Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão National Park
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| Location: | East Timor | ||
| Specialty: | Second national park in the country | ||
| Next city: | Seed | ||
| Surface: | 12623 ha | ||
| Founding: | 20./24. October 2015 | ||
The Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão ( Portuguese Parque Nacional Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão ) is East Timor's second national park . It is located inland, south of the state capital Dili and is named after the freedom fighter and politician Xanana Gusmão . The area was a retreat for the FALINTIL independence fighters in the fight against the Indonesian occupiers.
background
The national park lies in the border area of the two communities Ainaro and Manufahi , in the Sucos Leolima , Mauchiga , Soro , Grotu , Rotuto , Dai-Sua , Letefoho and Holarua . The city of Same is to the east and the city of Ainaro to the west . The national park has an area of 123.23 km². The mountain Cablac ( 2180 m ) also belongs to the protected area .
In 2000 UNTAET founded 15 protected natural areas (PNA ). Including the area of today's national park. The wildlife sanctuaries remained in the independent East Timor . On October 20, 2015, the East Timorese government decided to establish the national park. On October 24, the official inauguration was celebrated at the site of the former guerrilla camp of Xanana Gusmão. An interview with Gusmãos by the Australian journalist Robert Domm of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) took place here on October 21, 1990 . It was the first interview with a leader of the FALINTIL armed resistance against the Indonesian occupation of East Timor. With the establishment of the national park, the 25th anniversary of the event was celebrated.
According to Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araújo in his celebratory speech, the place where Gusmão and Domm meet should be considered sacred ( Tara Bandu ). The national park symbolizes the resistance, deeds and sacrifices of men in battle, in diplomacy and in the underground.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is responsible for the national park. Three places in the park should be highlighted: the hiding place of Xanana Gusmão in the area of Ai-Dila-Okir , the place of the first interview and the place where the flag of the FALINTIL was designed.
See also
Web links
- ABCnews: The interview that changed a nation: 1990 meeting with rebel leader Xanana Gusmao in jungle hideout , November 13, 2015. , accessed November 12, 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ Protected Planet: Official Record for Mount Cablaque ( Memento of the original from November 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (with map), accessed on November 12, 2015.
- ↑ a b UNTAET Regulation No. 2000/19 - On protected places ( Memento from October 18, 2000 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 39 kB)
- ^ East Timorese government website: Meeting of the Council of Ministers on October 20th, 2015 , accessed November 12, 2015.
- ↑ a b c Government of Timor-Leste: Timor-Leste builds National Park Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão , October 26, 2015 , accessed on November 11, 2015.
The administrative borders within East Timor changed in 2015. This article must therefore be checked and updated if necessary. See New Administrative Boundaries .