Manatuto (municipality)

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Munisípiu Manatutu (tetum)
Município de Manatuto (port.)
Cliffs in Uma Caduac, Laclo Administration Office
Data
Capital Manatuto
surface 1,783.34 km² (3.)
Population (2015) 46,619 (13.)
Population density 26.14 inh / km² (13.)
Number of households (2015) 7,467 (13.)
ISO 3166-2: TL-MT
Administrative offices Residents surface
Barique 5,438 398.29 km²
Laclo 7,756 283.29 km²
Laclubar 12,050 399.79 km²
Laleia 3,689 226.08 km²
Manatuto 14,392 345.88 km²
Soibada 3,294 130.02 km²
map
Manatuto Municipality Administrative Offices

Manatuto ( tetum Manatutu ) is the third largest community in East Timor . The name is derived from "Manatutu" , the Galoli word for "pecking birds".

geography

Coastline between Dili and Baucau
Laleia Church from the main road (rainy season)

Since the territorial reform in 2015, Manatuto has an area of ​​1783.34 km² (before: 1785.96 km²). The capital of the municipality is Manatuto of the same name . Manatuto is divided into the six administrative offices Barique , Laclo , Laclubar , Laleia , Manatuto and Soibada . The administrative boundaries of the administrative posts and sucos were changed, in some cases very significantly, in 2015 (see maps). The sucos Ailili and Aiteas are classified as urban.

The municipality is located in the middle of the country and stretches from the north coast on the Wetar Strait to the south coast on the Timor Sea . The communities of Baucau and Viqueque border in the east, Manufahi , Aileu and Dili in the west . The two coastal regions are separated by mountains in the center of the island that reach a height of over 2000  m . Soibada and Barique are mostly forested, while there is hardly any forest in Laleia.

The Northern Lacló flows through the administrative office Laclo, where several rivers flow into it and reaches the Timorese north coast between the Ponta de Subaio and the Baía de Lanessana near Manatuto. The Rio Dilor forms the majority of the eastern border of the Barique administrative office to the municipality of Viqueque , while the western border is determined by the Sáhen River .

The climate is tropical. However, the annual rainfall in the municipality is very different. The northern part of Manatuto is one of the driest regions in Timor. In the municipal capital of Manatuto there is an average of only 565 mm of rainfall per year. The northern Lacló alone supplies the region with water in the dry season. It is one of the few rivers in north Timor that has water all year round, as it is also fed from the south. The mountains in the center of Manatuto receive most of the rain of the year, the south coast is also better supplied with water with around 1500 mm of rainfall per year. Sáhen and Dilor in particular threaten the south of Barique with flooding during the rainy season. Rain falls mainly in the rainy season, which takes place at different times in the north and south of the municipality. The temperature in the dry season varies between 18 and 32 ° C in the south and 20 and 32 ° C in the north.

There are several Important Bird Areas in the Manatuto community . On the north coast there is an area around Mount Curi . In the center is the area around the mountain Diatuto and in the south the area of ​​the mountains Makfahik and Sarim .

Residents

Development of the population in Manatuto
The largest language groups in the sucos of East Timors.

46,619 people live in Manatuto (2015, 2011: 44,906 inhabitants). The population density is 26.14 inhabitants / km², making the municipality in East Timor the most sparsely populated. The average age is 18.7 (2010). Between 1990 and 2004 the number of inhabitants grew by 1.06% annually. In 2004, each woman in Laleia had an average of 4.98 children, the number rose to over 6.18 children in Soibada, 6.35 in Barique, 6.50 in Manatuto and 6.51 in Laclubar, up to 7.25 children per woman in Laclo (national average 6.99). The rate of teenage mothers was also particularly high in Laclo. The infant mortality rate in Laleia in 2002 was 19 deaths per 1000 live births (1996: 79). Although this is the largest decrease in the country, it is assumed that there was an error in the collection of the data. 69 children died in Barique (72), in Manatuto 73 (92), in Soibada 89 (78), in Laclo 114 (148) and in Laclubar 143 (122). The national average was 98. Soibada and Laclubar are two of 14 administrative offices in which child mortality rose contrary to the national trend.

