Atambua is the seat of Belu Regency in the north of western Timor Island, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, with a 2024 population estimate of 79,157 across 63.80 square kilometers. Established by the Dutch in October 1916 after relocating administration from Atapupu, it was briefly occupied by Japanese forces from 1942 to 1943, and after East Timor's 1999 independence vote it received more than 250,000 refugees, roughly 60,000 of whom still remained in camps there by 2002.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Atambua, Wikipedia
Infobox: population_total
79157
Infobox, Area row
63.80 km2 (24.63 sq mi)
Infobox, Elevation row
350 m (1,150 ft)
Infobox, Coordinates row (top of article)
9°6′22″S 124°53′33″E / 9.10611°S 124.89250°E
History section
Atambua was founded by the Dutch in October 1916
- In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source2. GeoNames: Atambua - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1651103
-9.10611 124.8925 P PPLA2 ID 18 5306 82196 336 Asia/Makassar
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 336 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -9.25, 124.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -9.25, 124.75
-9.25 124.75 Aw
Wikidata: Atambua
Wikidata Q753347, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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