Baucau (Tetum: Baukau), is a district of East Timor, on the northern coast in the eastern part of the country. The capital is also called Baucau (formerly Vila Salazar). The population of the district is 104,571 (census 2004) and it has an area of 1,494 km². The subdistricts are Baguia, Baucau, Fatu Maca, Laga, Quelicai, Vemasse, and Venilale (formerly known as Vila Viçosa). The district was the same during the colonial era. Map of Baucau, East Timor Adapted from http://www. ... Map of Baucau, East Timor Adapted from http://www. ... Tetum (also written as Tetun) is the national language of East Timor. ... East Timor is subdivided into 13 administrative districts: Aileu Ainaro Baucau Bobonaro Cova-Lima Dili Ermera Lautem Liquica Manatuto Manufahi Oecussi-Ambeno Viqueque Categories: Lists of subnational entities | East Timor ... Baucau is the second largest city in East Timor, after the capital, Dili. ... Baucau is the second largest city in East Timor, after the capital, Dili. ... In Norse mythology, Laga was the goddess of wells and springs. ...

Besides the national official languages of Tetum and Portuguese, most of the inhabitants speak the Papuan language Makasae. While most of the inhabitants are Roman Catholics, a few Muslims also live there. Tetum (also written as Tetun) is the national language of East Timor. ... The term Papuan languages refers to those languages of the western Pacific which are neither Austronesian nor Australian. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...

Baucau is has the most highly developed agriculture in East Timor. Besides the staples rice and corn, Baucau produces beans, peanuts], sweet potatoes, copra, candlenut and manioc. It also raises buffalo and goats. A shortage of transportation links and the unpredictability of energy availability stymie the development of emerging industries. Species Oryza glaberrima Oryza sativa Rice refers to two species (Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima) of grass, native to tropical and subtropical southeastern Asia and to Africa, which together provide more than one fifth of the calories consumed by humans. ... De-husked corn Corn is a term that originally referred to the kernel of any grain — that is, a fruit of a plant in the Grass Family (Poaceae), such as barleycorn. ... This article is on the plant. ... Charlie Brown is the principal character of the Peanuts comic strip Peanuts was a syndicated daily comic strip written and drawn by American cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, which ran from 2 October 1950 to 13 February 2000. ... Binomial name Ipomoea batatas Linnaeus, The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a crop plant whose large, starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots are an important root vegetable. ... Copra is the dried meat, or kernel, of the coconut. ... Binomial name Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd. ... Binomial name Manihot esculenta Crantz Cassava or manioc (Manihot esculenta; also yuca in Spanish, and mandioca, aipim, or macaxera in Portuguese) is a woody perennial shrub of the spurge family, that is extensively cultivated as an annual crop for its edible starchy tuberous root. ... A buffalo is one of several species of bovine. ... For the animal, see goat. ...

In the subdistrict Venilala are tunnels that the Japanese built during their occupation in the Second World War. Also in this subdistrict is an ongoing project to reconstruct and renovate the Escola do Reino de Venilale (School of the Kingdom of Venilale). [1] Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

Baucau also has a wide coastline with sandy beaches, ideal for swimming and other watersports.

Baucau has the country's longest airport runway, in Cakung Airport, as currently, Dili's Nicolau Lobato International Airport can only serve small airliners like the Boeing 737. The airport is located six km from the city of Baukau. It served as the country's principal airport before the Indonesian invasion in 1975, when it was taken over by the Indonesian military. Dili, also spelled Díli, Dilli or Dilly, is the capital of East Timor. ... The Boeing 737 is the worlds most popular medium range - narrow body commercial passenger jet aircraft. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...

Districts of East Timor
Aileu | Ainaro | Baucau | Bobonaro | Cova-Lima | Dili | Ermera | Lautem | Liquiçá | Manatuto | Manufahi | Oecussi-Ambeno | Viqueque