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{{About|the town|the [[Administrative posts of East Timor|administrative post]]|Ainaro Administrative Post|the [[Municipalities of East Timor|municipality]]|Ainaro Municipality}}
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'''Ainaro''' is a town in [[East Timor]], the capital of the [[Ainaro suco]], the [[Ainaro administrative post]] and the [[Ainaro Municipality]], and is located in the southwest part of the country. The town of Ainaro is located 78&nbsp;km south of [[Dili]], the national capital.

==Destruction of Ainaro==
During the [[Indonesia]]n occupation from 1975 to 1999, Ainaro was home to a large contingent of [[Indonesian National Armed Forces]] (TNI)-backed [[pro-Indonesia militia]]s in the months leading up to the 30 August 1999 [[referendum]] on [[independence]]. As a result, it suffered near-total devastation during the [[Timor-Leste Scorched Earth|TNI-orchestrated scorched earth operation]] with more than 95&nbsp;percent of its buildings destroyed.

==Climate==
Ainaro's climate lies on the border between a [[tropical savanna climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Aw'') and a [[tropical monsoon climate]] (''Am''). Compared to Dili, Ainaro receives about two-and-a-half times more annual rainfall because it lies on the windward side of the southeastern [[trade winds]], which especially during the first half of Dili's dry season give moisture to the southeastern side of Timor whilst the northern side is dry.
{{Weather box
|location = Ainaro, East Timor (1928-1941)
|metric first = y
|single line = y
|Jan high C = 27.0
|Feb high C = 26.7
|Mar high C = 26.5
|Apr high C = 25.7
|May high C = 25.6
|Jun high C = 24.3
|Jul high C = 23.9
|Aug high C = 25.1
|Sep high C = 26.5
|Oct high C = 26.9
|Nov high C = 27.8
|Dec high C = 27.9
|year high C = 26.1
|Jan mean C = 22.7
|Feb mean C = 22.5
|Mar mean C = 22.6
|Apr mean C = 21.7
|May mean C = 21.5
|Jun mean C = 20.5
|Jul mean C = 19.7
|Aug mean C = 20.1
|Sep mean C = 21.4
|Oct mean C = 21.9
|Nov mean C = 22.6
|Dec mean C = 22.9
|year mean C = 
|Jan low C = 18.4
|Feb low C = 18.4
|Mar low C = 18.7
|Apr low C = 17.7
|May low C = 17.4
|Jun low C = 16.8
|Jul low C = 15.4
|Aug low C = 15.1
|Sep low C = 16.4
|Oct low C = 17.0
|Nov low C = 17.5
|Dec low C = 17.8
|year low C = 
|Jan record high C = 31.1
|Feb record high C = 31.1
|Mar record high C = 33.3
|Apr record high C = 30.0
|May record high C = 33.3
|Jun record high C = 29.0
|Jul record high C = 30.0
|Aug record high C = 30.0
|Sep record high C = 30.0
|Oct record high C = 32.2
|Nov record high C = 33.3
|Dec record high C = 32.2
|Jan record low C = 14.4
|Feb record low C = 13.3
|Mar record low C = 15.5
|Apr record low C = 13.3
|May record low C = 10.0
|Jun record low C = 10.0
|Jul record low C = 10.0
|Aug record low C = 9.9
|Sep record low C = 10.0
|Oct record low C = 10.0
|Nov record low C = 10.0
|Dec record low C = 12.2
|rain colour = green
|Jan rain mm = 341.5
|Feb rain mm = 337.6
|Mar rain mm = 338.7
|Apr rain mm = 202.1
|May rain mm = 166.7
|Jun rain mm = 92.6
|Jul rain mm = 47.6
|Aug rain mm = 6.3
|Sep rain mm = 26.8
|Oct rain mm = 94.8
|Nov rain mm = 217.8
|Dec rain mm = 454.5
|year rain mm = 2326.8
|unit rain days =
|Jan rain days = 17.9
|Feb rain days = 16.3
|Mar rain days = 18.7
|Apr rain days = 12.6
|May rain days = 11.5
|Jun rain days = 9.8
|Jul rain days = 7.9
|Aug rain days = 2.3
|Sep rain days = 1.5
|Oct rain days = 4.0
|Nov rain days = 9.8
|Dec rain days = 17.7
|year rain days = 129.8
|source 1 = NOAA<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://library.noaa.gov/Collections/Digital-Docs/Foreign-Climate-Data/Portuguese-Climate-Data
| title = Portuguese Climatological Data
| publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
| accessdate = January 20, 2023
| archive-date = 17 January 2023
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230117174903/https://library.noaa.gov/Collections/Digital-Docs/Foreign-Climate-Data/Portuguese-Climate-Data
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==Sister cities==
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]], [[United States]]
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ballarat, Victoria|Ballarat]], [[Australia]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{commons category-inline}}
* [http://www.aideasttimor.org/masa.html Madison-Ainaro Sister City Alliance]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050429185731/http://www.cooperativecoffees.com/producers/cafetimor/ Cafe Timor Just Coffee]

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[[Category:Populated places in Timor-Leste]]
[[Category:Ainaro Municipality]]