# Vatuvou Suco, Maubara, Liquiçá Municipality – Villages & Map > Source: https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/liquica/maubara/vatuvou/ Suco · Maubara # Vatuvou Vatuvou is a suco (village) of Timor-Leste in Maubara, Liquiçá Municipality. It covers **53.0 km²**. 16 named villages and localities are recorded here. - 53.0km² - 604 mtypical elevation ## Where is Vatuvou? Vatuvou lies in [Maubara](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/liquica/maubara/), [Liquiçá Municipality](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/liquica/), [Timor-Leste](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/). It borders 6 other sucos: [Dato](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/liquica/liquica/dato/), [Hatuquessi](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/liquica/liquica/hatuquessi/), [Leoteala](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/liquica/liquica/leoteala/), [Lissadila](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/liquica/maubara/lissadila/), [Maubaralissa](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/liquica/maubara/maubaralissa/) and [Vaviquinia](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/liquica/maubara/vaviquinia/). By area it is the 80th largest of 442 sucos in Timor-Leste. It covers 20.1% of [Maubara](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/liquica/maubara/). The centre of Vatuvou is about 35 km in a straight line from Dili, the capital. The centre point is at -8.6400° N, 125.2617° 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 Vatuvou Open gazetteers list **16 villages, towns and localities** in Vatuvou. Settlements here lie between about 13 m and 778 m above sea level (median 604 m). - Bourawe - Bourawei - Gariana - Hataulete - Hatunau - Katnaulete - Lauclau - Lebulema - Lisalara - Melabua - Raeme - Samanaro - Tolema - Vatunau - Vatuvou - Vitanau 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 Vatuvou Named natural and historic features inside Vatuvou, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 1 lake. - Sia Maubara ### Coast and islands 1 headland. - Inur Selarlau ### Hills and mountains 6 hills; 4 mountains. - Foho Gariana · 818 m - Foho Lauclau · 794 m - Foho Batubau · 743 m - Foho Watubau · 728 m - Foho Sekul · 268 m - Foho Kemaleae · 250 m - Foho Hatumanilau · 237 m - Foho Matemeo · 218 m - Foho Tolema · 218 m - Foho Sarelau · 108 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 Vatuvou and the best time to visit Using the climate of Maubara, the warmest month is Nov (average 28 °C) and the coolest is Jul (25 °C), after allowing for this place being about 153 m higher than the climate reference point (about 6.5 °C per 1,000 m). About 1,036 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jan (266 mm) and the driest Aug (5 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **April to October**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 26 266 Feb 26 223 Mar 26 137 Apr 27 62 May 27 39 Jun 26 26 Jul 25 10 Aug 26 5 Sep 27 5 Oct 28 16 Nov 28 59 Dec 27 187 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Vatuvou Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Centro de Saúde Maubara-Lisa · Maubaralissa 6.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.65671&mlon=125.20945#map=17/-8.65671/125.20945) Bank ATM BNCTL · Comoro 31 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.55749&mlon=125.52656#map=17/-8.55749/125.52656) ATM ATM Mandiri · Comoro 30 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.55330&mlon=125.52086#map=17/-8.55330/125.52086) Petrol pump Divita Fuel · Tibar 26 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.56668&mlon=125.49038#map=17/-8.56668/125.49038) Hotel Irmãs Carmelitas · Vaviquinia 9.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.61959&mlon=125.17910#map=17/-8.61959/125.17910) Mall Timor Plaza · Comoro 32 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.55382&mlon=125.54160#map=17/-8.55382/125.54160) School EB 1,2 Lebutelu · Maubaralissa 6.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.65723&mlon=125.20975#map=17/-8.65723/125.20975) College Instituto de Sao Joao de Brito (ISJB) · Ulmera 23 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.57599&mlon=125.46226#map=17/-8.57599/125.46226) Police station PNTL · Hatuquessi 4.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.63290&mlon=125.30532#map=17/-8.63290/125.30532) 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 Maubara - Gugleur - Guiço - Lissadila - Maubaralissa - Vatuboro - Vaviquinia ## Quick answers - Where is Vatuvou?In Maubara, Liquiçá Municipality, Timor-Leste - What borders Vatuvou?Dato, Hatuquessi, Leoteala, Lissadila, Maubaralissa and Vaviquinia - How many villages are in Vatuvou?16 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the elevation of Vatuvou?Settlements lie between 13 m and 778 m - What is the highest point in Vatuvou?Foho Gariana (818 m, GeoNames elevation model) - What is the best time to visit Vatuvou?April to October - Where is the nearest hospital to Vatuvou?Centro de Saúde Maubara-Lisa, about 6.0 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Vatuvou?ATM BNCTL, about 31 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Vatuvou?ATM Mandiri, about 30 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Vatuvou?Divita Fuel, about 26 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Vatuvou?TL080303 (OCHA common operational dataset)