Oeleo

Data

surface

14.13 km²

population

1,192 (2015)

Chefe de Suco

Januaryio Meta Tae Bragansa
(election 2016)

Aldeias

Population (2015)

Mologues

300

Oeleo Taz

892

Oeleo

Coordinates: 9 ° 2 ′ S , 125 ° 18 ′ E

Oeleo ( Oe-leu , Oeleu ) is an East Timorese place and Suco in the administrative office of Bobonaro ( municipality of Bobonaro ).

The place

The place Oeleo in the northeast of the Sucos at an altitude of 999 m above sea level. Together with Mologuen ( Mologueng ), Oeleo forms a closed settlement that runs along the country road from Carabau to Maliana . A country road leads to the southwest to Fatumean . In the settlement center there is a primary school, the Escola Primaria Oeleo .

The Suco

Oeleo
places	position	height
Holgen	9 ° 2 ′ S , 125 ° 17 ′ E-9.0286111111111 125.28694444444	1104 m
Mologues	9 ° 2 ′ S , 125 ° 18 ′ E-9.0294444444444 125.29805555556	932 m
Mologuenlama	9 ° 3 ′ S , 125 ° 16 ′ E-9.0505555555556 125.27388888889	1097 m
Nelgen	9 ° 2 ′ S , 125 ° 17 ′ E-9.0388888888889 125.28166666667	1010 m
Oeleo	9 ° 2 ′ S , 125 ° 18 ′ E-9.0305555555556 125.29527777778	999 m
Tasmil	9 ° 2 ′ S , 125 ° 17 ′ E-9.0341666666667 125.28194444444	1076 m

1192 inhabitants live in the Suco (2015), of which 598 are men and 594 women. The population density is 84.4 inhabitants / km². There are 194 households in the Suco. Over 90% of the residents state Bunak as their mother tongue. About 5% speak Kemak and small minorities Tetum Prasa or Habun .

Before the 2015 regional reform, Oeleo had an area of 16.11 km². Now there are 14.13 km². The Suco is located in the Bobonaro Administration Office. To the northeast are the Sucos Malilait and Bobonaro , to the east Ai-Assa and south to Tapo . In the west is the Maliana administrative office with its Suco Ritabou .

To the west of Oeleo and Moluguen is the village of Tasmil . In the center of Sucos are the places Holgen and Nelgen and on the border with Tapo the village of Moluguenlama ( Moluguenglama ).

The two Aldeias Mologuen and Oeleo Taz are located in the Suco .

history

The neighbors Leber , Tapo and Oeleo have had a long conflict behind them. For decades the men of the communities fought each other over land and borders. In the civil war in 1975 led to outbreaks of violence between them. Tapo and Oeleo were considered strongholds of the UDT and were loyal to the Portuguese colonial administration. Leber was considered the center of the pro- Indonesian APODETI . Tapo residents accuse FRETILIN supporters of driving hundreds of UDT supporters to Cova Lima and West Timor in 1975 . In August 1975 FRETILIN, supported by residents from Tapo and Oeleo, burned down hundreds of houses in Leber, too, and the residents had to flee into the mountains.

During the Indonesian occupation (1975-1999), the villages were initially divided into supporters and opponents of the Indonesians. A special unit of the Indonesian armed forces was stationed in Leber , while FRETILIN now found support in Tapo and Oeleo. In 1975/76 the Indonesian army killed several hundred residents of Oeleo. There were hundreds more victims in 1978/79 due to hunger and disease. About a hundred men from sucos were forcibly recruited into the Indonesian army. In 1986, four women died as a result of the measures taken by the Indonesian family planning program. At the end of the 1990s, around 80 residents joined the resistance movement against the occupiers, whereupon many young people were suspected, arrested and tortured. There were also forced recruitments to the pro-Indonesian militias ( Wanra ) . Those who refused were beaten and wounded with knives. In 1999 several youths were pressed into the Wanra Dadurus Merah Putih . In the weeks leading up to the East Timorese independence referendum, it burned down around 200 houses, devastated more and killed six people. Many residents fled to the mountains before and after the vote. About 200 families were evacuated to Atambua , West Timor , after the results were announced . About 50 people died there of diseases, one was murdered.

In 2003 a meeting of representatives from the three sucos was organized. The gathering of events made it clear to them that the political alliances ran across the communities and that all three were suffering from the conflicts. This should make a peaceful future possible.

politics

In the elections of 2004/2005 was Manuel Soares elected Chefe de Suco and in 2009 re-elected. In the elections in 2016 won Januario Meta Tae Bragansa .