Manufahi Municipality

{{Expand German|Manufahi|topic=geo|date=July 2011}} {{More citations needed|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Manufahi | settlement_type = Municipality of Timor-Leste | official_name = {{native name list |tag1=pt |name1=Município Manufahi |tag2=tet |name2=Munisípiu Manufahi}} | image_skyline = Landschaft zwischen Dili und Same.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Landscape between Dili and Same | image_flag = {{TL wikidata|image_flag}} | image_blank_emblem = Manufahi municipio.png | blank_emblem_type = Official map | blank_emblem_size = 250px | blank_emblem_alt = Official map | image_map = 2015 East Timor Manufahi locator map.png | map_alt = Map of Timor-Leste highlighting the Municipality | map_caption = {{Legend inline|#b0121f|outline=silver}} '''Manufahi''' in  {{Legend inline|#fefeec|outline=silver}} '''Timor-Leste''' | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 | map_alt1 = Map of the Municipality | map_caption1 = | coordinates = {{coord|9|00|S|125|47|E|region:TL-MF_type:adm1st|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Timor-Leste}} | parts_type = {{nowrap|Administrative posts}} | parts_style = para | p1 = {{ubl|Alas|Fatuberlio|Same|Turiscai}} | established_title =  | established_date = | seat_type = Capital | seat = Same | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title =  | leader_name = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = {{TL wikidata|area}} | area_rank = 6th | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = {{TL wikidata|population_total}} | population_as_of = {{TL wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_rank = 11th | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_rank = 11th | demographics_type1 = {{TL wikidata|demographics_type1}} | demographics1_footnotes =  | demographics1_title1 = {{TL wikidata|demographics1_title1}} | demographics1_info1 = {{TL wikidata|demographics1_info1}} | demographics1_title2 = Rank | demographics1_info2 = 11th | population_note = | timezone = {{TL wikidata|timezone}} | utc_offset = {{TL wikidata|utc_offset}} | iso_code = TL-MF | blank_name_sec2 = HDI (2017) | blank_info_sec2 = 0.618<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2018-09-13}}</ref><br />{{color|#358993|medium}} · 3rd | website = {{URL|1=https://manufahi.gov.tl/|2=Manufahi Municipality}} | footnotes = }}

'''Manufahi''' ({{Langx|pt|Município Manufahi}}, {{Langx|tet|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 km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name="SR2015">{{Cite web |url=http://www.statistics.gov.tl/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/1_2015-V4-Households-Population-by-5-year-age-group.xls |title=Timor-Leste Population And Housing Census 2015 |access-date=2018-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231161557/http://www.statistics.gov.tl/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/1_2015-V4-Households-Population-by-5-year-age-group.xls |archive-date=2016-12-31 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> The capital of the municipality is Same.<ref>{{cite book|author=Lansell Taudevin|title=East Timor: Too Little Too Late|year=1999|publisher=Duffy & Snellgrove|isbn=18-759-8963-3}}</ref>

==Toponymy== 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.<ref name="mf toponymy">{{cite web |title=Perfil: 2. Toponímia |trans-title=Profile: 2. Toponymy |url=https://manufahi.gov.tl/ |website=Manufahi Municipality |access-date=18 July 2022 |language=tet |archive-url= |archive-date= }}</ref><ref name="alongi 2012">{{cite book |last1=Alongi |first1=D |last2=Amaral |first2=A |last3=de Carvalho |first3=N |last4=McWilliam |first4=A |last5=Rouwenhorst |first5=J |last6=Tirendi |first6=F |last7=Trott |first7=L |last8=Wasson |first8=RJ |display-authors=3 |title=River Catchments and Marine Productivity in Timor Leste: Caraulun and Laclo Catchments; South and North Coasts – Final Report |series=Project 6 of the Timor Leste Coastal-Marine Habitat Mapping, Tourism and Fisheries Development Project |date=2012 |publisher=Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Government of Timor Leste |location=Darwin |isbn=9781743500163 |url=https://www.cdu.edu.au/sites/default/files/research/docs/project6.pdf |archive-date=3 July 2022 |access-date=28 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703091826/https://www.cdu.edu.au/sites/default/files/research/docs/project6.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{rp|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.<ref name="mf toponymy"/><ref name="alongi 2012"/>{{rp|67}} However, it was misspelled, and the Tetum language meaning of the misspelled name is 'pig chicken'.<ref name="mf toponymy"/>

