# Tequino Mata Suco, Laga, Baucau Municipality – Villages & Map

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/laga/tequino-mata/

Suco · Laga 

# Tequino Mata

Tequino Mata is a suco (village) of Timor-Leste in Laga, Baucau Municipality. It covers **49.7 km²**. 22 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 2 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 49.7km²
- 2mapped services
- 24 mtypical elevation

## Where is Tequino Mata?

Tequino Mata lies in [Laga](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/laga/), [Baucau Municipality](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/), [Timor-Leste](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/). It borders 9 other sucos: [Afaca](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/quelicai/afaca/), [Atelari](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/laga/atelari/), [Guruca](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/quelicai/guruca/), [Lavateri](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/baguia/lavateri/), [Libagua](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/laga/libagua/), [Namanei](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/quelicai/namanei/), [Sagadati](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/laga/sagadati/), [Seical](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/baucau/seical/) and [Soba](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/laga/soba/). By area it is the 91st largest of 442 sucos in Timor-Leste. It covers 25.1% of [Laga](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/laga/). The centre of Tequino Mata is about 113 km in a straight line from Dili, the capital. The centre point is at -8.5037° N, 126.5975° 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 Tequino Mata

Open gazetteers list **22 villages, towns and localities** in Tequino Mata. Settlements here lie between about 8 m and 252 m above sea level (median 24 m).

- Aelemilari
- Boleha
- Bolobai
- Bulubai
- Caicasalari
- Caranu
- Couguira
- Gugulai
- Kaikasalan
- Karanu
- Larigua
- Mulia
- Racolo
- Roliu
- Saebere
- Samaguia
- Sialimo
- Tekinomata
- Telibudae
- Tequinaumata
- Tequino Mata
- Uarinana

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 Tequino Mata

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

### Water

5 rivers and streams.

- River Bassarira
- River Borouai
- River Lianau
- River Uaimuhi
- Sungai Bibilio

### Hills and mountains

1 mountain.

- Gunung Baibeidarabei · 669 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 Tequino Mata and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Laga, the warmest month is Nov (average 31 °C) and the coolest is Jul (28 °C), after allowing for this place being about 351 m lower than the climate reference point (about 6.5 °C per 1,000 m). 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 **July to August**.

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

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 30 203 

Feb 30 162 

Mar 30 117 

Apr 30 63 

May 29 51 

Jun 28 29 

Jul 28 13 

Aug 28 5 

Sep 29 5 

Oct 30 10 

Nov 31 46 

Dec 31 145 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Tequino Mata

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Centro de Saúde Laga · Soba 3.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.47428&mlon=126.59699#map=17/-8.47428/126.59699) 

Petrol pump Posto Gasolina Laga · Soba 3.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.47241&mlon=126.59828#map=17/-8.47241/126.59828) 

Hotel Baucau Beach Bungalows · Buruma 16 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.44344&mlon=126.46919#map=17/-8.44344/126.46919) 

School EBC Filial Samaguia · Tequino Mata 0.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.49604&mlon=126.59788#map=17/-8.49604/126.59788) 

College Institutu catolico para a Formasao de Proferasores (ICFP) Baucau · Bahu 17 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 16 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 Tequino Mata

Places mapped inside Tequino Mata in open map data, by type.

- Schools1
- Restaurants1

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 Laga

- Atelari
- Libagua
- Nunira
- Saelari
- Sagadati
- Samalari
- Soba

## Quick answers

- Where is Tequino Mata?In Laga, Baucau Municipality, Timor-Leste
- What borders Tequino Mata?Afaca, Atelari, Guruca, Lavateri, Libagua, Namanei, Sagadati, Seical and Soba
- How many villages are in Tequino Mata?22 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Tequino Mata?Settlements lie between 8 m and 252 m
- What is the highest point in Tequino Mata?Gunung Baibeidarabei (669 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit Tequino Mata?July to August
- Where is the nearest hospital to Tequino Mata?Centro de Saúde Laga, about 3.3 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Tequino Mata?Posto Gasolina Laga, about 3.5 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Tequino Mata?TL030202 (OCHA common operational dataset)