Kampung Alor (
Jawi: كامڤوڠ الور;
Portuguese: ''Aldeia de Alor'') is a
village located in
East Timor. This village belongs to the administrative post
Dom Aleixo,
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 ...
. In 2015, the total population was around 3,531.
And has an area of 0.49 km².
Kampung Alor consists of several areas; Anin Fuic (Atarac Laran/Ai-Tarak Laran/Aitarak Laran), Hamahon, and Rai Lacan.
[Jornal da Républica mit dem Diploma Ministerial n.° 199/09]
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History
Kampung Alor is part of the history of the development of
Islam in East Timor
Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or '' Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the mai ...
. In 1512, Abdullah Afif, an Arab merchant arrived and settled in Dili; then followed by Habib Umar Muhdlar in 1678. In the early 19th century,
Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which ...
(now
Indonesia) Muslims traders lived and settled in Dili. They come from
Kupang,
Solor
Solor is a volcanic island located off the eastern tip of Flores island in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia, in the Solor Archipelago. The island supports a small population that has been whaling for hundreds of years. They speak the lang ...
,
Adonara,
Alor,
Bima,
Maluku Islands,
Makassar
Makassar (, mak, ᨆᨀᨔᨑ, Mangkasara’, ) is the capital of the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi. It is the largest city in the region of Eastern Indonesia and the country's fifth-largest urban center after Jakarta, Surabaya, Med ...
, and
Buton.
Muslims from Indonesia live in groups and side by side in the Arab village of Lecidere Village (now Dr. Antonio de Carvalho Road).
Indonesian Muslims, most of whom come from Alor Island, some live in Kampung Karaketu Farul. The expansion of Dili City in 1955 relocated the residents of Karaketu Farul Village to Aldeia de Alor, Bairo Morros, or Morro Alor which means Kampung Alor. In the same year,
H. Hasan ibn Abdullah Balafif, Chief of Morro Allor planned the establishment of the An-Nur Mosque.
Demographics
The population of Kampung Alor is mostly indigenous of
East Timor with a significant number of immigrants from
Indonesian
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* Indonesians, citizens of Indonesia
** Native Indonesians, diverse groups of local inhabitants of the archipelago
** Indonesian ...
and
Arabic descent. Islam is the religion of most of the inhabitants of Kampung Alor, then Catholic which is embraced by the indigenous people of East Timor.
The majority of the residents of Kampung Alor are multilingual or able to speak two or more languages. The language spoken by the people is Tetun language, Tetun which is the national language of East Timor,
Portuguese, Dili Malay, and Indonesian language, Indonesian. Indonesian language is even used in the Friday prayer sermon at the An-Nur Mosque.
Notable peoples
*Anwar da Costa, Grand Imam of An-Nur Mosque
*Krisdayanti, member of Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat, DPR-RI
*Mari Alkatiri, East Timorese politician
*Raul Lemos, East Timorese businessman
References
Islam in East Timor
Dili
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