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Manufahi
Manufahi
	Municipality
	; Landscape between Dili and Same;
	; ; Flag;
	; ; Flag;
	; Map of East Timor highlighting Manufahi Municipality;
	Coordinates: 9°00′S 125°47′E / 9.000°S 125.783°E / -9.000; 125.783Coordinates: 9°00′S 125°47′E / 9.000°S 125.783°E / -9.000; 125.783;
Country	; East Timor;
Capital	Same
Administrative posts	; ; Alas; ; Fatuberlio; ; Same; ; Turiscai; ; ;
Area;
• Total	1,323 km2 (511 sq mi)
Area rank	6th
Population (2015 census);
• Total	53,691
• Rank	11th
• Density	41/km2 (110/sq mi)
• Density rank	11th
Households (2015 census);
• Total	9,023
• Rank	11th
Time zone	; UTC+09:00 (TLT)
ISO 3166 code	TL-MF

Municipality in East Timor

Manufahi (Portuguese: Município Manufahi, Tetum: Munisípiu Manufahi) is one of the municipalities of East Timor. It has a population of 53,691 (2015 census) and an area of 1,323 km².^[1] The capital of the municipality is Same.^[2]

Geography

Manufahi lies on the south coast of East Timor, on the Timor Sea. It borders Manatuto to the east, Ainaro to the west, and Aileu to the north.

Administrative posts of Manufahi

Cities of Manufahi

History

During its time as a Portuguese colony, the municipality was called Same, after the capital city. It was the epicentre of the Great Rebellion of 1910–12. During the Indonesian occupation the then subdistrict of Hato-Udo was split off from the then district of Manufahi and joined to Ainaro, and the then subdistrict of Turiscai, previously in Ainaro, was moved to Manufahi.

Administrative posts

Manufahi's administrative posts (formerly sub-districts) are:^[3]

Alas

Fatuberlio

Same

Turiscai

Demographics

Besides the national official languages of Tetum and Portuguese, the Malayo-Polynesian language Mambai is also spoken.

References

^ Timor-Leste Population And Housing Census 2015 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-12-31)

^ Lansell Taudevin (1999). East Timor: Too Little Too Late. Duffy & Snellgrove. ISBN 18-759-8963-3..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

^ Gunn, Geoffrey C (2011). "Manufahi District". Historical Dictionary of East Timor. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 124–125. ISBN 9780810867543.