Suai Loro

Data

surface

22.81 km²

population

3,764 (2015)

Chefe de Suco

Martinho Mendonça
(election 2009)

Aldeias

Population (2015)

Acar laran

735

Lo'o

249

Mane Icun

646

Sucabe laran

528

Suco Loro

1,606

Suco Loro

Coordinates: 9 ° 21 ′ S , 125 ° 16 ′ E

Suai Loro is an East Timorese Suco in the Suai Administrative Office ( Cova Lima municipality ).

geography

Suai Loro
places	position	height
Acar laran	9 ° 21 ′ S , 125 ° 15 ′ E-9.3502777777778 125.24611111111	6 m
Audian	9 ° 20 ′ S , 125 ° 17 ′ E-9.3327777777778 125.27805555556	0 m
Beiau	9 ° 21 ′ S , 125 ° 17 ′ E-9.3469444444444 125.28277777778	0 m
Lo'o	9 ° 21 ′ S , 125 ° 17 ′ E-9.3477777777778 125.2775	1 m
Mane Icun	9 ° 21 ′ S , 125 ° 16 ′ E-9.3469444444444 125.26972222222	0 m
Sucabe laran	9 ° 20 ′ S , 125 ° 16 ′ E-9.335 125.26277777778	1 m
Suco Loro	9 ° 21 ′ S , 125 ° 16 ′ E-9.3455555555556 125.27416666667	0 m
Sularan	9 ° 21 ′ S , 125 ° 16 ′ E-9.3416666666667 125.27416666667	0 m

Before the 2015 territorial reform, Suai Loro had an area of 21.85 km². Now there are 22.81 km². The Suco is located on the Timor Sea , south of the municipality capital Suai , the center of which is nine kilometers north in the neighboring Suco Debos . To the northeast is the Suco Camenaça and to the southwest, across the Tafara River , the Tilomar administrative office with its Suco Casabauc .

The main town is Suco Loro ( Suai Loro , Sukuloro ), on Cabo Suai . In the immediate vicinity are the places Mane Icun ( Maneikun ), Lo'o ( Loo ), Beimau and Sularan ( Nularan ), a little further north Sucabe Laran ( Sucabi Laran , Sukabilaran ) and Audian (Tetum for "thorn-free bamboo"). In the center of Sucos is the village of Acar Laran ( Akarlaran ), with primary schools in Sularan, Sucabe Laran and Acar Laran. There is also a secondary school in Acar Laran. On the coast of Suai Loro lie the ruins of a Portuguese fort.

In the Suco are the five Aldeias Acar Laran , Lo'o , Mane Icun , Sucabe Laran and Suco Loro .

fauna

You can often see saltwater crocodiles in the area .

Residents

The Suco has 3764 inhabitants (2015), of which 1884 are men and 1880 are women. The population density is 165.0 inhabitants / km². There are 833 households in the Suco. Over 90% of the population name Tetum Terik as their mother tongue. Minorities speak Tetum Prasa , Bunak , Habun or Mambai .

Dancers in Suai Loro
Dignitaries in Suai Loro
Traditional tattooing on a woman from Suai

history

Severe flooding occurred in Suai Loro in late June 2013, killing three people.

politics

In the 2004/2005 elections , Manuel was elected Chefe de Suco. In the 2009 elections , Martinho Mendonça won .

Culture

As part of the ritual engagement in Suai Loro, the armpits of the bride-to-be are tattooed, making the promise of marriage valid.

The traditional residential huts in Suai Loro are built on stilts. The outer walls are formed by hanging woven straw mats, the pattern of which indicates the clan membership of the residents. The room below the huts serves as a place of work during the day, for example for weaving the tais , the colorful fabrics that the women make at home.

Traditional hut in Suai Loro

Weaving tais

economy

Rope maker in Suai Loro

There is a landing place for boats on Suai Loro Beach , between Cape Suai and Cape Tafara . Larger ships can also anchor safely off the coast. A supply base for the use of the oil fields off the coast is to be created here. Crude oil was also found in Suai Loro as early as the 1970s.

Web links

Commons : Suai Loro - collection of images, videos and audio files

Friends of Suai
Results of the 2010 census for the Suco Suai Loro ( tetum ; PDF file; 7.96 MB)
Results of the 2010 census for the Suco Suai Loro (tetum; PDF file)
Seeds of Life: Suco information sheets Suai (tetum)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Direcção-Geral de Estatística : Results of the 2015 census , accessed on November 23, 2016.

↑ Fallingrain.com: Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in East Timor

↑ Direcção Nacional de Estatística: Population Distribution by Administrative Areas Volume 2 English ( Memento of the original from January 5, 2017 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. (2010 census; PDF; 22.6 MB) @1@ 2

^ Timor-Leste GIS-Portal ( Memento from June 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

↑ Geoffrey Hull : The placenames of East Timor , in: Placenames Australia (ANPS): Newsletter of the Australian National Placenames Survey, June 2006, pp. 6 & 7, ( Memento of the original from February 14, 2017 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. accessed on September 28, 2014. @1@ 2

↑ ^a ^b UNMIT: Timor-Leste District Atlas version 02, August 2008 ( Memento of the original dated December 3, 2011 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 file; 438 kB) @1@ 2

↑ ^a ^b Cova Lima District Development Plan 2002/2003 ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2013 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 file; 2.24 MB) @1@ 2