Lolotoe

library, Saturday market, shops, a primary school and a junior high school. Lolotoe can expect up to nine months of rain per year and often faces challenges of extremely strong winds which routinely destroy crops and damage property. Travel to and from Lolotoe is difficult and sometimes becomes impossible by car during or after heavy rain. Since independence only short parts of the road from the district capital Maliana to Lolotoe have been maintained. Many farmers regularly make the five hour trip on foot to Suai to sell their produce in the markets there. People from Lolotoe are members of the Bunaq speaking ethno-linguistic group which spreads into the neighbouring district, Covalima, and is also found in parts of Balibo as well as in a small area across the border in Indonesian west Timor. Large family networks in Lolotoe extend across the border, making illegal travel to visit relatives in west Timor common. Unlike other languages in the western part of Timor-Leste which are Austronesian, Bunaq derives from the Papuan language family. Many people in Lolotoe are also fluent in the national language, Tetun, as well as Indonesian. The Globalism Institute was about to commence research in Lolotoe in July 2007 when a conflict between local community members, the church and people affiliated to different political parties led to nearly 20 houses being damaged and forcing various people to flee. While the Globalism Institute remains committed to working in Lolotoe in the future, the decision was made to delay the project in that site until a more appropriate time. Lolotoe liegt im äußersten Süden des Distrikts Bobonaro. Im Süden und Osten grenzt es an den Distrikt Cova Lima, im Norden an die Subdistrikte Bobonaro und Maliana und im Westen an das indonesische Westtimor. Der Subdistrikt teilt sich in sieben Sucos: Deudet, Gildapil (Gilapil), Guda, Lebos, Lontas, Lupal (Lupai) und Opa. Für das Gebiet wird mit 2.837 mm die größte jährliche Niederschlagsmenge in Osttimor angegeben.