Bobonaro Municipality

Coordinates: 8°55′S 125°15′E / 8.917°S 125.250°E / -8.917; 125.250
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This article is about the municipality. For the town, see Bobonaro. For the administrative post, see Bobonaro Administrative Post.
Bobonaro
Municipality of East Timor
Close to Maliana
Close to Maliana
4th
Time zoneUTC+09:00 (TLT)
ISO 3166 codeTL-BO
HDI (2017)0.606[1]
medium · 8th
WebsiteBobonaro Municipality

Bobonaro (Portuguese: Município Bobonaro, Tetum: Munisípiu Bobonaru, or Munisípiu Buburnaru) is a municipality (and was formerly a district) in the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste commonly known as East Timor. It is the second-most western municipality on the east half of the island. It has a population of 92,045 (Census 2010) and an area of 1,376 km2.

Etymology

The word Bobonaro is said to be a Portuguese approximation of the Tetum language word Buburnaru, which means 'tall eucalypt'.[2] However, there are also other explanations for the origin of the municipality's name.

Ho (transl. 'blood') and nalu, the name of a traditional woven basket also called a 'bote' or a 'taan', are words in the local

In combination, ho and nalu mean 'basket of blood' or 'basket of life', and Bobonaro approximates the combination.[3]

Additionally, the combination of the words bobo (transl. 'hide') and naru (transl. 'long') in another local language, Kemak, refer to a safe place where one can hide for a long time.[3]

Geography

The

Nusa Tenggara Timur. In Portuguese Timor, the then district had the same boundaries as the present municipality; however its capital was at Vila Armindo Monteiro, which is now called Bobonaro.[4]

The capital of Bobonaro is East Timor's fourth largest city,

Lolotoi with a population of 3,800. Another village is Atabae
in Atabae Administrative Post.

Sucos and subdistricts of Bobonaro
Cities and rivers of Bobonaro

Administrative posts

The municipality's administrative posts (formerly sub-districts) are:[6]

The administrative posts are divided into 50 sucos ("villages") in total.

Infrastructure

The main road between

Balibó
administrative posts.

Border crossings

The main border crossing between East Timor and Indonesia is located in this district at Batugade where the East Timor Immigration Post is located. The Indonesian checkpoint is located in

Nusa Tenggara Timur Province. Another minor border crossing checkpoint is maintained by the Immigration Service of East Timor within this municipality at Tunibibi near Maliana
. The Indonesian post for this crossing is at Turiskain, also in Belu Regency.

History

The municipality had been a popular destination in Timor, due to its mountains and hot springs, but it suffered much violence in the

Balibó, located about 10 miles from the Indonesian border, was estimated by Human Rights Watch to be 70% destroyed during the militia violence that preceded the referendum for East Timorese independence. It was also the site of the killing of five Australian-based journalists (the Balibo Five) by Indonesian forces on 16 October 1975 during an incursion by Indonesia into what was then Portuguese Timor
.

Demographics

In addition to the official languages of

Bunak
, which are designated "national languages" by the constitution.

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  2. ^ Hull, Geoffrey (June 2006). "The placenames of East Timor" (PDF). Placenames Australia: Newsletter of the Australian National Placenames Survey: 6–7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Perfil: 2. Toponímia" [Profile: 2. Toponymy]. Bobonaro Municipality (in Tetum). Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  4. ISBN 81-837-0073-X
    .
  5. ^ "East Timor: Country Woman's Association" (PDF). University of New England. February 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  6. ISBN 9780810867543
    .

Bibliography

External links

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