Aileu
Sign in to saveAileu is the main township in Aileu District, Timor-Leste. It is located 47 km (29 mi) southwest of Dili, the national capital, and had a population of 2,788 in 2015. In Portuguese Timor, the city was known as Vila General Carmona, after the Portuguese dictator António Óscar Carmona, but after World War II it was renamed. Aileu means "bent tree" in Mambai.
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Aileu
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Aileu Vila.jpg
- Settlement.image_map
- Aileu administrative posts.png
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- East Timor
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- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in East Timor
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Aileu
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Aileu
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Sucos
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Timor-Leste
- Located in
- Aileu administrative post
- Population
- +2927
- Area
- +251.48
- Elevation
- +1182
- Capital of
- Aileu municipality
- Image
- Aileu Vila.jpg
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Aileu is the main township in Aileu District, Timor-Leste. It is located 47 km (29 mi) southwest of Dili, the national capital, and had a population of 2,788 in 2015. In Portuguese Timor, the city was known as Vila General Carmona, after the Portuguese dictator António Óscar Carmona, but after World War II it was renamed. Aileu means "bent tree" in Mambai.
==History==