# Lifau Suco, Pante Macassar, Oecussi Municipality – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/oecussi/pante-macassar/lifau/ Suco · Pante Macassar # Lifau Lifau is a suco (village) of Timor-Leste in Pante Macassar, Oecussi Municipality. It covers **19.1 km²**. 12 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 19.1km² - 1mapped services - 13 mtypical elevation ## Where is Lifau? Lifau 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 3 other sucos: [Costa](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/oecussi/pante-macassar/costa/), [Lalisuc](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/oecussi/pante-macassar/lalisuc/) and [Taiboco](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/oecussi/pante-macassar/taiboco/). By area it is the 256th largest of 442 sucos in Timor-Leste. It covers 5.4% of [Pante Macassar](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/oecussi/pante-macassar/). The centre of Lifau is about 158 km in a straight line from Dili, the capital. It is about 9.4 km from Pante Makasar, the main town of Pante Macassar. The centre point is at -9.2226° N, 124.3005° 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 Lifau Open gazetteers list **12 villages, towns and localities** in Lifau. The largest with a recorded population: Lifau (1,938) and Lifau (1,938). Settlements here lie between about 6 m and 27 m above sea level (median 13 m). - Aesero - Kolam Cina - Lifau - Najalu - Nefoba'i - Nepobai - Oemolo - Oé-Molo - Postusika - Taosero - Tulaica - Tulaika 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 Lifau Named natural and historic features inside Lifau, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 6 rivers and streams. - Kali Tono - River Bahia - River Kolombo - River Masi - River Nitu - River Oesela ### Coast and islands 1 headland. - Point Lipaupar ### Hills and mountains 9 hills. - Mount Bibun · 153 m - Tui Oelmatane · 153 m - Tui Bilulat · 152 m - Mount Usapana · 139 m - Mount Patuufu · 87 m - Mount Portaleza · 85 m - Mount Maunoe · 68 m - Mount Neopkisan · 65 m - Mount Kolombo · 59 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 Lifau 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 Lifau Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Centro de Saúde Enf. Domingos da Costa Kiu Maunteko · Costa 4.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-9.21183&mlon=124.33813#map=17/-9.21183/124.33813) Bank BNCTL · Costa 8.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-9.20284&mlon=124.37160#map=17/-9.20284/124.37160) Petrol pump Irmão Timor Sucursal · Costa 7.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-9.20172&mlon=124.36096#map=17/-9.20172/124.36096) Hotel Hotel Oé-Upu · Costa 4.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-9.20651&mlon=124.33706#map=17/-9.20651/124.33706) School EBC Tulaika · Lifau 0.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-9.22892&mlon=124.29622#map=17/-9.22892/124.29622) College Dili Institute of Technology · Costa 4.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-9.20285&mlon=124.33801#map=17/-9.20285/124.33801) Police station Esquadra UPF · Costa 7.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-9.20558&mlon=124.36601#map=17/-9.20558/124.36601) 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 Lifau Places mapped inside Lifau in open map data, by type. - Schools1 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 - Costa - Cunha - Lalisuc - Naimeco - Nipani - Taiboco ## Quick answers - Where is Lifau?In Pante Macassar, Oecussi Municipality, Timor-Leste - What borders Lifau?Costa, Lalisuc and Taiboco - How many villages are in Lifau?12 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the elevation of Lifau?Settlements lie between 6 m and 27 m - What is the highest point in Lifau?Mount Bibun (153 m, GeoNames elevation model) - What is the best time to visit Lifau?April to November - Where is the nearest hospital to Lifau?Centro de Saúde Enf. Domingos da Costa Kiu Maunteko, about 4.3 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Lifau?BNCTL, about 8.1 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Lifau?Irmão Timor Sucursal, about 7.0 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Lifau?TL120102 (OCHA common operational dataset)