Timor-Leste Administrative Divisions / Timor-Leste

Overview

Item	Details
Municipality	13
Administrative Post	65
Suco	442
Coordinates	✅ Included (all levels)
Formats	JSON, NDJSON, CSV
License	CC-BY-4.0
Last Updated	2026-06-07
Website	openadmindata.org/tl
API	openadmindata.org/api/tl

Browse by Municipality

#	Municipality	Administrative Posts	Sucos	Link
1	Aileu	4	31	Browse
2	Ainaro	4	21	Browse
3	Baucau	6	59	Browse
4	Bobonaro	6	50	Browse
5	Covalima	7	30	Browse
6	Dili	6	31	Browse
7	Ermera	5	52	Browse
8	Lautém	5	34	Browse
9	Liquiçá	3	23	Browse
10	Manatuto	6	29	Browse
11	Manufahi	4	29	Browse
12	Oecussi	4	18	Browse
13	Viqueque	5	35	Browse

Data Files

File	Format	Description
all-municipality.json	JSON	All 13 municipality records
all-administrative_post.json	JSON	All 65 administrative post records
all-suco.json	JSON	All 442 suco records
all-flat.json	JSON	Levels 1-2 flat array
all-flat.ndjson	NDJSON	Streaming format
all-flat.csv	CSV	Spreadsheet format
hierarchy.json	JSON	Nested tree
schema.json	JSON Schema	Data schema

Quick Start

Python

import json

with open("data/all-municipality.json", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
    data = json.load(f)

for r in data:
    print(f"{r['name']['local']} ({r['name']['en']}) — {r['children_count']['administrative_post']} administrative posts")

JavaScript

import { readFileSync } from "fs";

const data = JSON.parse(readFileSync("data/all-municipality.json", "utf-8"));
console.log(`Total: ${data.length} municipalitys`);

Schema

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Unique identifier
level	integer	1=municipality, 2=administrative post, 3=suco
level_name	object	Level label (local + English)
name.local	string	Name in local script
name.en	string	English name
name.slug	string	URL-safe slug
parent	object/null	Parent division reference
ancestors	array	Full ancestor chain
children_count	object	Count of children per level
zip_codes	array	Postal codes (where available)
geo.lat	string	Latitude (WGS84)
geo.lon	string	Longitude (WGS84)

Full schema: data/schema.json

Hierarchy Browse

divisions/{municipality-slug}/
divisions/{municipality-slug}/{administrative_post-slug}/

Sucos are listed inline in each administrative post's README.

AI Integration

• llms.txt — Quick reference for AI agents
• llms-full.txt — Summary with per-municipality links
• Per-municipality data — Full data by municipality

Citation

Timor-Leste Administrative Divisions Dataset (CC-BY-4.0)
URL: https://github.com/open-admin-data/timor-leste-administrative-divisions

See CITATION.cff for machine-readable citation.

License

• Data: CC-BY-4.0

Related

• Open Admin Data — Browse, search and explore administrative divisions for every country
• open-admin-data — GitHub organization with all country repos
• ListBase — Structured reference data for every country