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Lautém District
Lautém ( Tetum: Lautein) is a toponym for a place eastmost in East Timor. It may refer to, from small to large: * Lautém (city) * Lautém Administrative Post * Lautém Municipality Lautém (, ) is one of the municipalities (formerly districts) of East Timor, at the eastern end of the country. It has a population of 64,135 (census 2010) and an area of 1,813 km2. Its capital is Lospalos, which lies 248 km eas ...
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Tetum Language
Tetum ( ; ; ) is an Austronesian language spoken on the island of Timor. It is one of the official languages of Timor-Leste and it is also spoken in Belu Regency and Malaka Regency, which form the eastern part of Indonesian West Timor adjoining Timor-Leste. There are two main forms of Tetum as a language: * Tetum Terik, which is a more indigenous form of Tetum marked by different word choice, less foreign influence and other characteristics such as verb conjugation * Tetum Prasa ('market Tetum', from the Portuguese word meaning 'town square') or Tetum Dili (given its widespread usage in the capital Dili). This is the form of Tetum (heavily influenced by Portuguese) that developed in Dili during colonial rule as local Tetum speakers came into contact with Portuguese missionaries, traders and colonial rulers. In East Timor, ''Tetun Dili'' is widely spoken fluently as a second language. ''Ethnologue'' classifies ''Tetun Terik'' as a dialect of Tetun. However, without previo ...
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East Timor
Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the coastal exclave of Oecusse in the island's northwest, and the outer islands of Atauro and Jaco. Timor-Leste shares a land border with Indonesia to the west, and Australia is the country's southern neighbour, across the Timor Sea. The country's size is . Dili, on the north coast of Timor, is its capital and largest city. Timor was settled over time by various Papuan and Austronesian peoples, which created a diverse mix of cultures and languages linked to both Southeast Asia and Melanesia. East Timor came under Portuguese influence in the sixteenth century, remaining a Portuguese colony until 1975. Internal conflict preceded a unilateral declaration of independence and an Indonesian invasion and annexation. The subsequent Indonesian occupation was characterised by extreme abuses of human ...
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Lautém (city)
Lautém is a town in the suco of Pairara, Lautém administrative post, Lautém Municipality of Timor-Leste. When Timor was a Portuguese overseas province, Lautém was known as ''Vila Nova de Malaca''. Football In football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ..., the municipality of Lautém is represented by AS Lero, club affiliated to LFA, which disputes Liga Futebol Amadora Terceira Divisão. Tourism Tourists who visit the place usually register images of the Lautem Fort in photographs. However, the main tourist attractions in the village are the beautiful beaches. References Statoids.com Lautém Municipality {{EastTimor-geo-stub External Sources * The Modern Endangered Archives Program has a collection oVaihoho Sung-Poems
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Lautém Administrative Post
Lautém, officially Lautém Administrative Post (, ), is an administrative post (and was formerly a subdistrict) in Lautém municipality, East Timor. Its seat or administrative centre An administrative centre 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 the administrative language, such as Belgi ... is . References External links * – information page on Ministry of State Administration site Administrative posts of Timor-Leste Lautém Municipality {{EastTimor-geo-stub ...
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