Eastern Cupang

Kecamatan Kupang Timur East Kupang District
Basic data
Country	Indonesia
province	East Nusa Tenggara
Administrative district	Kupang
surface	177.6 km²
Residents	60,544 (2017)
density	341 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	ID-NT

Coordinates: 10 ° 3 ′  S , 123 ° 47 ′  E

East Kupang ( Indonesian Kupang Timur ) is an Indonesian district ( Kecamatan ) in the west of the island of Timor .

geography

"Village" (Desa / Kelurahan)	Administrative headquarters	surface	Residents	Population density
Oefafi	Oefafi	km²	2996	195
Tuatuka	Tuatuka	km²	3341	226
Pukdale	Pukdale	km²	3198	341
Kel Oesao	Oesao	km²	8663	772
Naibonat	Naibonat	km²	15,964	710
Nunkurus	Nunkurus	km²	3616	120
Babau	Babau	km²	5208	349
Merdeka	Merdeka	km²	3689	351
Tuapukan	Tuapukan	km²	3861	1262
Manusak	Manusak	km²	4553	485
Desa Oesao	Oesao	km²	1874	187
Oelatimo	Oelatimo	km²	1720	85
Tanah Putih	Tanah Putih	km²	1861	301

Eastern Cupang

Location in East Nusa Tenggara Province

The district is located on the east bank of the Bay of Kupang , in the south of the government district of Kupang in the province of East Nusa Tenggara (Nusa Tenggara Timur) . In the north are the districts of Sulamu and Central Fatuleu (Fatuleu Tengah) , in the east Fatuleu and Amabi Oefeto , in the south Amarasi and Taebenu and in the south-east Central Cupang (Kupang Tengah) .

Eastern Cupang has an area of ​​177.63 km² and is divided into the eight Desa Oefafi , Pukdale , Nunkurus , Tuapukan , Manusak , Desa Oesao , Oelatimo and Tanah Putih and the five Kelurahan Tuatuka , Kel Oesao , Naibonat , Babau and Merdeka . The territory is largely below an altitude of about 100  m . As in Timor, the tropical climate is divided into a rainy and a dry season . The landscape consists of hills and grasslands.

Residents

Babau in the Dutch colonial era

In 2017 there were 60,544 residents in East Cupang. 31,118 were men, 29,426 women. The population density was 341 people per square kilometer. 8,843 people professed their Catholic faith, 32,517 were Protestants, 1202 were Muslim and 76 were Hindu. There were nine Catholic and 59 Protestant churches as well as eight mosques and one Hindu temple in the district.

Economy, infrastructure and transport

Most of the district's residents make a living from agriculture. Cattle (SAPI), horses (KUDA), buffalo (KERBAU), pigs (BABI), goats (KAMBING) and chickens (AYAM) are kept as pets. Corn is grown on 959.2 hectares, 966.7 hectares of rice, 35 hectares of cassava, 2.0 hectares of sweet potatoes, 3.0 hectares of peanuts and 26.4 hectares of green beans. In addition to harvest cabbage, mustard, tomatoes, oranges, bananas, mangoes, papayas, jackfruit, Soursop , coconuts, cocoa, kapok , light nuts , Arecanüsse , coffee, cashew nuts and Lontar .

There are eleven kindergartens, 29 elementary schools, ten middle schools and five secondary schools in East Kupang. A hospital in Naibonat, two municipal health centers ( Puskesmas ) in Naibonat and Kel Oesao, and ten medical care centers ( Puskesmas Pembantu ) are available for medical care . According to statistics, there were two doctors, 33 midwives and 28 nurses working in the district in 2017.

Public transport is operated by 42 minibuses, 277 pick-ups, 67 trucks and 443 motorcycles.

Web links

Commons : Ostkupang  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Statistics from East Kupang District 2018 (Indonesian).

Individual evidence

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