Viqueque (district)

Infobox East Timor District
name = Viqueque
tetum = Vikeke
capital = Viqueque
area = 1,781
arearank = 1st
population = 65,245
population_as_of = 2004
populationrank = 5th
density = 36.6
densityrank = 10th
households = 15,115
households_as_of = 2004
householdsrank = 5th
isocode = TL-VI
subdistricts = Lacluta, Ossu, Uatolari,
Uato Carabau, Viqueque
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Viqueque (Tetum: "Vikeke") is the largest of the districts of East Timor. It has a population of 66,434 (Census 2004) and an area of 1,781 km². The capital of the district is also named Viqueque. The subdistricts are Lacluta, Ossu, Uatolari (which was known in Portuguese Timor as Leça, and, in Tetum, is spelled Watulari), Uato Carabau (spelled Watucarbau, in Tetum) and Viqueque. The district was the same in colonial times.

Viqueque is on the south coast of Timor, on the Timor Sea. It borders the districts Baucau to the north, Lautém to the east, and Manatuto to the west.

Viqueque is a homeland of the Malayo-Polynesian language Tetum. In East Timor it is co-official with Portuguese. In the east part of the district live speakers of the Papuan language Makasae.

On the south coast, the people report both myths and possible occurrences of crocodiles.

[pl:Dystrykt Viqueque]