be the area where the Arab population settled at the end of the 19th century. They are descendants of the Yemeni tribe of the Kathiri from Hadramaut . The Annur Mosque , Dili's largest mosque, is located in Kampung Alor .

On October 12, 1989, Pope John Paul II held a mass on the grounds of the Tasitolu Peace Park. On May 20, 2002 the independence of East Timor was proclaimed here.

The west of Dili was one of the main focuses of the unrest in East Timor in 2006 . Again and again there were fighting and other incidents.

politics

Administrator Luis Maria da Silva Mota (2013I)

The administrator of the administrative office is appointed by the central government in Dili. In 2013 it was Luis Maria da Silva Mota , in 2015 Berta Santa Gonçalves Vieira . Simplício dos Santos Mendonça held the post from 2016 until he passed away in 2019.

economy

Street stall in Kampung Alor

In urban Dili, too, the residents cultivate fields and gardens to increase their livelihood. 8% of households in Dom Aleixo have coconut palms, 11% grow cassava, 8% vegetables, 10% corn and 2% even grow coffee. Pets such as chickens and pigs are also kept.

See also

• History of the Arabs in East Timor

Web links

Commons : Dom Aleixo  - 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. ↑ Jornal da República : Diploma Ministerial no 24/2014 de 24 de Julho - Orgânica dos Postos Administrativos ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ ^{a b} Direcção Nacional de Estatística: 2010 Census Wall Chart (English) ( Memento of the original from August 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.5 MB)  
4. ^ Timor-Leste GIS-Portal ( Memento from June 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Direcção-Geral de Estatística: DILI EM NÚMEROS 2016 , p. 3, accessed on March 8, 2019.
6. ^ Timor Post, July 20, 2010, Headquarter for F-FDTL to be constructed
7. ↑ ^{a b} Seeds of Life
8. ↑ Direcção Nacional de Estatística: Census of Population and Housing Atlas 2004 ( Memento of November 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 14 MB)
9. ↑ Ministério da Administração Estatal: Administração Municipal ( Memento from June 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
10. ↑ Ministério da Administração Estatal: Hafoin Hakotu I'is iha Tersa Feira ne'e, Mate isin Administrador do Postu Dom Alexo Simplicio do Santos, antes atu halot iha Semitériu Becussi ba dala uluk, halao misa iha Igreija Becora, hafoin Kontinua lori ba ba Administrativu Dom Alexu, Kontinua ba Autoridade Munisipiu Dili, no ikus Lori ba Eskritóriu Ministériu Administrsaun Estatal hodi fo homenagem ikus nian. , June 13, 2019 , accessed June 13, 2019.
11. ↑ 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)  

Coordinates: 8 ° 33 '  S , 125 ° 31'  E