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Berloi Waterfall
The waterfall in March 2016The waterfall in March 2016
Location of waterfallLocation of waterfallLocation of waterfall
LocationFatisi, Laulara, Aileu, East Timor
Coordinates8°38′43″S 125°31′30″E / 8.6453°S 125.525°E / -8.6453; 125.525
Elevationc. 541–545 m (1,775–1,788 ft) AMSL
WatercourseBerloi / Berloi-Fatisi River

The Berloi Waterfall (Portuguese: Cascata de Berloi, Tetum: Be Tuda Berloi) is a small waterfall in the municipality of Aileu, East Timor. It forms part of a minor tributary of the Comoro River.

Geography

The waterfall is located within the suco of Fatisi and the Laulara administrative post in the Aileu municipality, a short distance from Dili, the capital city. The stream that passes over the waterfall is sometimes referred to as the Berloi River or the Berloi-Fatisi River, and is a minor tributary of the Comoro River.

From the base of the waterfall, the stream flows initially in a southwesterly direction for a short distance. It then turns northwest to mark the border between the municipalities of Aileu and Ermera for about 3 km (1.9 mi), until it flows into the Comoro River about 5 km (3.1 mi) downstream of the village of Railaco [de].

History

On 19 August 1975, during the East Timorese Civil War, a member of Unetim, the Fretilin youth wing, killed a man who was being detained by Fretilin at the detention centre in Unmenlau, in the then sub-district of Laulara. His body was thrown into the stream near the waterfall. The following day, 20 August 1975, a group of eight men, who were being detained by Fretilin in Fatisi on suspicion of being spies for the Timorese Democratic Union (Portuguese: União Democrática Timorense (UDT)), were taken outside. Five of them were killed at the stream, and the remaining three were killed near Fatisi.

Ecology

The waterfall is a habitat, and has been a site for observation and recording, of both rare and abundant species of dragonfly.

See also

References

  1. ^ Seehausen, Malte; Pinto, Rui Miguel da Silva; Trainor, Colin Richard; Lopes, Jafet Potenzo (30 December 2018). "Further records of Odonata from Timor Island, with the first photographs of living Nososticta impercepta (Odonata: Platycnemididae) and additional records from Rote and Romang Islands". Faunistic Studies in South-east Asian and Pacific Island Odonata, Journal of the International Dragonfly Fund (25): 1–75. ISSN 2195-4534. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  2. ^ Município Aileu: Esboços Mapa Suco no Aldeia Timor-Leste (PDF) (in Tetum). Dili: Ministério das Finanças / Direcção Geral de Estatística / Direcção Nacional Cartografia Estatísticas. 2019. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Part 7.2: Unlawful Killings and Enforced Disappearances" (PDF). Chega! The Report of the Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation Timor-Leste. Dili: Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor. 2005. p. 20. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  4. ^ Município Ermera: Esboços Mapa Suco no Aldeia Timor-Leste (PDF) (in Tetum). Dili: Ministério das Finanças / Direcção Geral de Estatística / Direcção Nacional Cartografia Estatísticas. 2019. p. 74. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
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