# Buruma Suco, Baucau, Baucau Municipality – Villages & Map

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

Suco · Baucau 

# Buruma

Buruma is a suco (village) of Timor-Leste in Baucau, Baucau Municipality. It covers **14.3 km²**. 20 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 32 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 14.3km²
- 32mapped services
- 251 mtypical elevation

## Where is Buruma?

Buruma lies in [Baucau](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/baucau/), [Baucau Municipality](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/), [Timor-Leste](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/). It borders 3 other sucos: [Bahu](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/baucau/bahu/), [Buibau](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/baucau/buibau/) and [Caibada](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/baucau/caibada/). By area it is the 306th largest of 442 sucos in Timor-Leste. It covers 3.9% of [Baucau](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/baucau/). The centre of Buruma is about 100 km in a straight line from Dili, the capital. It is about 2.7 km from Baukau, the main town of Baucau. The centre point is at -8.4648° N, 126.4788° 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 Buruma

Open gazetteers list **20 villages, towns and localities** in Buruma. The largest with a recorded population: Baukau (16,000). Settlements here lie between about 30 m and 459 m above sea level (median 251 m).

- Baucau
- Baukau
- Betulale
- Boi Le
- Boile
- Buruma
- Casmutu
- Diwake
- Kasmutu
- Knua Baha Bahi
- Lutumut
- Lutumutu
- Macadai
- Makadai
- Onosere
- Racolo
- Teolale
- Uaicainaro
- Uailabere
- Uatabo

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 Buruma

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

### Coast and islands

1 beach; 1 headland.

- Point Uairakatol
- Uatabo Beach

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 Buruma and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Baucau, the warmest month is Nov (average 29 °C) and the coolest is Jul (25 °C). About 873 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jan (225 mm) and the driest Sep (4 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **March to October**.

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

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 27 225 

Feb 26 188 

Mar 27 116 

Apr 27 54 

May 26 35 

Jun 25 22 

Jul 25 9 

Aug 25 4 

Sep 26 4 

Oct 28 11 

Nov 29 51 

Dec 28 156 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Buruma

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Hospital Referal Baucau · Buruma 2.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.46362&mlon=126.46041#map=17/-8.46362/126.46041) 

Petrol pump realistic · Buruma 3.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.47455&mlon=126.44685#map=17/-8.47455/126.44685) 

Hotel Hotel Casa Coures · Buruma 2.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.47025&mlon=126.45787#map=17/-8.47025/126.45787) 

School EBC.01 Tirilolo · Buruma 2.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.46561&mlon=126.46048#map=17/-8.46561/126.46048) 

College Institutu catolico para a Formasao de Proferasores (ICFP) Baucau · Bahu 3.2 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 2.6 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 Buruma

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

- Hospitals3
- Petrol pumps1
- Hotels12
- Schools8
- Pharmacies1
- Restaurants6
- Police stations1

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 Baucau

- Bahu
- Bucoli
- Buibau
- Caibada
- Fariuai
- Samalari
- Seical
- Triloca
- Trilolo
- Wailili

## Quick answers

- Where is Buruma?In Baucau, Baucau Municipality, Timor-Leste
- What borders Buruma?Bahu, Buibau and Caibada
- How many villages are in Buruma?20 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Buruma?Settlements lie between 30 m and 459 m
- What is the best time to visit Buruma?March to October
- Where is the nearest hospital to Buruma?Hospital Referal Baucau, about 2.0 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Buruma?realistic, about 3.7 km from the centre
- How many hospitals are in Buruma?3 mapped
- How many petrol pumps are in Buruma?1 mapped
- What is the P-code of Buruma?TL030103 (OCHA common operational dataset)