Manatuto is a city in

Manatuto Municipality Manatuto (, ) is one of the municipalities (formerly districts) of East Timor, located in the central part of the country. It has a population of 45,541 (Census 2010) and an area of 1,783.3 km². The capital of the municipality is also n ...

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 ...

. Manatuto Vila has 3,692 inhabitants (Census 2015) and is capital of the subdistrict and district Manatuto. It is on the north coast of

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 ...

, (about as the crow flies) east of

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 ...

, the national capital, on the way to

Baucau Baucau ( pt, Baucau, tet, Baukau) is the second-largest city in East Timor, after Dili, the capital, which lies to its west. Baucau has about 16,000 inhabitants, and is the capital of Baucau municipality, located in the eastern part of the ...

. The capital is known for its salt production and abundance of tamarind.

Geography

Manatuto city is generally flat and low-lying, with single hills on its southern outskirts. It extends for approximately from the eastern end of Obrato aldeia in Suco Sau to the western end of the Maabat aldeia in Suco Maabat. It also stretches about south from Wetar Strait in its north. Dumi Huhun (

AMSL Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''. The comb ...

), in the city's southeast near the main road connecting Dili and Baucau, is the tallest of its hills. Another hill, Saututu Hill ( AMSL), is on the eastern side of the city, along the road connecting Manatuto and the small community of Carlilu to its south.

Governance

The city is the capital of Manatuto municipality, and is made up of four urban '' sucos''. From west to east, the ''sucos'' are: Sau, Ailili, Aiteas, and Maabat. According to the 2010 census, urban ''sucos'' are those co-located with municipal capitals, or with certain qualities of population and social amenities. In the case of Manatuto, the city is in effect the urbanised part of the four sucos. Manatuto suffered an excessive amount of damage and high murder rate in 1999 compared to other locations. The town is still being re-built. Manatuto subdistricts.png, Map of Manatuto district Manatuto Klimadiagramm.png, ClimateSeeds of Life
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References

Timor-Leste at GeoHive

External links

Populated places in East Timor Manatuto Municipality {{EastTimor-geo-stub