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Manufahi (Portuguese: Município Manufahi, Tetum: Munisípiu Manufahi) is one of the municipalities of Timor-Leste. It has a population of 53,691 (2015 census) and an area of 1,323km2.[2] The capital of the municipality is Same.[3]
Toponymy
The municipality's current name, Manufahi, is said to be derived from Maun Fahe, the Tetum language expression for 'divided brothers'. According to legend, there was a fight between two related tribes, or a group of siblings. Eventually, the protagonists agreed to subject themselves to a single ruler.[4][5]:67
During the Portuguese colonial era, the then district bore the name of its main town, Same. The present name was adopted on the basis of the divided brothers legend.[4][5]:67 However, it was misspelled, and the Tetum language meaning of the misspelled name is 'pig chicken'.[4]
Efforts are being made to correct the name. However, there is another legend that in the suco of Daisula[de] a rooster once flew down from a mountain, landed on the back of a pig, and then travelled with the pig to many places before returning home.[4]
Geography
Manufahi extends from the central highlands of Timor-Leste to its south coast, on the Timor Sea.[5]:67 It is bordered by Manatuto to the east, Ainaro to the west, and Aileu to the north.
During its time as a Portuguese colony, the municipality was called Same, after the capital city. It was the epicentre of the Great Rebellion of 1910–12. During the Indonesian occupation the then subdistrict of Hato-Udo was split off from the then district of Manufahi and joined to Ainaro, and the then subdistrict of Turiscai, previously in Ainaro, was moved to Manufahi.
↑"Timor Loro Sae: Um pouco de história"[Timor Loro Sae: A little history]. A.M.O.C. - Associação dos Militares do Oecussi (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 13 November 2001. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
↑Gunn, Geoffrey C (2011). Historical Dictionary of East Timor. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p.124–125. ISBN9780810867543.
Perfil Distritu Manufahi[Manufahi District Profile](PDF) (Report) (in Tetum). 2012. Archived from the original(PDF) on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
Profil Distrik Manufahi[Manufahi District Profile](PDF) (Report) (in Indonesian). April 2002. Archived from the original(PDF) on 28 March 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
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