village $5 boat
The place
village $5 boat in Manatuto district, Manatuto/Baucau area (north coast of Timor-Leste, Timor-Leste/East Timor), at a true altitude of ~15 m (0 m in the record is acceptable for a coastal site), tropical Banda Sea coastline. Continuous Timor-Leste cluster (batches 385+). COUNTRY ANOMALY: Timor-Leste missing from the country table. A fishing village with a $5 ferry boat crossing fare + Manatuto, an agricultural centre on the north coast + Timor-Leste, 1.4 million inhabitants, Asia's youngest nation, restored independence in 2002 after Indonesian occupation 1975-1999 + heritage of the Timorese/Tetum people (Austronesian people, 1.4 million, Tetum official language alongside Portuguese + Portuguese colonisation 1520-1975, 450 years, Catholic + Indonesian occupation 1975-1999, 25 years, 100,000-200,000 deaths, Suharto-era genocide + INTERFET UN 1999, 15,000 troops, post-referendum intervention, 78.5% independence vote + Xanana Gusmão, born 1946, 1st president 2002 + Nobel Peace Prize 1996 José Ramos-Horta/Belo).
The setting
Manatuto Manatuto/Baucau north coast Timor-Leste East Timor altitude 0 m acceptable coastal ~15 m actual tropical Banda Sea coastline, continuous cluster batches 385+, fishing village $5 ferry crossing + Manatuto agricultural N coast + Timor-Leste 1.4 M Asia's youngest nation 2002 post-Indonesia 1975-1999, Timorese/Tetum Austronesian 1.4 M Tetum + PT + Portugal 1520-1975 450 years Catholic + Indonesian occupation 1975-1999 25 years 100,000-200,000 deaths Suharto genocide + INTERFET UN 1999 15,000 troops post-referendum 78.5% + Gusmão b.1946 1st president 2002 + Nobel 1996 Ramos-Horta/Belo, ANOMALY Timor-Leste missing.
