# Cowa Suco, Balibo, Bobonaro Municipality – Villages & Map

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/bobonaro/balibo/cowa/

Suco · Balibo 

# Cowa

Cowa is a suco (village) of Timor-Leste in Balibo, Bobonaro Municipality. It covers **80.0 km²**. 18 named villages and localities are recorded here.

- 80.0km²
- 423 mtypical elevation

## Where is Cowa?

Cowa lies in [Balibo](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/bobonaro/balibo/), [Bobonaro Municipality](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/bobonaro/), [Timor-Leste](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/). It borders 3 other sucos: [Balibo Vila](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/bobonaro/balibo/balibo-vila/), [Batugade](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/bobonaro/balibo/batugade/) and [Leohito](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/bobonaro/balibo/leohito/). By area it is the 43rd largest of 442 sucos in Timor-Leste. It covers 27.0% of [Balibo](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/bobonaro/balibo/). The centre of Cowa is about 83 km in a straight line from Dili, the capital. The centre point is at -9.0217° N, 124.9828° 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 Cowa

Open gazetteers list **18 villages, towns and localities** in Cowa. Settlements here lie between about 164 m and 615 m above sea level (median 423 m).

- Bauwai
- Cowa
- Fatukbelak
- Futatas
- Haliren
- Katimuben
- Kolobili
- Manehat
- Oepauk
- Railuli
- Solahae
- Solehae
- Sukaren
- Wefau
- Wefauk
- Weklese
- Weono
- Wesi

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 Cowa

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

### Water

1 river or stream.

- Mota Baukama

### Hills and mountains

14 mountains; 2 hills.

- Mount Tukufatin · 609 m
- Mount Katimuben · 578 m
- Taruik Bulawaun · 558 m
- Taruik Lowedar · 545 m
- Mount Bauwain · 536 m
- Nuaf Railuli · 535 m
- Taruik Manehat · 466 m
- Mount Malunmutuk · 448 m
- Tubu Kilaren · 420 m
- Mount Animnala · 412 m
- Mount Hila · 383 m
- Mount Gila · 350 m
- Mount Mewak · 318 m
- Taruik Wirena · 302 m
- Taruik Kotabot · 234 m
- Taruik Fatubesi · 193 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 Cowa and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Balibo, the warmest month is Nov (average 29 °C) and the coolest is Jul (25 °C). About 1,094 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jan (276 mm) and the driest Aug (5 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **April to September**.

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

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 26 276 

Feb 26 242 

Mar 26 147 

Apr 26 60 

May 26 39 

Jun 25 24 

Jul 25 11 

Aug 25 5 

Sep 27 6 

Oct 28 16 

Nov 29 66 

Dec 27 203 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Cowa

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Centro de Saúde Batugade · Batugade 7.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.95225&mlon=124.97695#map=17/-8.95225/124.97695) 

Bank BNCTL · Odomau 26 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.98917&mlon=125.21597#map=17/-8.98917/125.21597) 

Petrol pump Aitula Fuel Station · Tapo/Memo 23 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.99203&mlon=125.18610#map=17/-8.99203/125.18610) 

Hotel guest house · Batugade 7.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.95581&mlon=124.95790#map=17/-8.95581/124.95790) 

School Escola Badut Mean · Batugade 6.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.98495&mlon=124.94294#map=17/-8.98495/124.94294) 

College IOB dan ETI · Odomau 24 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.98951&mlon=125.19846#map=17/-8.98951/125.19846) 

Police station UPF Post · Batugade 6.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.98627&mlon=124.94053#map=17/-8.98627/124.94053) 

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 Balibo

- Balibo Vila
- Batugade
- Leohito
- Leolima
- Sanirin

## Quick answers

- Where is Cowa?In Balibo, Bobonaro Municipality, Timor-Leste
- What borders Cowa?Balibo Vila, Batugade and Leohito
- How many villages are in Cowa?18 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Cowa?Settlements lie between 164 m and 615 m
- What is the highest point in Cowa?Mount Tukufatin (609 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit Cowa?April to September
- Where is the nearest hospital to Cowa?Centro de Saúde Batugade, about 7.8 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Cowa?BNCTL, about 26 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Cowa?Aitula Fuel Station, about 23 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Cowa?TL040303 (OCHA common operational dataset)