Soe (sometimes seen as SoE) is the administrative capital of the

South Central Timor Regency South Central Timor Regency ( id, Kabupaten Timor Tengah Selatan) is a regency in East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia. Established in 1958, the regency has its seat (capital) in the town of Soe. It covers an area of 3,955.36 km2 and had ...

, in

East Nusa Tenggara East Nusa Tenggara ( id, Nusa Tenggara Timur – NTT; pt, Sonda Oriental) is the southernmost province of Indonesia. It comprises the eastern portion of the Lesser Sunda Islands, facing the Indian Ocean in the south and the Flores Sea in the nor ...

province of

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

. Soe is located on

Timor Timor is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, in the north of the Timor Sea. The island is East Timor–Indonesia border, divided between the sovereign states of East Timor on the eastern part and Indonesia on the western p ...

Island. It was heavily bombed in 1944 during the second world war Water supplies for the locality have been a problem for a considerable time, despite aid to assist with dams and other means of finding water The town has population of 40,190 at the 2020 Census, the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 40,532.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2022. Soe can be a base for tourists for trips to other locations. Oinlasi, Boti, Niki Niki and Kapan are reachable from Soe. It is on the route (via Kapan) to the highest mountain in West Timor

Mount Mutis Mount Mutis ( id: Gunung Mutis), also known as Nuaf Nefomasi, is a mountain and highest point of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, at above sea level. It is located in the Gunung Mutis Nature Reserve in the South Central Timor Regency, from Kupang, ...

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Geography of West Timor Populated places in East Nusa Tenggara Regency seats of East Nusa Tenggara West Timor {{ENusaTenggara-geo-stub