Dom Aleixo Administrative Post

This article is about the administrative post. For the chieftain and hero, see Dom Aleixo.

Dom Aleixo Administrative Post (Portuguese: Posto Administrativo de Dom Aleixo, Tetum: Postu Administrativu Dom Aleixo), is an administrative post in Dili Municipality, Timor-Leste, at the mouth of Comoro River.^[1][2] Its seat or administrative centre is Comoro [de].^[2]

Dom Aleixo
Administrative Post
Posto Administrativo de Dom Aleixo (Portuguese) Postu Administrativu Dom Aleixo (Tetum)
Beach Road, Fatuhada, Dom Aleixo
Official map
Dom Aleixo
Coordinates: 8°32′48″S 125°31′29″E
Country	Timor-Leste
Municipality	Dili
Seat	Comoro [de]
Sucos	Bairro Pite [de] Bebonuk [de] Comoro [de] Fatuhada Kampung Alor Madohi [de] Manleuana [de]
Area
• Total	25.9 km2 (10.0 sq mi)
Population  (2015 census)
• Total	130,095
• Density	5,000/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
Households (2015 census)
• Total	20,579
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (TLT)

The administrative post is named after Aleixo Corte-Real. Its population at the 2010 census was 105,154. Its area is 33,12 km².

Dom Aleixo contains the Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport, the foreign ministry building, and the main mosque of East Timor. The Tasitolu salt lakes are in the most western part of Dom Aleixo in Comoro suco.

Education

Secondary schools in Dom Aleixo include Colégio São Miguel Arcanjo, Escola Paroquial de São Pedro, Escola Secundária Geral An-Nur, Escola Secundária Geral Nicolau Lobato, Externato de São José, and Escola Secundária Santa Madalena de Canossa.^[3]