Venilale

More recently it has become famous for its caves, built by the Japanese during World War Two and for being used as a hiding place for FRETLIN freedom fighters during the Indonesian occupation.

Also accommodation arrangements can be made through the tourism centre or directly with the Salesian Madres who run a guest house out of their secondary college, Eskola Teknika Profesional Santa Maria Mazzarello.

The economy of the area is mostly rural, based on rice grown in terraced fields worked by water buffalo, or in some cases by rotary hoes or tractors.

These markets form a focus for the economic and social life of the administrative post and many people walk for hours to bring their produce for sale.

The administrative post has five public health clinics, staffed by nurses, which provide immunisation, family planning, pre- and post-natal care and minor surgery.