Bucoli Explained

Bucoli is a suco (municipality) in Baucau Subdistrict, Baucau District, East Timor and also a settlement in the Bucoli Suco. As of 2010 there were 2179 inhabitants and 372 households in Bucoli Suco.[1]

Bucoli was the home of guerrilla warrior Vicente dos Reis and has a symbolic status in East Timorese nationalism.[2] National Unity of Timorese Resistance (Portuguese: União Nacional Democrática de Resistência Timorense (UNDERTIM)) chose to establish its first headquarters in Bucoli in 2005 because of the role of the village in the history of the East Timorese resistance movement.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population and Housing Census of Timor-Leste, 2010 - Volume 4: Suco Report . National Statistics Directorate and United Nations Population Fund . 2012-07-21 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111010092428/http://dne.mof.gov.tl/published/2010%20and%202011%20Publications/Pub%204%20Eng%20web/Publication%204%20ENGLISH%20Final_website.pdf . 10 October 2011 .
  2. Web site: A special day in the birthplace of East Timorese nationalism . The Age . 2012-10-29.
  3. Web site: UNOTIL Daily Media Review, 08th and 10th October 2005 . Etan.org . 2005-10-10 . 2012-10-29.

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