Fuiloro is a suco and village on the northeastern tip of
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 ...
. The district capital
Lospalos
Lospalos — sometimes erroneously written as ''Los Palos'', assuming a nonexistent Spanish etymology — is a city in East Timor, to the east of Dili, the national capital. Lospalos has a population of 17,186 (2006) and is the capital of L ...
lies in the suco of Fuiloro.
There is an old Portuguese fort at Fuiloro village, where there is also an arched entry. At the entrance to the village, there is a traditional
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 ...
-style house on the side of the road. The Don Bosco College is situated in Fuiloro.
Abisu (Vila-De-Avis, Fuiloro) Airfield was a
heavy bomber
Heavy bombers are bomber aircraft capable of delivering the largest payload of air-to-ground weaponry (usually bombs) and longest range (takeoff to landing) of their era. Archetypal heavy bombers have therefore usually been among the larges ...
airfield in
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
consisting of two strips.
Don Bosco College in Fuiloro.jpg, Don Bosco College in Fuiloro
Markt in Kural.jpg, Market in Kural, between Lospalos and Fuiloro
Titi Lari - Traditionelles Haus.jpg, Holy house in Titi Lari (Suco Fuiloro)
External links
www.pacificwrecks.com
Lautém Municipality
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