Dili Municipality
Dili Municipality is one of the 14 municipalities, formerly districts, of Timor-Leste, and includes the national capital Dili.
Dili Municipality is one of the 14 municipalities, formerly districts, of Timor-Leste, and includes the national capital Dili. The municipality had a population of 277,279 as of 2015, most of whom live in the capital city.
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Worth seeing in and around Dili Municipality
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01National Stadium
The National Stadium of Timor-Leste, also known as the Municipal Stadium of Dili, is a multi-purpose stadium in Dili, Timor-Leste. The stadium has a capacity of 5,000 and is used mostly for football matches.
1 km · stadium in East Timor · Wikipedia - 02National University of East Timor
The National University of Timor-Leste, is a public university in Timor-Leste, the only one of its kind in the country. Founded in 2000, as a result of the nation's independence, its history can be traced, through the Faculty of Education, to the Portuguese colonial period, when the first public higher schools prepared for teachers appeared.
1.3 km · public university in East Timor · Wikipedia - 03National Library of East Timor
The National Library of East Timor is the national library and the national archive of East Timor. Its building is under construction since 2011 in Ai-Tarak Laran, a quarter in the Suco of Kampung Alur in the Dom Aleixo Subdistrict of the country's capital Dili.
2.9 km · national library · Wikipedia - 04Immaculate Conception Cathedral
The Immaculate Conception Metropolitan Cathedral in Dili is the main church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dili, Timor-Leste.
2 km · church in Díli, East Timor · Wikipedia - 05An-Nur Mosque
The An-Nur Mosque is a mosque in Alor Village, Dili, Timor-Leste.
3.2 km · mosque in Dili, East Timor · Wikipedia - 06Timorese Resistance Archive and Museum
The Timorese Resistance Archive and Museum is a museum in Dili, East Timor about the struggle for independence from Indonesia.
1.4 km · museum in Dili, East Timor · Wikipedia - 07Universidade Da Paz
Universidade da Paz is a private university in Dili, Timor-Leste.
3.9 km · university in East Timor · Wikipedia - 08Hindu temple in Dili
Pura Girinatha is the largest Balinese Hindu temple in Timor-Leste. It is located in the quarter Taibesi, in the south of the capital city of Dili, near the local market.
1.4 km · Indonesian Balinese Hindu temple in East Timor · Wikipedia - 09Dili Harbor Lighthouse
The Dili Harbor Lighthouse ) is a lighthouse on the shore of the Bay of Dili next to the beach on the west side of Dili, capital city of Timor-Leste. It assists with navigation into and out of the Port of Dili.
2.6 km · lighthouse in East Timor · Wikipedia - 10Motael Church
The Church of Santo António de Motael is the oldest Roman Catholic church in Timor-Leste and is located in Dili, the country's capital city. It is dedicated to Anthony of Padua.
2.2 km · church in Dili, East Timor · Wikipedia
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Getting to Dili Municipality
- Airports
- Presidente Nicolau Lobato (DIL), 7 km · Oecusse Route of the Sandalwood (OEC), 154 km
- Stations
- Port of Dili, 1.9 km
- Oecussi-Ambeno → Dili Municipality10125 km · quickest by air, 22h 50m · $2,270–3,460
- Ambon → Dili MunicipalityTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Darwin → Dili MunicipalityTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Dili Municipality
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Dili Municipality. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextYou will need a 4WD to get there but it is well worth the trip.
- Go nextAtauro has a public ferry every Saturday for $4 each way, leaving 09:00 and returning 15:00.
- Go nextThe journey takes three hours, meaning a Saturday day trip leaves you with only three hours on the island, which is enough to explore around the port area and complete the single available activity which is to eat and buy trinkets at the small market.
- Go nextDespite spending six hours on a ferry and only three hours on the island, the day trip is wildly popular with locals so the ferry may be very overcrowded.
- Go nextGleno is suitable for a day trip, especially if you want to see some mountains while staying on decent roads.
From Wikivoyage: Dili, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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- Nain Feto administrative postadministrative post in Dili Municipality, East Timor900 m
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