# Guruca Suco, Quelicai, Baucau Municipality – Villages & Map > Source: https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/quelicai/guruca/ Suco · Quelicai # Guruca Guruca is a suco (village) of Timor-Leste in Quelicai, Baucau Municipality. It covers **27.2 km²**. 15 named villages and localities are recorded here. - 27.2km² - 460 mtypical elevation ## Where is Guruca? Guruca 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 10 other sucos: [Abafala](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/quelicai/abafala/), [Afaca](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/quelicai/afaca/), [Baguia](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/quelicai/baguia/), [Haeconi](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/baguia/haeconi/), [Macalaco](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/quelicai/macalaco/), [Namanei](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/quelicai/namanei/), [Samalari](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/baguia/samalari/), [Seical](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/baucau/seical/), [Tequino Mata](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/laga/tequino-mata/) and [Waitame](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/quelicai/waitame/). By area it is the 187th largest of 442 sucos in Timor-Leste. It covers 13.2% of [Quelicai](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/quelicai/). The centre of Guruca is about 114 km in a straight line from Dili, the capital. The centre point is at -8.5674° N, 126.6062° 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 Guruca Open gazetteers list **15 villages, towns and localities** in Guruca. Settlements here lie between about 145 m and 1,355 m above sea level (median 460 m). - Abafala - Betulari - Cotaissi - Culugia - Daraloi - Facua - Faeua - Gugolai - Gugulai - Guruca - Maebu - Maukiki - Mumana - Ucamuni - Uehuafa 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 Guruca Named natural and historic features inside Guruca, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 2 rivers and streams. - Sungai Maucolo - Sungai Otorocaiboro ### Hills and mountains 4 mountains; 3 hills. - Gunung Betulari · 1,044 m - Gunung Saelari · 939 m - Bukit Muturo · 512 m - Gunung Nahalai · 452 m - Bukit Uehuafa · 431 m - Bukit Uehuafa · 420 m - Gunung Darosama · 276 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 Guruca and the best time to visit Using the climate of Quelicai, 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 Guruca Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Centro de Saúde Afaca · Afaca 2.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.54733&mlon=126.60048#map=17/-8.54733/126.60048) Petrol pump Posto Gasolina Laga · Soba 11 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.47241&mlon=126.59828#map=17/-8.47241/126.59828) Hotel Hotel Casa Coures · Buruma 20 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.47025&mlon=126.45787#map=17/-8.47025/126.45787) School School · Samalari 5.1 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 21 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 19 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. ## Other sucos in Quelicai - Abafala - Abo - Afaca - Baguia - Bualale - Laisorolai de Baixo - Laisorolai de Cima - Lelalai - Letemuno - Locoliu - Macalaco - Maluro - Namanei - Waitame ## Quick answers - Where is Guruca?In Quelicai, Baucau Municipality, Timor-Leste - What borders Guruca?Abafala, Afaca, Baguia, Haeconi, Macalaco, Namanei, Samalari, Seical, Tequino Mata and Waitame - How many villages are in Guruca?15 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the elevation of Guruca?Settlements lie between 145 m and 1,355 m - What is the highest point in Guruca?Gunung Betulari (1,044 m, GeoNames elevation model) - What is the best time to visit Guruca?March to October - Where is the nearest hospital to Guruca?Centro de Saúde Afaca, about 2.3 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Guruca?Posto Gasolina Laga, about 11 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Guruca?TL030309 (OCHA common operational dataset)