# Guenu Lai Suco, Cailaco, Bobonaro Municipality – Villages

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/bobonaro/cailaco/guenu-lai/

Suco · Cailaco 

# Guenu Lai

Guenu Lai is a suco (village) of Timor-Leste in Cailaco, Bobonaro Municipality. It covers **9.43 km²**. 10 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 9.4km²
- 1mapped services
- 431 mtypical elevation

## Where is Guenu Lai?

Guenu Lai lies in [Cailaco](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/bobonaro/cailaco/), [Bobonaro Municipality](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/bobonaro/), [Timor-Leste](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/). It borders 5 other sucos: [Dau Udo](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/bobonaro/cailaco/dau-udo/), [Goulolo](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/bobonaro/cailaco/goulolo/), [Laubono](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/ermera/atsabe/laubono/), [Leimeacraic](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/ermera/hatolia/leimeacraic/) and [Meligo](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/bobonaro/cailaco/meligo/). By area it is the 358th largest of 442 sucos in Timor-Leste. It covers 4.6% of [Cailaco](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/bobonaro/cailaco/). The centre of Guenu Lai is about 49 km in a straight line from Dili, the capital. The centre point is at -8.9024° N, 125.2933° 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 Guenu Lai

Open gazetteers list **10 villages, towns and localities** in Guenu Lai. The largest with a recorded population: Guenu Lai (348). Settlements here lie between about 304 m and 834 m above sea level (median 431 m).

- Batuuba
- Batuubu
- Cailaco
- Genu Lai
- Guenu Lai
- Melemaga
- Melemago
- Tegal
- Tirimos
- Waudu

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 Guenu Lai

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

### Water

1 river or stream.

- Mota Aimera

### Hills and mountains

4 mountains; 2 hills.

- Foho Melemuga · 834 m
- Foho Lekeama · 612 m
- Foho Rameta · 608 m
- Foho Umeuli · 525 m
- Foho Tirimos · 390 m
- Foho Borbote · 344 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 Guenu Lai and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Cailaco, 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 Guenu Lai

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Centro de Saúde Genulai · Guenu Lai 1.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.89264&mlon=125.28848#map=17/-8.89264/125.28848) 

Bank BNCTL Sucursal de Maliana · Lahomea 13 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.99105&mlon=125.22067#map=17/-8.99105/125.22067) 

Petrol pump Queyubun Laco Konbustivel · Ritabou 11 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.96408&mlon=125.21689#map=17/-8.96408/125.21689) 

Hotel Betania Traning center and Hotel · Holsa 13 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.99479&mlon=125.22635#map=17/-8.99479/125.22635) 

School Escola Primaria · Goulolo 1.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.91485&mlon=125.30541#map=17/-8.91485/125.30541) 

College IOB dan ETI · Odomau 14 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.98951&mlon=125.19846#map=17/-8.98951/125.19846) 

Police station Coramil, Comando Militer · Meligo 9.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.87952&mlon=125.21193#map=17/-8.87952/125.21193) 

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 Guenu Lai

Places mapped inside Guenu Lai 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 Cailaco

- Atudara
- Dau Udo
- Goulolo
- Manapa
- Meligo
- Ppurugoa
- Rraiheu

## Quick answers

- Where is Guenu Lai?In Cailaco, Bobonaro Municipality, Timor-Leste
- What borders Guenu Lai?Dau Udo, Goulolo, Laubono, Leimeacraic and Meligo
- How many villages are in Guenu Lai?10 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Guenu Lai?Settlements lie between 304 m and 834 m
- What is the highest point in Guenu Lai?Foho Melemuga (834 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit Guenu Lai?April to September
- Where is the nearest hospital to Guenu Lai?Centro de Saúde Genulai, about 1.2 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Guenu Lai?BNCTL Sucursal de Maliana, about 13 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Guenu Lai?Queyubun Laco Konbustivel, about 11 km from the centre
- How many hospitals are in Guenu Lai?1 mapped
- What is the P-code of Guenu Lai?TL040207 (OCHA common operational dataset)
