Manapa

Data

surface

20.19 km²

population

1,688 (2015)

Chefe de Suco

Zeferino Soares Lemos
(election 2009)

Aldeias

Population (2015)

Lugululi

467

Tapomeak

726

Tatelori

495

Manapaatas

Coordinates: 8 ° 57 ′ S , 125 ° 14 ′ E

Manapa is an East Timorese Suco in the administrative office of Cailaco ( Bobonaro municipality ).

geography

Manapa
places	position	height
Acubira	8 ° 58 ′ S , 125 ° 14 ′ E-8.9680555555556 125.23027777778	577 m
Manapaatas	8 ° 57 ′ S , 125 ° 14 ′ E-8.9519444444444 125.22916666667	733 m
Tapomeak	8 ° 55 ′ S , 125 ° 13 ′ E-8.9228908361111 125.21667480472	?
Tatelori	8 ° 57 ′ S , 125 ° 14 ′ E-8.9490482183333 125.22805809972	?

Before the 2015 territorial reform, Manapa had an area of 18.38 km². Now there are 20.19 km². The Suco is located in the southwest of the administrative office of Cailaco. To the north is Suco Meligo , which also belongs to Cailaco , to the northeast is Goulolo and to the east Atudara and Raiheu . In the south and west Manapa borders on the administrative office of Maliana with its Suco Ritabou . Much of the border with Ritabou is formed by the Bulobo River. Only in the northwest does a narrow strip of Manapas extend across the river to the north. Several tributaries flow into the Bulobo. The southern border river Biusosso , the northern border river Nakere and the river Karbau .

The larger towns of Sucos are in the west. Between Karbau and Nakere these are Tatelori ( Tate Lori ) and Manapaatas , in the southwest on the Biusosso the village of Acubira . Tapomeak ( Tapo Meac ) is located in the narrow strip between the border with Ritabou and the Bulobo River in the northwest . The country road from Maliana to Hatolia Vila (municipality of Ermera ) runs through the northwestern strip of Manapas . At Tapomeak she crosses the Bulobo with a bridge. There is a primary school in Manapaatas. the Escola Primaria Manapa .

In the Suco are the three Aldeias Lugululi , Tapomeak and Tatelori .

Residents

1688 inhabitants (2015) live in the Suco, of which 882 are men and 806 women. The population density is 83.6 inhabitants / km². There are 291 households in the Suco. Almost 80% of the population name Kemak as their mother tongue. A little more than 20% speak Tetum Prasa .

politics

In the 2004/2005 elections , Agustinho Soares was elected Chefe de Suco. In the 2009 elections , Zeferino Soares Lemos won .

history

In Manapa, too, there were violent acts around the East Timorese independence referendum in 1999 . On April 19, 1999, the two supporters of independence Armando Berlaku Soares and Antonio Basilio were murdered in Manapa. Residents were forced to flee to Samutaben , houses were burned down. On August 18, members of the pro-Indonesian militia Besi Merah Putih again attacked residents in Manapa and destroyed 15 houses. About 80 residents fled to Maliana.