Soe (sometimes seen as SoE) is the administrative capital of the

South Central Timor Regency South Central Timor Regency () is a regency in East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia, established in 1958. the regency has its seat (capital) in the town of Soe. It covers an area of 3,955.36 km2 and had a population of 440,470 at the 201 ...

, in

East Nusa Tenggara East Nusa Tenggara (; ) 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 north, with a total land area of 47,238.07 km2. It cons ...

province of

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

. Soe is located on

Timor Timor (, , ) is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, in the north of the Timor Sea. The island is Indonesia–Timor-Leste border, divided between the sovereign states of Timor-Leste in the eastern part and Indonesia in the ...

Island. It was heavily bombed in 1944 during the second world war Water supplies for the locality have been a problem for a considerable time, despite aid to assist with dams and other means of finding water The town had a population of 40,190 at the 2020 Census,Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 41,640.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Timor Tengah Selatan Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5302) Soe can be a base for tourists for trips to other locations. Oinlasi, Boti, Niki Niki and Kapan are reachable from Soe. It is on the route (via Kapan) to the highest mountain in West Timor Mount Mutis.

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Geography of West Timor Populated places in East Nusa Tenggara Regency seats of East Nusa Tenggara West Timor {{ENusaTenggara-geo-stub