# Cotolau Suco, Laulara, Aileu Municipality – Villages & Map

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Suco · Laulara 

# Cotolau

Cotolau is a suco (village) of Timor-Leste in Laulara, Aileu Municipality. It covers **6.87 km²**. 4 named villages and localities are recorded here.

- 6.9km²
- 1,070 mtypical elevation

## Where is Cotolau?

Cotolau lies in [Laulara](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/aileu/laulara/), [Aileu Municipality](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/aileu/), [Timor-Leste](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/). It borders 6 other sucos: [Aisirimou](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/aileu/aileu-vila/aisirimou/), [Balibar](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/dili/cristo-rei/balibar/), [Dare](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/dili/vera-cruz/dare/), [Madabeno](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/aileu/laulara/madabeno/), [Saboria](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/aileu/aileu-vila/saboria/) and [Talitu](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/aileu/laulara/talitu/). By area it is the 393rd largest of 442 sucos in Timor-Leste. It covers 11.3% of [Laulara](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/aileu/laulara/). The centre of Cotolau is about 7.0 km in a straight line from Dili, the capital. The centre point is at -8.6201° N, 125.5863° E.

Source: [WHO via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-tls).

## Villages and localities in Cotolau

Open gazetteers list **4 villages, towns and localities** in Cotolau. Settlements here lie between about 728 m and 1,265 m above sea level (median 1,070 m).

- Cotolau
- Hornai
- Kotolau
- Lebukuku

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

## Weather in Cotolau and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Laulara, the warmest month is Nov (average 28 °C) and the coolest is Jul (24 °C), after allowing for this place being about 215 m higher than the climate reference point (about 6.5 °C per 1,000 m). About 925 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jan (243 mm) and the driest Aug (4 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **April to November**.

- Jan
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- Mar
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Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 25 243 

Feb 25 203 

Mar 25 120 

Apr 26 54 

May 25 33 

Jun 25 21 

Jul 24 8 

Aug 24 4 

Sep 26 4 

Oct 27 13 

Nov 28 54 

Dec 26 166 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Cotolau

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Kotalau · Dare 2.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.60352&mlon=125.59378#map=17/-8.60352/125.59378) 

Bank BNU ATM · Caicoli 6.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.56151&mlon=125.57483#map=17/-8.56151/125.57483) 

ATM ATM BRI Balide · Macarenhas 6.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.56647&mlon=125.57990#map=17/-8.56647/125.57990) 

Petrol pump ETO Halilaran · Macarenhas 5.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.56775&mlon=125.58281#map=17/-8.56775/125.58281) 

Hotel Sassib Guest House · Vila Verde 6.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.56538&mlon=125.56930#map=17/-8.56538/125.56930) 

Mall Top One · Bemori 6.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.55774&mlon=125.58448#map=17/-8.55774/125.58448) 

School EBF 1 e 2 Ciclo Talitu · Talitu 2.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.61298&mlon=125.60825#map=17/-8.61298/125.60825) 

College UNTL Faculdade Ciencia de Saude Lahane · Lahane Ocidental 5.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.57443&mlon=125.58237#map=17/-8.57443/125.58237) 

Police station Posto Policia Laulara · Dare 2.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.60347&mlon=125.59383#map=17/-8.60347/125.59383) 

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Straight-line distance from the centre of the division, within 40 km.

## Other sucos in Laulara

- Fatisi
- Madabeno
- Talitu
- Tohumeta

## Quick answers

- Where is Cotolau?In Laulara, Aileu Municipality, Timor-Leste
- What borders Cotolau?Aisirimou, Balibar, Dare, Madabeno, Saboria and Talitu
- How many villages are in Cotolau?4 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Cotolau?Settlements lie between 728 m and 1,265 m
- What is the best time to visit Cotolau?April to November
- Where is the nearest hospital to Cotolau?Kotalau, about 2.0 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Cotolau?BNU ATM, about 6.6 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest ATM to Cotolau?ATM BRI Balide, about 6.0 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Cotolau?ETO Halilaran, about 5.8 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Cotolau?TL020401 (OCHA common operational dataset)