# Mindelo Suco, Turiscai, Manufahi Municipality – Villages & Map > Source: https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/manufahi/turiscai/mindelo/ Suco · Turiscai # Mindelo Mindelo is a suco (village) of Timor-Leste in Turiscai, Manufahi Municipality. It covers **15.4 km²**. 4 named villages and localities are recorded here. - 15.4km² - 1,052 mtypical elevation ## Where is Mindelo? Mindelo 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 6 other sucos: [Aitemua](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/manufahi/turiscai/aitemua/), [Beremana](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/manufahi/turiscai/beremana/), [Fahinehan](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/manufahi/fatuberliu/fahinehan/), [Manetu](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/ainaro/maubisse/manetu/), [Orana](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/manufahi/turiscai/orana/) and [Tutuluro](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/manufahi/same/tutuluro/). By area it is the 294th largest of 442 sucos in Timor-Leste. It covers 8.2% of [Turiscai](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/manufahi/turiscai/). The centre of Mindelo is about 40 km in a straight line from Dili, the capital. The centre point is at -8.8942° N, 125.7077° 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 Mindelo Open gazetteers list **4 villages, towns and localities** in Mindelo. Settlements here lie between about 865 m and 1,318 m above sea level (median 1,052 m). - Aidila - Binani - Maubisse - Orsenaco 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 Mindelo Named natural and historic features inside Mindelo, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 1 river or stream. - Mota Urmerilau ### Hills and mountains 2 mountains. - Foho Mandahilau · 1,386 m - Foho Orsenacolau · 1,303 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 Mindelo and the best time to visit Using the climate of Turiscai, the warmest month is Nov (average 25 °C) and the coolest is Jul (21 °C). 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 24 242 Feb 23 205 Mar 23 126 Apr 23 55 May 22 37 Jun 21 23 Jul 21 10 Aug 21 4 Sep 22 5 Oct 24 13 Nov 25 57 Dec 25 173 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Mindelo Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Centro de Saúde Caimau · Manumera 7.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.82415&mlon=125.70692#map=17/-8.82415/125.70692) Bank Banco Nacional Timor-Leste · Letefoho 13 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-9.00080&mlon=125.65268#map=17/-9.00080/125.65268) ATM ATM BRI Balide · Macarenhas 39 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.56647&mlon=125.57990#map=17/-8.56647/125.57990) Petrol pump Nusabe gas station · Aisirimou 24 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.72609&mlon=125.57225#map=17/-8.72609/125.57225) Hotel Possada Maubisse · Maubisse 13 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.84093&mlon=125.60175#map=17/-8.84093/125.60175) Mall Top One · Bemori 40 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.55774&mlon=125.58448#map=17/-8.55774/125.58448) School Eskola TK Ailalek · Caicasa 7.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.89789&mlon=125.77788#map=17/-8.89789/125.77788) College Escola Técnica Aileu · Aisirimou 24 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 24 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 - Foholau - Lesuata - Liurai - Manumera - Matorec - Orana ## Quick answers - Where is Mindelo?In Turiscai, Manufahi Municipality, Timor-Leste - What borders Mindelo?Aitemua, Beremana, Fahinehan, Manetu, Orana and Tutuluro - How many villages are in Mindelo?4 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the elevation of Mindelo?Settlements lie between 865 m and 1,318 m - What is the highest point in Mindelo?Foho Mandahilau (1,386 m, GeoNames elevation model) - What is the best time to visit Mindelo?April to November - Where is the nearest hospital to Mindelo?Centro de Saúde Caimau, about 7.8 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Mindelo?Banco Nacional Timor-Leste, about 13 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Mindelo?ATM BRI Balide, about 39 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Mindelo?Nusabe gas station, about 24 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Mindelo?TL100408 (OCHA common operational dataset)