Meti Aut

Data

surface

4.61 km²

population

2,074 (2015)

Chefe de Suco

Julio da Costa
(election 2009)

Aldeias

Population (2015)

17 de April

1,066

Carungu Lau

662

Fatu Cama

346

Meti Aut

Coordinates: 8 ° 33 ' S , 125 ° 36' E

Meti Aut ( Metiaut ) is a place and East Timorese Suco in the administrative office of Cristo Rei ( municipality of Dili ). "Metiaut" means "coral reef" in Mambai .

The place

The place Meti Aut is on the Bay of Dili at the western end of the Sucos. There is a primary school here, the Escola Primaria Metiaut . Nobel Peace Prize laureate José Ramos-Horta lives in Meti Aut. Here he was seriously injured in the attack on February 11, 2008 .

The Suco

Meti Aut
places	position	height
17 de April	8 ° 33 ′ S , 125 ° 37 ′ E-8.5509336497222 125.61404943472	?
Areia Branca	8 ° 32 ′ S , 125 ° 37 ′ E-8.5322222222222 125.61611111111	134 m
Bekaril	8 ° 32 ′ S , 125 ° 37 ′ E-8.5402777777778 125.61333333333	222 m
Meti Aut	8 ° 33 ' S , 125 ° 36' E-8.5461111111111 125.60222222222	134 m

Cape Fatu Cama from Cristo Rei from

2074 inhabitants (2015) live in the Suco, of which 1070 are men and 1004 women. The population density is 449.8 inhabitants / km². There are 283 households in the Suco. Almost 72% of the population name Tetum Prasa as their mother tongue. Almost 17% speak Mambai , 2% Makasae , minorities Kemak , Naueti , Galoli or Baikeno . Unlike most of the Administration Office's other sucos, Meti Aut is not defined as urban.

Before the 2015 regional reform, Meti Aut had an area of 4.89 km². Now it is 4.61 km². The Suco is located in the northwest of the administrative office of Cristo Rei, at the eastern end of the Bay of Dili. Until 2004, the Suco was still part of the Nain Feto administrative office . To the south are the Sucos Bidau Santana and Camea , to the east of the Suco Hera . The Dilis districts of Areia Branca (formerly Pasirputih , Pasir Putih ), Bekaril , 17 de Abril and Meti Aut lie along the coast from north to south . There is another primary school in 17 de Abril. At Cape Fatu Cama , the northern tip of the Sucos, there is the monumental statue of Jesus, Cristo Rei . The beach of Areia Branca , south of the Jesus statue, is a popular destination for residents of Dili. The small park Jardim Meti Aut is located on the coastal road in the west of the Meti Aut district .

In the suco there are the three Aldeias 17 de Abril , Carungu Lau and Fatu Cama .

politics

Seat of Sucos Meti Aut

In the elections of 2004/2005 was Julião da C. Xavier elected Chefe de Suco. In the 2009 elections won Julio da Costa .

gallery

Nossa Senhora dos Milagres in the Gruta Meti-Aut , a Marian grotto
Areia Branca
View of the
Cristo Rei statue from Areia Branca
Cape Fatu Cama
View of the Capa Fatu Cama from Dili. The peninsula is shaped like a crocodile's head. The Cristo Rei statue balances on the tip of the nose