Ermera (administrative office)
| Administrative office of Ermera | |||
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| Administrative headquarters | Gleno | ||
| surface | 91.47 km² | ||
| population | 36,105 (2015) | ||
| Sucos | Population (2015) | ||
| Estado | 3,022 | ||
| Humboe | 2,305 | ||
| Lauala | 3,150 | ||
| Leguimea | 2,828 | ||
| Mertuto | 1,973 | ||
| Poets | 8,828 | ||
| Ponilala | 3,372 | ||
| Raimerhei | 2,244 | ||
| Riheu | 2,039 | ||
| Talimoro | 6.344 | ||
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Ermera is an East Timorese administrative office ( Portuguese Posto Administrativo ) in the municipality of Ermera .
geography
Until 2014, the administrative offices were still referred to as sub-districts . Before the 2015 territorial reform, Ermera had an area of 93.68 km². Now there are 91.47 km².
The administrative office of Ermera is located in the northeast of the municipality of the same name. To the northeast lies the Railaco administrative office , to the west the Hatulia administrative office and to the south the Letefoho administrative office . In the northwest, Ermera borders the administrative offices of Liquiçá and Bazartete, which belong to the municipality of Liquiçá, and to the east of the administrative office of Aileu, which belongs to the municipality of Aileu . Ermera is divided into ten Sucos : Estado , Humboe , Lauala , Leguimea ( Liguimea ) Mertuto ( Mertutu , Mirtutu, Mertuti ) Poetete , Ponilala , Raimerhei , Riheu ( Rihiu ) and Talimoro . Both the former municipal capital Ermera (Suco Poetete) and the current capital and seat of the administrative office Gleno (Suco Riheu) are located in the administrative office .
The Gleno , a tributary of the Lóis, flows through the administrative office .
climate
The average temperature over the year is 22.2 ° C, the highest monthly average temperature is 26.8 ° C and the lowest is 17.6 ° C. It can get uncomfortably cool, especially at night.
- Climate data
Annual rainfall (2000)
Average annual temperature (2000)
Climate diagram of Gleno
Residents
A total of 36,105 people (2015) live in the administrative office, of which 18,166 are men and 17,939 women. The population density is 394.7 inhabitants / km². The Sucos Riheu and Talimoro are considered urban. In the past, Poetete was the urban sector instead of Talimoro. The largest language group is formed by the speakers of the official language Tetum (mostly the dialect Tetum Prasa ), but the national language Mambai is also widespread. The average age is 17.0 years (2010, 2004: 16.6 years).
history
The empire of Ermera (also Hermera ) participated in the 18th century in the Cailaco rebellion against the Portuguese .
On September 1, 1975, in the course of the civil war between UDT and FRETILIN , skirmishes and executions took place in Aifu (Suco Poetete). A memorial has been commemorating the Klaek Reman and Aifu massacre and the victims of the fighting since 2016.
At the beginning of 1976, the Indonesian invasion forces reached Ermera. Part of the population fled to the mountains out of fear. After the capture of Samara (Hatulia administrative office) on April 24th, 500 of its inhabitants were interned in Ermera, where they suffered from starvation due to the lack of food. There were other internment camps for civilians, so-called transit camps , in what was then the sub-district at the end of 1979 in Borohei (Suco Humboe), Mangero (Suco Riheu), Hotklokat (Suco Lauala) and Falimanu .
At the beginning of 1979, around a hundred men from the previous district capital Ermera and Suco Ponilala were brought by the Indonesian occupying forces to the place where the city of Gleno is today. The Indonesian military forced the men to clear the previously uninhabited area and remove the vegetation so that the new city could be built here. If the forced laborers failed to complete their daily quota, they were tortured as a punishment. Three men who were too sick to work were killed by the soldiers. Since it was not possible to create gardens at that time, food was supplied by the military. When work on the new district capital, Gleno, was finished in 1983, the military stopped supplies. The families of the forced laborers have now also been forcibly relocated to Gleno. Because basic gardens had still not been laid out, deaths from starvation occurred. It was not until 1985 that the residents of Glenos were allowed to move freely.
In 1997, FALINTIL commander Nino Konis Santana hid in a bunker under a house in front of the Indonesian army in Mertuto . A five-year-old boy named Kercoli provided him with water and food during this time. The high school in Gleno is therefore named after Santana.
On April 10, Indonesian soldiers and Darah Merah militiamen burned down dozens of houses in the town of Ermera.
politics
The administrator of the administrative office is appointed by the central government in Dili. In 2015 it was Simão F. Piedade .
economy
The region around Ermera is considered the main region of East Timor for coffee cultivation. 59% of the households in the administrative office grow coffee. One of the largest coffee processing plants with wet coffee processing has been located in Estado since 2004. The owner and operator is the Cooperativa Café Timor .
Gleno is the community's business hub. They are also planning to set up a fish farm here. 61% of households in Ermera grow cassava, 56% corn, 46% vegetables, 26% coconuts and 9% rice. Due to the dominant coffee cultivation, food has to be imported from neighboring regions.
Personalities
- Eduardo de Jesus Barreto (* 1951 in Ermera ), politician
- Elvina Sousa Carvalho (* 1986), politician
- João Maia da Conceicão (* 1969 in Ermera), politician
- Maria da Costa Exposto (* 1960 in Ermera), politician
- Rui Manuel Hanjam (* 1969 in Ermera), politician
- José Neves (* 1962 in Poetete ), presidential candidate and civil servant
- António 55 dos Santos (* 1960 in Poetete), politician and independence activist
- Cláudio de Jesus Ximenes (* in Ermera), President of the Tribunal de Recurso de Timor-Leste
- Gabriel Ximenes (* 1956 in Ermera; † 2009), politician
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Direcção-Geral de Estatística : Results of the 2015 census , accessed on November 23, 2016.
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ 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 )
- ^ Asian Development Bank: TIM: District Capitals Water Supply Project - Rehabilitation of Lake Lehumo , September 2011 , accessed February 23, 2014.
- ↑ a b c Seeds of Life
- ↑ Direcção Nacional de Estatística: Census of Population and Housing Atlas 2004 ( Memento of November 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 14 MB)
- ^ Government of East Timor: Government builds Reconciliation Monument of Aifu's massacre , April 8, 2016 , accessed June 20, 2017.
- ↑ "Chapter 7.2 Unlawful Killings and Enforced Disappearances" (PDF; 2.5 MB) from the "Chega!" Report of the CAVR (English)
- ↑ a b c CAVR Chega Files: Part 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)
- ↑ Ministério da Administração Estatal: Administração Municipal ( Memento of the original from June 1, 2016 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.
- ↑ a b 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 ° 45 ′ S , 125 ° 24 ′ E
The administrative borders within East Timor changed in 2015. This article must therefore be checked and updated if necessary. See New Administrative Boundaries .