Railaco

This article deals with the place Railaco. For the administrative office, see Railaco (administrative office) .

Railaco
Railaco
Coordinates	8 ° 40 ′  S , 125 ° 26 ′  E Coordinates: 8 ° 40 ′  S , 125 ° 26 ′  E
Basic data
Country	East Timor
local community	Ermera
Administrative office	Railaco
Suco	Liho
height	647 m

Railaco ( Railako , Liu ) is the capital of the East Timorese administrative office Railaco ( municipality of Ermera ).

geography

The village of Railaco is located in Suco Liho , at an altitude of 647  m above sea level. It is about 7 km as the crow flies to the south from Railaco to the municipal capital Gleno , and about 16 km to the northeast to the state capital Dili . Railaco has a primary school ( Escola Primaria Railaco ), a pre-secondary school, a helipad and a community health center.

history

See also : History of East Timor

In March / April 1976, Indonesian troops penetrated the Railaco administrative office. Civilians were also deliberately murdered. East Timorese were forcibly resettled to better control the country. For this they were housed in transit camps . One of the worst camps was in Railaco from the end of 1979. The Indonesian Battalion 721 interned people in it who had lived with the resistance fighters in the mountains for a particularly long time. Survivors report that they had to gather roots and leaves to avoid starvation. Only once did the internees receive a small amount of corn and salted fish from the soldiers. The fish caused diarrhea in the undernourished, which was often fatal. Aid organizations never visited the camp. According to the reports, up to ten people died a day, mostly children and the elderly.

Violence by pro-Indonesian militias continued in Railaco after the independence referendum in East Timor in 1999 .

Web links

• Railaco Jesuit Mission in Timor-Leste

Individual evidence

1. ↑ UNMIT: Timor-Leste District Atlas version 02, August 2008 ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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; 584 kB) 
2. ↑ CAVR Chega Files: Part 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. (PDF; 1.3 MB)