# Motaulun Suco, Bazartete, Liquiçá Municipality – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/liquica/bazartete/motaulun/ Suco · Bazartete # Motaulun Motaulun is a suco (village) of Timor-Leste in Bazartete, Liquiçá Municipality. It covers **19.5 km²**. 7 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 19.5km² - 1mapped services - 155 mtypical elevation ## Where is Motaulun? Motaulun lies in [Bazartete](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/liquica/bazartete/), [Liquiçá Municipality](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/liquica/), [Timor-Leste](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/). It borders 4 other sucos: [Fahilebo](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/liquica/bazartete/fahilebo/), [Fatumasi](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/liquica/bazartete/fatumasi/), [Lauhata](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/liquica/bazartete/lauhata/) and [Ulmera](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/liquica/bazartete/ulmera/). By area it is the 251st largest of 442 sucos in Timor-Leste. It covers 10.4% of [Bazartete](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/liquica/bazartete/). The centre of Motaulun is about 18 km in a straight line from Dili, the capital. It is about 7.9 km from Likisá, the main town of Bazartete. The centre point is at -8.5859° N, 125.4134° 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 Motaulun Open gazetteers list **7 villages, towns and localities** in Motaulun. Settlements here lie between about 4 m and 241 m above sea level (median 155 m). - Classo - Kaitcho - Klaso - Mauluto - Mota Icun - Motaikun - Motaulun 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 Motaulun Named natural and historic features inside Motaulun, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 2 rivers and streams. - Mota Failebo - Mota Ulun ### Coast and islands 1 headland. - Buku Hatuligarlao ### Hills and mountains 5 mountains; 2 hills. - Foho Borolete · 656 m - Foho Duruhi · 533 m - Foho Turenia · 522 m - Foho Pokebou · 449 m - Foho Kamelakalau · 380 m - Foho Fatubutileten · 214 m - Foho Luhuirhetuleten · 188 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 Motaulun and the best time to visit Using the climate of Bazartete, the warmest month is Nov (average 32 °C) and the coolest is Jul (28 °C), after allowing for this place being about 406 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). No month is both mild and dry, so plan around the rains. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 29 243 Feb 29 203 Mar 29 120 Apr 30 54 May 29 33 Jun 29 21 Jul 28 8 Aug 28 4 Sep 30 4 Oct 31 13 Nov 32 54 Dec 30 166 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Motaulun Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Motaulun · Motaulun 1.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.59642&mlon=125.40314#map=17/-8.59642/125.40314) Bank ATM BNCTL · Comoro 13 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 8.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.56668&mlon=125.49038#map=17/-8.56668/125.49038) Hotel Tibar Beach Retreat · Tibar 6.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.57565&mlon=125.47412#map=17/-8.57565/125.47412) Mall Timor Plaza · Comoro 15 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.55382&mlon=125.54160#map=17/-8.55382/125.54160) School Escola Filial 1 e 2 Ciclo Cassait · Ulmera 5.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.57182&mlon=125.46419#map=17/-8.57182/125.46419) College Instituto de Sao Joao de Brito (ISJB) · Ulmera 5.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.57599&mlon=125.46226#map=17/-8.57599/125.46226) Police station Posto Policia Tibar · Tibar 8.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.56729&mlon=125.49001#map=17/-8.56729/125.49001) 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 Motaulun Places mapped inside Motaulun 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 Bazartete - Fahilebo - Fatumasi - Lauhata - Leorema - Maumeta - Metagou - Tibar - Ulmera ## Quick answers - Where is Motaulun?In Bazartete, Liquiçá Municipality, Timor-Leste - What borders Motaulun?Fahilebo, Fatumasi, Lauhata and Ulmera - How many villages are in Motaulun?7 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the elevation of Motaulun?Settlements lie between 4 m and 241 m - What is the highest point in Motaulun?Foho Borolete (656 m, GeoNames elevation model) - Where is the nearest hospital to Motaulun?Motaulun, about 1.6 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Motaulun?ATM BNCTL, about 13 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Motaulun?ATM Mandiri, about 12 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Motaulun?Divita Fuel, about 8.7 km from the centre - How many hospitals are in Motaulun?1 mapped - What is the P-code of Motaulun?TL080104 (OCHA common operational dataset)