Baguia
  • Posto Administrativo de Baguia (Portuguese)
  • Postu administrativu Bagia (Tetum)
Landscape in Matebian
Landscape in Matebian
Official map of the Administrative post
Official map
Baguia is located in East Timor
Baguia
Baguia
Coordinates: 8°38′S 126°40′E / 8.633°S 126.667°E / -8.633; 126.667
Country East Timor
MunicipalityBaucau
SeatAlawa Leten
Sucos
  • Afaloicai
  • Alawa Craik
  • Alawa Leten
  • Defawasi
  • Hae Coni
  • Larisula
  • Lavateri
  • Osso Huna
  • Samalari
  • Uacala
Area
  Total212.2 km2 (81.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2015 census)
  Total12,962
  Density61/km2 (160/sq mi)
Households (2015 census)
  Total2,642
Time zoneUTC+09:00 (TLT)

Baguia, officially Baguia Administrative Post (Portuguese: Posto Administrativo de Baguia, Tetum: Postu administrativu Bagia), is an administrative post (and was formerly a subdistrict) in Baucau municipality, East Timor.[1][2] Its seat or administrative centre is Alawa Leten,[2] and it has ten sucos.

Taur Matan Ruak, president of East Timor between 2012 and 2017, was born in Osso Huna suco, Baguia Administrative Post, in 1956.

Sucos

  • Afaloicai
  • Alawa Craik (Alaua-Craik, Alaua Craic)
  • Alawa Leten (Alaua-Leten)
  • Defawasi (Defawase, Defa-Uasse)
  • Hae Coni (Hae-Coni, Haeconi)
  • Larisula (Lari Sula)
  • Lavateri
  • Osso Huna (Osso-Huna)
  • Samalari
  • Uacala

References

  1. "Subdistricts of Timor-Leste". www.statoids.com. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 "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.

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