Atauro

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Atauro
Island and Municipality of East Timor
Ilha de/Município Ataúro (Portuguese) Illa/Munisípiu Ataúru (Tetum)
Atauro's coastline at Beloi [de]
Atauro in     East Timor
OpenStreetMap
Coordinates: 08°14′24″S 125°34′48″E / 8.24000°S 125.58000°E / -8.24000; 125.58000
Country	East Timor
Capital	Vila Maumeta [de]
Area
• Total	140.1 km2 (54.1 sq mi)
• Rank	14th
Population  (2015 census)
• Total	9,274
• Rank	14th
• Density	66/km2 (170/sq mi)
• Rank
Households (2015 census)
• Total	1,748
• Rank	14th
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (TLT)
HDI (2017)	0.733 (as part of Dili Municipality)[1] high · 1st
Website	https://atauro.gov.tl/

Atauro (Portuguese: Ilha de Ataúro, Tetum: Illa Ataúru, Indonesian: Pulau Atauro), also known as Kambing Island (Indonesian: Pulau Kambing), is an island and municipality (Portuguese: Município Ataúro, Tetum: Munisípiu Atauro or Ata'uro) of East Timor. Atauro is a small oceanic island situated north of Dili, on the extinct Wetar segment of the volcanic Inner Banda Arc, between the Indonesian islands of Alor and Wetar. The nearest island is the Indonesian island of Liran, 13.0 km (8.1 mi) to the northeast. At the 2015 census, it had 9,274 inhabitants.

Atauro was one of the administrative posts (formerly subdistricts) of Dili Municipality until it became a separate municipality with effect from 1 January 2022.^[2][3]