Welaus
| Welaus | |||
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| Coordinates | 9 ° 30 ′ S , 124 ° 58 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Indonesia | ||
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Nusa Tenggara | ||
| province | Nusa Tenggara Timur | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ID-NT | ||
| height | 144 m | ||
Welaus is an Indonesian town in the south of the island of Timor , at an altitude of 144 m . It belongs to the Desa Nordlakekun ( Kobalima District , Malaka Administrative Region , East Nusa Tenggara Province ).
Welaus is one of the westernmost settlements of the Bunak , an ethnic group that mostly lives in the neighboring state of East Timor . Most of the Bunak in Malaka Governorate are descendants of refugees who left East Timorese Maucatar when it was given to the Portuguese by the Dutch in 1916 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Antoinette Schapper: Finding Bunaq: The homeland and expansion of the Bunaq in central Timor ( Memento of the original from October 24, 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. , accessed January 26, 2013
