Ainaro Administrative Post

Ainaro, officially Ainaro Administrative Post (Portuguese: Posto Administrativo de Ainaro, Tetum: Postu administrativu Ainaru), is an administrative post (and was formerly a subdistrict) in Ainaro municipality, East Timor.^[1][2] Its seat or administrative centre is the suco of Ainaro.^[2]

This article is about the administrative post. For the town, see Ainaro. For the municipality, see Ainaro Municipality.

Ainaro
Administrative Post
Posto Administrativo de Ainaro (Portuguese) Postu administrativu Ainaru (Tetum)
Monument to Dom Aleixo in Ainaro
Official map
Ainaro
Coordinates: 8°59′S 125°30′E
Country	East Timor
Municipality	Ainaro
Seat	Ainaro
Sucos	Ainaro Cassa Manutaci [de] Mau-Nuno [de] Mau-Ulo [de] Soro Suro-Craic [de]
Area
• Total	234.7 km2 (90.6 sq mi)
Population  (2015 census)
• Total	16,121
• Density	69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Households (2015 census)
• Total	2,755
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (TLT)

The administrative post has a population of approximately 14,130 people (2001).^[3] It contains the small mountain town of Ainaro, which is also the capital of the municipality, along with the sucos of Ainaro, Soro, Maununo, Cassa, Suro Craic, Manutassi, and Mau-Ulo.