Fatuleu
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| pop_est_as_of = 2023
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Fatuleu is a district in Kupang Regency in the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara. It is located in West Timor about {{convert|40|km}} northeast of the city of Kupang on the highway to Soe. It is named after the {{convert|1108|m|ft|adj=mid|-high}}{{cite web |url=https://www.gunungbagging.com/fatu-timau/ |title=Fatu Timau |website=Gunung Bagging |accessdate=1 December 2024}} mountain of Fatuleu (Uab Meto: fatu l'eu, "sacred cliff"{{cite book |last=Schulte Nordholt |first=Herman Gerrit |title=The Political System of the Atoni of Timor |publisher=Brill Publishers |year=1971 |pages=73, 162–163, 184, 277–278 |location=The Hague |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1163/j.ctvbqs66r.8 |access-date=1 December 2024}}), a local landmark located in the neighbouring district of {{ill|Fatuleu Tengah|id}}. Its headquarters are located in the village of Camplong, formerly known as Tjamplong.
Geography
The district of Fatuleu is located in the hilly interior of West Timor. It borders the districts of {{ill|Takari|id}} to the northeast, {{ill|Fatuleu Tengah|id}} to the northwest, {{ill|Kupang Timur|id}} to the west, {{ill|Amabi Oefeto|id}} to the south, and {{ill|Amabi Oefeto Timur|id}} to the southeast. The Mina River separates the easternmost portion of Fatuleu from the districts of {{ill|Batu Putih|id}} and {{ill|Amanuban Selatan|id}} in South Central Timor Regency.{{cite web |last=Brinkhoff |first=Thomas |url=http://citypopulation.de/en/indonesia/nusatenggaratimur/admin/ |title=Indonesia: Eastern Lesser Sunda Islands Province |website=City Population |date=29 January 2019 |access-date=1 December 2024}} Fatuleu has a tropical savanna climate with the rainy season typically lasting from November to March.{{cite web |url=http://bbksdantt.menlhk.go.id/kawasan-konservasi/twa/twa-camplong/profil-twa-camplong |title=Profil TWA Camplong |language=id |publisher=East Nusa Tenggara Natural Resources Conservation Centre |accessdate=1 December 2024}} Camplong Nature Recreation Park protects {{convert|696.6|ha}} of temperate forest within the district.
History
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In the 19th century, the territory of what is now Fatuleu belonged to the realm of Sonbai Besar. After invading the Sonbai stronghold of Kauniki in late 1905 and capturing the final Sonbai ruler {{ill|Sobe Sonbai III|id}} in February 1906,{{cite journal |last=Farram |first=Steven |title=Usi Lan Ai: the raja who died by fire: The death of Raja Bil Nope in Netherlands Timor, 1910 |journal=Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde |volume=165 |issue=2/3 |pages=191–215 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43817827 |access-date=1 December 2024}} the Dutch established the landschap of Fatuleu in 1912, which united the five communities of Takaib, Manubait, Benu, Tefnai, and Kauniki.{{cite journal |last=van Dijk |first=L.C. |title=De zelfbesturende landschappen in de Residentie Timor en Onderhoorigheden |language=nl |journal=Indische Gids |volume=47 |issue=1 |pages=528–540 |url=https://kitlv-docs.library.leiden.edu/open/Metamorfoze/Indische%20gids/MMKITLV01_PDF_TS5949_1925_1.pdf |access-date=1 December 2024}}
After Indonesian independence, Fatuleu became part of Kupang Regency when it was established in 1958. The district of Fatuleu attained its present borders in 2005, when the subdistricts of Nuataus and Poto were split off to form the district of {{ill|Fatuleu Barat|id}} (West Fatuleu), and Nonbaun, Nunsaen and Oelbiteno were split off to form the district of Fatuleu Tengah (Central Fatuleu).{{cite web |date=13 February 2013 |title=PERATURAN MENTERI DALAM NEGERI REPUBLIK INDONESIA NOMOR 18 TAHUN 2013 TENTANG KODE DAN DATA WILAYAH ADMINISTRASI PEMERINTAHAN |url=https://lombokbaratkab.go.id/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/permen_no-18-2013.pdf |language=id |work=Indonesian State Gazette |accessdate=1 December 2024}}
Subdivisions
Fatuleu is administratively subdivided into the village (kelurahan) of Camplong I and the subdistricts (desa) of Camplong II, Ekateta, Kiuoni, Kuimasi, Naunu, Oebola, Oebola Dalam, Sillu, and Tolnaku.
Demographics
In the 2010 Indonesian census, Fatuleu recorded a population of 23,007 inhabitants. The population had grown to 28,629 as of the most recent estimate in 2023.