Tasitolu
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| The three salt lakes of Tasitolu | ||
| Geographical location | Suco Comoro , East Timor | |
| Tributaries | Mota Tasitolu (temporary) | |
| Location close to the shore | Dili , 12 de Outubro , Lih Baulelo | |
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| Coordinates | 8 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ S , 125 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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particularities |
Three salt lakes lying next to each other, Important Bird Area |
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Tasitolu (also Taci Tolu ) is a suburb of the East Timorese capital Dili . It is located eight kilometers west of the city center in the extreme west of the Sucos Comoro ( administrative office Dom Aleixo , municipality of Dili ). Tasitolu ( Tetum for three waters or three seas ) is named after the three salt lakes located there and is located between the inland hills and the coast of the Strait of Wetar .
geography
Tasitolu does not form a closed settlement or independent administrative unit, but the region around the eponymous salt lakes. The area has an area of 1540 hectares and ranges from sea level to 403 m . An interurban road runs along the coast, which roughly follows the entire course of the north coast of East Timor and is one of the most important traffic routes in the country. To the south of the road are the Tasitolu Chapel and an area planted with trees. This is followed by a large area that is used for large events and the three lakes. In the rainy season, some tributaries lead to the lakes from the south, including the Mota Tasitolu (Tasitolu River) . The lakes then overflow and can flood neighboring roads and settlements. The plans for a canal that would have led the excess water directly into the sea were abandoned because they would have endangered the adjoining diving area with sediments carried along. In the dry season, the lakes shrink again, but do not dry out completely. There are settlements around the area, such as Lih Baulelo to the west and 12 de Outubro to the northeast . Since they do not form independent administrative units, there is no information about the population in Tasitolu. In 2010, Aldeia 12 de Outubro had 3,803 people. Dili's Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport is located approximately one and a half kilometers northeast of Tasitolu.
In the dry season, parts of the lakes dry up.
Tasitolu in the rainy season
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history
Numerous Timorese victims of the Indonesian invasion in 1975 and the subsequent occupation until 1999 were buried in Tasitolu. The area was considered a "well-known killing place" (generally known place where killing occurs) . People were dragged here by Indonesian soldiers , executed and buried.
On October 12, 1989, Pope John Paul II celebrated a large mass in Tasitolu in Tetum and English . The visit strengthened the self-confidence of the population and for a short time brought the Indonesian occupation of East Timor back to the attention of the world. After the mass, a group of young people unfolded banners. They demonstrated for self-determination and against human rights violations. This embarrassing moment for Indonesia was followed by a wave of arrests and torture. A chapel with the roof of an Uma Lulik and since 2008 a six-meter-high monumental statue of Pope John Paul II reminds of this . It stands on a hill and thus forms a counterpart to the statue of Jesus on the east side of the Bay of Dili in Cristo Rei .
After the Indonesians withdrew in 1999, international peacekeeping forces were stationed in the Tasitolu area. The UN administration of East Timor ( UNTAET ) placed 700 hectares of Tasitolus, together with 14 others, under protection as a protected natural area (PNA) in 2000 .
On May 20, 2002 in Tasitolu, East Timor was granted independence from the UN administration in a ceremony . Due to its historical and social importance, President Xanana Gusmão declared the area a Peace Park on February 12, 2004. 200 trees were planted for the occasion; a total of 40 hectares were planned to be reforested.
About a hundred houses were burned down in Tasitolu during the 2006 riots in East Timor . Three camps were set up to house several hundred refugees. 371 families found refuge in the largest camp, west of the lakes. The camps were closed in 2009.
Use of the region
700 hectares of Tasitolu are under special protection as a peace park, making it the third large conservation area in East Timor after the two national parks Nino Konis Santana and Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão .
At the end of October 2008, plans for a five-star hotel with 350 rooms in Tasitolu were announced. This first luxury hotel in the country, named Pelican Paradise Hotel, was to be built between two mountain ridges by 2012. A golf course with 27 holes between the lakes and a business park should also be built in addition to the hotel . The remains of nine people were found during the earthworks for the hotel. The dead were handcuffed and evidence was found that they had been shot. They are victims from the Indonesian occupation. Two wore Portuguese military uniforms, which is why it is believed that they are FALINTIL freedom fighters . The implementation of the construction plans of the luxury hotel is dragging on. The announcement by Romão Guterres , the National Director for Land and Property in September 2016, that the residents of Tasitolu would have to vacate the area by 2017 at the latest, because the government wants to create a national park there , is contradicting this . There will be a 30-day period for residents before the residential area can be evacuated with the police if necessary. There would be no compensation for lack of a legal basis, but humanitarian support would be offered.
