Maluru

Data

surface

33.95 km²

population

816 (2015)

Chefe de Suco

Jeronimo Pinto
(election 2009)

Aldeias

Population (2015)

Loho Oan

363

Macalosso

272

Maluru

181

Bibiluto

Coordinates: 8 ° 56 ' S , 126 ° 24' E

Maluru ( Maluro ) is an East Timorese Suco and Aldeia in the administrative office of Viqueque ( municipality of Viqueque ).

geography

Maluru
places	position	height
Bibiluto	8 ° 56 ' S , 126 ° 24' E-8.9263888888889 126.40027777778	35 m
Momoinento	8 ° 56 ' S , 126 ° 24' E-8.9277777777778 126.4025	35 m
Rai Tahu	8 ° 55 ' S , 126 ° 24' E-8.9241666666667 126.40138888889	35 m

Before the 2015 territorial reform, Maluru had an area of 14.15 km². Now it is 33.95 km². The Suco is located in the southeast of the administrative office Viqueque on the banks of the Timor Sea . To the west, across the Cuha River is the Suco Uma Quic , to the east, across the Bularan River, the Suco Fatudere , to the northwest, across the Lee River (which flows into the Cuha), the Suco Uma Uain Craic and northeast of the Suco Caraubalo .

The southern coastal road, one of the most important traffic routes in East Timor, crosses the Suco. The place Bibiluto is located on it , south of it the village Momoinento ( Momomento ) and north the village Rai Tahu ( Raitahu ). There is a primary school in Bibiluto.

In the Suco there are the three Aldeias Loho Oan , Macalosso and Maluru .

Residents

816 inhabitants live in the Suco (2015), of which 388 are men and 428 women. The population density is 24.0 inhabitants / km². There are 181 households in the Suco. Over 92% of the population name Makasae as their mother tongue. 4% speak Tetum Terik and minorities Sa'ane or Idalaka .

history

On a Portuguese map from 1914, Bibiluto dominates today's municipality of Viqueque

Bibiluto was a traditional Timorese empire ruled by a Liurai . It appears on a list of Afonso de Castro , a former governor of Portuguese Timor , who listed 47 empires in 1868 , among others .