Legumau

Legumau
Tropical mountain forest at an altitude of 1100 m on the Legumau
height	1221  m
location	Suco Lacawa , Luro Administrative Office , Lautém Municipality , East Timor
Coordinates	8 ° 34'0 "  S , 126 ° 47'2"  E Coordinates: 8 ° 34'0 "  S , 126 ° 47'2"  O

The Legumau (also Legumaw , Laqumau or Monte Apara ) has a height of 1221  m , 1228  m , 1263  m or 1297  m depending on the source . This makes it the highest mountain in the East Timorese community of Lautém . It is located in its administrative office in Luro , in the south of Suco Lacawa , near the border with the municipality of Baucau .

In 1978 the mountain was a base of the FALINTIL , the resistance movement against the Indonesian occupation (1975-1999). It was not abandoned until June 1978 when the Indonesian armed forces advanced from Uatucarbau . The East Timorese moved on to Lavateri and finally to Matebian .

Web links

Commons : Legumau  - collection of images, videos and audio files

See also

• List of mountains or elevations in East Timor

Individual evidence

1. ↑ geonames
2. ^ Ministry of Defense and Security - Biography of Commander F-FDTL ( Memento from July 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ "Chapter 7.3 Forced Displacement and Famine" (PDF; 1.3 MB) from the "Chega!" Report of the CAVR (English)