Atauro

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Atauro (Portuguese: Ilha de Ataúro, Tetum: Illa Ataúru, Indonesian: Pulau Atauro), also known as Kambing Island (Indonesian: Pulau Kambing), is an island and municipality (Portuguese: Município Ataúro, Tetum: Munisípiu Atauro or Ata'uro) of East Timor. Atauro is a small oceanic island situated north of Dili, on the extinct Wetar segment of the volcanic Inner Banda Arc, between the Indonesian islands of Alor and Wetar. The nearest island is the Indonesian island of Liran, 13.0 km (8.1 mi) to the northeast. At the 2015 census, it had 9,274 inhabitants.

Atauro was one of the administrative posts (formerly subdistricts) of Dili Municipality until it became a separate municipality with effect from 1 January 2022.^[2][3]

Etymology

Atauro means 'goat' in the local language,^[4] and the island is also known as Kambing Island (Pulau Kambing) by the Indonesians (Kambing means 'goat' in Indonesian).^[5][6][7] The island was so named because of the large number of goats kept there.^[8]

Geography

Atauro lies 23.5 km (14.6 mi) north of Dili on mainland Timor, 21.5 km (13.4 mi) southwest of Wetar, Indonesia, 13.0 km (8.1 mi) southwest of Liran (off Wetar), and 38.0 km (23.6 mi) east of Alor, Indonesia. It is 22 km (14 mi) long, 5–10 km (3.1–6.2 mi) wide, and has an area of 150 km² (58 sq mi).^[9]

The island is administratively divided into five

At 999 m above

The

Atauro is a small, unstable island with a rugged landscape, plagued by frequent

Wells along the coast provide poor-quality water to most coastal townships. In 2004, Portugal funded a project to improve the availability of water and its distribution infrastructure, but a critical water shortage persists.^[12]

Subdivisions

Atauro Municipality is divided into the following Sucos:

1. Suco Beloi
2. Suco Biqueli
3. Suco Macadade
4. Suco Maquili
5. Suco Vila

Environment

The landscape of the island is a result of the erosion of uplifted, originally submarine, volcanos from the

mountain forest in sheltered valleys, covering about 40 km². Lower down there are remnants of drier forest and Eucalyptus alba dominated savanna woodlands, especially on limestone outcrops, with agricultural land in the vicinity of villages. The island has a fringing reef 30–150 m in width; it generally lacks freshwater wetlands, estuaries and mangroves.^[13] In 2016 a Conservation International team found more species of reef fish per site in the waters surrounding the island than anywhere else in the world.^[14]

Birds

The whole island, and especially the area around Mount Manucoco, has been identified by

blue-cheeked flowerpeckers, flame-breasted sunbirds and tricolored parrotfinches.^[13]

Culture

Atauro is unusual in East Timor because many of the northern inhabitants are

Calvinist mission from Alor in the early 20th century. There are also some Protestants among the southern population.^{[citation needed}

]

The people of Atauro speak four dialects of

Wetarese (Rahesuk, Resuk, Raklungu, and Dadu'a), which originated on the island of Wetar in Indonesia.^[15]

History

See also: History of East Timor

The Netherlands and Portugal agreed Atauro to be Portuguese in the treaty of Lisbon 1859, but the Portuguese flag was not raised before 1884 when there was an official ceremony. The inhabitants of Atauro did not start to pay taxes to Portugal before 1905. Atauro was used as a prison island soon after settlement by the Portuguese.^[16]

In

Dili District

. When East Timor became independent, there was a proposal to reorganize the districts and split off Atauro as an autonomous area. It became a separate municipality with effect from 1 January 2022.[2][3]

On 11 August 1975, the UDT mounted a coup in a bid to halt the increasing popularity of Fretilin. On 26 August, the Portuguese Governor Mário Lemos Pires fled to Atauro,^[17] from where he later attempted to broker an agreement between the two groups. He was urged by Fretilin to return and resume the decolonisation process, but he insisted that he was awaiting instructions from the government in Lisbon, then increasingly uninterested. On 10 December 1975, the Indonesians invaded. In the 1980s, the Indonesians used the island as a prison for East Timorese guerillas.^[18] The island became part of independent East Timor on 20 May 2002.

See also

• List of Important Bird Areas in East Timor
• List of islands of East Timor

References

1. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
2. ^ Piedade da Freitas, Domingos (9 March 2022). "Governo nomeia Domingos Soares para Administrador Municipal de Ataúro" [Government appoints Domingos Soares as Municipal Administrator of Atauro] (in Portuguese). Tatoli. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
3. ^ "Governo timorense nomeia primeiro administrador do novo município de Ataúro" [Timorese government appoints first administrator of the new municipality of Ataúro]. RTP Notícias (in Portuguese). 9 March 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
4. ^ "Missioners Help Revive Spiritual Life On Outlying Island". UCA News. 21 March 2006. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
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7. ^ "Atauro Art". Art of The Ancestors. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
8. ^ Jilderts, Rosemary (March 2014). "Neighbour of Mystery" (PDF). Cruising Helmsman. Surry Hills, NSW: Yaffa Marine Group. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
9. ^ Trainor, Colin R.; Soares, Thomas (2004). "Birds of Atauro Island, Timor-Leste (East Timor)". Forktail. 20: 41–48, at 41. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
10. ^ "UoM–East Timor Project to Map Atauro Island Geology". UniNews. Vol. 14, no. 9. The University of Melbourne. 30 May – 13 June 2005. Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2006.
11. ^ "Ethical Tourism on an Untouched Island". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 April 2005. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
12. ^ "Lisbon Funds USD 1.3 mn Project to Bring Water to Ataúro Island". etan.org. Lusa. 23 November 2004. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
13. ^ ^{a b} "Atauro Island – Manucoco". Important Bird Areas factsheet. BirdLife International. 2014. Archived from the original on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
14. ^ Slezak, Michael (17 August 2016). "Atauro Island: scientists discover the most biodiverse waters in the world". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
15. ^ Hull, Geoffrey, The Languages of East Timor: Some Basic Facts (PDF), Instituto Nacional de Linguística, Universidade Nacional de Timor Lorosa'e, archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2009
16. ^ History of Timor (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2009, retrieved 25 March 2010
17. ^ Capizzi, Elaine; Hill, Helen; Macey, Dave, "FRETILIN and the struggle for independence in East Timor", Race & Class (17): 381–395
18. ^ Schmetzer, Uli; Tribune Foreign Correspondent (20 August 1998). "Island happily remaining a haven for outcasts". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 26 April 2022.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Atauro.

• Australian editorial on Atauro's poverty
• Community Run Eco Tourism on Atauro Island
• Atauro dolls project
• "East Timor: AAI focuses on the island of Ataruo". reliefweb. 17 September 2007.