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East Timor is divided into 14 municipalities (Portuguese: municípios, Tetum: munisípiu), which are former districts. One municipality is also a Special Administrative Region (SAR).[1] The municipalities are divided into administrative posts (former subdistricts), and further subdivided into sucos (villages).[2] Atauro Island was initially a part of Dili Municipality, but became a separate municipality on 1 January 2022.[3][4] The borders between Cova Lima and Ainaro and between Baucau and Viqueque were changed in 2003.

Name Capital Population (2022) Total area Location
km2 mi2
Aileu Aileu 54,324 735 284
Ainaro Ainaro 73,115 802 310
Atauro Vila Maumeta 10,295 141 54
Baucau Baucau 134,878 1,494 577
Bobonaro Maliana 106,639 1,374 531
Cova Lima Suai 73,933 1,207 466
Dili Dili 324,738 228 88
Ermera Gleno 137,750 759 293
Lautém Lospalos 70,022 1,817 702
Liquiçá Liquiçá 83,658 562 217
Manatuto Manatuto 50,859 1,787 690
Manufahi Same 60,665 1,338 517
Oecusse Pante Macassar 60,685 817 315
Viqueque Viqueque 80,176 1,888 729
A clickable map of East Timor exhibiting its 14 administrative municipalities.
A clickable map of East Timor exhibiting its 14 administrative municipalities.Atauro DistrictLautém DistrictBaucau DistrictViqueque DistrictManatuto DistrictDili DistrictAileu DistrictManufahi DistrictLiquiçá DistrictErmera DistrictAinaro DistrictBobonaro DistrictCova Lima DistrictOecusse District
A clickable map of East Timor exhibiting its 14 administrative municipalities.
  1. ^ Jornal da República: Diploma Ministerial no. 24/2014 de 24 de Julho, Orgânica dos Postos Administrativos
  2. ^ Data from 2004 census from the Direcção Nacional de Estatística, Timor-Leste: District Priority Tables Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 28 January 2008
  3. ^ Piedade da Freitas, Domingos (9 March 2022). "Governo nomeia Domingos Soares para Administrador Municipal de Ataúro" [Government appoints Domingos Soares as Municipal Administrator of Atauro] (in Portuguese). Tatoli. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Governo timorense nomeia primeiro administrador do novo município de Ataúro" [Timorese government appoints first administrator of the new municipality of Ataúro]. RTP Notícias (in Portuguese). 9 March 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.