Malahara

Malahara
Malahara
Coordinates	8 ° 28 ′  S , 127 ° 8 ′  E Coordinates: 8 ° 28 ′  S , 127 ° 8 ′  E
Basic data
Country	East Timor
local community	Lautém
Administrative office	Lospalos
Suco	Muapitine
height	545 m
Morning view of a flooded lagoon at Malahara, which is connected to the Ira Lalaro .

Malahara is a village in the East Timorese municipality of Lautém .

geography

Malahara and Mehara women fish for catfish and tilapias . Saltwater crocodiles up to four meters long also live in the river

Malahara is located in Suco Muapitine ( Lospalos administrative office ), near the south bank of Ira Lalaro , East Timor's largest lake. Until 2015, the area still belonged to the Suco Mehara ( Tutuala administrative office ). There is a primary school in the village.

In Malahara, plans were made for several years underground for the largest hydroelectric power station in the country to date, which would supply Lospalos and Dili with electricity. The water should flow from the Ira Lalaro below the Paitchau mountain range towards the Timor Sea . The project has since been discontinued.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ UNMIT: Timor-Leste District Atlas version02, August 2008 ( Memento of December 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 389 kB)
2. ↑ Hydrotimor: Iralalaru ( Memento from January 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive )