Municipalities of East Timor

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

	Municipality	Capital	Area (km²)	Households	Population (2004 Census)	Population (2010 census)	Population (2015 census)	Population density (2004) (/km²)
1	Lautém	Lospalos	1,813	12,998	55,921	60,218	64,135	32.9
2	Baucau	Baucau	1,506	22,659	100,326	111,484	124,061	67.2
3	Viqueque	Viqueque	1,877	15,115	65,245	70,177	77,402	36.6
4	Manatuto	Manatuto	1,782	8,338	36,719	43,246	45,541	21.5
5	Dili	Dili	224	31,575	173,541	234,331	252,884	466.5
6	Aileu	Aileu	737	7,745	37,926	45,512	48,554	52.0
7	Manufahi	Same	1,323	8,901	44,950	48,894	52,246	33.9
8	Liquiçá	Liquiçá	549	11,063	54,834	63,329	73,027	101.0
9	Ermera	Gleno	768	21,165	103,199	114,635	127,283	138.3
10	Ainaro	Ainaro	804	11,527	52,476	59,382	66,397	65.8
11	Bobonaro	Maliana	1,376	18,397	83,034	89,787	98,932	60.7
12	Covalima	Suai	1,203	11,820	52,818	60,063	64,550	43.1
13	Oecusse (SAR)	Pante Macassar	814	13,659	57,469	67,736	72,230	65.5
14	Atauro	Vila Maumeta	140	−	−	−	9,274	-

A clickable map of East Timor exhibiting its 13 administrative municipalities (Borders 2003–2015).

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)

References

^ Jornal da República: Diploma Ministerial no. 24/2014 de 24 de Julho, Orgânica dos Postos Administrativos
^ Data from 2004 census and official 2008 estimates from the Direcção Nacional de Estatística, Timor-Leste: District Priority Tables Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 28 January 2008
^ 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.
^ "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.

Media related to Municipalities of East Timor at Wikimedia Commons

Municipalities Portal – official site (in English, Portuguese, and Tetum)
Municipal Administration – information page on Ministry of State Administration site (in Portuguese and Tetum)

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