Balibo
Sign in to savethumb|left|Portuguese military post Balibo in the 1930s|alt= thumb|left|Former Portuguese fort in Balibo|alt= thumb|left|Memorial to the Royal Australian Regiment as part of INTERFET in Balibo|alt= Balibo is a town in Timor-Leste situated approximately from the Indonesian border. It is located in the sub-district of Balibo, Bobonaro District.
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Balibo
- Settlement.settlement_type
- town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Balibo view from hill (twig on top).jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 280px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Balibo town in 2003
- Settlement.image_map
- Balibo posto administrativo.png
- Settlement.mapsize
- 280px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Sub-district, suco and town of Balibo
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- East Timor
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 280px
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Timor-Leste
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Admin. division
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Bobonaro
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.unit_pref
- metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 39.54
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Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 548
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- Commons category
- Balibo Vila
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thumb|left|Portuguese military post Balibo in the 1930s|alt= thumb|left|Former Portuguese fort in Balibo|alt= thumb|left|Memorial to the Royal Australian Regiment as part of INTERFET in Balibo|alt= Balibo is a town in Timor-Leste situated approximately from the Indonesian border. It is located in the sub-district of Balibo, Bobonaro District.
It was estimated by Human Rights Watch that 70 percent of the town was destroyed during the militia violence that preceded the vote on East Timorese independence.
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3 mapped locations