Fatuhada (formerly: ''Beira Mar'') is a

Suco The administrative posts (former subdistricts) of East Timor are subdivided into 442 ''sucos'' ("villages") and 2,336 ''aldeias'' ("communities").http://www.unmiset.org/legal/RDTL-Law/RDTL-Minist-Orders/Decree-Order-2003-6.pdf List of sucos by ...

("village") in

East Timor East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-weste ...

under the Administrative Post

Dom Aleixo Administrative Post Dom Aleixo, officially Dom Aleixo Administrative Post (, ), is an administrative post in Dili municipality, East Timor, at the mouth of Comoro River. Its seat or administrative centre is Comoro. The administrative post is named after Aleixo ...

Dili Municipality Dili Municipality (, ) is one of the 14 municipalities, formerly districts, of Timor-Leste, and includes the national capital Dili. The municipality had a population of 277,279 , most of whom live in the capital city. Etymology Several expla ...

, within the capital city

Dili Dili (Portuguese/Tetum: ''Díli'') is the capital, largest city of East Timor and the second largest city in Timor islands after Kupang (Indonesia). It lies on the northern coast of the island of Timor, in a small area of flat land hemmed in ...

Geography

Fatuhada lies on the banks of the Bay of Dili, to the West of the city centre of Dili, in the Northeast part of Dom Aleixo. It is surrounded by the Suco

Kampung Alor Kampung Alor (Jawi alphabet, Jawi: كامڤوڠ الور; Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Aldeia de Alor'') is a village located in East Timor. This village belongs to the administrative post Dom Aleixo Administrative Post, Dom Aleixo, Dili. I ...

to the East, Bairro Pite to the South, Comoro to the Southwest, and Bebonuk to the West. Fatuhada has an area of 1.24 square kilometres. The Suco is divided into five Aldeias ("communities"), namely Zero I, Zero II, Zero III, Zero IV und Zero V. In the Northwest is the city district of Mataruak, in the West Markoni, in the Southwest Lurumata, in the South Bedik and in the Southeast Fatuhada. The Foreign Ministry and the Embassy of the United States are located in Fatuhada. Several schools are located in Fatuhada, namely the primary school Escola Primaria Fatuhada, Dili International School (DIS), the private QSI International School, Escola Pre-Secondario 10 de Setembro, and Escola Secondario 10 de Setembro. The party headquarters of

FRETILIN The Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor ( pt, Frente Revolucionária de Timor-Leste Independente, abbreviated as Fretilin) is a centre-left political party in East Timor. They presently hold 23 of 65 seats in the National Parliame ...

are located next to the latter schools.

Residents

As of 2022, there are 18,541 residents, of which 9,312 are men and 9,229 are women. The entire population of the Suco live in an urban environment. There are 3,372 households. 93% of the residents reported Tetum Prasa as their mother tongue. Minority languages spoken there are Rahesuk, Naueti,

Makasae Makasae (also known as Makassai, Macassai, Ma'asae, Makasai) is a Papuan language spoken by about 100,000 people in the eastern part of East Timor, in the districts of Baucau and Viqueque, just to the west of Fataluku. It is the most widely spoke ...

, Sa'ani,

Makalero Makalero or Maklere is a Papuan language spoken in the Lautém district of East Timor. It was previously considered to be a dialect of Makasae Makasae (also known as Makassai, Macassai, Ma'asae, Makasai) is a Papuan language spoken by about 100 ...

Fataluku Fataluku (also known as Dagaga, Dagoda', Dagada) is a Papuan language spoken by approximately 37,000 people of Fataluku ethnicity in the eastern areas of East Timor, especially around Lospalos. It is a member of the Timor-Alor-Pantar language fa ...

and

Baikeno Uab Meto or Dawan is an Austronesian language spoken by Atoni people of West Timor. The language has a variant spoken in the East Timorese exclave of Oecussi-Ambeno, called Baikenu. Baikenu uses words derived from Portuguese, for example, ''obr ...

Politics

In the local elections of 2004/2005, Justino M. G. Leite was elected as the chief of the Suco. Marcelino Soares won the 2009 election; he was re-elected in

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

History

The Market of Comoro (Portuguese: ''Mercado Comoro'') was formerly located on the Rua de Manu Aman, in the Aldeia Zero III (Lurumata district), in the West of Fatuhada. During the

2006 East Timorese crisis The 2006 East Timorese crisis began as a conflict between elements of the military of East Timor over discrimination within the military and expanded to a coup attempt and general violence throughout the country, centred in the capital Dili. Th ...

, there was a clash between gangs at the market that was quelled by 100 international police and Australian soldiers. The market was moved to Manleuana in 2012, and residential houses were built on the site. During the night of 29 July 2021, there was a large fire that destroyed 400 houses.{{Cite web , title=Primeiru-Ministru Taur Matan Ruak manifesta solidariedade ba komunidade Eis Merkadu Komoro ne’ebé afetadu hosi inséndiu ohin madrugada « Governu Timor-Leste , url=http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=29036&lang=tp , access-date=2023-08-27 , website=timor-leste.gov.tl , language=en

References

Dili Municipality