Districts of East Timor

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Map of the districts of East Timor, geographic order

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East Timor is subdivided into 13 administrative districts, listed generally east to west:

1. Lautém
2. Baucau
3. Viqueque
4. Manatuto
5. Dili
6. Aileu
7. Manufahi
8. Liquiçá
9. Ermera
10. Ainaro
11. Bobonaro
12. Cova-Lima
13. Oecussi-Ambeno

The borders of Cova-Lima and Ainaro and the borders of Baucau and Viqueque were changed in 2003.

[edit] Rankings

Data from the 2004 census.[1]

Area

Rank	District	km²
1	Viqueque	1,781
2	Manatuto	1,706
3	Lautém	1,702
4	Baucau	1,494
5	Bobonaro	1,368
6	Manufahi	1,325
7	Cova-Lima	1,226
8	Oecussi-Ambeno	815
9	Ainaro	797
10	Ermera	746
11	Aileu	729
12	Liquiçá	543
13	Dili	372

Households

Rank	District	No. of households
1	Dili	30,400
2	Baucau	23,815
3	Ermera	21,028
4	Bobonaro	18,575
5	Viqueque	15,276
6	Lautém	13,382
7	Oecussi-Ambeno	13,016
8	Ainaro	12,128
9	Liquiçá	11,099
10	Cova-Lima	10,546
11	Manatuto	8,797
12	Manufahi	8,704
13	Aileu	8,177

Population

Rank	District	population
1	Dili	167,777
2	Baucau	104,571
3	Ermera	103,169
4	Bobonaro	82,385
5	Viqueque	66,434
6	Oecussi-Ambeno	58,521
7	Lautém	57,453
8	Cova-Lima	55,941
9	Liquiçá	55,058
10	Ainaro	53,629
11	Manufahi	44,235
12	Manatuto	38,580
13	Aileu	36,889

Population density

Rank	District	Population per km²	Population	Area (km²)
1	Dili	451.0	167,777	372
2	Ermera	138.3	103,169	746
3	Liquiçá	101.4	55,058	543
4	Oecussi-Ambeno	71.8	58,521	815
5	Baucau	70.0	104,571	1,494
6	Ainaro	67.3	53,629	797
7	Bobonaro	60.2	82,385	1,368
8	Aileu	50.6	36,889	729
9	Cova-Lima	45.6	55,941	1,226
10	Viqueque	37.3	66,434	1,781
11	Lautém	33.8	57,453	1,702
12	Manufahi	33.4	44,2325	1,325
13	Manatuto	22.6	38,580	1,706