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In Portuguese Timor, the then district had the same boundaries as the present municipality; however its capital was at Vila Armindo Monteiro, which is now called Bobonaro. [4] The capital of Bobonaro is East Timor's fourth largest city, Maliana. As of 2004 it had a population of 13,200. [5]
Portuguese Timor (Portuguese: Timor Português) was a Portuguese colony on the territory of present-day East Timor from 1702 until 1975. During most of this period, Portugal shared the island of Timor with the Dutch East Indies. The first Europeans to arrive in the region were the Portuguese in 1515. [1]
The city has served as the economic hub and chief port of what is now East Timor 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 ...
The Government Palace (Portuguese: Palácio do Governo, Tetum: Palásiu Governu) in Dili, the capital city of East Timor, is the official workplace of the prime minister and Constitutional Government of East Timor.
Lautém (Portuguese: Município Lautém, Tetum: Munisípiu Lautein) 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 km 2. Its capital is Lospalos, which lies 248 km east of the national capital, Dili.
Casa Europa (transl. Europe House) [note 1] is an historic late nineteenth-century Portuguese colonial building in the Bidau Lecidere suco of Dili, capital city of East Timor. Initially a Portuguese Quartel de Infantaria (infantry barracks), the building became the home of the municipality of Dili administration in the late 1930s. During the ...
Manatuto (Portuguese: Município Manatuto, Tetum: Munisípiu Manatutu) is one of the municipalities (formerly districts) of East Timor, located in the central part of the country. It has a population of 45,541 (Census 2010) and an area of 1,783.3 km 2. The capital of the municipality is also named Manatuto.
Since 1 January 2022, Dili has been the second smallest municipality in East Timor by area, at 224.0 km 2 (86.5 sq mi). It also has the highest population. [5] It lies on the north coast of the island of Timor facing Ombai Strait, [6]: ES I-4, 2-13 and borders the municipalities of Manatuto to the east, Aileu to the south, and Liquiçá to the ...