Kefamenanu

Kota Kefamenanu Kefamenanu
Kefamenanu
Coordinates	9 ° 26 '48 "  S , 124 ° 28' 40"  E Coordinates: 9 ° 26 '48 "  S , 124 ° 28' 40"  E
Basic data
Country	Indonesia
Geographical unit	Nusa Tenggara
province	Nusa Tenggara Timur
surface	74 km²
Residents	41,848 (2013)
density	565.5  Ew. / km²
founding	September 22, 1922

Kefamenanu ( Kefa for short ) is the capital of the administrative district ( Kabupaten ) of North Central Timor ( East Nusa Tenggara Province ) in the Indonesian part of West Timor .

geography

Kefamenanu located in the center of the administrative district on the road from Atambua to Soe (city) . Another overland road leads to the northwest to Oesilo in the East Timorese exclave of Oe-Cusse Ambeno . Smaller roads go to Wini on the coast in the north and Eban in the west.

As Kota Kefamenanu, the city ​​forms its own administrative unit at district level ( Kecamatan ) and is in turn divided into nine Kelurahan :

• Aplasi
• Bansone
• Benpasi
• Maubeli
• North Kefamenanu ( Kefamenanu Utara )
• Sasi (Kefamenanu)
• South Kefamenanu ( Kefamenanu Selatan )
• Tubuhue
• Central Kefamenanu ( Kefamenanu Tengah )

population

41,848 people live in Kefamenanu (2013). The majority of the inhabitants are Catholic. Several churches from the colonial era can still be found in the city.

history

Priest of Timorese in Kefamenanu, during the Japanese occupation (October 1945)

Kefamenanu used to be a Portuguese post in a region that became a bone of contention with the Netherlands . It was not until the ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration on June 25, 1914 that Dutch rule over this region of Timor was secured . On September 22, 1922, the Dutch founded a town at the old post and made it the administrative headquarters of the North Central Timor subdivision ( Onderafdeling Noord-Midden Timor ). In 1923 the administration building was built, which today houses the local archive.

Kefamenanu was one of the many refugee camps for East Timorese who were forcibly evacuated to West Timor during the East Timor crisis in 1999 .

economy

The region has been a center of manganese extraction since 2007 . The ore is exported through the ports of Kupang, Atambua and Wini. Kefamenanu is also known for its Ikat -Webkunst.

The Maria Bitauni cave is of great tourist interest .

Web links

• KECAMATAN KEFAMENANU DALAM ANGKA - Statistical data of Kefamenanu 2016 (Indonesian).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Lonely Planet: Indonesia, p. 565.
2. ↑ Penduduk Indonesia menurut desa 2010 ( Memento from March 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Indonesian; PDF; 6.0 MB), accessed on October 12, 2015.
3. ↑ TTU dalam Angka 2014 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. - Publikasi BPS 
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Lonely Planet: Introducing Kefamenanu
5. ↑ Pengadilan Negeri Kefamenanu ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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 October 12, 2015. 
6. ↑ "Part 10: Acolhimento and victim support" ( Memento of the original from September 5, 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; 518 kB) from the "Chega!" Report by CAVR (English) 
7. ^ West Timor: Republic of Manganese , August 12, 2012.