South marasi

Kecamatan Amarasi Selatan South Marasi District
Basic data
Country	Indonesia
province	East Nusa Tenggara
Administrative district	Kupang
surface	172.8 km²
Residents	11,078 (2016)
density	64 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	ID-NT

Coordinates: 10 ° 18 ′  S , 123 ° 53 ′  E

Südamarasi ( Indonesian Amarasi Selatan ) is an Indonesian district ( Kecamatan ) in the west of the island of Timor .

geography

"Village" (Desa)	Administrative headquarters	surface	Residents	Population density
Sahraen	Sahraen	38.91 km²	1987	51
Retreats	Cretan	15.91 km²	1809	113
Buraen	Buraen	64.57 km²	3122	48
Nekmese	Nekmese	26.95 km²	2217	82
Sonraen	Sonraen	26.47 km²	1943	73

South marasi

Location in East Nusa Tenggara Province

The district is located on the coast of the Timor Sea , in the south of the governmental district of Kupang in the province of East Nusa Tenggara (Nusa Tenggara Timur), to the north is the Amarasi district , to the west of Westamarasi (Amarasi Barat) and to the east of Ostamarasi (Amarasi Timur) .

Südamarasi has an area of ​​172.81 km² and is divided into the five Desa Sahraen , Retraen , Buraen , Nekmese and Sonraen . The territory is at an altitude of up to 550  m . As in Timor, the tropical climate is divided into a rainy and a dry season .

Residents

In Buraen, South Marasi

In 2016 there were 11,078 inhabitants in South Marasi. 5662 were men, 5416 women. The population density was 64 people per square kilometer. 1766 people professed their Catholic faith, 9142 were Protestants, 39 people were Muslim and three were Hindu. There were five Catholic and 26 Protestant churches in the district.

Economy, infrastructure and transport

Most of the district's residents make a living from agriculture. Cattle (6139), horses (41), buffaloes (two), pigs (3645), goats (938), ducks (8141) and chickens (23,954) are kept as pets. Corn is grown on 1,412 hectares, rice on 170 hectares, cassava on 616 hectares and sweet potatoes on 323 hectares. In addition to harvest mustard, tomatoes, beans, oranges, bananas, mangoes, papayas, jackfruit, avocado, Soursop , coconuts, cocoa, kapok , light nuts , Arecanüsse , coffee, cashew nuts and nutmeg. In 2015, a total of 29.65 tons of fish were caught, including anchovies, groupers and others.

There are four kindergartens, twelve elementary schools, seven middle schools and four secondary schools in South Marasi. A municipal health center ( Puskesmas ) in Sonraen and four medical care centers ( Puskesmas Pembantu ) are available for medical care . A doctor, eight midwives and a nurse work in the district.

19.4 kilometers of roads are paved. 64.25 kilometers of roads are covered with gravel. Simple clay slopes in the district have a length of 66.5 kilometers. Public transport is operated by four minibuses, 34 pick-ups, 14 trucks and 94 motorcycles.

Web links

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

• Statistical data from the South Marasi District 2017 (Indonesian).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Kecamatan Amarasi Selatan Dalam Angka 2017 , accessed on November 3, 2017.