Ainaro Administrative Post

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

This article is about the administrative post. For the town, see Ainaro. For the municipality, see Ainaro Municipality.

Ainaro
Administrative Post
Posto Administrativo de Ainaro (Portuguese) Postu administrativu Ainaru (Tetum)
Monument to Dom Aleixo in Ainaro
Official map
Ainaro
Coordinates: 8°59′S 125°30′E
Country	East Timor
Municipality	Ainaro
Seat	Ainaro
Sucos	Ainaro Cassa Manutaci [de] Mau-Nuno [de] Mau-Ulo [de] Soro Suro-Craic [de]
Area
• Total	234.7 km2 (90.6 sq mi)
Population  (2015 census)
• Total	16,121
• Density	69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Households (2015 census)
• Total	2,755
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (TLT)

The administrative post has a population of approximately 14,130 people (2001).^[3] It contains the small mountain town of Ainaro, which is also the capital of the municipality, along with the sucos of Ainaro, Soro, Maununo, Cassa, Suro Craic, Manutassi, and Mau-Ulo.

References

1. "Subdistricts of Timor-Leste". www.statoids.com. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
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.
3. "Ainaro & Manatuto Community Activation Project (AMCAP)" (PDF). UNDP Dili, East Timor. 2001. Retrieved 7 March 2017.

External links

Media related to Ainaro Administrative Post at Wikimedia Commons

• Ainaro Administrative Post – information page on Ministry of State Administration site (in Portuguese)