West Atambua

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Kecamatan Atambua Barat
West Atambua District
Basic data
Country Indonesia
province East Nusa Tenggara
Administrative district BeluTemplate: Infobox administrative unit / maintenance / other
Seat Sesekoe
Residents 21,604 (2010)
ISO 3166-2 ID-NT

Coordinates: 9 ° 6 ′  S , 124 ° 52 ′  E

Sesekoe (Lesser Sunda Islands)
Sesekoe
Sesekoe
Location in East Nusa Tenggara Province

West Atambua ( Indonesian Atambua Barat ) is an Indonesian district ( Kecamatan ) in the administrative district of Belu (province of East Nusa Tenggara ) on the island of Timor .

geography

West Atambua is bordered by Atambua to the east, by Kakuluk Mesak to the northwest and by South Atambua ( Atambua Selatan ) to the south .

The West Atambua district is divided into the Desas Beirafu (5,614 inhabitants 2010), Berdao (4,161), Tulamalae (4,890) and Umanen (6,939).

The administrative seat is in Sesekoe .

Residents

In 2010 West Atambua lived 21,604 people. The majority of them belong to the northern Tetum ethnic group and the majority are of the Catholic faith .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Penduduk Indonesia menurut desa 2010 ( Memento from March 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Indonesian; PDF; 6.0 MB), accessed on January 26, 2013.
  2. ^ Map of Belu County , accessed July 27, 2014.
  3. ↑ Yustinus Nahak: Kecamatan di Kabupaten Belu . June 23, 2012, accessed July 28, 2014.
  4. ^ Map of Belu County , accessed July 28, 2014.