Central Molo

Kecamatan Molo Tengah Central Molo District
Basic data
Country	Indonesia
province	East Nusa Tenggara
Administrative district	South Central Timor
Seat	Sakteo
surface	99.7 km²
Residents	7507 (2017)
density	75 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	ID-NT
Central Molo

Coordinates: 9 ° 48 ′  S , 124 ° 19 ′  E

Central Molo ( Indonesian Molo Tengah , also Mollo Tengah ) is an Indonesian district ( Kecamatan ) in the west of the island of Timor .

geography

"Village" (Desa)	Administrative headquarters	surface	Residents	Population density
Am from	Sakteo	14.76 km²	1,069	072
Oelbubuk	Oelbubuk	16.83 km²	1,779	105
Kualeu	Nefonaek	15.81 km²	1,588	100
Nekemunifeto	Binoni	13.69 km²	0.691	050
Oel'Ekam	Nanjam	20.73 km²	1,180	056
Pika	Usnuni	17.87 km²	1,200	067

Central Molo

Location in East Nusa Tenggara Province

The district is located in the west of the administrative district of South Central Timor (Timor Tengah Selatan) of the East Nusa Tenggara Province (Nusa Tenggara Timur) . In the west lies the district Westmolo (Molo Barat) , in the north Nordmolo (Molo Utara) , in the east Oenino , in the southeast Kuatnana and in the south Südmolo (Molo Selatan) .

Central Molo has an area of ​​99.69 km² and is divided into the six Desa Binaus , Oelbubuk , Kualeu , Nekemunifeto , Oel'Ekam and Pika . The Desas are again divided into a total of 17 Dusu (sub-villages). The administrative headquarters are in Sakteo. The villages are located at an altitude between 632  m (Pika) and 1085  m (Kualeu). As in Timor, the tropical climate is divided into a rainy and a dry season . Most of the rain falls in December, while August and September remain dry. In 2017, the annual amount of precipitation was 1,942 millimeters per square meter.

Residents

In 2017, 7,507 people lived in 1,795 households in Central Molo. 3,761 were men, 3,746 women. The population density was 75 people per square kilometer. There was one Catholic and 16 Protestant churches and chapels in the district.

Economy, infrastructure and transport

Most of the district's residents make a living from agriculture. Cattle (3,576), horses (80), pigs (BABI), goats (792) and chickens (5,520) are kept as pets. Corn is grown on 818 hectares, rice on 52 hectares, cassava on 632 hectares, sweet potatoes on 49 hectares and peanuts on five hectares. Other agricultural products include cabbage, carrots, tomatoes, eggplants, beans, avocados, mangoes, tangerines, papayas, bananas and sirsak. Light nuts, coconuts, kapok, cashew nuts, coffee, cocoa, betel nuts and tamarind come from plantations.

There are ten primary schools, two middle schools and two secondary schools in Central Molo. A community health center ( Puskesmas ), a medical care center ( Puskesmas Pembantu ) and a midwifery center ( Polindes ) are available for medical care . There are two doctors, eleven midwives and nine nurses working in the district.

Web links

Commons : Zentralmolo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Statistical data from Central Molo District 2018 (Indonesian).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Kecamatan Molo Tengah Dalam Angka 2018 , accessed on November 3, 2018.