# Afaca Suco, Quelicai, Baucau Municipality – Villages & Map

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

Suco · Quelicai 

# Afaca

Afaca is a suco (village) of Timor-Leste in Quelicai, Baucau Municipality. It covers **14.2 km²**. 8 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 14.2km²
- 1mapped services
- 336 mtypical elevation

## Where is Afaca?

Afaca lies in [Quelicai](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/quelicai/), [Baucau Municipality](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/), [Timor-Leste](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/). It borders 3 other sucos: [Guruca](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/quelicai/guruca/), [Namanei](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/quelicai/namanei/) and [Tequino Mata](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/laga/tequino-mata/). By area it is the 308th largest of 442 sucos in Timor-Leste. It covers 6.9% of [Quelicai](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/quelicai/). The centre of Afaca is about 113 km in a straight line from Dili, the capital. The centre point is at -8.5399° N, 126.6019° 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 Afaca

Open gazetteers list **8 villages, towns and localities** in Afaca. Settlements here lie between about 308 m and 531 m above sea level (median 336 m).

- Afaca
- Barolai
- Boralai
- Loirae
- Muturo
- Quelicai
- Uecobuti
- Vecubuti

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 Afaca

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

### Hills and mountains

7 mountains.

- Gunung Uligata · 886 m
- Gunung Anibubo · 692 m
- Gunung Tiba · 672 m
- Gunung Daniquili · 617 m
- Gunung Sico · 611 m
- Gunung Mulai · 593 m
- Gunung Caidaualari · 569 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 Afaca and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Quelicai, the warmest month is Nov (average 30 °C) and the coolest is Jul (26 °C), after allowing for this place being about 201 m lower than the climate reference point (about 6.5 °C per 1,000 m). 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 and May to September**.

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

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 28 225 

Feb 28 188 

Mar 28 116 

Apr 28 54 

May 28 35 

Jun 27 22 

Jul 26 9 

Aug 26 4 

Sep 28 4 

Oct 29 11 

Nov 30 51 

Dec 29 156 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Afaca

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Centro de Saúde Afaca · Afaca 0.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.54733&mlon=126.60048#map=17/-8.54733/126.60048) 

Petrol pump Posto Gasolina Laga · Soba 7.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.47241&mlon=126.59828#map=17/-8.47241/126.59828) 

Hotel Hotel Casa Coures · Buruma 18 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.47025&mlon=126.45787#map=17/-8.47025/126.45787) 

School EBC Filial Samaguia · Tequino Mata 4.9 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 19 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 17 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 Afaca

Places mapped inside Afaca 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 Quelicai

- Abafala
- Abo
- Baguia
- Bualale
- Guruca
- Laisorolai de Baixo
- Laisorolai de Cima
- Lelalai
- Letemuno
- Locoliu
- Macalaco
- Maluro
- Namanei
- Waitame

## Quick answers

- Where is Afaca?In Quelicai, Baucau Municipality, Timor-Leste
- What borders Afaca?Guruca, Namanei and Tequino Mata
- How many villages are in Afaca?8 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Afaca?Settlements lie between 308 m and 531 m
- What is the highest point in Afaca?Gunung Uligata (886 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit Afaca?March and May to September
- Where is the nearest hospital to Afaca?Centro de Saúde Afaca, about 0.8 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Afaca?Posto Gasolina Laga, about 7.5 km from the centre
- How many hospitals are in Afaca?1 mapped
- What is the P-code of Afaca?TL030310 (OCHA common operational dataset)
