๐น๐ฑ Viqueque is a city in the south-east of East Timor, 183 km from Dili, the national capital. Viqueque is the capital of Viqueque District and Viqueque Subdistrict, in the eastern part of the country with five subdistricts under its control, they are: Uatu-Lari, Uatu-Carbau, Viqueque, Lacluta and Ossu.
Etymology The word Viqueque is a Portuguese approximation of the local Tetun-Terik word Vikeke (or Wekeke), which has been translated as both 'eroding water' and 'water' (we) 'bracelet' (keke).
The background to the latter translation is that a warrior leader, Luka, is said once to have been on a campaign with his warriors against the Wehali people, who had entered Luka's lands via Suai, Same, and Manatuto. During the campaign, he and the warriors came upon a spring guarded by an old woman. After the woman had given the warriors the water they had asked for, they cut off her arm, on which she had been wearing a bracelet. They then took the arm and bracelet to their king, Nai Lu Leki, who hung the arm in a tree. He also kept the bracelet and declared it sacred, as We Keke.
According to another tradition, a queen of the kingdom of Luka gave a bracelet to Viqueque as an heirloom, and today the municipality is named after it.
Geography Viqueque is on the south coast of Timor, on the Timor Sea. It borders the municipalities of Baucau to the north, Lautรฉm to the east, and Manatuto to the west. The borders of the then district were the same in colonial times.
On the south coast, the people report both myths and possible occurrences of crocodiles.
Administrative posts The municipality's administrative posts (formerly sub-districts) are: โข Lacluta โข Ossu โข Uato-Lari (which was known in Portuguese Timor as Leรงa, and, in Tetum, is spelled Watulari) โข Uatucarbau (spelled Watucarbau, in Tetum) โข Viqueque
The administrative posts are divided into 35 sucos ("villages") in total.
Demographics Viqueque is a homeland of the Malayo-Polynesian language Tetum. In East Timor it is co-official with Portuguese. In the east part of the municipality live speakers of the Papuan language Makasae.
Viqueque has a population of over 6,859 people. Viqueque also forms the centre of the wider Viqueque Municipality which has a population of over 65,245 people.
To set up a UBI Lab for Viqueque see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork
The Climate Emergency means that Viqueque may be at risk of flooding by rising sea levels by 2029
Twin Towns - Sister Cities Viqueque has links with:
๐ฆ๐บ Geelong, Australia๐ง๐ท Porto Velho -8.766
๐น๐ฟ Makete District -9.25
๐ต๐ช Tingo Maria -9.283
๐ฆ๐ด N'dalatando -9.3
๐ฐ๐ท Muan County 126.482
๐ฐ๐ท Jeju Island 126.53
Locations Near: Viqueque 126.357,-8.8635
๐น๐ฑ Baucau 126.334,-8.49 d: 41.7
๐น๐ฑ Lospalos 126.997,-8.522 d: 79.9
๐น๐ฑ Dรญli 125.56,-8.557 d: 94
๐น๐ฑ Gleno 125.436,-8.724 d: 102.4
๐น๐ฑ Ermera 125.383,-8.75 d: 107.8
๐น๐ฑ Maliana 125.22,-9.001 d: 125.8
๐น๐ฑ Suai 125.25,-9.3 d: 130.9
๐ฎ๐ฉ Kupang 123.6,-10.167 d: 335.3
Antipodal to: Viqueque -53.643,8.864
๐ฌ๐ซ Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni -54.031,5.499 d: 19638.6
๐ซ๐ท Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni -54.031,5.499 d: 19638.5
๐ธ๐ท Paramaribo -55.17,5.826 d: 19637.7
๐ฌ๐ซ Cayenne -52.335,4.938 d: 19555.3
๐ฌ๐พ New Amsterdam -57.517,6.25 d: 19498.6
๐ฌ๐พ Georgetown -58.155,6.805 d: 19467.9
๐ง๐ง Oistins -59.533,13.05 d: 19221.4
๐ง๐ง Bridgetown -59.616,13.099 d: 19210.9
๐น๐น Sangre Grande -61.133,10.567 d: 19172.6
๐น๐น Princes Town -61.383,10.267 d: 19152.2