Tamira Ailala

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Tamira Ailala
Tamira Ailala
Tamira Ailala in East Nusa Tenggara

Map series for the ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration from June 25, 1914 on the borders on Timor

Tamira Ailala ( Tamiru Ailala ) was a region in central Timor .

history

With the The Hague Convention of October 1, 1904, an agreement was made between the two colonial powers Portugal and the Netherlands on the demarcation of the border on the island of Timor . Portugal was to receive the Dutch enclave of Maucatar in exchange for the Portuguese enclave of Noimuti and the border areas of Tahakay , Tamira Ailala and Lamaknen. The disputed areas in the east of Oe-Cusse Ambeno were awarded to the Dutch. Portugal ratified the treaty until 1909, but then a dispute arose over the drawing of the border on the eastern border of Oe-Cusse Ambeno. Final agreement came but only after a ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague on 25 June 1914. On 17 August 1916, the contract in The Hague was signed, which largely still existing border between the State of East Timor and the Indonesian West Timor firmly put . On November 21st, the territories were exchanged. In Tamira Ailala one would have preferred to stay with Portugal.

Today, the area of ​​Tamira Ailala is part of the Indonesian administrative district of Malaka .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Geoffrey C. Gunn: History of Timor , p. 77 (PDF file; 805 kB).
  2. ↑ a b Hague Justice Portal: Island of Timor: Award - Boundaries in the Island of Timor  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) (English)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / haguejusticeportal.net
  3. ↑ "Part 3: The History of the Conflict" (PDF; 1.4 MB) from the "Chega!" Report of the CAVR (English)
  4. ^ Antoinette Schapper: Crossing the border: Historical and linguistic divides among the Bunaq in central Timor. Pp. 7-8.
  5. ↑ Map of the Belu administrative district

Coordinates: 9 ° 9 ′ 39.9 ″  S , 125 ° 4 ′ 48.1 ″  E