# Costa Suco, Pante Macassar, Oecussi Municipality – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/oecussi/pante-macassar/costa/ Suco · Pante Macassar # Costa Costa is a suco (village) of Timor-Leste in Pante Macassar, Oecussi Municipality. It covers **84.9 km²**. 48 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 40 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 84.9km² - 40mapped services - 20 mtypical elevation ## Where is Costa? Costa lies in [Pante Macassar](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/oecussi/pante-macassar/), [Oecussi Municipality](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/oecussi/), [Timor-Leste](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/). It borders 5 other sucos: [Bobocase](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/oecussi/pante-macassar/bobocase/), [Lalisuc](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/oecussi/pante-macassar/lalisuc/), [Lifau](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/oecussi/pante-macassar/lifau/), [Naimeco](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/oecussi/pante-macassar/naimeco/) and [Nipani](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/oecussi/pante-macassar/nipani/). By area it is the 38th largest of 442 sucos in Timor-Leste. It covers 23.9% of [Pante Macassar](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/oecussi/pante-macassar/). The centre of Costa is about 148 km in a straight line from Dili, the capital. It is about 6.6 km from Pante Makasar, the main town of Pante Macassar. The centre point is at -9.2474° N, 124.4193° 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 Costa Open gazetteers list **48 villages, towns and localities** in Costa. The largest with a recorded population: Pante Makasar (4,730). Settlements here lie between about 5 m and 974 m above sea level (median 20 m). - Bensa'i - Buneo - Buneu - Bussi - Costa - Cutete - Faut-Bijae - Fulolo - Kabuk-Baki - Kiantabun - Kinat - Kiu Maria - Kiunete - Kuantabun - Kuatnana - Laukfoan - Mahata - Masin - Misi - Nis-Penu - Nisapenu - Numbei - Nunbai - Oe-Cussi - Oebau - Oemasin - Oesono - Oetulu - Oé-Bau - Oé-Sono - Oé-Tulu - Pademau - Padimau - Paineno - Palaban - Pante Makasar - Pante-Macassar - Sanane - Santa Cruz - Santa Rosa - Santacrus - Santaroja - Seklole - Semoro - Sikluli - Sikone-Naek - Sumlili - Taolen 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 Costa Named natural and historic features inside Costa, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 4 rivers and streams. - River Dehunis - River Haukeeh - River Kaah - River Oetului ### Coast and islands 1 headland. - Point Taileu ### Hills and mountains 11 mountains; 9 hills. - Mount Fatupeno · 1,112 m - Mount Fatubijael · 1,040 m - Mount Fafitei · 943 m - Mount Nalau · 788 m - Mount Haumeniana · 668 m - Mount Bibono · 634 m - Seli · 458 m - Mount Copobesak · 302 m - Mount Oepoko · 282 m - Mount Kalo · 237 m - Mount Maubar · 233 m - Mount Atolan · 220 m - Mount Sikone · 180 m - Mount Meokana · 164 m - Mount Macuba · 152 m - Mount Oelami · 102 m - Mount Selo · 94 m - Mount Oeupun · 88 m - Mount Fiumut · 54 m - Nuaf Fortalesa · 35 m ### Getting around 1 airport. - Oecusse Airport 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 Costa and the best time to visit Using the climate of Pante Macassar, the warmest month is Nov (average 27 °C) and the coolest is Jul (23 °C). About 1,367 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jan (339 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 24 339 Feb 24 310 Mar 24 199 Apr 24 64 May 24 36 Jun 23 16 Jul 23 13 Aug 23 4 Sep 25 7 Oct 26 23 Nov 27 92 Dec 25 264 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Costa Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Hospital Referal de Oé-Cusse Ambeno · Costa 7.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-9.20372&mlon=124.37324#map=17/-9.20372/124.37324) Bank BNCTL · Costa 7.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-9.20284&mlon=124.37160#map=17/-9.20284/124.37160) Petrol pump Irmão Timor Sucursal · Costa 8.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-9.20172&mlon=124.36096#map=17/-9.20172/124.36096) Hotel Rao Hotel and Restaurant · Costa 7.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-9.20410&mlon=124.36982#map=17/-9.20410/124.36982) School Ecola Primaria Lalehan · Costa 0.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-9.24212&mlon=124.42427#map=17/-9.24212/124.42427) College UNPAZ · Costa 7.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-9.19771&mlon=124.37351#map=17/-9.19771/124.37351) Police station Caserna da Polícia · Costa 6.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-9.20449&mlon=124.37459#map=17/-9.20449/124.37459) 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 Costa Places mapped inside Costa in open map data, by type. - Hospitals3 - Banks2 - Petrol pumps1 - Hotels10 - Schools12 - Colleges and universities2 - Restaurants6 - Police stations4 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 Pante Macassar - Bobocase - Cunha - Lalisuc - Lifau - Naimeco - Nipani - Taiboco ## Quick answers - Where is Costa?In Pante Macassar, Oecussi Municipality, Timor-Leste - What borders Costa?Bobocase, Lalisuc, Lifau, Naimeco and Nipani - How many villages are in Costa?48 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the elevation of Costa?Settlements lie between 5 m and 974 m - What is the highest point in Costa?Mount Fatupeno (1,112 m, GeoNames elevation model) - What is the best time to visit Costa?April to November - Where is the nearest hospital to Costa?Hospital Referal de Oé-Cusse Ambeno, about 7.0 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Costa?BNCTL, about 7.2 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Costa?Irmão Timor Sucursal, about 8.2 km from the centre - How many hospitals are in Costa?3 mapped - How many banks are in Costa?2 mapped - How many petrol pumps are in Costa?1 mapped - What is the P-code of Costa?TL120104 (OCHA common operational dataset)