Laleia Administrative Post

Laleia
  • Posto Administrativo de Laleia (Portuguese)
  • Postu administrativu Laleia (Tetum)
View of the Laleia River
Official map
Laleia
Coordinates: 8°32′S 126°10′E / 8.533°S 126.167°E / -8.533; 126.167
Country East Timor
MunicipalityManatuto
SeatHaturalan
Sucos
  • Cairui
  • Haturalan
  • Lifau
Area
 • Total
226.1 km2 (87.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2015 census)
 • Total
3,689
 • Density16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Households (2015 census)
 • Total719
Time zoneUTC+09:00 (TLT)

Laleia, officially Laleia Administrative Post (Portuguese: Posto Administrativo de Laleia, Tetum: Postu administrativu Laleia), is an administrative post (and was formerly a subdistrict) in Manatuto municipality, East Timor.[1][2] Its seat or administrative centre is Haturalan.[2]

According to a list prepared by Afonso de Castro, governor of the colony of Portuguese Timor from 1859 to 1863, Laleia was one of 47 kingdoms in that colony at the time.[3]

Born

References

  1. ^ "Subdistricts of Timor-Leste". www.statoids.com. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Diploma Ministerial n.o 24/2014 de 24 de Julho Orgânica dos Postos Administrativos Preâmbulo" [Ministerial Diploma No. 24/2014 of 24 July Organic of Administrative Posts Preamble]. Jornal da República (in Portuguese). Government of East Timor. 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Timor Loro Sae: Um pouco de história" [Timor Loro Sae: A little history]. A.M.O.C. - Associação dos Militares do Oecussi (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 13 November 2001. Retrieved 12 January 2025.

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