Pante Macassar (also known as Pante Makasar) is a city on the north coast of East Timor, 281 km to the west of Dili, the nation’s capital. It has a population of 4,730 (Stand 2006). It is the capital of the Oecussi-Ambeno exclave.

The name literally means “beach of Makasar,” alluding to the erstwhile trade with Makasar in Sulawesi (Celebes). Locally Pante Macassar is known also as “Oecussi,” which literally means “water cannon,” and was the name of one of the two original kingdoms which for the enclave.

The other was Ambeno. During the Portuguese colonization, the city was also known as Vila Taveiro.

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