Penfui
| Kelurahan Penfui Penfui |
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| Coordinates | 10 ° 10 ′ 17 ″ S , 123 ° 40 ′ 16 ″ E | ||
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| Country | Indonesia | ||
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Geographical unit |
Nusa Tenggara | ||
| province | Nusa Tenggara Timur | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ID-NT | ||
| height | 58 m | ||
| surface | 9.3 km² | ||
| Residents | 5181 (2016) | ||
| density | 557.1 Ew. / km² | ||
Penfui is a place (Kelurahan) in the Indonesian West Timor . Here is the airport of the provincial capital Kupang .
Geography and inhabitants
Penfui is a Kelurahan in the northeast of the Maulafa district (Kecamatan) of the city (Kota) Kupang ( East Nusa Tenggara Province ). The Kelurahan divided into 13 Warga and this in a total of 30 neighborhoods (Tetangga)
Penfui has an area of 9.30 km² and 5,181 inhabitants (2016), 2,731 men and 2,450 women. The population density is 557.10 inhabitants per square kilometer.
history
The Battle of Penfui took place here on November 9, 1749 , during which the Topasse, allied with the Portuguese , were defeated by the Dutch and their allies.
In 1942, Allied troops were stationed here in anticipation of the Japanese invasion of Timor .
Public facilities
In addition to the airport, there is a police station and a security post and two primary schools in Penfui. Health care is provided by a hospital, a health center, 10 mother-child centers and three other facilities. There is also a prison in Penfui, where dozens of East Timorese freedom fighters perished as a result of poor treatment in 1983/84. António Tomás Amaral da Costa was one of the few survivors .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Kecamatan Maulafa Dalam Angka 2017 - Statistical data from Maulafa 2017 (Indonesian, English), ISBN 978-602-70817-4-1 .
- ↑ UNSW Canberra: Companion to East Timor - Massacres in the 1980s , accessed June 21, 2019.