# Lavateri Suco, Baguia, Baucau Municipality – Villages & Map

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/baguia/lavateri/

Suco · Baguia 

# Lavateri

Lavateri is a suco (village) of Timor-Leste in Baguia, Baucau Municipality. It covers **21.2 km²**. 5 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 21.2km²
- 1mapped services
- 451 mtypical elevation

## Where is Lavateri?

Lavateri lies in [Baguia](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/baguia/), [Baucau Municipality](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/), [Timor-Leste](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/). It borders 5 other sucos: [Atelari](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/laga/atelari/), [Defa Uassi](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/baguia/defa-uassi/), [Namanei](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/quelicai/namanei/), [Samalari](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/baguia/samalari/) and [Tequino Mata](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/laga/tequino-mata/). By area it is the 240th largest of 442 sucos in Timor-Leste. It covers 10.3% of [Baguia](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/baguia/). The centre of Lavateri is about 118 km in a straight line from Dili, the capital. The centre point is at -8.5519° N, 126.6474° 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 Lavateri

Open gazetteers list **5 villages, towns and localities** in Lavateri. Settlements here lie between about 437 m and 461 m above sea level (median 451 m).

- Fanalolo
- Fanulolo
- Lavateri
- Ledena
- Onortibalari

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 Lavateri

Named natural and historic features inside Lavateri, from the GeoNames gazetteer.

### Hills and mountains

3 mountains.

- Gunung Tubelai · 1,276 m
- Gunung Afagaba · 1,115 m
- Gunung Siriafa · 1,011 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 Lavateri and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Baguia, the warmest month is Nov (average 29 °C) and the coolest is Jul (25 °C). About 851 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jan (203 mm) and the driest Aug (5 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **March to September**.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 28 203 

Feb 28 162 

Mar 28 117 

Apr 28 63 

May 27 51 

Jun 26 29 

Jul 25 13 

Aug 26 5 

Sep 27 5 

Oct 28 10 

Nov 29 46 

Dec 29 145 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Lavateri

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Centro de Saúde Lavateri · Lavateri 4.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.56798&mlon=126.68439#map=17/-8.56798/126.68439) 

Bank BNCTL ATM P24 · Fuiloro 38 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.52413&mlon=126.99479#map=17/-8.52413/126.99479) 

Petrol pump Posto Gasolina Laga · Soba 10 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.47241&mlon=126.59828#map=17/-8.47241/126.59828) 

Hotel Hotel Casa Coures · Buruma 23 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.47025&mlon=126.45787#map=17/-8.47025/126.45787) 

School School · Samalari 4.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.59562&mlon=126.64243#map=17/-8.59562/126.64243) 

College Institutu catolico para a Formasao de Proferasores (ICFP) Baucau · Bahu 24 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.46291&mlon=126.45000#map=17/-8.46291/126.45000) 

Police station Comando PNTL Município Baucau · Buruma 23 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.47477&mlon=126.45762#map=17/-8.47477/126.45762) 

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.

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Lavateri

Places mapped inside Lavateri in open map data, by type.

- Hospitals1

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

Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown.

## Other sucos in Baguia

- Afaloicai
- Alaua Craic
- Alaua Leten
- Defa Uassi
- Haeconi
- Lari Sula
- Ossu-Huna
- Samalari
- Uacala

## Quick answers

- Where is Lavateri?In Baguia, Baucau Municipality, Timor-Leste
- What borders Lavateri?Atelari, Defa Uassi, Namanei, Samalari and Tequino Mata
- How many villages are in Lavateri?5 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Lavateri?Settlements lie between 437 m and 461 m
- What is the highest point in Lavateri?Gunung Tubelai (1,276 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit Lavateri?March to September
- Where is the nearest hospital to Lavateri?Centro de Saúde Lavateri, about 4.4 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Lavateri?BNCTL ATM P24, about 38 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Lavateri?Posto Gasolina Laga, about 10 km from the centre
- How many hospitals are in Lavateri?1 mapped
- What is the P-code of Lavateri?TL030409 (OCHA common operational dataset)
