City profile · Timor-Leste · Asia
Baukau
Baucau · Timor-Leste
City population
16,000
#9
in Timor-Leste
#1
in Baucau
#29,964
worldwide
-8.476, 126.456 · 98 km from Dili
About Baukau
Baukau is a city in Baucau, Timor-Leste with a population of 16,000. It is the 9th largest of the 10 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Timor-Leste, and the 29,964th largest worldwide. It lies 98 km from Dili.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Baucau
Rank in region
#1of 2
Elevation
442 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Dili
Coordinates
-8.476, 126.456
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 10 in Timor-LesteClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.