Municipalities of East Timor

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East Timor is divided into 14 municipalities (Portuguese: municípios, Tetum: munisípiu), which are former districts. One municipality is also a Special Administrative Region (SAR).[1] The municipalities are divided into administrative posts (former subdistricts), and further subdivided into sucos (villages).[2] Atauro Island was initially a part of Dili Municipality, but became a separate municipality on 1 January 2022.[3][4]

| Municipality  | Capital / Largest City | Area (km2) | House-
holds | Pop'n (2004 Census) | Pop'n (2010 census) | Pop'n (2015 census) | Pop'n (2022 census) | Pop'n density (2022)
(/km2)

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1 | Lautém | Lospalos | 1,817 | 12,998 | 56,293 | 59,787 | 65,240 | 70,022 | 38.5
2 | Baucau | Baucau | 1,494 | 22,659 | 100,748 | 111,694 | 123,203 | 134,878 | 90.3
3 | Viqueque | Viqueque | 1,888 | 15,115 | 65,449 | 70,036 | 76,033 | 80,176 | 42.5
4 | Manatuto | Manatuto | 1,787 | 8,338 | 36,897 | 42,742 | 46,619 | 50,859 | 28.5
5 | Dili | Dili | 228 | 31,575 | 165,678 | 225,424 | 268,005 | 324,738 | 1,424.3
6 | Aileu | Aileu | 735 | 7,745 | 37,967 | 44,325 | 48,837 | 54,324 | 73.9
7 | Manufahi | Same | 1,338 | 8,901 | 45,081 | 48,628 | 53,691 | 60,665 | 45.3
8 | Liquiçá | Liquiçá | 562 | 11,063 | 54,973 | 63,403 | 79,127 | 83,658 | 148.9
9 | Ermera | Gleno | 759 | 21,165 | 103,322 | 117,064 | 125,702 | 137,750 | 181.5
10 | Ainaro | Ainaro | 802 | 11,527 | 52,480 | 59,175 | 63,136 | 73,115 | 91.2
11 | Bobonaro | Maliana | 1,374 | 18,397 | 83,579 | 92,049 | 97,762 | 106,639 | 77.6
12 | Cova Lima | Suai | 1,207 | 11,820 | 53,063 | 59,455 | 65,301 | 73,933 | 61.3
13 | Oecusse-Ambeno (SAR)  | Pante Macassar | 817 | 13,659 | 57,616 | 64,025 | 68,913 | 60,685 | 74.3
14 | Atauro | Vila Maumeta | 141 | − | 7,863 | 8,602 | 9,274 | 10,295 | 73.0

Source: National Institute of Statistics Timor-Leste.

A clickable map of East Timor exhibiting its 14 administrative municipalities.  A clickable map of East Timor exhibiting its 14 administrative municipalities.

The borders between Cova Lima and Ainaro and between Baucau and Viqueque were changed in 2003.

Allocation of land area and population in percent (2010)

## See also

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* East Timor portal

* Administrative divisions of Timor Timur Province
* Administrative posts of East Timor
* ISO 3166-2:TL
* List of municipalities of East Timor by Human Development Index
* Sucos of East Timor

## References

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1. ^ Jornal da República: Diploma Ministerial no. 24/2014 de 24 de Julho, Orgânica dos Postos Administrativos
2. ^ Data from 2004 census from the Direcção Nacional de Estatística, Timor-Leste: District Priority Tables Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 28 January 2008
3. ^ Piedade da Freitas, Domingos (9 March 2022). "Governo nomeia Domingos Soares para Administrador Municipal de Ataúro" [Government appoints Domingos Soares as Municipal Administrator of Atauro] (in Portuguese). Tatoli. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
4. ^ "Governo timorense nomeia primeiro administrador do novo município de Ataúro" [Timorese government appoints first administrator of the new municipality of Ataúro]. RTP Notícias (in Portuguese). 9 March 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

## External links

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Media related to Municipalities of East Timor at Wikimedia Commons

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Municipalities of East Timor

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