Gleno
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| Coordinates | 8 ° 43 ′ S , 125 ° 26 ′ E | ||
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| Country | East Timor | ||
| Ermera | |||
| Administrative office | Ermera | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | TL-ER | ||
| Suco | Riheu | ||
| height | 882 m | ||
| Residents | 8133 (2010) | ||
| founding | 1979-1983 | ||
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Gleno is the capital and economic center of the East Timorese municipality of Ermera .
geography
Gleno is located in Suco Riheu , at an altitude of 882 m , south of the Rio Gleno , east of the Rio Goumeca and north of the Rio Manolldodo . The Rio Roumetalena flows through Gleno . All of these rivers are connected by the Rio Gleno to the Lóis system, the longest river in East Timor. The state capital Dili is about 25 km to the northeast as the crow flies. On the difficult road through the mountains, the 50 km to Dili takes about two hours by car. The old municipal capital Ermera is about 5 km southwest of Gleno as the crow flies.
Between 2008 and 2010 an annual rainfall of 1845 mm was measured.
population
The administrative office of Ermera , to which Gleno belongs, has 33,262 inhabitants (2010). The place itself has 8,133 inhabitants (2010).
history
At the beginning of 1979 about a hundred men from the then district capital Ermera and Suco Ponilala were brought by the Indonesian occupying forces to the place where the city of Gleno stands today. The Indonesian military forced the men to clear the previously uninhabited area and clear it of the vegetation so that the new city could be built here, which was named after the river of the same name in the north. 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 was finished in 1983, the military stopped supplies. The families of the forced laborers have now also been forcibly relocated to Gleno. Residents starved to death because the basic supply gardens had still not been laid out. It was not until 1985 that the residents of Glenos were allowed to move freely.
Gleno suffered badly during the unrest before and after the 1999 independence referendum . There was severe destruction. This was also the country's most serious incident during the voting. German election observers reported that pro-Indonesian militiamen shot in the air and pelted the voters with stones. Two people were injured as a result.
On November 22, 2007, the mutinous soldiers of the rebel Alfredo Alves Reinado held a military parade in Gleno to show that they still feel part of the F-FDTL. In doing so, they demanded to be resumed in the defense forces. In front of 500 spectators, Reinado threatened that he would destabilize the nation again and "lead his soldiers down to Dili".
economy
Gleno is located in East Timor's main coffee growing area. To improve the economic situation, plans are being made to plant coconut palms and set up a fish farm.
Public facilities
The city has a primary school ( Escola Primaria No. 202 Riheu ), a pre-secondary school and two secondary schools , the Nino Konis Santana High School and the Escola Secundaria Gleno . Also the Ermera Stadium (Estádio Ermera) , a police station, a helipad, a community health center and a small orphanage.
The East Timor Coffee Institute ( Instituto de Café de Timor-Leste , ETCI) is a state-recognized college in Gleno.
Sons and daughters
The former freedom fighter and assassin of February 11, 2008 Alfredo Alves Reinado grew up in Gleno.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Seeds of Life
- ^ Asian Development Bank: TIM: District Capitals Water Supply Project - Rehabilitation of Lake Lehumo , September 2011 , accessed February 23, 2014.
- ↑ a b Direcção Nacional de Estatística: Preliminary Result of Census 2010 English ( Memento of the original from September 6, 2014 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; 3.2 MB)
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Amnesty International Report ( Memento of March 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ^ Report from the day of the independence referendum
- ↑ Sinchew, November 23, 2007 East Timor: Fugitive Rebel Soldier Threatens New East Timor Government
- ↑ List of polling stations for the parliamentary elections in East Timor 2007 (PDF file; 118 kB)
- ↑ UNMIT: Timor-Leste District Atlas version 02, August 2008 ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2011 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. (PDF; 584 kB)
- ↑ Hope Orphanage in Gleno
- ↑ Agência Nacional para a Avaliação e Acreditação Académica: Accredited Institutions ( Memento of the original dated August 14, 2014 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. , accessed on May 1, 2017.
The administrative borders within East Timor changed in 2015. This article must therefore be checked and updated if necessary. See New Administrative Boundaries .