Dom Aleixo Administrative Post (, ), is an administrative post in

Dili Municipality Dili Municipality (, ) is one of the 14 Municipalities of East Timor, municipalities, formerly districts, of Timor-Leste, and includes the national capital Dili. The municipality had a population of 277,279 , most of whom live in the capital ...

Timor-Leste Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the coastal exclave of Oecusse in the island's northwest, and ...

, at the mouth of

Comoro River The Comoro River ( or , ) is a river in Timor-Leste. It flows northwards into Ombai Strait, reaching the coast in the north western suburbs of the capital, Dili. In its lower reaches, it is the main and largest of Dili's four major rivers. Cour ...

. Its seat or

administrative centre An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgi ...

is . The administrative post is named after Aleixo Corte-Real. Its population at the 2010 census was 105,154. Its area is 33,12 km². Dom Aleixo contains the

Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport Dili Airport , officially Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport (, ), and formerly Comoro Airport (), is an international airport serving Dili, the capital city of Timor-Leste. Since 2002, the airport has been named after Nicolau dos ...

, the

foreign ministry In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral re ...

building, and the main mosque of East Timor. The

Tasitolu Tasitolu (, or , ) is a protected area on the coast of Timor-Leste, west of the capital Dili. The Tasitolu wetlands include three saline lakes, an esplanade, and a beach; it has been designated a Wetland of National Significance. Tasitolu Pea ...

salt lakes are in the most western part of Dom Aleixo in Comoro suco.

Education

Secondary schools in Dom Aleixo include Colégio São Miguel Arcanjo, Escola Paroquial de São Pedro, Escola Secundária Geral An-Nur, Escola Secundária Geral Nicolau Lobato, Externato de São José, and Escola Secundária Santa Madalena de Canossa.

References

External links

* – information page on Ministry of State Administration site Administrative posts of Timor-Leste Dili Municipality {{EastTimor-geo-stub