Municipalities of East Timor

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

	Municipality	Capital / Largest City	Area (km²)	House- holds	Pop'n (2004 Census)	Pop'n (2010 census)	Pop'n (2015 census)	Pop'n (2022 census)	Pop'n density (2022) (/km²)
1	Lautém	Lospalos	1,817	12,998	56,293	59,787	65,240	70,022	38.5
2	Baucau	Baucau	1,494	22,659	100,748	111,694	123,203	134,878	90.3
3	Viqueque	Viqueque	1,888	15,115	65,449	70,036	76,033	80,176	42.5
4	Manatuto	Manatuto	1,787	8,338	36,897	42,742	46,619	50,859	28.5
5	Dili	Dili	228	31,575	165,678	225,424	268,005	324,738	1,424.3
6	Aileu	Aileu	735	7,745	37,967	44,325	48,837	54,324	73.9
7	Manufahi	Same	1,338	8,901	45,081	48,628	53,691	60,665	45.3
8	Liquiçá	Liquiçá	562	11,063	54,973	63,403	79,127	83,658	148.9
9	Ermera	Gleno	759	21,165	103,322	117,064	125,702	137,750	181.5
10	Ainaro	Ainaro	802	11,527	52,480	59,175	63,136	73,115	91.2
11	Bobonaro	Maliana	1,374	18,397	83,579	92,049	97,762	106,639	77.6
12	Covalima	Suai	1,207	11,820	53,063	59,455	65,301	73,933	61.3
13	Oecusse-Ambeno (SAR)	Pante Macassar	817	13,659	57,616	64,025	68,913	60,685	74.3
14	Atauro	Vila Maumeta	141	−	7,863	8,602	9,274	10,295	73.0

Source: National Institute of Statistics Timor-Leste.

A clickable map of East Timor exhibiting its 14 administrative municipalities.

The borders between Cova Lima and Ainaro and between Baucau and Viqueque were changed in 2003.

References

Jornal da República: Diploma Ministerial no. 24/2014 de 24 de Julho, Orgânica dos Postos Administrativos
Data from 2004 census 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.

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Municipal Administration – information page on Ministry of State Administration site (in Portuguese and Tetum)

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