Dom Aleixo, officially Dom Aleixo Administrative Post (, ), is an administrative post in

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 ...

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 ...

, at the mouth of

Comoro River The Comoro River ( pt, Ribeira de Comoro or , tet, Mota Komoro) is a river in East Timor. It flows north into Ombai Strait, reaching the coast in the north western suburbs of the capital, Dili. In its lower reaches, it is the main and largest o ...

. Its seat or

administrative centre An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

is Comoro. The administrative post is named after

Aleixo Corte-Real Aleixo Corte-Real (1886 – May 1943), better known under the name of Dom Aleixo, was a noble Timorese chieftain (''régulo'') and a Portuguese hero during World War II. Biography Dom Aleixo was born in Soro, Ainaro, Portuguese Timor. ...

. Its population at the 2010 census was 105,154. Its area is 33,12 km². Here are the

Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport Dili Airport , officially Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport ( pt, Aeroporto Internacional Presidente Nicolau Lobato, ), and formerly Comoro Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Komoro), is an international airport serving Dili, the capital ...

, the ministry for foreign affairs and the main mosque of East Timor. The

Tasitolu Tasitolu ( pt, Tasitolu, tet, Tasitolu or , ) is a protected area on the coast of East Timor, west of the capital Dili. The Tasitolu wetlands include three saline lakes, an esplanade, and a beach; it has been designated a Wetland of National ...

salt lakes are in the most western part of Dom Aleio in Comoro Suco.

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External links

* – information page on Ministry of State Administration site Administrative posts of East Timor Dili Municipality {{EastTimor-geo-stub