# Foholau Suco, Turiscai, Manufahi Municipality – Villages & Map > Source: https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/manufahi/turiscai/foholau/ Suco · Turiscai # Foholau Foholau is a suco (village) of Timor-Leste in Turiscai, Manufahi Municipality. It covers **17.5 km²**. 4 named villages and localities are recorded here. - 17.5km² - 1,389 mtypical elevation ## Where is Foholau? Foholau lies in [Turiscai](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/manufahi/turiscai/), [Manufahi Municipality](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/manufahi/), [Timor-Leste](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/). It borders 4 other sucos: [Beremana](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/manufahi/turiscai/beremana/), [Caicasa](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/manufahi/fatuberliu/caicasa/), [Matorec](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/manufahi/turiscai/matorec/) and [Orana](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/manufahi/turiscai/orana/). By area it is the 272nd largest of 442 sucos in Timor-Leste. It covers 9.3% of [Turiscai](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/manufahi/turiscai/). The centre of Foholau is about 41 km in a straight line from Dili, the capital. The centre point is at -8.8636° N, 125.7772° 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 Foholau Open gazetteers list **4 villages, towns and localities** in Foholau. Settlements here lie between about 1,383 m and 1,441 m above sea level (median 1,389 m). - Fatulelo - Foholau - Tarabula - Tarabulo 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 Foholau Named natural and historic features inside Foholau, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 2 rivers and streams. - Mota Borok - Mota Morclala ### Hills and mountains 11 mountains. - Foho Ovelala · 1,579 m - Foho Rakbali · 1,566 m - Foho Betolau · 1,486 m - Tarabula · 1,449 m - Foho Docolau · 1,408 m - Foho Malibepalau · 1,406 m - Foho Lisiteu · 1,338 m - Foho Maquiquit · 1,214 m - Foho Lehubase · 1,209 m - Foho Hohe · 1,143 m - Foho Salacain · 907 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 Foholau and the best time to visit Using the climate of Turiscai, the warmest month is Nov (average 24 °C) and the coolest is Jul (19 °C), after allowing for this place being about 224 m higher than the climate reference point (about 6.5 °C per 1,000 m). About 949 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jan (242 mm) and the driest Aug (4 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **April to November**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 22 242 Feb 22 205 Mar 22 126 Apr 22 55 May 21 37 Jun 20 23 Jul 19 10 Aug 19 4 Sep 21 5 Oct 22 13 Nov 24 57 Dec 23 173 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Foholau Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Liurai · Liurai 5.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.82965&mlon=125.74390#map=17/-8.82965/125.74390) Bank Banco Nacional Timor-Leste · Letefoho 20 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-9.00080&mlon=125.65268#map=17/-9.00080/125.65268) ATM ATM BRI Balide · Macarenhas 40 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.56647&mlon=125.57990#map=17/-8.56647/125.57990) Petrol pump Nusabe gas station · Aisirimou 27 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.72609&mlon=125.57225#map=17/-8.72609/125.57225) Hotel Possada Maubisse · Maubisse 19 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.84093&mlon=125.60175#map=17/-8.84093/125.60175) School Eskola TK Ailalek · Caicasa 3.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.89789&mlon=125.77788#map=17/-8.89789/125.77788) College Escola Técnica Aileu · Aisirimou 28 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.72079&mlon=125.57107#map=17/-8.72079/125.57107) Police station Posto de polícia · Seloi Malere 27 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.73354&mlon=125.56671#map=17/-8.73354/125.56671) 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 Turiscai - Aitemua - Beremana - Caimauc - Fatucalo - Lesuata - Liurai - Manumera - Matorec - Mindelo - Orana ## Quick answers - Where is Foholau?In Turiscai, Manufahi Municipality, Timor-Leste - What borders Foholau?Beremana, Caicasa, Matorec and Orana - How many villages are in Foholau?4 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the elevation of Foholau?Settlements lie between 1,383 m and 1,441 m - What is the highest point in Foholau?Foho Ovelala (1,579 m, GeoNames elevation model) - What is the best time to visit Foholau?April to November - Where is the nearest hospital to Foholau?Liurai, about 5.3 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Foholau?Banco Nacional Timor-Leste, about 20 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Foholau?ATM BRI Balide, about 40 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Foholau?Nusabe gas station, about 27 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Foholau?TL100410 (OCHA common operational dataset)