# Taraço Suco, Railaco, Ermera Municipality – Villages & Map > Source: https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/ermera/railaco/taraco/ Suco · Railaco # Taraço Taraço is a suco (village) of Timor-Leste in Railaco, Ermera Municipality. It covers **10.7 km²**. 3 named villages and localities are recorded here. - 10.7km² - 717 mtypical elevation ## Where is Taraço? Taraço lies in [Railaco](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/ermera/railaco/), [Ermera Municipality](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/ermera/), [Timor-Leste](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/). It borders 8 other sucos: [Deleco](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/ermera/railaco/deleco/), [Fatisi](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/aileu/laulara/fatisi/), [Lihu](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/ermera/railaco/lihu/), [Rrailaco Craic](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/ermera/railaco/rrailaco-craic/), [Rrailaco Leten](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/ermera/railaco/rrailaco-leten/), [Samalete](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/ermera/railaco/samalete/), [Tibar](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/liquica/bazartete/tibar/) and [Ulmera](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/liquica/bazartete/ulmera/). By area it is the 348th largest of 442 sucos in Timor-Leste. It covers 10.2% of [Railaco](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/ermera/railaco/). The centre of Taraço is about 14 km in a straight line from Dili, the capital. The centre point is at -8.6508° N, 125.4835° 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 Taraço Open gazetteers list **3 villages, towns and localities** in Taraço. Settlements here lie between about 605 m and 720 m above sea level (median 717 m). - Datoleo - Lakeko - Taraco 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 Taraço Named natural and historic features inside Taraço, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 2 rivers and streams. - Mota Balele - Mota Maulu ### Hills and mountains 1 mountain. - Foho Lauleslau · 603 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 Taraço and the best time to visit Using the climate of Railaco, the warmest month is Nov (average 30 °C) and the coolest is Jul (27 °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 925 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jan (243 mm) and the driest Aug (4 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **June to August**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 28 243 Feb 28 203 Mar 28 120 Apr 28 54 May 28 33 Jun 27 21 Jul 27 8 Aug 27 4 Sep 28 4 Oct 30 13 Nov 30 54 Dec 29 166 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Taraço Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Centro de Saúde Fatisi · Fatisi 5.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.63515&mlon=125.52632#map=17/-8.63515/125.52632) Bank ATM BNCTL · Comoro 11 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.55749&mlon=125.52656#map=17/-8.55749/125.52656) ATM ATM Mandiri · Comoro 12 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.55330&mlon=125.52086#map=17/-8.55330/125.52086) Petrol pump Divita Fuel · Tibar 9.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.56668&mlon=125.49038#map=17/-8.56668/125.49038) Hotel Hotel Fatin Turristico · Seloi Craic 8.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.70604&mlon=125.53399#map=17/-8.70604/125.53399) Mall Timor Plaza · Comoro 13 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.55382&mlon=125.54160#map=17/-8.55382/125.54160) School EBF Aiurlala · Samalete 3.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.66022&mlon=125.51456#map=17/-8.66022/125.51456) College Instituto de Sao Joao de Brito (ISJB) · Ulmera 8.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.57599&mlon=125.46226#map=17/-8.57599/125.46226) Police station posto policia seloi kraik · Seloi Craic 7.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.71140&mlon=125.52126#map=17/-8.71140/125.52126) 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 Railaco - Deleco - Fatuquero - Lihu - Matata - Rrailaco Craic - Rrailaco Leten - Samalete - Tocoluli ## Quick answers - Where is Taraço?In Railaco, Ermera Municipality, Timor-Leste - What borders Taraço?Deleco, Fatisi, Lihu, Rrailaco Craic, Rrailaco Leten, Samalete, Tibar and Ulmera - How many villages are in Taraço?3 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the elevation of Taraço?Settlements lie between 605 m and 720 m - What is the highest point in Taraço?Foho Lauleslau (603 m, GeoNames elevation model) - What is the best time to visit Taraço?June to August - Where is the nearest hospital to Taraço?Centro de Saúde Fatisi, about 5.0 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Taraço?ATM BNCTL, about 11 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Taraço?ATM Mandiri, about 12 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Taraço?Divita Fuel, about 9.4 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Taraço?TL070109 (OCHA common operational dataset)