In 2012, on May 20, the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of independence and the swearing-in of the new President Taur Matan Ruak were celebrated in Tasitolu.
Horse races are held annually in Tasitolu.
fauna and Flora
| IBA "trigger" bird species in Tasitolu | ||
| Bird species | status | In the Timor / Wetar region |
| Timor pigeon (Black Timor pigeon, Turacoena modesta ) | low risk | endemic |
| Pink-headed fruit pigeon ( Ducula rosacea ) | low risk | not endemic |
| Yellow-headed Lorikeet ( Trichoglossus euteles ) | not endangered | endemic |
| Timor Parakeet ( Aprosmictus jonquillaceus ) | low risk | endemic |
| Temminck honey eater ( Meliphaga reticulata ) | not endangered | endemic |
| Timor leather head ( Philemon inornatus ) | not endangered | endemic |
| Timor Honeyeater ( Lichmera flavicans ) | not endangered | endemic |
| Tricolor honeyeater ( Myzomela vulnerata ) | not endangered | endemic |
| Timorgerygone ( Gerygone inornata ) | not endangered | endemic |
| Orpheus thick head ( Pachycephala orpheus ) | not endangered | endemic |
| Sundapirol ( Oriolus melanotis ) | not endangered | endemic |
| Timor wheatear ( Saxicola gutturalis ) | low risk | endemic |
| Macklot mistletoe ( Dicaeum maugei ) | not endangered | endemic |
| Sun nectar bird ( Cinnyris solaris ) | not endangered | not endemic |
| Timor Rice Finch ( Padda fuscata ) | low risk | endemic |
In addition to the lakes, the protected area includes the wetlands in between, the sandy beach and the surrounding grassland, mangroves and forests with eucalyptus trees ( Eucalyptus alba savanna ). There are small tropical dry forests in protected ravines and places with surface water . Collecting firewood in particular threatens the tree population. Dumping garbage and mining sand and rocks are also a problem. The area is also stressed by the annual horse races and by learner drivers who practice on the dried out salt slabs. Together with Tibar ( municipality of Liquiçá ), Areia Branca , Hera and Metinaro (municipality of Dili), Tasitolu forms a network of small wetlands on the coast to the west and east of the city center of Dili.
Hundreds of waterfowl from Northeast Asia overwinter at the lakes every year. Many native birds live here, Tasitolu 2007 which is why from BirdLife International for Important Bird Area (IBA) was declared. Unlike the Tasitolu Peace Park, the Tasitolu Important Bird Area covers the entire area. BirdLife International has registered five endangered bird species and ten others that it classifies as restricted-range species and therefore considers them to be trigger species . Most of them are even endemic in the Timor / Wetar region , which is why BirdLife International has declared Timor and Wetar together to be the " Endemic Bird Area " (EBA), more precisely the " Timor and Wetar Endemic Bird Area ". This also includes the Indonesian islands of Sawu , Roti and Semau off Timor and the East Timorese islands of Atauro and Jaco . In Timor and Wetar Endemic Bird Area There are 23 types of triggers.
In some years the water of the lakes turns red, probably due to the alga Dunaliella salina . Many people believe that it is the many victims during the Indonesian occupation (1975-1999) who are believed to have been buried in this area that turned the water red. Among other things, the fact that the last discolorations occurred in 1975, 1999 and 2006, in which East Timor suffered the civil war and the Indonesian invasion in 1975, the crisis in East Timor in 1999 and the unrest in 2006, means that the red color as bad omen is seen. In 2017 the lakes turned red again.
The tourist dive sites Tasitolu and Dili Rock are located directly on the coast of Tasitolu . Colorful molluscs , fish, anemones and corals can be observed here at a depth of two to 40 m . The region belongs to the coral triangle with one of the highest biodiversity in the world.
