[1] Locally Pante Macassar is known also as "Oecussi," which is commonly translated as "water pot",[1] and was the name of one of the two original kingdoms that form the exclave.

[2] It consists of a series of loosely connected hamlets that reach as far west as the Tono River, which spans the Noefefan Bridge.

When Fretilin finally declared East Timor independent from Portugal on 28 November 1975, the Indonesian flag was planted in Pante Macassar the following day.

During the 1999 East Timorese crisis, which followed the independence referendum, Pante Macassar was targeted by pro-Indonesian militias, supported by the Indonesian military.

[5] Twice a week, a ferry boat from Dili arrives, for a journey that takes 12 hours (which is half a day).