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Pante Macassar (Portuguese: Pante Macassar, Tetum: Pante-Makasár, Indonesian: Pante Makasar) is a city in the Pante Macassar administrative post on the north coast of Timor-Leste, 152 kilometres or 94 miles to the west of Dili, the nation's capital. It has a population of 4,730 (Stand 2006).
Tetum (Tetun [ˈt̪et̪un̪]; Indonesian: Bahasa Tetun; Portuguese: Tétum) [3] is an Austronesian language spoken on the island of Timor.It is one of the official languages of Timor-Leste and it is also spoken in Belu Regency and Malaka Regency, which form the eastern part of Indonesian West Timor adjoining Timor-Leste.
The languages of Timor-Leste include both Austronesian and Papuan languages. (See Timor–Flores languages and Timor–Alor–Pantar languages .) The lingua franca and national language of Timor-Leste is Tetum , an Austronesian language influenced by Portuguese , with which it has equal status as an official language.
Tetun Prasa is the official language of East Timor alongside Portuguese. In East Timor alone, over 432,766 people speak Tetum as their first language (2015). Of the different dialects, 361,027 East Timorese stated that Tetun Prasa is their mother tongue, 71,418 mentioned Tetun Terik, and 321 mentioned Nanaek (2015). [1]
Viqueque (Portuguese: Viqueque, Tetum: Vikeke) is a city in the south-east of East Timor, 183 km from Dili, the national capital. Viqueque is the capital of Viqueque Municipality and Viqueque Administrative Post, and has five sucos under its control. They are: Uatu-Lari, Uatu-Carbau, Viqueque, Lacluta and Ossu. The city has a population of ...
Baucau (Portuguese: Baucau, Tetum: Baukau) is the second-largest city in Timor-Leste, after Dili, the capital, which lies 122 km (76 mi) to its west.. Baucau has about 16,000 inhabitants, and is the capital of Baucau municipality, located in the eastern part of the country.
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 ...
The cape is located at the north eastern end of the Bay of Dili, [2] [3]: 3, 17, 25, 26 about 7 km (4.3 mi) from the centre of Dili. [4] It marks the southern end of the transition between Ombai Strait, of which the bay is part, [5] and Wetar Strait, between the north eastern shore of Timor and the Indonesian island of Wetar. [6]