Bucoli
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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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Population and Housing Census of Timor-Leste, 2010 - Volume 4: Suco Report" (PDF). National Statistics Directorate and United Nations Population Fund. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
- ^ "A special day in the birthplace of East Timorese nationalism". The Age. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
- ^ "UNOTIL Daily Media Review, 08th and 10th October 2005". Etan.org. 10 October 2005. Retrieved 29 October 2012.