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Cova Lima Municipality
Municipality of East Timor
Municipality of East Timor
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| name | Cova Lima | |
| settlement_type | Municipality of Timor-Leste | |
| official_name | {{native name list | |
| tag1 | pt | name1=Município Cova Lima |
| tag2 | tet | name2=Munisípiu Kovalima}} |
| image_skyline | Berglandschaft auf dem Weg nach Suai.jpg | |
| image_caption | Mountain area in Cova Lima | |
| image_flag | ||
| image_seal | Cova Lima.jpg | |
| image_blank_emblem | Cova Lima municipio.png | |
| blank_emblem_type | Official map | |
| blank_emblem_size | 250px | |
| blank_emblem_alt | Official map | |
| image_map | 2015 East Timor Cova Lima locator map.png | |
| map_alt | Map of East Timor highlighting the Municipality | |
| map_caption | Cova Lima in Timor-Leste | |
| mapframe | yes | |
| mapframe-zoom | 8 | |
| map_alt1 | Map of the Municipality | |
| coordinates | ||
| subdivision_type | Country | |
| subdivision_name | Timor-Leste | |
| parts_type | Administrative posts | |
| parts_style | para | |
| p1 | ||
| established_title | ||
| seat_type | Capital | |
| seat | Suai | |
| leader_title | ||
| unit_pref | Metric | |
| area_total_km2 | ||
| area_rank | 7th | |
| population_total | ||
| population_as_of | ||
| population_rank | 9th | |
| population_density_km2 | auto | |
| population_density_rank | 9th | |
| demographics_type1 | ||
| demographics1_footnotes | tags -- | |
| demographics1_title1 | ||
| demographics1_info1 | ||
| demographics1_title2 | Rank | |
| demographics1_info2 | 8th | |
| timezone | ||
| utc_offset | ||
| iso_code | TL-CO | |
| blank_name_sec2 | HDI (2017) | |
| blank_info_sec2 | 0.618 | |
| · 3rd | ||
| website |
| mapframe-zoom = 8 · 3rd
Cova Lima (, ) is a municipality of Timor-Leste, in the Southwest part of the country. It has a population of 59,455 (Census 2010) and an area of 1,230 km2. The capital of the municipality is Suai, which lies 136 km from Dili, the national capital.
Toponymy
There are two different explanations for the municipality's name. First, it could be derived from the combination of koba (a basket used for ritual acts) and lima, the Tetum word for 'five'. The combination is said to represent either the five mythical daughters of the Liurai (traditional title of a Timorese ruler) of Fohorem Nutetu, or the five kingdoms consisting of Fatumea, Dakolo, Lookeu, Sisi and Maudemi.
According to a second explanation, the English language name of the municipality is said to be a Portuguese approximation of the combination kaua lima or portmanteau Kaualima, each of which means 'five crows' in Tetum.
It has been asserted that the Portuguese name, perhaps intentionally, has a symbolically derogatory meaning, namely 'Five Graves' or 'Five Holes', as the Portuguese word cova means 'grave' or 'hole'. According to that assertion, the Portuguese name may also be a "... form of cultural and mind de-colonization ..." [sic - colonization] of the local name.
Geography
Cova Lima borders the Timor Sea to the south, the municipalities of Bobonaro to the north, Ainaro to the east, and the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara to the west.
File:Sucos Cova Lima.png|Subdivisions of Cova Lima File:Cova Lima cities rivers.png|Cities and rivers of Cova Lima
File:Cova Lima detail map.png|Borders of Cova Lima until 2003. File:Cova Lima subdistricts.png|Borders of Cova Lima since 2003.
Administrative posts
The administrative posts of Cova Lima are Fatululic, Fatumean, Fohorem, Zumalai, Maucatar, Suai, and Tilomar.
References
Notes
Bibliography
References
- "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab".
- (May 2014). "Friends of Suai/Covalima". City of Port Phillip.
- "Friends of Suai: Strategic Plan: 2010 to 2020". City of Port Phillip.
- (April 2002). "District Profile Covalima".
- "Perfil: 2. Toponímia".
- "The Real Political and Cultural Meaning and Short History of Koba Lima and Suai".
- (June 2006). "The placenames of East Timor". Placenames Australia: Newsletter of the Australian National Placenames Survey.
- (1984). "Tetun - English Dictionary". Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, [[Australian National University]].
- "Cova Lima District".
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