Several national languages ​​are spoken as mother tongue in the community . 29.9% speak Galoli (largest language group in the administrative offices of Laclo, Laleia and Manatuto); 28.8% speak the Idalaka language Idaté (Laclubar administrative office); 22.4% speak Tetum , mostly Tetum Terik (administrative offices Barique and Soibada); 6.6% speak Mambai (Bazartete Administrative Office); 4.0% speak Habun in the center of the community; 4.0% speak the dialect Dadu'a of Atauru . It is spoken by the descendants of residents of the island of Atauros who emigrated to the villages of Manatuto. Around 1000 residents speak Midiki and 260 Kairui , both of which belong to the Kawaimina languages. If the second languages ​​are also taken into account, in 2015 91.1% spoke Tetum, 37.1% Bahasa Indonesia, 30.2% Portuguese and 14.0% English .

In 2004 97.5% of the population were Catholics , 1.9% followers of the traditional, animistic religion of Timor and 0.2% Protestants . The 2015 census recorded 98.49% Catholics, 1.07% Protestants, 43 Buddhists, 34 Muslims and only 27 animists.

In 2015, 39.8% of residents aged three or over attended school. 30.5% had left school. 27.9% have never attended school, which is roughly the national average. 10.4% of Manatuto's residents only attended pre-school, just under a third only attended primary school. Just under a quarter of the population have completed secondary schools. 2.7% have a diploma or a degree, which is half the national average. The illiteracy rate in 2015 was 17.4% (women: 17.5%; men: 17.3%). In 2004 it was still 60.6%.

Education Graduation
at school Finished school never in a school Preschool primary school Pre-
secondary
Secondary Diploma / University of Applied
Sciences
university No graduation
Women 38.4% 28.9% 30.7% 9.9% 29.7% 11.6% 11.3% 0.4% 1.8% 1.0%
Men 41.2% 32.0% 25.2% 10.8% 32.0% 11.7% 12.8% 0.6% 2.6% 1.0%
total 39.8% 30.5% 27.9% 10.4% 30.9% 11.7% 12.1% 0.5% 2.2% 1.0%

history

Rebel heads displayed in Manatuto

Barique, Laclo, Laclubar, Laleia and Manatuto were among the traditional riches of Timor ruled by a liurai . They appear on a list by Afonso de Castro , a former governor of Portuguese Timor who listed 47 empires in 1868.

In 1670 Franciscans founded missions in Manatuto and Laclo . In 1752 a church was also built in Manatuto. While Christian centers emerged here, until the end of the 19th century in the highlands hardly any Timorese people recognized Christianity. Although the Dominican Manuel de Santo António had evangelized in Samoro at the beginning of the 18th century and converted the local Liurai to Christianity, no more Christians were registered in the highlands in 1856, while 700 Christians lived in Manatuto and 370 in Laclo.

In 1730 the Portuguese governor Pedro de Melo (1729 to 1731) moved to Manatuto and had to repel the attack by 15,000 warriors there. After 85 days he managed to break the siege. Although he was unable to drive the rebels out of this region, he made alliances with the Liurai of Manatuto and other local rulers - a circumstance that should facilitate the relocation of the colonial capital from Lifau to Dili in 1769. Governor Feliciano António Nogueira Lisboa (1788 to 1790) got into a dispute with the representative of the Catholic Church in Manatuto, the monk Francisco Luis da Cunha . Both accused each other of robbery and the theft of customs revenue, among other things. To get rid of the governor, the monk incited the people of Manatuto to rebellion. Christianized Timorese threatened to spread the revolt to all of Belu . Finally, the Viceroy of Goa took action, had both men arrested and deported from Timor. The new governor Joaquim Xavier de Morais Sarmento (1790 to 1794) brought the situation back under control. Around 1800 a company of Moradores was stationed in Manatuto , which secured Portugal's influence in the important center of the domain. From 1810 to 1812 the post of governor was vacant and a Conselho Governativo led the fortunes of the colony. A member of the council was the bishop of the colony, who resided in Manatuto between 1769 and 1877.

Ruins of the Colégio de Santa Isabel in Manatuto (1970)

In the spring of 1861, revolts broke out in Laclo against forced labor on public projects. Governor Afonso de Castro then sent Cabeira , a veteran and expert on the country, to set up a base in Manatuto. But he could only fall back on a few troops from Vemasse . There was already fighting in April. On August 26, the rebellion in Laclo was put down. The rebel camp was burned down and local allies were allowed looting and headhunting of the rebels. In June 1863 an uprising in Laga was put down. The rebel chief was captured by Laclo.

