Maubisse

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Maubisse
Maubisse (2016)
The Suco Maubisse, to the west of the Maubisse Administrative Office, is classified as urban.  The place Maubisse is in the east of the Sucos.
Data
surface 19.59 km²
population 6,229  (2015)
Chefe de Suco Wilson Nivio P. Mendonça
(election 2016)
Aldeias Population  (2015)
Cano-Rema 1,500
Goulala 326
Hato-fae 353
Hato-Luli 404
Hautado 462
Lequi-Tei 561
Ria-Leco 382
Ria-Mori 634
Sarlala 157
Teli-Tuco 162
Ura-hou 689
Vila 599
Maubisse (East Timor)
Maubisse
Maubisse
Coordinates: 8 ° 50 ′  S , 125 ° 36 ′  E

Maubisse ( Maubesse, Mau-Bessi , Maobisse , Maubise ) is a city in the northeast of the East Timorese municipality of Ainaro and its associated Suco .

geography

Maubisse
places position height
Cano-Rema 8 ° 51 ′  S , 125 ° 35 ′  E 1646  m
Goulala 8 ° 50 ′  S , 125 ° 35 ′  E 1531  m
Hato-fae 8 ° 50 ′  S , 125 ° 36 ′  E ?
Hato-Luli 8 ° 51 ′  S , 125 ° 35 ′  E 1518  m
Hautado 8 ° 50 ′  S , 125 ° 36 ′  E 1539  m
Hatup 8 ° 50 ′  S , 125 ° 36 ′  E 1523  m
Lequi-Tei 8 ° 51 ′  S , 125 ° 35 ′  E 1514  m
Maubisse 8 ° 50 ′  S , 125 ° 36 ′  E 1526  m
Ria-Leco 8 ° 50 ′  S , 125 ° 36 ′  E 1531  m
Ria-Mori 8 ° 52 ′  S , 125 ° 34 ′  E ?
Rimori 8 ° 51 ′  S , 125 ° 33 ′  E 1919  m
Teli-Tuco 8 ° 51 ′  S , 125 ° 36 ′  E 1510  m
Entrance to the parish in Maubisse

Before the 2015 regional reform, Maubisse had an area of ​​21.79 km². Now there are 19.59 km². The Suco is located in the west of the Maubisse administrative office of the same name . In the northeast it borders on the Sucos Fatubessi and Maulau , in the east on Edi , in the southeast on Aituto , in the south on Horai-Quic , in the west on the Suco Liurai and in the north on the administrative office of Aileu ( municipality of Aileu ) with its Sucos Fatubossa , Lahae and Lausi . The Colihuno River flows along part of the border with Horai-Quic. A bridge leads the Dili - Ainaro road over the Colihuno. It later flows into the Caraulun as Calihuno .

The city of Maubisse is located in a mountainous region at 1526  m above sea level, about 40 km south of the state capital Dili , on the well-developed road from Dili to the municipal capital Ainaro . It is the largest settlement in Suco and is located in the east of Sucos. To the north are the places Hautado ( Haulato , Hautato ), Hatup ( Hatupae ), Hato-Fae ( Hato Fae , Hatu-Fae ), Ria-Leco ( Rileco , Rileko ) and Goulala ( Kaulala ). To the south are the places Teli-Tuco ( Telhuko , Tehtuko ), Lequi-Tei ( Liquitei , Lekitei ), Hato-Luli ( Hatululi ), Cano-Rema ( Canurema , Kanurema ) and Ria-Mori ( Riamori ). Rimori is located in the northwest of Sucos . In addition to Maubisse, Kaulala and Ria-Mori also have elementary schools.

In Suco Maubisse there are the twelve Aldeias Cano-Rema , Goulala , Hato-Fae , Hato-Luli , Hautado , Lequi-Tei , Ria-Leco , Ria-Mori , Sarlala , Teli-Tuco , Ura-Hou and Vila .

Residents

6,229 people (2015) live in Suco Maubisse, which is classified as urban , of which 3,173 are men and 3,056 women. The population density is 318.0 inhabitants / km². There are 952 households in the Suco. Over 70% of the population state Mambai as their mother tongue. About 20% speak Tetum Prasa . The well-known activist Bella Galhos runs the Leublora Green Village, a center for organic agriculture with an attached restaurant and school.

Facilities

Maubisse's hostel

The Maubisse market is of regional importance. There is also a pousada (hostel) that dates back to the Portuguese colonial times. It stands on the spot where a Portuguese fortress used to stand. Some of her foundations are still preserved. Another eye-catching are the 1999-built church of São Mateus and the village square Praça dos Templários with a monument to the Portuguese first battalion of paratroopers ( 1 ° BIPara (Ref) reminded) that in Maubisse in the context of INTERFET and UNTAET his service did. There is a primary school, a preparatory school for secondary school, a community health center, a helipad and a police station in the village.

history

Monument to the ruler Evaristo de Sá Benevides
Maubisse in 1970

Maubisse was an ally of the rebellious empire of Manufahi around 1900 . During the Manufahi War , Maubisse was captured by the Portuguese on October 18, 1900. In 1911 the Manufahi rebellion against the Portuguese colonial rulers. Here, too, the empire of Maubisse supported the rebels under Boaventura , the Liurai of Manufahi, who could not be defeated until 1912.

During the Second World War , Portuguese Timor was occupied by the Japanese and became the scene of the Battle of Timor , in which Australian commandos and part of the population fought against the occupiers using guerrilla tactics . Maubisse was occupied during the Japanese offensive of August 1942. On August 11, it came to the rebellion of Maubisse , in which the resident non-Christian population against the Portuguese and Christianized, pro-Portuguese Timorese from Ainaro and Same , and here against Dom Aleixo Corte-Real , the Liurai of Soro , turned . A Portuguese official was killed, but the colonial power and the Moradores allied with them were able to drive the rebels into the mountains. Evaristo de Sá Benevides, ruler of Maubisse, was killed by the Japanese in 1943. Today he is commemorated by a memorial in the city.

Riots broke out in Maubisse on June 11, 2006. The place was considered a stronghold of the rebellious soldiers under Alfredo Alves Reinado , who at the end of April sparked the worst unrest in East Timor since independence. Hundreds of people demonstrated in Maubisse against Prime Minister Marí Alkatiri . When a man suffered a stab wound under initially unexplained circumstances, two rival groups of demonstrators began fighting in the street. Police officers fired into the air and threatened to use a grenade. At the same time, shots rang out in the crowd, so that the demonstrators finally fled in a panic.

On November 22, 2006, street fighting was reported in Maubisse. Locals had quarreled with members of Colimau 2000 when these residents tried to force Maubisse to join the organization. One person was killed and another injured. When the police tried to intervene, one officer was beaten to hospital.

politics

Lúcio da Encarnação was the last administrator of Maubisse under the Portuguese colonial era. He was a supporter of the União Democrática Timorense (UDT), which had a stronghold in Maubisse, and was captured by FRETILIN during the civil war in 1975 .

In the 2004/2005 elections , Adelino M. Espirito Santo was elected Chefe de Suco and confirmed in his office in 2009. In the elections in 2016 won Wilson Nivio P. Mendonça .

economy

In addition to vegetables, a highly aromatic coffee also grows in the region . There is therefore a coffee processing factory in Maubisse. The owner and operator is the Cooperativa Café Timor (CCT), East Timor's largest cooperative with around 20,000 planters as members. Together with the factory in Estado , the CCT can buy 25,000 tons of coffee.

Twin cities

Web links

Commons : Maubisse  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Maubisse  - travel guide

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