Ostamarasi

Kecamatan Amarasi Timur Ostamarasi District
Basic data
Country	Indonesia
province	East Nusa Tenggara
Administrative district	Kupang
Seat	Noehaen
surface	162.9 km²
Residents	8035 (2017)
density	49 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	ID-NT

Coordinates: 10 ° 12 ′  S , 124 ° 5 ′  E

Ostamarasi ( Indonesian Amarasi Timur ) is an Indonesian district ( Kecamatan ) in the west of the island of Timor .

geography

"Village" (Desa)	Administrative headquarters	surface	Residents	Population density
Pakubaun	Noehaen	92.97 km²	2680	29
Oebesi	Siuf	42.99 km²	2319	54
Rabeka	Crow	9.97 km²	1604	161
Enoraen	Bikoen	16.98 km²	1432	84

Ostamarasi

Location in East Nusa Tenggara Province

The district is located on the coast of the Timor Sea , in the southeast of the government district of Kupang in the province of East Nusa Tenggara (Nusa Tenggara Timur) . To the north are the districts of Amabi Oefeto and Ost-Amabi-Oefeto (Amabi Oefeto Timur) and to the west Amarasi and Südamarasi (Amarasi Selatan) . Across an estuary in the east is the administrative district of South Central Timor (Timor Tengah Selatan) with its district of South Amanuban (Amanuban Selatan) .

Ostamarasi has an area of ​​162.91 km² and is divided into the four Desa Pakubaun , Oebesi , Rabeka and Enoraen . The administrative headquarters are in Noehaen. As in Timor, the tropical climate is divided into a rainy and a dry season .

flora

In the district to find occurrences of Lontar palm trees , bamboo , coconut , teak , mahogany and Lamtoro.

Residents

In 2017 there were 8,035 inhabitants in Ostamarasi. 4203 were men, 3832 women. The population density was 49 people per square kilometer. 921 people professed to be Catholic, 7417 were Protestants and 41 people were Muslim. There were seven Catholic and 18 Protestant churches in the district.

Economy, infrastructure and transport

Most of the district's residents make a living from agriculture. Cattle (20,450), horses (51), pigs (16,283), goats (3,742) and chickens (14,160) are kept as pets. Corn is grown on 1251 hectares, on 154.6 hectares of rice, on 210 hectares of cassava, on four hectares of sweet potatoes, on nine hectares of peanuts and on five hectares of green beans. In addition to harvest squash, tomatoes, bananas, mangoes, papayas s, jackfruit, watermelon, coconut, kapok , light nuts , Arecanüsse , cashews, Lontar and nutmeg.

In Ostamarasi there are three kindergartens, 13 elementary schools, six middle schools and three secondary schools. A community health center ( Puskesmas ) in Oebesi, four medical care centers ( Puskesmas Pembantu ) and a midwife center ( Polindes ) are available for medical care . Nine midwives and five nurses work in the district, but no doctor.

2750 kilometers of roads are covered with gravel. There are no asphalt roads in the district. Public transport is operated by 25 pick-ups, 24 trucks and 17 motorcycles.

Web links

• Statistical data from Ostamarasi District 2018 (Indonesian).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Kecamatan Amarasi Timur Dalam Angka 2018 , accessed on November 3, 2018.