Salele
Salele is a village in
Tilomar Administrative Post (formerly called subdistrict) of the Cova Lima Municipality. It is the location of the second main border crossing between the East Timor and Indonesia.[1][2]
The checkpoint on the Indonesian side of the border is called the Motamasin checkpoint.
Geography
Salele is located on the southern coastline of
East Timor-Indonesia border
.
Transportation
The village is served by the main road linking
Betun, the capital of Malaka Regency
which is located 30 km to the west across the border in Indonesia.
Border crossing
The Salele integrated frontier checkpoint is located just east of the Motamasin River which forms the East Timor-Indonesia border. The checkpoint on the Indonesia side is the Motamasin border crossing checkpoint.
The checkpoint was newly built to cater to cross border traffic after East Timor became independent and opened by Vice Prime Minister Jose Luis Guterres on 26 June 2012.Betun and Besikama.
External links
- Immigration Department of East Timor website
References
- ^ "Immigration Service of Timor Leste: About Us". Immigration Service of Timor Leste. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Customs Contacts and Posts". Ministry of Finance Timor Leste. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- ^ "Inauguration of the Integrated Border Post of Salele, Suai by Vice Prime Minister, Jose Luis Guterres". Ministry of Finance Timor Leste. Retrieved 5 July 2019.