Lautém District

Lies on the eastern end of Timor Island; it also includes Jaco island. It has a population of 59.787 inhabitants (Census 2010) and an area of 1.702 km². The capital of Lautem is Lospalos, 248 km east of Dili, the national capital. The district is identical to that of the same in Portuguese Timor. At that time, many areas had Portuguese names, such as Vila Nova de Malaca (today Lautem), Nova Nazaré (Com), Nova Sagres (Tutuala), Nova Âncora (Laivai) and Silvícola (Loré), among others. Lautem comprises the subdistricts of Iliomar, Lautem Moro, Lospalos, Luro and Tutuala. In addition to the official languages of the country (Tetun and Portuguese), the population speaks Fataluku, a Papuan language spoken in the islands of New Guinea