Atambua

Infobox City
official_name = Atambua
motto = "Husar Binan Tetuk No Nesan Diak No Kmanek"


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Indonesia
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Papua (Indonesian province
subdivision_type2 = Regency
subdivision_name2 = Belu
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population_total = 42.888
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timezone = WIB
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latd=9 |latm=6 |lats=22 |latNS=S
longd=124 |longm=53 |longs=33 |longEW=E
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website = [http://www.atambua-ntt.go.id/ www.atambua-ntt.go.id]

Atambua is a town in the East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia and it is the seat (capital) of Belu Regency. The city is located in the west of Timor Island. In September 1999, 250,000 refugees arrived here from East Timor, after their vote for independence and the following violence. As late as 2002 there was an estimated 60,000 refugees left in camps. [East Timor's refugees head home, BBC April 11, 2002 [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1923632.stm] ]

The city is home to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Atambua. The Diocese's population is over 95% Catholic, among the highest percentages of Catholics in all of Indonesia.

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