Baguia Administrative Post

Baguia, officially Baguia Administrative Post (Portuguese: Posto Administrativo de Baguia, Tetum: Postu administrativu Bagia), is an administrative post (and was formerly a subdistrict) in Baucau municipality, East Timor. Its seat or administrative centre is Alawa Leten, and it has ten sucos.

This article is about the administrative post. For the village, see Baguia.
Baguia
Administrative Post
  • Posto Administrativo de Baguia (Portuguese)
  • Postu administrativu Bagia (Tetum)
Landscape in Matebian
Official map
Baguia
Coordinates: 8°38′S 126°40′E
Country East Timor
MunicipalityBaucau
SeatAlawa Leten
Sucos
  • Afaloicai
  • Alawa Craik
  • Alawa Leten
  • Defawasi
  • Hae Coni
  • Larisula
  • Lavateri
  • Osso Huna
  • Samalari
  • Uacala
Area
 • Total212.2 km2 (81.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2015 census)
 • Total12,962
 • Density61/km2 (160/sq mi)
Households (2015 census)
 • Total2,642
Time zoneUTC+09:00 (TLT)

Taur Matan Ruak, president of East Timor between 2012 and 2017, was born in Osso Huna suco, Baguia Administrative Post, in 1956.

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