# Mehara Suco, Tutuala, Lautém Municipality – Villages & Map

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

Suco · Tutuala 

# Mehara

Mehara is a suco (village) of Timor-Leste in Tutuala, Lautém Municipality. It covers **189.9 km²**. 7 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 2 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 190km²
- 2mapped services
- 349 mtypical elevation

## Where is Mehara?

Mehara lies in [Tutuala](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/lautem/tutuala/), [Lautém Municipality](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/lautem/), [Timor-Leste](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/). It borders 4 other sucos: [Bauro](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/lautem/lospalos/bauro/), [Com](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/lautem/lautem/com/), [Muapitine](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/lautem/lospalos/muapitine/) and [Tutuala](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/lautem/tutuala/tutuala/). By area it is the 2nd largest of 442 sucos in Timor-Leste. It covers 61.4% of [Tutuala](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/lautem/tutuala/). The centre of Mehara is about 175 km in a straight line from Dili, the capital. The centre point is at -8.4458° N, 127.1577° 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 Mehara

Open gazetteers list **7 villages, towns and localities** in Mehara. Settlements here lie between about 92 m and 389 m above sea level (median 349 m).

- Loiquero
- Louiquero
- Malahara
- Mehara
- Porlamano
- Poros
- Purus

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 Mehara

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

### Water

1 lake; 1 river or stream.

- Danau Iralaloro
- Sungai Aramaco

### Coast and islands

1 headland.

- Tanjung Tei

### Hills and mountains

12 mountains.

- Gunung Paitchau I · 797 m
- Gunung Nofito · 641 m
- Gunung Somoro · 569 m
- Gunung Solipupur · 567 m
- Gunung Tetupuca · 554 m
- Gunung Laipoti · 494 m
- Gunung Sepeloho · 493 m
- Gunung Paitchau · 489 m
- Gunung Nuhoru · 482 m
- Gunung Paitekauile · 453 m
- Gunung Soco · 152 m
- Gunung Queerolafai · 85 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 Mehara and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Tutuala, the warmest month is Dec (average 29 °C) and the coolest is Aug (26 °C). About 920 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jan (207 mm) and the driest Aug (7 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **May to October**.

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

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 29 207 

Feb 29 161 

Mar 28 129 

Apr 28 78 

May 28 69 

Jun 27 40 

Jul 26 17 

Aug 26 7 

Sep 26 7 

Oct 28 12 

Nov 29 43 

Dec 29 151 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Mehara

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Centro de Saúde Mehara · Mehara 6.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.39914&mlon=127.18899#map=17/-8.39914/127.18899) 

Bank BNCTL ATM P24 · Fuiloro 20 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.52413&mlon=126.99479#map=17/-8.52413/126.99479) 

Petrol pump Pertamina Titer · Fuiloro 19 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.49096&mlon=126.99312#map=17/-8.49096/126.99312) 

Hotel Gracinda's Homestay · Tutuala 12 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.39571&mlon=127.25473#map=17/-8.39571/127.25473) 

School Tutuala Pre School · Tutuala 12 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.39403&mlon=127.25578#map=17/-8.39403/127.25578) 

Police station Stasaun Policia · Mehara 6.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.39804&mlon=127.18897#map=17/-8.39804/127.18897) 

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 Mehara

Places mapped inside Mehara in open map data, by type.

- Hospitals1
- Police stations1

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 Tutuala

- Tutuala

## Quick answers

- Where is Mehara?In Tutuala, Lautém Municipality, Timor-Leste
- What borders Mehara?Bauro, Com, Muapitine and Tutuala
- How many villages are in Mehara?7 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Mehara?Settlements lie between 92 m and 389 m
- What is the highest point in Mehara?Gunung Paitchau I (797 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit Mehara?May to October
- Where is the nearest hospital to Mehara?Centro de Saúde Mehara, about 6.2 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Mehara?BNCTL ATM P24, about 20 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Mehara?Pertamina Titer, about 19 km from the centre
- How many hospitals are in Mehara?1 mapped
- What is the P-code of Mehara?TL090501 (OCHA common operational dataset)
