Luro | |
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.jpg) Rice terraces and water buffalo near Luro | |
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  Luro | |
| Coordinates: 8°33′S 126°50′E / 8.550°S 126.833°E | |
| Country |  East Timor |
| Municipality | Lautém |
| Seat | Upper Luro |
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| Area | |
| • Total | 125.4 km2 (48.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2015 census) | |
| • Total | 7,124 |
| • Density | 57/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Households (2015 census) | |
| • Total | 1,314 |
| Time zone | UTC+09:00 (TLT) |
Luro, officially Luro Administrative Post (Portuguese: Posto Administrativo de Luro, Tetum: Postu administrativu Luru), is an administrative post (and was formerly a subdistrict) in Lautém municipality, East Timor;[1][2] Luro is also the name of two of its towns (Upper and Lower Luro).
The main river of the administrative post is the Adafuro, running between Wairoque and Cotamutu and through Afabubu. Principal crops grown in the subdistrict include corn, rice, coconuts, cassava and other vegetables.
- ^ "Subdistricts of Timor-Leste". www.statoids.com. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "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.