Manufahi Municipality

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Manufahi
Municipality
Landscape between Dili and Same
Map of East Timor highlighting Manufahi Municipality
Coordinates: 9°00′S 125°47′E / 9.000°S 125.783°E / -9.000; 125.783Coordinates: 9°00′S 125°47′E / 9.000°S 125.783°E / -9.000; 125.783
Country	East Timor
Capital	Same
Administrative posts	Alas Same Turiscai
Area
• Total	1,323 km2 (511 sq mi)
Area rank	6th
Population  (2015 census)
• Total	53,691
• Rank	11th
• Density	41/km2 (110/sq mi)
• Density rank	11th
Households (2015 census)
• Total	9,023
• Rank	11th
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (TLT)
ISO 3166 code	TL-MF
HDI (2017)	0.618[1] medium · 3rd

Manufahi (Portuguese: Município Manufahi, Tetum: Munisípiu Manufahi) is one of the municipalities of East Timor. It has a population of 53,691 (2015 census) and an area of 1,323 km².^[2] The capital of the municipality is Same.^[3]

Geography[]

Manufahi lies on the south coast of East Timor, on the Timor Sea bordering Manatuto to the east, Ainaro to the west, and Aileu to the north.

Administrative posts of Manufahi

Cities of Manufahi

History[]

During its time as a Portuguese colony, the municipality was called Same, after the capital city. It was the epicentre of the Great Rebellion of 1910–12. During the Indonesian occupation the then subdistrict of Hato-Udo was split off from the then district of Manufahi and joined to Ainaro, and the then subdistrict of Turiscai, previously in Ainaro, was moved to Manufahi.

Administrative posts[]

Manufahi's administrative posts (formerly sub-districts) are:^[4]

• Alas
• Same
• Turiscai

Demographics[]

Besides the national official languages of Tetum and Portuguese, the Malayo-Polynesian language Mambai is also spoken.

References[]

External links[]

Media related to Manufahi at Wikimedia Commons

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