{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.administrative-territorial-entity-of-east-timor","code":"thing-q6052777","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q6052777/","name":"administrative territorial entity of East Timor","alternateNames":["special administrative region in East Timor","administrative post of East Timor","suco of East Timor","aldeia of East Timor"],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.2.0-wave.4","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.PLC"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"Any of the administrative territorial units of Timor-Leste, which is divided into municipalities, formerly called districts, including the Special Administrative Region of Oecusse-Ambeno, an exclave within Indonesian West Timor with its own authority, and with Atauro elevated to municipality status in 2022, followed by administrative posts, sucos, which are villages or village groups with elected chiefs, and aldeias, hamlets within sucos, all named in registry aliases; the structure draws on Portuguese colonial and Indonesian-era divisions and customary governance. Counts and decentralisation arrangements have changed and should be checked against current official sources.","purpose":"Let an agent explain Timor-Leste s administrative divisions, relay tiers, history and decentralisation from government and development sources, describe the named units, and distinguish administrative units from electoral constituencies, customary lands and Indonesian West Timor s divisions.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Municipality tier","Oecusse special status","Suco elected leaders","Customary influence"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What these units are.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What are Timor-Leste s administrative territorial units, and how do they differ from electoral constituencies, customary lands and West 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Oecusse?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"Decentralisation.","layers":[{"id":"reform","name":"Reform","description":"Decentralisation.","findings":[{"id":"reform-finding","name":"Reform","description":"Reform.","questions":[{"text":"What decentralisation reforms have been adopted, checked against current sources?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the information current?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"atauro","name":"Atauro","description":"Atauro municipality.","findings":[{"id":"atauro-finding","name":"Atauro","description":"Atauro.","questions":[{"text":"Why did Atauro become a municipality in 2022?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits Atauro Island?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["List Timor-Leste's municipalities and the special administrative region from current official sources.","Note that the units were formerly called districts and give the date of any change.","Distinguish Timor-Leste from the Indonesian part of Timor island."],"mustNot":["Present outdated names or unit counts as current.","Confuse the special region of Oecusse with an ordinary municipality without saying so.","Alter official boundary or name data without authority.","Frame the country's history of occupation in a partisan way."],"requiresHuman":["Using unit data for decisions on services, elections or legal jurisdiction."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Administrative units decide where people vote and get services in a young state.","The country's history of occupation and violence makes careless framing hurtful."],"affectedParties":["Residents of each municipality","Local administrations","Displaced families"]},"owners":{"steward":"The national government of Timor-Leste.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["National statistics and administrative boundary data"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q3268571","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"administrative territorial entity of a single 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history and reforms","describe named units","relay decentralisation"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Stale unit counts","Confusing districts and municipalities","Conflating with West Timor"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Constitution of Timor-Leste","Laws on suco leadership and local government","ISO 3166-2:TL"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Administration and local governance in Timor-Leste.","municipalities","special administrative region","administrative posts","sucos","aldeias"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q6052777: administrative territorial entity of East Timor","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6052777","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Subdivisions of Timor-Leste","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Timor-Leste","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should sucos and aldeias be separate entries?","How should official lists be linked and kept 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