Manufahi Municipality
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| Country |  Timor-Leste |
| Capital | Same |
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| • Rank | 6th |
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| • Rank | 11th |
| • Rank | 11th |
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| • Rank | 11th |
| Time zone | UTC+09:00 (TLT) |
| ISO 3166 code | TL-MF |
| HDI (2017) | 0.618[1] medium · 3rd |
| Website | Manufahi Municipality |
Manufahi (Portuguese: Município Manufahi, Tetum: Munisípiu Manufahi) is one of the municipalities of Timor-Leste. It has a population of 53,691 (2015 census) and an area of 1,323 km2.[2] The capital of the municipality is Same.[3]
Toponymy
[edit | edit source]The municipality's current name, Manufahi, is said to be derived from Maun Fahe, the Tetum language expression for 'divided brothers'. According to legend, there was a fight between two related tribes, or a group of siblings. Eventually, the protagonists agreed to subject themselves to a single ruler.[4][5]: 67
During the Portuguese colonial era, the then district bore the name of its main town, Same. The present name was adopted on the basis of the divided brothers legend.[4][5]: 67 However, it was misspelled, and the Tetum language meaning of the misspelled name is 'pig chicken'.[4]
Efforts are being made to correct the name. However, there is another legend that in the suco of Daisula a rooster once flew down from a mountain, landed on the back of a pig, and then travelled with the pig to many places before returning home.[4]
Geography
[edit | edit source]Manufahi extends from the central highlands of Timor-Leste to its south coast, on the Timor Sea.[5]: 67 It is bordered by Manatuto to the east, Ainaro to the west, and Aileu to the north.
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History
[edit | edit source]According to a list prepared by Afonso de Castro, governor of the colony of Portuguese Timor from 1859 to 1863, Manufahi was one of 47 kingdoms in that colony at the time.[6]
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
[edit | edit source]Manufahi's administrative posts (formerly sub-districts) are:[7]
Demographics
[edit | edit source]Besides the national official languages of Tetum and Portuguese, the Malayo-Polynesian language Mambai is also spoken.
References
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External links
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- Manufahi Municipality – official site (in Tetum with some content in English)
- Manufahi Municipality – information page on Ministry of State Administration site (in Portuguese and Tetum)
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