Viqueque Municipality

**Viqueque** (Tetum: Vikeke) is the largest of the municipalities of East Timor. The name comes from the ancient name _"We Keke"_; _We_ means "water" and _Keke_ "bracelet".

## Geography

Viqueque is on the south coast of Timor, on the Timor Sea. It has an area of .

It borders the municipalities Baucau to the north, Lautém to the east, and Manatuto to the west.

The capital of the municipality has the same name: Viqueque.

There are five administrative posts: Lacluta, Ossu, Uato-Lari (which was known in Portuguese Timor as Leça, and, in Tetum, is spelled _Watulari_), Uato Carabau (spelled _Watucarbau_ in Tetum), and Viqueque.

Among the rivers that flow through Viqueque and into the Timor Sea are: Nunuc, Tuco, Cuha, Bularan, Benaro, Beaco and Weburak in the administrative post Viqueque; Lugassa on the border with Uato -Lari; Saqueto, Bebui, Borouai and Oiqui in the Uato-Lari administrative post; and Molaiuai and Uaidori in the Uatucarbau administrative post.

The Ossu administrative post is surrounded by several mountains: Monte Mundo Perdido in the west, the Builo in the south, the Matebian massif to the east and Fatu Laritame in the north. In Monte Mundo Perdido,  are protected for hunting and for the protection of birds as Important Bird Area. Here, there are many endemic species, including many rare orchids.

## Population

The municipality of Viqueque had a population of 73,581 in 2011. Its density is  inhabitants per km².

Viqueque is a homeland of the Malayo-Polynesian language Tetum. In East Timor it is co-official with Portuguese. In the east part of the municipality live speakers of the Papuan language Makasae.

## Other websites

- Ministry of State Administration
- Viqueque District Development Plan 2002/2003

## Infobox (mapframe)

- **frame-width**: 250
- **zoom**: 8


## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Viqueque
- **settlement type**: Municipalities of East Timor, Municipality of East Timor
- **image skyline**: Viqueque rice field.jpg
- **image caption**: Rice fields in Viqueque
- **image blank emblem**: Viqueque municipio.png
- **blank emblem type**: Official map
- **blank emblem size**: 250px
- **blank emblem alt**: Official map
- **image map**: 2015 East Timor Viqueque locator map.png
- **map alt**: Map of East Timor highlighting the Municipality
- **map caption**: **Viqueque** in   **East Timor**
- **map alt1**: Map of the Municipality
- **image seal**: Administração Município Viqueque.jpg
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **parts style**: para
- **seat type**: Capital (political), Capital
- **seat**: Viqueque
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area rank**: List of municipalities of East Timor by area, 1st
- **population rank**: List of municipalities of East Timor by population, 5th
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population density rank**: List of municipalities of East Timor by population density, 10th
- **demographics1 title2**: Rank
- **demographics1 info2**: List of municipalities of East Timor by households, 5th
- **iso code**: ISO 3166-2:TL, TL-VI
- **blank name sec2**: Human Development Index, HDI (2017)
- **blank info sec2**: 0.602
 · List of municipalities of East Timor by Human Development Index, 9th