Manufahi District
Etymology
The present name of the municipality, Manufahi, is derived from Maun Fahe, the Tetum language expression for 'divided brothers'. The name originated in a legend that tells of a fight between two related tribes, or a group of siblings. Eventually, the protagonists agreed to subject themselves to a single ruler.
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. However, it was misspelled, and the Tetum language meaning of the misspelled name is 'pig chicken'.
Efforts are being made to correct the name. However, there is also a 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.
Geography
Manufahi extends from the central highlands of East Timor to its south coast, on the Timor Sea. It is bordered by Manatuto to the east, Ainaro to the west, and Aileu to the north.
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History
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
Manufahi's administrative posts (formerly sub-districts) are:
Demographics
Besides the national official languages of Tetum and Portuguese, the Malayo-Polynesian language Mambai is also spoken.
References
Notes
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "Timor-Leste Population And Housing Census 2015". Archived from the original on 31 December 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Lansell Taudevin (1999). East Timor: Too Little Too Late. Duffy & Snellgrove. ISBN 18-759-8963-3.
- ^ "Perfil: 2. Toponímia" [Profile: 2. Toponymy]. Manufahi Municipality (in Tetum). Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ^ Alongi, D; Amaral, A; de Carvalho, N; et al. (2012). River Catchments and Marine Productivity in Timor Leste: Caraulun and Laclo Catchments; South and North Coasts – Final Report (PDF). Project 6 of the Timor Leste Coastal-Marine Habitat Mapping, Tourism and Fisheries Development Project. Darwin: Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Government of Timor Leste. ISBN 9781743500163.
- ^ Gunn, Geoffrey C (2011). Historical Dictionary of East Timor. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 124–125. ISBN 9780810867543.
Bibliography
- Manufahi District Development Plan 2002–2003 (PDF) (Report). 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- Munisipio Manufahi: Planu Estartejiku Desenvolvimentu Munisipal [Manufahi Municipality: Municipal Strategic Development Plan] (Report) (in Tetum). Ministry of State Administration (East Timor) / Administration of Manufahi Municipality. 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- Perfil Distritu Manufahi [Manufahi District Profile] (PDF) (Report) (in Tetum). 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- Profil Distrik Manufahi [Manufahi District Profile] (PDF) (Report) (in Indonesian). April 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
External links
Media related to Manufahi at Wikimedia Commons
- 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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