Baucau District

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Baucau District is an administrative region in northeastern East Timor known for its coastal landscapes, agricultural communities, and linguistic diversity.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Baucau 1
Baucau Municipality 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district
second-level administrative division
borderedBy Banda Sea NERFINISHED
Lautém Municipality NERFINISHED
Manatuto Municipality NERFINISHED
Viqueque Municipality NERFINISHED
capital Baucau NERFINISHED
climate tropical savanna climate
coastType coral reef coastlines
containsAdministrativePost Baguia Administrative Post NERFINISHED
Baucau Administrative Post NERFINISHED
Laga Administrative Post NERFINISHED
Quelicai Administrative Post NERFINISHED
Vemasse Administrative Post NERFINISHED
Venilale Administrative Post NERFINISHED
country East Timor NERFINISHED
currentAdministrativeStatus municipality
economyBasedOn subsistence agriculture
formerColonialPower Portugal NERFINISHED
formerName Baucau District NERFINISHED
hasAirport Baucau Airport NERFINISHED
hasCoastlineOn Banda Sea NERFINISHED
hasEducationalInstitution Instituto Católico para a Formação de Professores (ICFP) in Baucau NERFINISHED
hasFeature coastal landscapes
mountainous interior
hasRoadConnectionTo Dili NERFINISHED
hasTourismAttraction Beaches near Baucau town
Venilale caves NERFINISHED
knownFor agricultural communities
linguistic diversity
largestCity Baucau NERFINISHED
localLanguage Makasae
Midiki NERFINISHED
Waima’a NERFINISHED
locatedIn northeastern East Timor
locatedOnIsland Timor NERFINISHED
mainLanguagesSpoken Portuguese
Tetum
partOf Baucau Municipality NERFINISHED
partOfRegion Leste (Eastern) region of East Timor NERFINISHED
partOfSovereignState Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste NERFINISHED
produces cassava
coffee
maize
rice
religionMajority Roman Catholicism
timeZone UTC+09:00
usedToBeAdministeredAs district under Indonesian rule

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Manatuto Municipality borderedBy Baucau District
this entity surface form: Baucau Municipality
Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo placeOfBirth Baucau District
subject surface form: Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo
this entity surface form: Baucau
Galoli language primaryRegion Baucau District