Alas Administrative Post

This article is about the administrative post. For the town, see Alas (East Timor).
Alas
Administrative Post
  • Posto Administrativo de Alas (Portuguese)
  • Postu administrativu Alas (Tetum)
Swampland and tall grassland, Clere River area, Welaluhu, Manufahi
Swampland and tall grassland, Clere River area, Welaluhu, Manufahi
Official map of the Administrative post
Official map
Alas is located in East Timor
Alas
Alas
Coordinates: 9°1′S 125°48′E / 9.017°S 125.800°E / -9.017; 125.800
Country East Timor
MunicipalityManufahi
SeatMahaquidan [de]
Sucos
Area
 • Total406.4 km2 (156.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2015 census)
 • Total7,884
 • Density19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Households (2015 census)
 • Total1,405
Time zoneUTC+09:00 (TLT)

Alas, officially Alas Administrative Post (Portuguese: Posto Administrativo de Alas, Tetum: Postu administrativu Alas), is an administrative post (and was formerly a subdistrict) in the centre of Manufahi municipality, which lies in the centre of East Timor.[1][2] Its seat or administrative centre is Mahaquidan [de],[2] and it is divided into five sucos: Aituha, Dotik (Dotic), Mahaquidan, Taitudac und Uma Berloic (Uma Berloik).

The South Laclo, the largest river in Manufahi, flows across the Alas plain and into the Timor Sea. In the centre of Alas, to the East of Alas town, the river is joined by a tributary and forms a large lake with many islands. The Clerec river forms a border to the East, where the administrative post of Alas meets the administrative post of Fatuberlio. Fatuberlio then continues on, past Alas, to the North. Shortly before the river mouth, the Clerec forms a lagoon known as the Lagoa Mapliu. A number of further lagoons are to be found on both sides of the Lacló and Clerec estuaries. The most southerly point of Alas, Ponta Metibot[3] is located some distance East of the Quelan estuary, to the West of Same administrative post.

  1. ^ "Subdistricts of Timor-Leste". www.statoids.com. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Diploma Ministerial n.o 24/2014 de 24 de Julho Orgânica dos Postos Administrativos Preâmbulo" [Ministerial Diploma No. 24/2014 of 24 July Organic of Administrative Posts Preamble]. Jornal da República (in Portuguese). Government of East Timor. 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  3. ^ UNMIT map from August 2008 Archived 2011-12-03 at the Wayback Machine (PDF; 523 kB)