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Ossu (East Timor)
Ossu is a town in Ossu Subdistrict, Viqueque District, East Timor, Timor-Leste. Located above sea level it lies approximately in a straight line north of the district capital of Viqueque and about southeast of the capital Dili. Ossu is surrounded by several mountains: the Monte Mundo Perdido in the west, the Builo in the south, the Matebian massif in the east and the Fatu Laritame the north. In the village there is a community health center, a helipad, a primary school, a pre-secondary school and a secondary school, the Sta. Teresina Colegio.UNMIT: Timor-Leste District Atlas version02, August 2008
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Administrative Posts Of East Timor
The municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ... of Timor-Leste are divided into 65 administrative posts (previously ''subdistricts'' until 2014). Each administrative post is divided into several ''sucos''. Sucos are divided into several ''aldeias'', the smallest political division of East Timor. In March 2023, four new administrative posts were created, one in Liquiçá Municipality ( Loes) and three in Baucau Municipality ( Quelicai, Quelicai Antiga, and Matebian) List See also * Municipalities of Timor-Leste * Sucos of Timor-Leste References {{Articles on second-level administrative divisions of Asian countries Timor-Leste, Administrative posts Timor-Leste 2 Timor-Leste Timor-Leste geography-related lists de:Liste der Verwaltungsei ...
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Igreja Ossu 1
"Igreja" ("Church") is a single by Brazilian rock band Titãs, released in 1986, as part of their ''Cabeça Dinossauro'' album. Lyrics and composition According to songwriter and then bassist and vocalist Nando Reis, the song was written on the acoustic guitar at his mother's house in the district of Butantã, São Paulo as a protest to the censorship against Jean-Luc Godard's film ''Je vous salue, Marie'': "there was a boycott against it and Roberto Carlos, of whom I am a big fan, wrote something in support of the boycott. That, in a certain way, was against my ideals, the matter of liberty. That motivated me to write the song." By the time of the album's release, Reis said: Reception within the band It was one of the last songs to be selected for the album and it stirred controversy among the members themselves - vocalist Arnaldo Antunes, at first, didn't want to record it and would even leave the stage sometimes when the song was performed live. When the members had a m ...
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Viqueque Cities Rivers
Viqueque (, ) is a city in the south-east of Timor-Leste, 183 km from Dili, the national capital. Viqueque is the capital of Viqueque Municipality Viqueque (, ) is the largest of the municipalities (formerly districts) of East Timor. It has a population of 77,402 (Census 2010) and an area of 1,877 km2. The capital of the municipality is also named Viqueque. Etymology The word '' ... and Viqueque Administrative Post, and has five '' sucos'' under its control. They are: Uatu-Lari, Uatu-Carbau, Viqueque, Lacluta and Ossu. The city has a population of 6,859 (2015), the administrative post has 20,640 (2004), the municipality 65,245 inhabitants (2004). References Further reading * Populated places in Timor-Leste Viqueque Municipality {{EastTimor-geo-stub ...
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Ossu Subdistrict
Ossu, officially Ossu Administrative Post (, ), is an administrative post (and was formerly a subdistrict) in Viqueque 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 Viqueque Municipality {{EastTimor-geo-stub ...
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Viqueque District
Viqueque (, ) is the largest of the municipalities (formerly districts) of East Timor. It has a population of 77,402 (Census 2010) and an area of 1,877 km2. The capital of the municipality is also named Viqueque. Etymology The word ''Viqueque'' is a Portuguese approximation of the local Tetun-Terik word ''Vikeke'' (or ''Wekeke''), which has been translated as both 'eroding water' and 'water' (''we'') 'bracelet' (''keke''). The background to the latter translation is that a warrior leader, Luka, is said once to have been on a campaign with his warriors against the Wehali people, who had entered Luka's lands via Suai, Same, and Manatuto. During the campaign, he and the warriors came upon a spring guarded by an old woman. After the woman had given the warriors the water they had asked for, they cut off her arm, on which she had been wearing a bracelet. They then took the arm and bracelet to their king, Nai Lu Leki, who hung the arm in a tree. He also kept the bracelet an ...
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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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Viqueque
Viqueque (, ) is a city in the south-east of Timor-Leste, 183 km from Dili, the national capital. Viqueque is the capital of Viqueque Municipality and Viqueque Administrative Post, and has five '' sucos'' under its control. They are: Uatu-Lari, Uatu-Carbau, Viqueque, Lacluta and Ossu. The city has a population of 6,859 (2015), the administrative post has 20,640 (2004), the municipality 65,245 inhabitants (2004). References Further reading * Populated places in Timor-Leste Viqueque Municipality {{EastTimor-geo-stub ...
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Dili
Dili (Portuguese language, Portuguese and Tetum language, Tetum: ''Díli'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Timor-Leste. It lies on the northern coast of the island of Timor, in a small area of flat land hemmed in by mountains. The climate is tropical, with distinct wet and dry seasons. The city has served as the economic hub and chief port of what is now Timor-Leste since its designation as the capital of Portuguese Timor in 1769. It also serves as the capital of the Dili Municipality, which includes some rural subdivisions in addition to the urban ones that make up the city itself. Dili's growing population is relatively youthful, being mostly of working age. The local language is Tetum language, Tetum; however, residents include many internal migrants from other areas of the country. The initial settlement was situated in what is now the old quarter in the eastern side of the city. Centuries of Portuguese rule were interrupted in World War II, when Dili be ...
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St Theresina's Church
St Theresina's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Ossu, East Timor. It is located in the Viqueque Municipality in the Diocese of Baucau. The parish of Ossu is located approximately 150 km from Dili. The parish facilitates many programs with and for their people: FOSKA – a youth and young adult's formation program, adult prayer groups, ministry for the sick, and care for those suffering from poverty and hunger. Ossu is also home to St Magdalena's College run by the Canossian Sisters. History In 2007 Father Tiago Soares da Costa became the Parish Priest and as of 2010 there were approximately 21,000 people living within the parish. The number of people attending Mass on the weekends had grown necessitating a new church building. Approximately 1,500 people would fit inside the church and on a Sunday morning there were more than 1,000 people standing outside the church building without a sound system, rendering many unable to hear the speaker. The church building o ...
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Viqueque Municipality
Viqueque (, ) is the largest of the municipalities (formerly districts) of East Timor. It has a population of 77,402 (Census 2010) and an area of 1,877 km2. The capital of the municipality is also named Viqueque. Etymology The word ''Viqueque'' is a Portuguese approximation of the local Tetun-Terik word ''Vikeke'' (or ''Wekeke''), which has been translated as both 'eroding water' and 'water' (''we'') 'bracelet' (''keke''). The background to the latter translation is that a warrior leader, Luka, is said once to have been on a campaign with his warriors against the Wehali people, who had entered Luka's lands via Suai, Same, and Manatuto. During the campaign, he and the warriors came upon a spring guarded by an old woman. After the woman had given the warriors the water they had asked for, they cut off her arm, on which she had been wearing a bracelet. They then took the arm and bracelet to their king, Nai Lu Leki, who hung the arm in a tree. He also kept the bracelet a ...
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