Efforts are being made to correct the name. However, there is another legend that in the ''suco'' of {{ill|Daisula|de|Dai-Sua}} 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.<ref name="mf toponymy"/>

==Geography== Manufahi extends from the central highlands of Timor-Leste to its south coast, on the Timor Sea.<ref name="alongi 2012"/>{{rp|67}} It is bordered by Manatuto to the east, Ainaro to the west, and Aileu to the north.

{| | thumb|Administrative posts of Manufahi | thumb|Cities of Manufahi |}

==History== According to a list prepared by {{ill|Afonso de Castro (colonial administrator)|de|Afonso de Castro|lt=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.<ref name="amoc timor loro sae">{{cite web |author1= |title=Timor Loro Sae: Um pouco de história |trans-title=Timor Loro Sae: A little history |url=http://oecussi.no.sapo.pt/HistoriaTimor.htm |website=A.M.O.C. - Associação dos Militares do Oecussi |access-date=12 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011113185808/http://oecussi.no.sapo.pt/HistoriaTimor.htm |archive-date=13 November 2001 |language=pt |url-status=dead}}</ref>

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:<ref>{{HD of East Timor|title=Manufahi District|page=124–125}}</ref> *Alas *Fatuberlio *Same *Turiscai

==Demographics== Besides the national official languages of Tetum and Portuguese, the Malayo-Polynesian language Mambai is also spoken. <!--

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===Bibliography=== {{refbegin}} * {{cite report |date=2002 |title=Manufahi District Development Plan 2002–2003 |url=http://www.estatal.gov.tl/Documents/District%20Development%20Plans%20and%20Profiles/Manufahi/Manufahi_eng.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328061951/https://estatal.gov.tl/Documents/District%20Development%20Plans%20and%20Profiles/Manufahi/Manufahi_eng.pdf |archive-date=28 March 2009 |publisher= |access-date=3 July 2022}} * {{cite report |date=2015 |title=Munisipio Manufahi: Planu Estartejiku Desenvolvimentu Munisipal |trans-title=Manufahi Municipality: Municipal Strategic Development Plan| url=https://issuu.com/desentralizasaun/docs/pedm_manufahi |language=tet |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |publisher=Ministry of State Administration (East Timor) / Administration of Manufahi Municipality |access-date=18 July 2022}} * {{cite report |date=2012 |title=Perfil Distritu Manufahi |trans-title=Manufahi District Profile |url=https://descentralizasaun.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/10_manufahi.pdf |language=tet |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303163741/http://descentralizasaun.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/10_manufahi.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2014 |publisher= |access-date=3 July 2022}} * {{cite report |date=April 2002 |title=Profil Distrik Manufahi |trans-title=Manufahi District Profile |url=http://www.estatal.gov.tl/Documents/District%20Development%20Plans%20and%20Profiles/Manufahi/Manufahi%20District%20Profile-ind.pdf |language=id |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328060924/http://www.estatal.gov.tl/Documents/District%20Development%20Plans%20and%20Profiles/Manufahi/Manufahi%20District%20Profile-ind.pdf |archive-date=28 March 2009 |publisher= |access-date=3 July 2022}} {{refend}}

== External links == {{commons category-inline|Manufahi}} * {{URL|1=https://manufahi.gov.tl/en|2=Manufahi Municipality}} – official site (in Tetum with some content in English) * {{URL|1=https://estatal.gov.tl/pt/municipio-de-manufahi/|2=Manufahi Municipality}} – information page on Ministry of State Administration site {{in lang|pt|tet}}

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