Ermera

The East Timorese place Ermera ( Vila Ermera, in ancient sources: Hermera ) is the capital of the subdistrict Ermera and the former capital of the district Ermera.

The place

The settlement Ermera, in the center of the Sucos Poetete, is a loosely connected settlement from the places Poetete, Poepun ( Poepung ) and Loblala. Ermera lies 1195 m above sea level. To state capital Dili there are in a straight line about 30 km to the north-east, on the road through the mountains, it is past the district capital Gleno 58 km. In the town live 13,142 inhabitants ( 2006).

Ermera has a helipad, a primary school ( Escola Primaria Katolika Porahein ), a präsekundäre school, a secondary school ( Escola Secundaria Katolik No. 746 ) and a community health center.

The average temperature is 22.2 ° C throughout the year, the highest monthly average temperature of 26.8 ° C and 17.6 ° C. The lowest Especially at night it can be unpleasantly cold.

The politician Rui Manuel Hanjam was born in Ermera.

The subdistrict

The subdistrict Ermera located in the northeast of the district of the same. To the northeast lies the subdistrict Railaco, west of the subdistrict Hatulia and south of the sub-district Letefoho. In the northwest Ermera borders the district to Liquiçá belonging Subdistrikte Liquiçá and Bazartete and to the east by the district Aileu belonging subdistrict Aileu. Ermera divided into ten Sucos: Estado, Humboe, Lauala, Leguimea ( Liguimea ) Mertuto ( Mertutu, Mirtutu, Mertuti ) Poetete, Ponilala, Raimerhei, Riheu ( Rihiu ) and Talimoro.

In the sub-district, which also includes the district capital glenoid in Suco Riheu heard a total of 33,530 people live (2010, 2004: 27.293 ). The Sucos Riheu and Talimoro are considered urban. Previously Poetete was the urban sector instead Talimoro. The largest language group consists of the speakers of the official language Tetum (usually the dialect Tetum Prasa ), but also the national language Mambai is widespread. The average age is 17.0 years ( 2010, 2004: 16.6 years ).

History

The kingdom of Ermera participated in the 18th century at the Cailaco rebellion against the Portuguese.

Beginning of 1976 reached the Indonesian invasion troops Ermera. A part of the population fled for fear of the mountains. After the conquest of Samara ( subdistrict Hatulia ) on April 24, 500 of its residents were interned in place Ermera, where they suffered from hunger due to lack of food supply. More internment camp for civilians, so-called transit camps, there were in the sub-district in late 1979 in Borohei ( Suco Humboe ) Mangero ( Suco Riheu ) Hotklokat ( Suco Lauala ) and Falimanu.

Early 1979 and were brought from the previous district capital Ermera Suco Ponilala of the Indonesian occupying power to the place about a hundred men, where now stands the city glenoid. The Indonesian military forced the men the previously uninhabited area to clear and free from vegetation, so that the new city could be built here. Not met the forced laborers their day's work, they were tortured for punishment. Three men who were too ill to work were killed by the soldiers. Since one could not create gardens in time, was the supply of food by the military. When the work on the new district capital glenoid were completed in 1983, put the military on the power. The families of the forced laborers was now also forcibly relocated after glenoid. Because no gardens were created for primary care still, it came to deaths by starvation. It was not until 1985, the residents were allowed to move freely Glenos.

In Mertuto in 1997 the commander Nino Konis Santana Falintil hidden in a bunker under a house in front of the Indonesian army. A five year old boy named Kercoli supplied him at this time with water and food. The high school in glenoid is therefore named after Santana.

On April 10 Indonesian soldiers burned together with Darah Merah militiamen down dozens of houses in the village Ermera.

Economy

The region around Ermera is considered the main region of East Timor for the coffee cultivation. In Estado is since 2004 one of the largest coffee processing factories with wet processing of coffee. Owned and operated by the Cooperativa Café Timor.

Glenoid is the commercial center of the district. Here you also plans to build a fish farm. 61 % of households in Ermera grow cassava, coffee 59%, 56 % corn, 46 % vegetables, 26 % and 9 % coconut rice. Because of the dominant coffee growing food must be imported from neighboring regions.