Belu Regency

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Belu is an administrative district ( kabupaten ) in the Indonesian part of West Timor. It is part of the province of East Nusa Tenggara and was established in 1958. The county is named after Belu, the old colonial name given to the eastern part of the island of Timor. The word comes from the Tetum and means friend.

Geography

Northwest Belus

Eastern part of the coast

On 14 December 2012, the new government of Belu district Malaka was separated. Since then, there Belu only from the twelve districts ( Kecamatan ) Rai Manuk Westtasifeto, Kakuluk Mesak, Nanaet Dubesi, Atambua, Westatambua, Südatambua, Osttasifeto, Raihat, Lasiolat, Lamaknen and Südlamaknen. In them there are 81 villages. Belu has an area of ​​1284.94 km ².

Belu is bordered to the east by the state of East Timor. The affiliation of 37 hectares between Dilumi in Belu and the East Timorese memo is controversial. To the west lie the government district Südzentraltimor and North Central Timor and the South Malaka. Capital of Belu is Atambua.

Population

In Belu 420,000 people ( 2010). Unlike the rest of West Timor, where languages ​​are spoken, which are otherwise used only in East Timor. The most common native language is Tetum, but also Bekais, Bunak ( in the districts Lamaknen, Südlamaknen and Raihat ) and Kemak are spoken here traditionally. Nearly all the inhabitants are Catholics.