In 1882 there was fighting between Vemasse and Laleia, for which the Portuguese commander of the military headquarters was held responsible. In 1889 a military post was built in Manatuto in order to better control trade. In 1899, Jesuits and sisters of the Canossians founded the mission in Soibada , which at that time consisted of simple huts. The vicar general , who was responsible for the south of the colony, took his seat here in 1900. In the same year construction began on the home of the missionaries, the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and two Colégios . The Colégio Nuno Álvares Pereira for the boys opened in 1904. The Colégio da Imaculada Conceição for girls started operating around 1910. Soibada was the religious and educational center in Timor at that time. On December 23, 1910, however, the Jesuits were expelled from Soibada by order of the new, republican administration. For the Portuguese this meant a setback for their influence in this region for years. Only with the new Portuguese constitution of 1933 and the laws of 1935 was the decree of 1910 repealed. During the Manufahi rebellion , fighting broke out again in the region in 1912. On October 13, 1936, the Nossa Senhora da Fatima seminary was founded in Soibada . There was also a school for the formation of catechists, the Escola São Francisco Xavier . The Mission's buildings escaped destruction by the Japanese in World War II as the local ruler Raimundo Doutel Sarmento stood up for them. But after the war, Soibada began to decline. In 1951 the seminary and catechist school were moved to Dare and a diocese was established in Barique .

Course of the Indonesian invasion (1975 to 1979)

In September 1975, as a result of the civil war between FRETILIN and União Democrática Timorense (UDT), ten UDT members were murdered in what was then the Manaturo district. On September 4, FRETILIN units attacked the village of Hatu Conan and captured twelve UDT members. Nine of them were murdered. A tenth victim was captured on September 7th, first shot and then beheaded.

Soibada became the headquarters of FRETILIN immediately after the Indonesian invasion in 1975. At their congress here in May 1976, the previous Prime Minister of East Timor, Nicolau dos Reis Lobato, was officially elevated to military command. With the exception of Manatuto, bases de apoio were created in all the subdistricts of the Manatuto district at that time , in which the civilian population who had fled had settled. At the end of 1977 the Indonesian army began destroying these resistance bases. People were dispersed or captured. By June 1978 the district was finally completely under Indonesian control.

In 2014, the districts across East Timor were transformed into "parishes" and the sub-districts into "administrative offices".

politics

Administrador Konsellu Flag of Portugal.svg
João da Cruz Caleres Jùnior around 1942
Luís da Silva until the Carnation Revolution in 1974
District President (Bupati)  Flag of Indonesia.svg
Luís Maria da Silva ( APODETI ) May 1976-1984
Elías Enes Cárceres 1984-1989
José Abílio Osório Soares 1989-1994
Vidal Doutel Sarmento 1994-2002
Civil Administrator  Flag of the United Nations.svg
Abel dos Santos Fátima 2000-2002
Administrador Flag of East Timor.svg
Mateus Ximenes Belo 2001
Elvino Bonaparte do Rego 2002 - 2011 (?)
Gaspar da Silva around 2012
Aleixo Soares around 2014 to August 7, 2015
Fernando Domingos de Almeida Sousa Júnior since August 7, 2015
Aleixo Soares, Administrator of Manatuto (2014)
Fernando Domingos de Almeida Sousa Júnior, Administrator of Manatuto (2019)

Government president (Bupati) during the Indonesian occupation was among others José Abílio Osório Soares , who was the last Indonesian governor of East Timor from September 1992.

Today the administrator of the municipality is appointed by the East Timorese regional government in Dili. Abel dos Santos Fátima held this post under UN administration (2000–2002). In 2001, Mateus Ximenes Belo was administrator . In December 2003 and July 2011 the office was held by Elvino Bonaparte do Rego , but in March 2012 by Gaspar da Silva . The administrator in February 2014 was Aleixo Soares . On August 7, 2015, Fernando Domingos de Almeida Sousa Júnior was appointed as the new administrator.

In the elections for the constituent assembly , from which the national parliament later emerged, FRETILIN in Manatuto won the most votes with 47.57%, so that it received the direct mandate at that time. In the 2007 parliamentary elections , the Congresso Nacional da Reconstrução Timorense (CNRT) succeeded in becoming the strongest force in Manatuto with 33.18% of the vote. In the parliamentary elections in 2012 , the CNRT was able to build on its success with 45.39% of the vote. In 2017 , the CNRT received 31.5% of the vote, the FRETILIN 20.5%. In the early elections in 2018 , the Aliança para Mudança e Progresso (AMP) , to which the CNRT now belonged, received 61.7% of the vote.

In the 2007 presidential elections , the independent candidate and later election winner José Ramos-Horta won the most votes in the first round in Manatuto. In the second round he received 80.73%. In the 2012 presidential elections , the eventual winner Taur Matan Ruak also won in the first round in Manatuto. He received 35% of the vote. In the runoff election, Taur Matan Ruak got 73.55% in Manatuto. In the 2017 presidential elections in Manatuto, the nationwide winner Francisco Guterres from FRETILIN won the most votes.

