Manufahi Municipality


Manufahi is one of the municipalities of East Timor. It has a population of 53,691 and an area of 1,323 km². The capital of the municipality is Same.

Geography

Manufahi lies on the south coast of East Timor, on the Timor Sea. It borders Manatuto to the east, Ainaro to the west, and Aileu to the north.

History

During its time as a Portuguese colony, the municipality was called Same, after the capital city. It was the epicentre of the Great Rebellion of 1910–12. During the Indonesian occupation the then subdistrict of Hato-Udo was split off from the then district of Manufahi and joined to Ainaro, and the then subdistrict of Turiscai, previously in Ainaro, was moved to Manufahi.

Administrative posts

Manufahi's administrative posts are:
Besides the national official languages of Tetum and Portuguese, the Malayo-Polynesian language Mambai is also spoken.