Baucau

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Baucau
City
Cidade de Baucau (Portuguese) Cidade Baukau (Tetum)
View of the Old City, Baucau
Location in Baucau Municipality
Baucau Location in East Timor
Coordinates: 8°27′46″S 126°27′13″E / 8.46278°S 126.45361°E / -8.46278; 126.45361
Country	East Timor
Municipality	Baucau
Sucos (villages)	List 11
Area
• Total	369.53 km2 (142.68 sq mi)
Elevation	336 m (1,102 ft)
Population  (2015)
• Total	14,961
• Density	40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (TLT)
Climate	Aw

Baucau (Portuguese: Baucau, Tetum: Baukau) is the second-largest city in East Timor, after Dili, the capital, which lies 122 km (76 mi) to its west.

Baucau has about 16,000 inhabitants, and is the capital of Baucau municipality, located in the eastern part of the country. In the times of Portuguese Timor, Baucau was little more than an overgrown village,^[1] and for part of those times was called Vila Salazar, after the Portuguese dictator António de Oliveira Salazar.