Economy and Infrastructure

Share of households with ...
agriculture
Field crops Share 2010 Production 2008
Corn 52% 8,550 t
rice 30% 5,175 t
manioc 50% 1,998 t
coconuts 39% not specified
vegetables 39% 358 t (with fruit)
coffee 11% not specified-
Livestock
Livestock Share 2010 Number of animals 2010
Chicken 73% 24,635
Pigs 74% 14,363
Bovine 23% 6,204
Water buffalo 19% 8,551
Horses 26% 3.115
Goats 33% 8,575
Sheep 6% 4,048
Furnishing Share 2010 Number of households
radio 25% 1,734
watch TV 20% 1,382
Telephone (mobile / landline) 45% 3.114
fridge 7% 513
bicycle 14% 956
motorcycle 9% 591
automobile 3% 217
boat 2% 166
Forge in Manatuto
Scaly giant clam ( Tridacna squamosa ) off the north coast of Manatuto

According to the 2010 census, 40% of all residents who are ten years or older work (national average: 42%). 4% are unemployed (5%). 65.7% of households practice arable farming, 87.7% cattle (as of 2010). In Uma Boco (Natarbora) there is an agricultural college.

52% of the households in the municipality grow maize (production 2008: 8550 t), 50% manioc (1998 t), 39% coconuts, 30% rice (5175 t) and 30% coffee. In addition, light nuts , fruits and vegetables are grown for commercial purposes (a total of 944 t). People mainly keep chickens (24,635 in 73% of households) and pigs (14,363 in 74% of households) as pets. In addition, goats (8,575 in 33% of households), water buffalo (8,551 in 19% of households), sheep (4,048 in 6% of households), cattle (6,204 in 23% of households) and horses (3,115 in 26% of households ).

There are only small amounts of mineral resources. Marble, plaster of paris, gold, iron, magnesium, zinc, crude oil, natural gas and chrome can be found in Manatuto.

In front of the north coast there are species-rich coral banks that are suitable for diving tourism, for example in Suco Uma Caduac .

Water
hole in Soibada

The municipal radio station Radio Communidade Ili Wai broadcasts on FM 96.1 MHz. The FRETILIN radio station Radio Ma 2500 can be received on FM 93.8 MHz. 25% of households have a radio. 20% have a television. In 45% of households there is a fixed telephone line or a cell phone.

Few residents of Manatuto have their own vehicle. Only 9% of households have a motorcycle, only 3% have a car and only 14% of households have a bicycle.

93% of Manatuto's households live in their own house, with another 4% the house belongs to another family member. Only a quarter of all residential buildings are made of brick or concrete. Most of the buildings are still made from natural materials such as bamboo, palm fronds or clay. Zinc and iron sheets have prevailed in many places for roofs. However, 37% of the houses are still covered with palm fronds or thatch. In over half of the houses, the floor consists of rammed earth, in 23% of concrete. Overall, the natural materials in Manatuto are somewhat more widespread than the national average. 69% of households have access to clean drinking water sources (similar to the national average), with only 20% having the water on or in the house. The residents of the other households have to get the drinking water from public pipes, wells, springs or bodies of water. Almost all households use wood for cooking. The national average is 3% less. 38% use electricity as a light source, and almost a third of Manatuto's residents use petroleum to generate light. 10% use candles and 7% the light nut . In the national average, half use petroleum and over a third use electricity.

Share of households with ...
... house walls made of ...
Brick / concrete Wood bamboo Clay Iron / zinc sheet Palm fronds Natural stones Others
25% 3% 38% 4% 0% 28% 1 % 0%
... roofs made of ... ... floors made of ...
Palm fronds / straw / bamboo Iron / zinc sheet Roof tiles Others concrete Tiles Soil / loam Bamboo / wood Others
37% 53% 0% 9% 23% 4% 52% 13% 7%
Drinking water supply through ...
Pipe or pump in the house Line or pump outside Public pipeline, well, borehole protected source unprotected source Surface water Others
3% 17% 38% 11% 9% 21% 1 %
Energy source for cooking Light source
electricity petroleum Wood Others electricity petroleum Wood Light nut /
candle berry
Others
2% 3% 93% 1 % 38% 32% 5% 7% 18%

Partnerships

Web links

Commons : Manatuto (municipality)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

supporting documents

Individual evidence

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Coordinates: 8 ° 31 '  S , 126 ° 1'  E