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Ministerial Order No. 16/2017 establishing the formal Recognition of Traditional Sucos and Indigenous Villages.

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Date of publication: 
March 2017
Resource Language: 
Portuguese
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LEX-FAOC176483
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This Ministerial Order, consisting of 4 articles and eleven Annexes (I-A to I-M), establishes the formal Recognition of Traditional Sucos and Indigenous Villages existing in the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste recognizes the existence of 451 Sucos and 2,233 Villages, whose designation and location in the national territory is included in Annex I-A to Annex I-M to this Ministerial Order. Annexes specify Administrative Areas; Sucos and related Villages.

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