# Mau-Chiga Suco, Hatu-Builico, Ainaro Municipality – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/ainaro/hatu-builico/mau-chiga/ Suco · Hatu-Builico # Mau-Chiga Mau-Chiga is a suco (village) of Timor-Leste in Hatu-Builico, Ainaro Municipality. It covers **50.8 km²**. 4 named villages and localities are recorded here. - 50.8km² - 1,068 mtypical elevation ## Where is Mau-Chiga? Mau-Chiga lies in [Hatu-Builico](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/ainaro/hatu-builico/), [Ainaro Municipality](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/ainaro/), [Timor-Leste](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/). It borders 9 other sucos: [Aitutu](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/ainaro/maubisse/aitutu/), [Holarua](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/manufahi/same/holarua/), [Letefoho](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/manufahi/same/letefoho/), [Lleolima](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/ainaro/hatu-udo/lleolima/), [Manutasi](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/ainaro/ainaro/manutasi/), [Mulo](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/ainaro/hatu-builico/mulo/), [Nuno-Mogue](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/ainaro/hatu-builico/nuno-mogue/), [Rotuto](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/manufahi/same/rotuto/) and [Soro](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/ainaro/ainaro/soro/). By area it is the 86th largest of 442 sucos in Timor-Leste. It covers 39.3% of [Hatu-Builico](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/ainaro/hatu-builico/). The centre of Mau-Chiga is about 46 km in a straight line from Dili, the capital. The centre point is at -8.9681° N, 125.5642° 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 Mau-Chiga Open gazetteers list **4 villages, towns and localities** in Mau-Chiga. Settlements here lie between about 861 m and 1,083 m above sea level (median 1,068 m). - Goulora - Hatoquero - Leotelo - Mauchiga 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). ## Landscape and landmarks of Mau-Chiga Named natural and historic features inside Mau-Chiga, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 1 river or stream. - Mota Aibutifu ### Hills and mountains 4 mountains. - Foho Berelaca · 2,448 m - Foho Hatocabir · 2,349 m - Foho Hatocmelalu · 2,066 m - Foho Manotolau · 1,431 m Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/). Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate. ## Weather in Mau-Chiga and the best time to visit Using the climate of Hatu-Builico, the warmest month is Nov (average 26 °C) and the coolest is Jul (22 °C), after allowing for this place being about 208 m lower than the climate reference point (about 6.5 °C per 1,000 m). About 949 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jan (242 mm) and the driest Aug (4 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **April to November**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 25 242 Feb 25 205 Mar 25 126 Apr 24 55 May 24 37 Jun 23 23 Jul 22 10 Aug 22 4 Sep 24 5 Oct 25 13 Nov 26 57 Dec 26 173 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Mau-Chiga Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Hospital municipal de Ainaro · Ainaro 6.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.99460&mlon=125.50718#map=17/-8.99460/125.50718) Bank Banco Nacional Timor-Leste · Letefoho 10 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-9.00080&mlon=125.65268#map=17/-9.00080/125.65268) Petrol pump Nusabe gas station · Aisirimou 27 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.72609&mlon=125.57225#map=17/-8.72609/125.57225) Hotel Fevariela Homestay · Ainaro 7.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.99738&mlon=125.50387#map=17/-8.99738/125.50387) School Ebc Sao Paulo · Ainaro 6.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.98854&mlon=125.50614#map=17/-8.98854/125.50614) College Instituto Politécnico de Timor Leste - IPTL · Betano 26 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-9.14933&mlon=125.71867#map=17/-9.14933/125.71867) Police station Posto de polícia · Seloi Malere 26 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.73354&mlon=125.56671#map=17/-8.73354/125.56671) 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 Hatu-Builico - Mulo - Nuno-Mogue ## Quick answers - Where is Mau-Chiga?In Hatu-Builico, Ainaro Municipality, Timor-Leste - What borders Mau-Chiga?Aitutu, Holarua, Letefoho, Lleolima, Manutasi, Mulo, Nuno-Mogue, Rotuto and Soro - How many villages are in Mau-Chiga?4 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the elevation of Mau-Chiga?Settlements lie between 861 m and 1,083 m - What is the highest point in Mau-Chiga?Foho Berelaca (2,448 m, GeoNames elevation model) - What is the best time to visit Mau-Chiga?April to November - Where is the nearest hospital to Mau-Chiga?Hospital municipal de Ainaro, about 6.9 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Mau-Chiga?Banco Nacional Timor-Leste, about 10 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Mau-Chiga?Nusabe gas station, about 27 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Mau-Chiga?TL010203 (OCHA common operational dataset)