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
Coordinates
-8.476, 126.456
Record updated
14 April 2026
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.