Kefamenanu
Place in Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia
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Kefamenanu is a town and capital of the administrative district (kecamatan) of Kota Kefamenanu and of the North Central Timor Regency in West Timor, Indonesia. A road connects it to Halilulik and Kota Atambua to the northeast. The district covers an area of 74 km2 and had a population of 43,058 at the 2010 Census[2] and 47,766 at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate in end 2024 was 49,673 (comprising 25,017 males and 24,656 females).[4] The town hosts the University of Timor, one of the two public universities in the Indonesian part of the island.
Kefamenanu | |
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  Kefamenanu Location in Indonesia  Kefamenanu Kefamenanu (Indonesia) | |
| Coordinates: 9°26′48″S 124°28′41″E | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Region | Lesser Sunda Islands |
| Province | East Nusa Tenggara |
| Territory | West Timor |
| Regency | North Central Timor Regency |
| Kecamatan | Kota Kefamenanu |
| Area | |
• Total | 28.57 sq mi (74.00 km2) |
| Population (end 2024 estimate) | |
• Total | 49,673 |
| • Density | 1,739/sq mi (671.3/km2) |
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| Time zone | UTC+8 (CIT) |
Urban villages
Kota Kefamenanu District is composed of nine urban villages (kelurahan), listed below with their populations as at end 2024:[5]
- Maubeli (7,826)
- Sasi (4,827)
- Tubuhue (5,815)
- Kefamenanu Selatan (9,692)
- Benpasi (5,912)
- Bansone (3,857)
- Kefamenanu Tengah (6,237)
- Aplasi (2,720)
- Kefamenanu Utara (2,787)
Climate
Kefamenanu has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) with moderate to little rainfall from April to November and heavy rainfall from December to March.
| Climate data for Kefamenanu | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.0 (82.4) |
27.6 (81.7) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.7 (83.7) |
28.5 (83.3) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.6 (81.7) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.9 (84.0) |
29.3 (84.7) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.2 (82.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.2 (77.4) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.9 (76.8) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.5 (76.1) |
23.7 (74.7) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.0 (73.4) |
23.6 (74.5) |
24.7 (76.5) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.5 (77.9) |
24.4 (76.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.4 (72.3) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.0 (69.8) |
20.6 (69.1) |
19.7 (67.5) |
18.6 (65.5) |
18.5 (65.3) |
19.0 (66.2) |
20.5 (68.9) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.6 (72.7) |
20.7 (69.3) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 268 (10.6) |
234 (9.2) |
200 (7.9) |
98 (3.9) |
65 (2.6) |
35 (1.4) |
28 (1.1) |
10 (0.4) |
5 (0.2) |
28 (1.1) |
94 (3.7) |
244 (9.6) |
1,309 (51.7) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[6] | |||||||||||||
