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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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Place details
- Locality
- Aileu
- Region
- Aileu
- Country
- Timor-Leste
- Population
- 17,356
- Timezone
- Asia/Dili
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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
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- 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
- Seloi Malere, Liurai
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 251.48
- Settlement.area_total_sq_mi
- 97.09
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2015
- Settlement.population_total
- 2788
- Settlement.population_density_km2
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via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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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==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aileu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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