Viqueque Municipality

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Viqueque Vikeke
Municipality
Rice fields in Viqueque
Map of East Timor highlighting Viqueque Municipality
Coordinates: 8°47′S 126°22′E / 8.783°S 126.367°E / -8.783; 126.367Coordinates: 8°47′S 126°22′E / 8.783°S 126.367°E / -8.783; 126.367
Country	East Timor
Capital	Viqueque
Administrative posts	Lacluta Ossu Uato-Lari Viqueque
Area
• Total	1,877 km2 (725 sq mi)
Area rank	1st
Population  (2015 census)
• Total	73,033
• Rank	5th
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
• Density rank	10th
Households (2015 census)
• Total	15,297
• Rank	5th
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (TLT)
ISO 3166 code	TL-VI
HDI (2017)	0.602[1] medium · 9th

Viqueque (Portuguese: Município Viqueque, Tetum: Munisípiu Vikeke) is the largest of the municipalities (formerly districts) of East Timor. It has a population of 77,402 (Census 2010) and an area of 1,877 km².^[2] The capital of the municipality is also named Viqueque.

Etymology[]

The word Viqueque is a Portuguese approximation of the local Tetum language word Vikeke (or Wekeke), which means "eroding water".^[3]

Geography[]

Viqueque is on the south coast of Timor, on the Timor Sea. It borders the municipalities of Baucau to the north, Lautém to the east, and Manatuto to the west. The borders of the then district were the same in colonial times.

On the south coast, the people report both myths and possible occurrences of crocodiles.

Administrative posts of Viqueque

Cities and rivers of Viqueque

Administrative posts[]

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

• Lacluta^[5]
• Ossu
• Uato-Lari (which was known in Portuguese Timor as Leça, and, in Tetum, is spelled Watulari)
• Uatucarbau (spelled Watucarbau, in Tetum)
• Viqueque

The administrative posts are divided into 35 sucos ("villages") in total.

Demographics[]

Viqueque is a homeland of the Malayo-Polynesian language Tetum. In East Timor it is co-official with Portuguese. In the east part of the municipality live speakers of the Papuan language Makasae.

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