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Lifau is a
village and suco in the East
Timor exclave of
Oecusse District. The
village is
located west of the
mouth of the Tono River. 1,938
people live...
- in the
exclave is the Tono River,: 4
which flows into the Savu Sea near
Lifau, just west of
Pante Mac****ar.
Outside the
rainy season, however, the river...
- The
Lifau Monument (Tetum:
Monumentu Lifau) is a
monument located in the town of
Lifau,
within the
administrative post of
Pante Mac****ar in the Oecusse...
- did the
Portuguese move to
Lifau in what is now East Timor's
Oecusse exclave.: 90 The
Portuguese had
engaged with
Lifau recently,
having sent forces...
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appointed an
administrator to
Lifau in 1656 and in 1702 the
Portuguese authorities installed a
regular governor in
Lifau, a move that was
violently opposed...
- Mac****ar,
Dominicans founded the town of
Lifau in 1556 to
secure the
sandalwood trade. From 1702 onwards,
Lifau, in the
outskirts of the
present city, was...
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Kupang too was lost to the
Dutch in 1652. The
Portuguese then
moved to
Lifau, in what is now East Timor's
Oecusse exclave.: 90
Effective European occupation...
- the Sonba'i kingdom. In 1556, the
Dominican Order founded the
village of
Lifau, six
kilometres west of today's
Pante Mac****ar, to
secure the sandalwood...
- sent by the
bishop of
Malacca to
Solor in 1562, and
became established at
Lifau in present-day East
Timor in 1641.
Portugal took over and
maintained control...
- Island,
influenced by
languages introduced to the area by
military men from
Lifau. It
shares a
number of
features with
nearby creoles such as Macanese. Baxter...
