Zumalai

This article deals with the place Zumalai. For the administrative office of the same name, see Zumalai (administrative office) .

Zumalai
Zumalai
Coordinates	9 ° 9 ′  S , 125 ° 27 ′  E Coordinates: 9 ° 9 ′  S , 125 ° 27 ′  E
Basic data
Country	East Timor
local community	Cova Lima
Administrative office	Zumalai
Suco	Raimea , Lour and Zulo
height	199 m

Zumalai is an East Timorese town in the Zumalai administrative office in the municipality of Cova Lima .

geography

Zumalai is located in the center of the administrative office, as the crow flies, about 70 km southwest of the state capital Dili , at an altitude of 199  m above sea level. The place consists of several districts that are spread over several sucos : Zobete , Lepokanua and Naguidal ( Nagidal ) belong to Raimea , Salasa belongs to Lour , the center of Zumalai, Zulokota , Dilukede and Maliseran belong to Zulo .

This is where three national roads meet. From the west from Suai (air line distance: 26 km), from the east from the town of Hato-Udo (16 km) with a junction to Ainaro (19 km) in the northeast and from the north a road that later leads to Bobonaro (19 km ) and after Atsabe (26 km) splits. Zumalai has a total of three primary schools, two preparatory schools for secondary school, a helipad and a community health center.

The parish of Zumalai is dedicated to Our Lady on Mount Carmel . There is also a Carmelite Mission here, which owns the youth center, elementary school and health center.

history

See also : History of East Timor

The pro-Indonesian militia Mahidi committed various acts of violence in the area of ​​Zumalai during the 1999 independence referendum . In mid-August 2006 fighting broke out in Zumalai between the groups Saka Izoladu and Colimau 2000 , in which one person died. The population fled the area.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} UNMIT: Timor-Leste District Atlas version 02, August 2008 ( Memento of the original dated December 3, 2011 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. (PDF; 449 kB) 
2. ↑ Carmelite Mission in Zumalai ( Memento of March 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 26, 2014.
3. ↑ Amnesty International: Assault on the town of Galitas near Zumalai 1999
4. ↑ Fights in Zumalai 2006 ( Memento of the original from October 8, 2007 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.