Kefamenanu is a town and capital of the administrative district (''
kecamatan
In Indonesia, district or ambiguously subdistrict, is the third-level administrative subdivision, below regency or city. The local term is used in the majority of Indonesian areas. The term is used in provinces in Papua. In the Special Regio ...
'') of Kota Kefamenanu and of the
North Central Timor Regency in
West Timor
West Timor () is an area covering the western part of the island of Timor, except for the district of Oecussi-Ambeno (an East Timorese exclave). Administratively, West Timor is part of East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. The capital as well ...
,
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...
. A road connects it to
Halilulik and
Kota Atambua to the northeast. It had a population of 43,058 at the 2010 Census and 47,766 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate in mid 2023 was 47,628.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Kota Kefamenanu Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5305030)] The town hosts the
University of Timor, one of the two public universities in the Indonesian part of the island.
Climate
Kefamenanu has a
tropical savanna climate
Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry "winter") and ''As'' (for a dry "summer"). The driest month has less than ...
(Aw) with moderate to little rainfall from April to November and heavy rainfall from December to March.
References
Populated places in East Nusa Tenggara
Regency seats of East Nusa Tenggara
West Timor
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