About Same

The sub-district of Same, which is part of the District of Manufahi, is situated in the south of East Timor, on the southern side of the central mountain range, towards the border with West Timor. It extends from Kablaki Mountain and its foothills (where the town of Same is located), sloping down to Betano on the southern coastal plains bordering the Timor Sea.

Although Same is located just 30 minutes by air from Dili, the journey by car takes at least 4 hours and the bus can take 7 hours, and the road is sometimes blocked by landslides in the wet season.  Same has a relatively high rainfall, and many people live by subsistence farming, growing corn, beans, alfalfa and other crops,