East Miomaffo

Kecamatan Miomaffo Timur East Miomaffo District
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Basic data
Country	Indonesia
province	East Nusa Tenggara
Administrative district	North Central Timor
Seat	Oesena
surface	101.5 km²
Residents	11,936 (2017)
density	118 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	ID-NT

-9.375599 124.456625Coordinates: 9 ° 23 ' S , 124 ° 27' E

East Miomaffo

Location in East Nusa Tenggara Province

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

geography

"Village" (Desa)	Administrative headquarters	surface	Residents	Population density
Oesena	Oesena	4.9 km²	2,917	595
Taekas	Taekas	18 km²	1,655	92
Femnasi	Femnasi	14 km²	892	64
Jak	Jak	4.35 km²	632	145
Do do	Do do	3.5 km²	802	229
Tunoe	Tunoe	5.7 km²	965	169
Bokon	Bokon	9 km²	448	50
Kaebaun	Kaenbaun	10 km²	548	55
Fatene	Fatene	5.33 km²	474	89
Amol	Amol	10.67 km²	1,237	116
Bitefa	Bitefa	16 km²	1,366	85

The district is located in the west of the administrative district of North Central Timor (Timor Tengah Utara) of the East Nusa Tenggara Province (Nusa Tenggara Timur) . In the southwest is the district of Central Bikomi (Bikomi Tengah) , in the west North Bikomi (Bikomi Utara) , in the north Naibenu , in the east Insana Fafinesu and Central Insana (Insana Tengah) and in the south Westinsana (Insana Barat) and the city of Kefamenanu .

East Miomaffo has an area of 101.45 km² and is divided into the eleven Desa Oesena , Taekas (Taikas) , Femnasi , Jak , Tuntun , Tunoe , Bokon , Kaebaun , Fatusene , Amol and Bitefa . The administrative headquarters are in Oesena. The territory lies entirely at an altitude of over 700 m . As usual in Timor, the 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 11,936 inhabitants in East Miomaffo. 5,936 are men and 6,000 are women. The population density is 118 people per square kilometer. 11,872 people profess the Catholic faith, 58 are Protestants, five are Muslim and one is Hindu. There are 18 Catholic churches in the district.

history

The traditional kingdom of Tunbaba lay in the territory of East Miomaffo . The main town was Kaenbaun (Desa Kaebaun).

1899 there were armed clashes between the locals from the Portuguese Oe-Cusse Ambeno and those from the Dutch Tunbaba where it is still rich Sandelholzvorkommen was. The final demarcation between the colonial powers Portugal and the Netherlands took place with the treaties of 1904 and 1916.

Economy, infrastructure and transport

Most of the district's residents make a living from agriculture. Cattle (4,506), horses (53), buffalo (9), pigs (2,985), goats (1,633), chickens (8,097) and ducks (50) are kept as pets. Corn is grown on 1,628 hectares, rice on 1,454 hectares, manioc on 789 hectares, peanuts on 157 hectares and green beans on 78 hectares.

There are two kindergartens in Oesena, and 13 primary schools (five state and eight private), five middle schools and one secondary school in the district.

26 kilometers of roads are paved. 18 kilometers of roads are covered with gravel. Public transport is operated by two minibuses, 23 pick ups, 12 trucks, two buses and 180 motorcycles.

Personalities

Dominikus Saku (* 1960 in Taekas), Bishop of Atambua

Web links

Statistical data from East Miomaffo District 2018 (Indonesian).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Kecamatan Miomaffo Timur Dalam Angka 2018 , accessed on November 3, 2018.
↑ Malcolm Cairns (Ed.): Voices from the Forest: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into Sustainable Upland Farming
↑ YOHANES DJAROT PURBADI: The Clan Formation and the Spatial Formation on Dawanese Settlement Architecture of Kaenbaun Village in Timor Island , p. 3.
↑ Laura Suzanne Meitzner Yoder: Custom, Codification, Collaboration: Integrating the Legacies of Land and Forest Authorities in Oecusse Enclave, East Timor, pp. 84 ff., Dissertation, Yale University, 2005 ( PDF file; 1.46 MB ( Memento of March 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive )).

[DA2018-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Kecamatan Miomaffo Timur Dalam Angka 2018 , accessed on November 3, 2018.

[2] Malcolm Cairns (Ed.): Voices from the Forest: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into Sustainable Upland Farming

[3] YOHANES DJAROT PURBADI: The Clan Formation and the Spatial Formation on Dawanese Settlement Architecture of Kaenbaun Village in Timor Island , p. 3.

[4] Laura Suzanne Meitzner Yoder: Custom, Codification, Collaboration: Integrating the Legacies of Land and Forest Authorities in Oecusse Enclave, East Timor, pp. 84 ff., Dissertation, Yale University, 2005 ( PDF file; 1.46 MB ( Memento of March 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive )).