Manufahi is one of the districts

Districts of East Timor

||East Timor is divided into thirteen administrative districts. The districts are divided into subdistricts, and further subdivided into sucos.The borders between Cova-Lima and Ainaro and between Baucau and Viqueque were changed in 2003.-References:...

 of East Timor

East Timor

The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as East Timor , is a state in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor...

. It has a population of 44,235 (2004 census) and an area of 1,325 km². The capital of the district is Same

Same (East Timor)

Same is a city and subdistrict in the interior of East Timor, 81 km south of Dili, the national capital. Same has a population of 25,000 and is the capital of the district of Manufahi, which was known as the district of Same in Portuguese Timor....

. The subdistricts are Alas

Alas (East Timor)

Alas is a town and subdistrict in the Manufahi District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 6,485....

, Fatuberlio

Fatuberlio

Fatuberliu is a town and subdistrict in the Manufahi District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 6,326.-Reference:*...

, Same

Same (East Timor)

Same is a city and subdistrict in the interior of East Timor, 81 km south of Dili, the national capital. Same has a population of 25,000 and is the capital of the district of Manufahi, which was known as the district of Same in Portuguese Timor....

, and Turiscai

Turiscai

Turiscai is a town and subdistrict in the Manufahi District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 6,073.-Reference:*...

. In the times of the Portuguese colony, the district was called Same, after the capital city. During the Indonesian occupation the subdistrict Hato-Udo was split off from the district and joined to Ainaro

Ainaro (district)

Ainaro is one of 13 administrative districts of East Timor, in the southwest part of the country. It has a population of 53,629 and an area of 797 km2...

, and the subdistrict Turiscai, previously in Ainaro, was moved to Manufahi.

Manufahi lies on the south coast of East Timor, on the Timor Sea

Timor Sea

The Timor Sea is a relatively shallow sea bounded to the north by the island of Timor, to the east by the Arafura Sea, to the south by Australia and to the west by the Indian Ocean....

. It borders the district Manatuto

Manatuto (district)

Manatuto is one of the districts of East Timor, located in the central part of the country. It reaches both the south and north coasts of the island, and is only one of two districts to do so . To the north is the Strait of Wetar, to the south is the Timor Sea...

 to the east, Ainaro

Ainaro (district)

Ainaro is one of 13 administrative districts of East Timor, in the southwest part of the country. It has a population of 53,629 and an area of 797 km2...

 to the west, and Aileu

Aileu (district)

Aileu is an administrative district of East Timor. It has a population of 36,889 and an area of 729 km². The capital of the district is also named Aileu. The subdistricts are Aileu, Laulara, Lequidoe and Remexio....

 to the north.

Besides the national official languages of Tetum and Portuguese

Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...

, the Malayo-Polynesian language Mambai

Mambai

The Mambai are the second largest ethnic group in East Timor. Their language is also called Mambai and has ISO 639-3 code mgm.-People:...

is also spoken.