Passabe (administrative office)
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| Administrative headquarters | Passabe | ||
| surface | 60.18 km² | ||
| population | 7,879 (2015) | ||
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| Abani | 6.323 | ||
| Malelate | 1,556 | ||
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Passabe is an East Timorese administrative office ( Portuguese Posto Administrativo ) in the Special Administrative Region of Oe-Cusse Ambeno . The seat of the administration is in Passabe .
geography
Until 2014, the administrative offices were still referred to as sub-districts . Before the 2015 regional reform, Passabe had an area of 60.84 km². Now it is 60.18 km².
The Passabe administrative office forms the south of Oe-Cusse Ambeno. In the north are the administrative offices of Nitibe and Oesilo , in all other directions Passabe borders on Indonesia . There is a dispute between the two countries about the membership of the Área Cruz in southwest Passabe. The Passabe administrative office is divided into the two sucos abani and malelat . The Suco Haemnanu was affiliated to Abani before 2003. On the border between Abani and Malelat, the chain of Monte Puas runs from southwest to northeast . Its summit with 1121 m is in Abani. The highest point of Oe-Cusse Ambeno, the Bisae Súnan, lies at 1560 m on the southwest tip of Passabe . From here you can see West Timor's highest mountain on the Indonesian side , the Mutis ( 2427 m ). Where the Passover River flows into Indonesia, the country sinks to 505 m in the east , and on the western border on the Kusi River , which later becomes Noel Besi , even to 485 m .
- Climate data
Annual rainfall (2000)
Average annual temperature (2000)
Residents
Passabe has 7879 inhabitants (2015), of which 3863 are men and 4016 women. The population density is 130.9 inhabitants / km². The largest language group are the speakers of the national language Baikeno . The average age is 18.7 years (2010, 2004: 19.5 years).
history
Border dispute with Indonesia
Due to the claims of the villages on both sides of the border, there is a dispute over the membership of the so-called Área Cruz, northeast of the Bisae Súnan , between East Timor and Indonesia. The dispute has escalated again and again since the 1960s.
The Passabe massacre
Passabe was the scene of the worst massacre in Oe-Cusse Ambeno, during the riots following the 1999 independence referendum . Soldiers of the armed forces of Indonesia and 200 pro-Indonesian militiamen of the Sakunar ( Scorpio ) initially murdered 17 people between 7 and 9 September 1999 in what was then the sub-district of Oesilo in the villages of Tumin , Quiubiselo , Nonquican (all Suco Bobometo ) and Nibin ( Usitaqueno ) with machetes and firearms. Houses were burned down and the survivors were deported to West Timor , Indonesia . When they arrived in Inbate , 55 young men were separated, handcuffed and beaten by soldiers, police and militiamen. On the morning of September 10th, they were herded to Passabe on foot, and 47 shot and stabbed there. Eight men escaped.
From Singapore originating James Leong and Lynn Lee made a documentary film called Passabe who plays in the village. The film shows the lives of some of Passabe's residents five years after the violence. The life of a former member of the militia is also shown and how the community deals with what has happened. In January 2006, the film was banned from the Jakarta International Film Festival .
Independent East Timor
On August 1, 2012, there was a clash between Indonesians and East Timorese at the border. They pelted each other with stones until security forces from both countries parted the fighting. The following day, hundreds of residents of the Indonesian village of Haumeni Ana ( North Central Timor Governorate ) destroyed buildings at the East Timorese customs post . According to an Indonesian officer, it was built 20 meters into Indonesian territory due to a survey error.
politics
After the 2004/2005 elections , Adelino Cau was appointed administrator of what was then the Passabe sub- district by the East Timorese government. In 2014 Antão Ulan was administrator.
economy
95% of the households in Passabe grow cassava, 94% rice, 95% corn, 89% coconuts, 95% vegetables and 67% coffee.
Web links
- Official Passabe film website
- Passabe in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Direcção-Geral de Estatística : Results of the 2015 census , accessed on November 23, 2016.
- ↑ Jornal da República : Diploma Ministerial no 24/2014 de 24 de Julho - Orgânica dos Postos Administrativos ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b Direcção Nacional de Estatística: 2010 Census Wall Chart (English) ( Memento of the original from August 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.5 MB)
- ↑ Mapa do enclave de Oecussi Ambeno , AMOC - Associação dos Militares do Oecussi ( Memento of the original dated December 17, 2009) 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. , accessed June 24, 2014.
- ↑ Gunung Mutis Nature Reserve
- ^ Mutis-Timau Forest Landscape in West Timor
- ↑ http://websig.civil.ist.utl.pt/timorgis/Maps@139@2.aspx ( Memento from June 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Timor-Leste GIS portal
- ↑ a b Seeds of Life
- ↑ Direcção Nacional de Estatística: Census of Population and Housing Atlas 2004 ( Memento of November 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 14 MB)
- ↑ Internet Exclusive: Border Dispute, Oekusi Enclave - 60,000 Timorese Inside Indonesia , Tempo Semanal, October 16, 2009 , accessed June 24, 2014.
- ↑ Timor-Leste: Oecusse and the Indonesian Border , International Crises Group, Policy Briefing, Policy Briefing, Dili / Brussels, May 20, 2010 ( Memento of the original from May 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 24, 2014.
- ↑ Masters of Terror - Passabe massacre
- ↑ CAVR-Report: 7.2 Unlawful Killings and Enforced Disappearances ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2016 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. (English; PDF; 2.5 MB)
- ↑ CAVR-Report: Chapter 7.3: Forced Displacement and Famine ( Memento of the original from November 28, 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. (English; PDF; 1.3 MB)
- ↑ Channel News Asia, January 4, 2006, S'pore film on Timorese village banned at Jakarta Film Festival ( Memento of March 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Asia News Net: Indonesian officials discuss border tension with East Timor , August 4, 2012
- ^ East Timor Law and Justice Bulletin: Chief of Staff of Indonesian Land Forces: Timor Leste Did Not Take Area of Land belonging to Indonesia , August 6, 2012 , accessed August 6, 2012
- ^ Ministry of State Administration: Passabe , accessed on June 19, 2020.
- ↑ Direcção Nacional de Estatística: Suco Report Volume 4 (English) ( Memento of the original from April 9, 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. (PDF; 9.8 MB)
Nitibe | Oesilo | Pante Macassar | Passabe
Coordinates: 9 ° 28 ' S , 124 ° 21' E
The administrative borders within East Timor changed in 2015. This article must therefore be checked and updated if necessary. See New Administrative Boundaries .