Wini is a village in the

Nusa Tenggara Timur 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 ...

province of Indonesia. It is the capital of the North Insana subdistrict (''Kecamatan Insana Utara'') of the

North Central Timor Regency North Central Timor Regency ( id, Kabupaten Timor Tengah Utara) is a regency in East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. It covers an area of 2,669.70 km2, and had a population of 229,803 at the 2010 Census and 259,829 at the 2020 Census; the off ...

(''Kabupaten Timor Tengah Utara''). It is located on the north coast of the western part of the island of

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

, between

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-west ...

to the east and its exclave of

Oecusse Oecusse (also variously ''Oecussi'', ''Ocussi'', ''Oekussi'', ''Oekusi'', ''Okusi'', ''Oé-Cusse''), also known as Oecusse-Ambeno (; ) and formerly just Ambeno, officially the Special Administrative Region Oecusse-Ambeno (), is an exclave, mun ...

to the west. A major border crossing checkpoint (''pos lintas batas negara'') into East Timor's exclave of Oecussi is located here.

Location

Wini is located on the north coast of the island of

. It is about 45km north

Kefamenanu Kefamenanu is a town and capital of the administrative district (''kecamatan'') of Kota Kefamenanu and of the North Central Timor Regency in West Timor, Indonesia. A road connects it to Halilulik and Kota Atambua to the northeast. It had a popula ...

, the capital city of North Central Timor Regency within which Wini is located. The village is on the

East Timor-Indonesia border East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the f ...

, just east of the border with East Timor's Oecusse border.

Tourism

Wini's main tourism attraction is the beach, which is popular as a weekend destination for the local population. The main beaches are Wini Beach (''Pantai Wini'') and Idola Beach (''Pantai Idola''). Another popular beach is Cape Bastian (''Tanjung Bastian'') located 8km to the east of Wini. Besides beaches, the new Wini Border Crossing Checkpoint complex (see below) is also a popular attraction.

Transport and Infrastructure

Roads connect Wini with

45km to the south via Manamas. A coastal road also links Wini with the main

Kupang Kupang ( id, Kota Kupang, ), formerly known as Koepang, is the capital of the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara. At the 2020 C ensus, it had a population of 442,758; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 455,850. It is the largest ci ...

– Dili road about 53km to the east. From the intersection, it is a further 22km to

Mota'ain Mota'ain, also spelled Motain, Mota'in or Mota Ain, is a hamlet in the Silawan village ('' desa''), East Tasifeto district (''kecamatan''), Belu Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. A major border crossing checkpoint with customs, immigration ...

, where the border crossing into East Timor proper is located. This route between these two border crossings the shortest between East Timor proper and its Oecussi exclave. To the west, a road crosses the border river to Sacato (sometimes spelled Sakato) and onward to

Pante Macassar Pante Macassar ( pt, Pante Macassar, ) is a city in the Pante Macassar administrative post on the north coast of East Timor, to the west of Dili, the nation's capital. It has a population of 4,730 (Stand 2006). It is the capital of the Oec ...

, the capital of

. Wini has a harbor. Manganese ore is exported via the port, but only ships with less than 5000 gross tons can dock.

Border crossing

The Wini border crossing checkpoint is a modern complex comprising customs, immigration and quarantine facilities catering to pedestrian and vehicular traffic crossing between Indonesia and East Timor. The checkpoint on the East Timor side of the border is Sakato. The new border crossing checkpoint complex was developed at a cost of 130 billion rupiah beginning 2015 and was officially inaugurated on 9 January 2018. The complex, which is located on a site, replaced an earlier border crossing facilities which were housed in small buildings.

References

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