# Macalaco Suco, Quelicai, Baucau Municipality – Villages & Map > Source: https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/quelicai/macalaco/ Suco · Quelicai # Macalaco Macalaco is a suco (village) of Timor-Leste in Quelicai, Baucau Municipality. It covers **28.9 km²**. 11 named villages and localities are recorded here. - 28.9km² - 412 mtypical elevation ## Where is Macalaco? Macalaco 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 8 other sucos: [Abafala](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/quelicai/abafala/), [Baguia](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/quelicai/baguia/), [Bualale](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/quelicai/bualale/), [Guruca](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/quelicai/guruca/), [Letemuno](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/quelicai/letemuno/), [Samalari](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/baucau/samalari/), [Seical](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/baucau/seical/) and [Wailili](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/baucau/wailili/). By area it is the 179th largest of 442 sucos in Timor-Leste. It covers 14.0% of [Quelicai](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/quelicai/). The centre of Macalaco is about 105 km in a straight line from Dili, the capital. The centre point is at -8.5736° N, 126.5280° 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 Macalaco Open gazetteers list **11 villages, towns and localities** in Macalaco. Settlements here lie between about 358 m and 540 m above sea level (median 412 m). - Bocilai - Chefamuai - Defadae - Larimuta - Larubo - Letemumo - Letemuno - Luborice - Macalaco - Macalira - Samadae 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 Macalaco Named natural and historic features inside Macalaco, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Hills and mountains 1 mountain. - Gunung Samalari · 452 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 Macalaco 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 Macalaco Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Centro de Saúde Quelicai · Baguia 4.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.59972&mlon=126.55904#map=17/-8.59972/126.55904) Bank Grupo RIAK Beleza · Uma Quic 38 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.87819&mlon=126.36289#map=17/-8.87819/126.36289) Petrol pump Posto Gasolina Laga · Soba 14 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.47241&mlon=126.59828#map=17/-8.47241/126.59828) Hotel Albergaria Planalto · Buruma 14 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.47832&mlon=126.45123#map=17/-8.47832/126.45123) School Escola Basica Central Laisorolai · Laisorolai de Cima 9.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.65690&mlon=126.53576#map=17/-8.65690/126.53576) College Institutu catolico para a Formasao de Proferasores (ICFP) Baucau · Bahu 15 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 13 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 - Guruca - Laisorolai de Baixo - Laisorolai de Cima - Lelalai - Letemuno - Locoliu - Maluro - Namanei - Waitame ## Quick answers - Where is Macalaco?In Quelicai, Baucau Municipality, Timor-Leste - What borders Macalaco?Abafala, Baguia, Bualale, Guruca, Letemuno, Samalari, Seical and Wailili - How many villages are in Macalaco?11 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the elevation of Macalaco?Settlements lie between 358 m and 540 m - What is the highest point in Macalaco?Gunung Samalari (452 m, GeoNames elevation model) - What is the best time to visit Macalaco?March to October - Where is the nearest hospital to Macalaco?Centro de Saúde Quelicai, about 4.5 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Macalaco?Grupo RIAK Beleza, about 38 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Macalaco?Posto Gasolina Laga, about 14 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Macalaco?TL030305 (OCHA common operational dataset)