The town is located at an altitude of about 350 m above sea level with temperatures ranging between 23 and 35 degrees Celsius making this area feel quite warm.

An influx of citizens fleeing from East Timor in 1999 made Atambua a big town.

The town's religion is made up of over 90% of Roman Catholic, 5% of Protestant and a few more of Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist.

Atambua was founded by the Dutch in October 1916, having moved from Atapupu, a port village in Kakuluk Mesak.

After Independence, Indonesia's first president, Sukarno went to Atambua and planted more trees in the place now called Lapangan Umum.

[5] As like Belu Regency, the television in this town is limited, which are: In this town there are many radio stations, which are: *) SCBT means Saluran Citra Budaya Timor (Timor Culture Channel) **) The radio is currently turned off The town's transport system relies mainly on minibuses, usually called bemo or mikrolet, and "motorcycle taxi" (Ojek) provide an alternative.

There are only four routes in the town served by the Mikrolets that connect the central area of Atambua with outlying zones.