# Luro, Lautém Municipality – Sucos, Villages & Map

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/lautem/luro/

Administrative post · Lautém Municipality 

# Luro

Luro is an administrative post of Timor-Leste in Lautém Municipality. It covers **127.7 km²**. It is divided into 6 sucos. 30 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 8 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 128km²
- 6sucos
- 8mapped services

## Where is Luro?

Luro lies in [Lautém Municipality](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/lautem/), [Timor-Leste](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/). It borders 4 other administrative posts: [Baguia](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/baguia/), [Iliomar](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/lautem/iliomar/), [Laga](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/laga/) and [Lautém](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/lautem/lautem/). By area it is the 52nd largest of 65 administrative posts in Timor-Leste. It covers 7.1% of [Lautém Municipality](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/lautem/). The centre of Luro is about 136 km in a straight line from Dili, the capital. It is about 21 km from Lospalos, the main town of Lautém Municipality. The centre point is at -8.5503° N, 126.8068° E.

Source: [WHO via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-tls).

## Sucos of Luro

Suco Area km² Localities Services 

[Afabubu](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/lautem/luro/afabubu/) 35 0 0 

[Baricafa](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/lautem/luro/baricafa/) 23 2 3 

[Cotamutu](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/lautem/luro/cotamutu/) 19 11 3 

[Lacawa](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/lautem/luro/lacawa/) 11 0 0 

[Luro](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/lautem/luro/luro/) 23 13 2 

[Wairoce](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/lautem/luro/wairoce/) 16 5 0 

Source: [WHO via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-tls); [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

## Villages and localities in Luro

Open gazetteers list **30 villages, towns and localities** in Luro. The largest with a recorded population: Luro (2,839) and Gunung Dilarini (365). Settlements here lie between about 76 m and 733 m above sea level (median 372 m).

- Abere
- Aelaneno
- Afa
- Afaia
- Alaira
- Ataname
- Barikafa
- Borogae
- Borowali
- Buanomar
- Buanomor
- Cotamuto
- Cotamutu
- Dalari
- Enanice
- Fanice
- Gunung Dilarini
- Halaena
- Kotamutu
- Lakawa
- Luro
- Onerafa
- Oroma
- Ossufaso
- Ouroma
- Sarelari
- Uacala
- Uatalano
- Wairoke
- Zefaliu

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 Luro

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

### Water

3 rivers and streams.

- River Bociliu
- Sungai Letana
- Sungai Metan

### Hills and mountains

13 mountains; 2 hills.

- Gunung Legumau · 1,128 m
- Gunung Faebu · 1,009 m
- Gunung Ililai · 892 m
- Gunung Luturo · 819 m
- Gunung Luahomar · 757 m
- Gunung Bibilutur · 731 m
- Gunung Hafahafa · 704 m
- Gunung Utonur · 673 m
- Gunung Larifa · 615 m
- Gunung Horo · 473 m
- Gunung Darabu · 394 m
- Gunung Cudagularagalata · 312 m
- Gunung Eucoma · 289 m
- Gunung Modaba · 244 m
- Gunung Siliri · 199 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 Luro and the best time to visit

In Luro, the warmest month is Nov (average 29 °C) and the coolest is Jul (25 °C). About 851 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jan (203 mm) and the driest Aug (5 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **March to September**.

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

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 28 203 

Feb 28 162 

Mar 28 117 

Apr 28 63 

May 27 51 

Jun 26 29 

Jul 25 13 

Aug 26 5 

Sep 27 5 

Oct 28 10 

Nov 29 46 

Dec 29 145 

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

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Luro

Places mapped inside Luro in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations.

- Hospitals7
- Schools1

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.

## Quick answers

- Where is Luro?In Lautém Municipality, Timor-Leste
- What borders Luro?Baguia, Iliomar, Laga and Lautém
- How many villages are in Luro?30 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Luro?Settlements lie between 76 m and 733 m
- What is the highest point in Luro?Gunung Legumau (1,128 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit Luro?March to September
- How many hospitals are in Luro?7 mapped
- What is the P-code of Luro?TL0904 (OCHA common operational dataset)
