Luculai

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Luculai
The Suco Luculai is located in the east of the Liquiçá administrative office.
Data
surface 4.59 km²
population 793  (2015)
Chefe de Suco Leonel da Silva Lopes
(election 2009)
Aldeias Population  (2015)
Hunehei 293
Lebuana 155
Metagou 115
Natarae 230
Metagou (East Timor)
Metagou
Metagou
Coordinates: 8 ° 39 ′  S , 125 ° 21 ′  E

Luculai ( Lukulai ) is an East Timorese Suco in the administrative office of Liquiçá ( Liquiçá municipality ).

geography

Luculai
places position height
Hunehei 8 ° 38 ′  S , 125 ° 21 ′  E 864  m
Lebuana 8 ° 38 ′  S , 125 ° 22 ′  E 947  m
Metagou 8 ° 39 ′  S , 125 ° 21 ′  E 1159  m
Natarae 8 ° 39 ′  S , 125 ° 22 ′  E 1283  m

Before the 2015 territorial reform, Luculai had an area of ​​4.51 km². Now it is 4.59 km². The Suco is to the east of the Liquiçá administrative office. To the west are the Sucos Dato and Darulete . In the east, Luculai borders on the administrative office of Bazartete with its Sucos Leorema and Metagou . The Caray river has its source in the north of Luculai and flows west into the Gaulara . It forms the border to Dato and flows together with the Eanaloa at the northern tip of Luculai and thus forms the Gularkoo . The Eanaloa forms the border with Metagou.

To the north of the Caray are the villages of Hunehei ( Hunanai , Hunahai ) and Lebuana , to the south the places Metagou ( Metagao ) and Natarae . In Metagou there is a medical station and a primary school, the Escola Primaria Luculai .

The four Aldeias Hunehei , Lebuana , Metagou and Natarae are located in the Suco .

Residents

793 inhabitants live in the Suco (2015), of which 428 are men and 365 women. The population density is 172.6 inhabitants / km². There are 134 households in the Suco. Over 79% of the population give Tokodede as their mother tongue. 16% speak Mambai and almost 4 % speak Tetum Prasa .

history

In April 1999, the residents of Luculai and other sucos were forcibly deported to Vila de Liquiçá . Here they were forced to use intimidation and abuse to support the autonomy solution in the independence referendum , which provided for East Timor to remain with Indonesia . If they did not flee, men were forcibly recruited into the militia . In addition, people had to raise the flag of Indonesia and set up guard posts. Girls and young women had to dance at militia celebrations.

300 families were left homeless when floods ravaged Luculai, Dato and Maumeta on January 1 and 2, 2008 . 100 houses were completely destroyed, 90 more damaged. The population was able to be evacuated by the national police in time, so that no people were harmed.

politics

In the elections of 2004/2005 was Augusto Lopes da Silva elected Chefe de Suco. In the 2009 elections won Leonel da Silva Lopes .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Direcção-Geral de Estatística : Results of the 2015 census , accessed on November 23, 2016.
  2. ↑ Fallingrain.com: Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in East Timor
  3. ↑ Direcção Nacional de Estatística: Population Distribution by Administrative Areas Volume 2 English ( Memento from January 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (Census 2010; PDF; 22.6 MB)
  4. ^ Timor-Leste GIS-Portal ( Memento from June 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ List of polling stations for the parliamentary elections in East Timor 2007 (PDF file; 118 kB)
  6. ↑ UNMIT: Timor-Leste District Atlas version 02, August 2008 ( Memento of December 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 486 kB)
  7. ↑ Jornal da Républica with the Diploma Ministerial n. 199/09 ( Memento of February 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (Portuguese; PDF; 323 kB)
  8. ↑ Results of the 2010 census for the Suco Luculai ( tetum ; PDF; 8.2 MB)
  9. ↑ "Chapter 7.3 Forced Displacement and Famine" ( Memento of November 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 1.3 MB) from the "Chega!" Report of the CAVR (English)
  10. ↑ Relief Web, January 7, 2008, Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update, Dec 21 - Jan 7, 2008
  11. ↑ Secretariado Técnico de Administração Eleitoral STAE: Eleições para Liderança Comunitária 2004/2005 - Resultados ( Memento of August 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  12. ↑ Secretariado Técnico de Administração Eleitoral STAE: Eleições para Liderança Comunitária 2009 - Resultados ( Memento of August 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

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