Baucau

Baucau
City
View of the Old City, Baucau
View of the Old City, Baucau
Location in Baucau Municipality
Location in Baucau Municipality
Baucau is located in East Timor
Baucau
Baucau
Location in East Timor
Coordinates: 8°27′46″S 126°27′13″E / 8.46278°S 126.45361°E / -8.46278; 126.45361
CountryEast Timor
MunicipalityBaucau
Sucos (villages)
List
Area
 • Total369.53 km2 (142.68 sq mi)
Elevation
336 m (1,102 ft)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total14,961
 • Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+09:00 (TLT)
ClimateAw

Baucau (Portuguese: Baucau, Tetum: Baukau) is the second-largest city in East Timor, after Dili, the capital, which lies 122 km (76 mi) to its west.

Baucau has about 16,000 inhabitants, and is the capital of Baucau municipality, located in the eastern part of the country. In the times of Portuguese Timor, Baucau was little more than an overgrown village,[1] and for part of those times was called Vila Salazar, after the Portuguese dictator António de Oliveira Salazar.

  1. ^ Gunn, Geoffrey C (2011). Historical Dictionary of East Timor. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. pp. 48–49. ISBN 9780810867543.