Atambua is a city in the Belu district, in the region of West Timor, in the province of East Nusa Tenggara in Indonesia. The city is on the Island of Timor, and it was the destination for a large flow of refugees[citation needed] from neighboring country East Timor in the year 2000, during that country's struggle for independence from Indonesia. Image File history File links Timor. ... Image File history File links Timor. ... Map showing East Nusa Tenggara province in Indonesia East Nusa Tenggara (Indonesian: Nusa Tenggara Timur) a province of Indonesia, located in the eastern portion Lesser Sunda Islands, including West Timor. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...
Earlier this week, she filed this notebook of her impressions while traveling near Atambua, located in the middle of the war-torn island.
In the Wild West atmosphere of Atambua near East Timor's border with West Timor, police and militia joy ride in open trucks and fire guns into the air.
Atambua teems with refugees displaced and on edge.
ATAMBUA, Indonesia (UCAN) With thousands of people having fled East Timor's capital in the wake of violence related to a protest by dismissed soldiers, the church and government across the Indonesian border in West Timor have prepared to shelter refugees.
Atambua, capital of Belu district, is 2,000 kilometers (about 1,250 miles) east of Jakarta.
An official from the border post, who asked not to be named, told UCA News the Indonesians mostly are from Atambua and have been staying in Dili for a couple of years selling household appliances for a living.
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