The red discoloration is probably caused by algae (2006)
Spectacled pelicans with the Tasitolu Chapel in the background
Clownfish in a magnificent anemone in the sea off Tasitolu
Moon snail at the Tasitol dive site
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Birdlife IBA Factsheet - Tasitolu Peace Park
- ↑ a b Tasi Tolu Peace Park project kicks off with tree planting ceremony , accessed on July 25, 2012
- ↑ Google Maps
- ↑ Population and Housing Census 2010, Volume 2, Population Distribution by Administrative Areas ( Memento from January 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 22.6 MB), accessed on August 25, 2012
- ^ Map of Dili
- ↑ Diving Timor Leste: Diving Timor Leste (East Timor): Dili Dive Sites - Tasi Tolu , accessed July 25, 2012
- ^ Rei, Naldo (2007). Resistance: A Childhood Fighting for East Timor. Univ. of Queensland Press. P. 62 ff. ISBN 978-0-7022-3632-7
- ↑ Vatican.va: Holy mass at Tasi-toli in Dili , accessed on July 25, 2012
- ↑ Geoffrey C. Gunn: History of Timor ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2009 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. , P. 165, Technical University of Lisbon (English, PDF, 805 KiB)
- ↑ Tony Wheeler, Xanana Gusmao, Kristy Sword-Gusmao: East Timor Lonely Planet, London 2004, ISBN 1740596447
- ↑ Kirsty Sword-Gusmao, Pat Walsh : “Opening up”: travelers' impressions of East Timor, 1989-1991 , 1991, Australia East Timor Association
- ↑ a b Important Bird Areas in Timor Leste: Key Sites for Conservation. Retrieved March 28, 2019 .
- ^ Agence France Presse: Troops on the streets after riots in East Timor , April 29, 2006 ( Memento of April 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on July 26, 2012
- ↑ internal-displacement.org: Dili IDP Camp Size Based on Number of Food Recipients ( Memento of November 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 310 kB)
- ↑ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: Refworld - Map of IDPs Areas of Origin (Dili) - Tasitolu F-FDTL Transitional Shelter, Based on Information from the Government's Hamutuk Hari'i Futuru Reg. In: refworld.org. October 16, 2008, accessed March 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Timor today: Ministra Solidariedade Sosial Anunsia Uma Transitorio Quarantina no Tasi-Tolu atu taka , September 11, 2009 ( memento of November 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on July 25, 2012
- ^ Rahil, p. 2008. East Timor To Get Its 1st Luxury Resort. East Timor & Indonesia Action Network
- ^ Message from Timor Newsline, March 1, 2010, Pelican Paradise workers discovered fifteen human skeletons in Tasi-Tolu on easttimorlegal.blogspot.com
- ^ TV New Zealand, March 5, 2010, Remains of nine people found in Timor graves ( Memento of March 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on July 25, 2012
- ↑ Guido Goulart: Grave likely holds East Timorese freedom fighters , March 12, 2010 ( Memento of January 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Forgotten Diaries: The Tasi Tolu Exhumations , March 25, 2010 , accessed July 25, 2012
- ↑ The Dili Weekly: Communities ordered to vacate land in Tasi Tolu , September 6, 2016 ( Memento of the original from September 10, 2016 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 September 14, 2016.
- ↑ Channel news asia: Ruak sworn in as Timor Leste's new president , May 20, 2012 , accessed on July 25, 2012
- ^ Colin R. Trainor and Thomas Soares: Birds of Atauro Island, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Forktail 20 (2004), pp. 41-48
- ↑ Bird life International, October 27, 2009, Endemics thrive on Timor-Leste's "Lost World" mountain (PDF; 755 kB)
- ↑ BirdLife International: Sites - Important Bird Areas (IBAs) , accessed August 25, 2012
- ↑ Website of Watch Indonesia! , accessed July 25, 2012
- ↑ Wanna Dive: Tasi Tolu
- ^ Dive Timor , accessed July 25, 2012
- ^ The Nature Conservancy - Coral Triangle Center , accessed July 26, 2012
- ↑ WWF: Coral Triangle - Home to the world's most abundant variety of corals and sea life , accessed on July 26, 2012
The administrative borders within East Timor changed in 2015. This article must therefore be checked and updated if necessary. See New Administrative Boundaries .