Salele is a village in East Timor located in the suco of Lalawa in the Tilomar Administrative Post (formerly called subdistrict) of the Cova Lima Municipality.
It is the location of the second main border crossing between the East Timor and Indonesia.
The village is served by the main road linking Suai, 25 km to the east, with the town of Betun, the capital of Malaka Regency which is located 30 km to the west across the border in Indonesia.
The checkpoint was newly built to cater to cross border traffic after East Timor became independent and opened by Vice Prime Minister Jose Luis Guterres on 26 June 2012.
[3] This is the main border crossing for the southern coast of East Timor, linking Suai city with the West Timor cities of Betun and Besikama.