Lautém Municipality
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Lautém
Lautein | |
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 Valu Beach, Tutuala, Lautém, Mainland East Timor | |
 Map of East Timor highlighting Lautém Municipality | |
| Coordinates: 8°31′S 127°2′E / 8.517°S 127.033°ECoordinates: 8°31′S 127°2′E / 8.517°S 127.033°E | |
| Country |  East Timor |
| Capital | Lospalos |
| Administrative posts | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,813 km2 (700 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 3rd |
| Population (2015 census) | |
| • Total | 65,240 |
| • Rank | 7th |
| • Density | 36/km2 (93/sq mi) |
| • Density rank | 12th |
| Households (2015 census) | |
| • Total | 12,050 |
| • Rank | 7th |
| Time zone | UTC+09:00 (TLT) |
| ISO 3166 code | TL-LA |
| HDI (2017) | 0.607[1] medium · 7th |
Lautém (Portuguese: Município Lautém, Tetum: Munisípiu Lautein) is one of the municipalities (formerly districts) of East Timor, on the eastern end of the country. It has a population of 64,135 (census 2010) and an area of 1,813 km². Its capital is Lospalos, which lies 248 km east of the national capital, Dili.
Etymology[]
The word Lautém is a Portuguese approximation of the local Fataluku language word Lauteinu, which means "sacred cloth".[2]
Geography[]
To the west the municipality borders the municipalities of Baucau and Viqueque. To the north lies the Banda Sea, and to the south the Timor Sea. The municipality also includes the easternmost point of the island, Kap Cutcha in the administrative post of Tutuala, and the small island Jaco.
The borders of the municipality of Lautém are identical to those of the council of the same name in Portuguese Timor. At that time, many of the localities had Portuguese names, such as Vila Nova de Malaca (today Lautém), Nova Nazaré (), Nova Sagres (Tutuala) and Nova Âncora ().
Lautém has beautiful sand beaches and a wild, mountainous, and raw rugged unspoilt landscape. Many of the endemic birds of East Timor live here. Near the city of Lautém there are cave drawings. Numerous stone sarcophagi and animistic shrines are found throughout the district.
Lautém municipality is known for its birding (). Its municipal flag has the head of a yellow-crested cockatoo.
 Administrative posts and sucos of Lautém |
 Cities and rivers in Lautém |
Administrative posts[]
The municipality's administrative posts (formerly sub-districts) are:[3]
Demographics[]
In addition to the official languages of Portuguese and Tetum, in the municipality there are 30,000 speakers of the Papuan language Fataluku, mainly in the east of the district, many of whom do not speak a second language.
References[]
Notes[]
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ^ Hull, Geoffrey (June 2006). "The placenames of East Timor" (PDF). Placenames Australia: Newsletter of the Australian National Placenames Survey: 6–7. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ Gunn, Geoffrey C (2011). Historical Dictionary of East Timor. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 118. ISBN 9780810867543.
Bibliography[]
- Soares, Rosália E M (2015). The Textiles of Lautém, Timor-Leste. Dili: Governo de Timor-Leste. ISBN 9789898726292. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
External links[]
Media related to Lautém (Municipality) at Wikimedia Commons
- Lautém Municipality
- Municipalities of East Timor