Bucoli

Bucoli ( Bucoli, Bukoli ) is a osttimoresisches village and sub-district of Baucau Suco in the district of Baucau.

The place

Bucoli lies west of the town of Baucau at an altitude of 438 m. The state capital Dili is about 89 km towards west away. Here is the elementary school Escola Primaria Katolika Bucoli. The church is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of Mary. Also there is a medical station here.

The Suco

The Suco has 2,179 inhabitants (2010, 2004: 2,014 ). You speak as their mother tongue to about 85% of the " coastal dialect " of Waimaha, which belongs to the Kawaimina languages. About 15 % speak Tetum Prasa.

The Suco is in the northwest of the sub-district of Baucau on the coast of the Strait of Wetar and has an area of ​​27.68 km ². In the west and south Bucoli adjacent to the Suco Triloca. West is the subdistrict Vemasse with its Sucos Vemasse and Ostico.

Through the center of the Sucos the overland road from Dili to Baucau leads, one of the main transport links in the country. Are the most settlements of Sucos to her. These are from west to east Uailacama, Daisimo, Macadai de Baixo ( Macadai Bawah, sub - Macadai ) Bucoli, Luliheni ( Lulihene ) and Aubaca. North of the road are Uaisemo ( Uaisemu, Uaisimo ) and Mancadai Atas. Are the villages Uaicuha and Habolale on the coast.

In Suco there are the six aldeias Aubaca, Lequi Loi Uato ( Lecy - Lhoeuato, Lequliwatu, Lequiloualo ) Luliheni, Macadai de Baixo, Macadai de Cima and Uaisemo. According maps the locations Lequiloi Uato and Macadai de Cima (upper Macadai ) are, however, in Nachbarsuco Triloca.

History

After the invasion of East Timor by the Indonesians in 1975 fled to the mountain people of Bucoli Lame, where they met with refugees from Vemasse and Karabela. In the middle of March 1976, the Indonesians attacked the refugee camp with rocket-propelled grenades and mortars and destroyed both the cabins and the food warehouse. The inhabitants fled along the Rio Vemasse eight kilometers further south, to Uaigae where they docked gardens for self catering. But when the fighting got closer, they had to flee again, until they finally (today Suco Bibileo ), 20 km south of Vemasse, in the protection of FRETILIN, again found refuge in Uai - Mori. Here was a base de apoio, a resistance base. Together with refugees from Dili, Viqueque and other parts of the country they lived here for two years. By the time it came more and more to the food shortages, as more people arrived. 1978, Uai - Mori was attacked by Indonesian armed forces. Most of the inhabitants fled, some were captured by the Indonesians and taken to the transit camp of Bucoli.

On 8 October 2005, the headquarters of the newly formed party UNDERTIM was devastated in Bucoli. Secretary Cristiano do Costa accused members of the FRETILIN indeed. In addition, they would have tried on 10 October to steal the flag pole, which the police could prevent. The next day, they managed to steal the party flag and the national flag. The local chief, Carlos Baptista of FRETILIN, explained that it was for another party, of course, not forbidden to put their flag, but FRETILIN was the dominant party in the region and the elected representatives would have to be respected. In addition, the UNDERTIM would not explain why she had come to the town. The flag was held up for a conversation between the two parties in the city hall of Bucoli.

From Bucoli comes Vicente dos Reis (also Vicente Sa'he rice), son of the local Liurai and former member of the FRETILIN Central Committee. In 1977, Vicente National Political Commissar. In the war of liberation Sahe fought against the Indonesians in the underground and came up in 1979 in Manufahi killed. On 27 October 2007, his remains were transferred and buried after Bucoli.

Policy

In the elections of 2004/2005 Terezinha de Jesus dos Reis was elected Chefe de Suco and re-elected in 2009. She is one of only nine women in East Timor on these items and the sister of Vicente dos Reis Sahe.