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|official_name          = Atapupu
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|settlement_type = Town
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|subdivision_type       = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
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|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Indonesia|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[East Nusa Tenggara]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[List of regencies and cities of Indonesia|Regency]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Belu Regency]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Districts of Indonesia|District]]
|subdivision_name3      = Kakuluk Mesak
|timezone               = [[Time in Indonesia|ICST]]
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|blank_name             = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]
|blank_info             = [[Tropical savanna climate|Aw]]
|area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in Indonesia|Area code]]
|area_code = (+62) 389
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'''Atapupu''' is a port town in the Indonesian part of [[Timor Island]] ([[West Timor]], in Kakuluk Mesak District of [[Belu Regency]] in [[East Nusa Tenggara]] Province. It is located on the northernmost part of West Timor, close to the border with [[East Timor]].
==History==
Prior to the 18th century, Atapupu was a port under influence of the Portuguese, but Dutch influence reached the area by 1797. While the Portuguese seized Atapupu during the [[Napoleonic Wars]], the district of Atapupu was later returned to the Dutch, but border disputes continued. Dutch forces attacked Atapupu in 1817 and 1818.<ref name="eb"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=de Sousa |first1=Ivo Carneiro |title=History of East Timor |date=2018 |publisher=East-West Institute for Advanced Studies |page=123, 144 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325441633 |accessdate=5 April 2019}}</ref> The latter of the two attacks occurred on 20 April 1818, when 30 soldiers overcame the town's Portuguese garrison and replaced the Portuguese [[Ensign (flag)|ensign]] with Dutch ones.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gunn |first1=Geoffrey C. |title=Timor Loro Sae: 500 Years |date=1999 |publisher=Livros do Oriente |isbn=9789729418693 |page=145-146 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C1JwAAAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref>
As part of Dutch Timor, Atapupu was the region's second port after [[Kupang]], being connected by road to the larger port settlement.<ref name="eb">{{cite book |last1=Garvin |first1=James Louis |last2=Hooper |first2=Franklin Henry |last3=Cox |first3=Warren E. |title=The Encyclopedia Britannica |date=1929 |publisher=The Encyclopedia Britannica Company |page=231 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AolGAQAAIAAJ |language=en}}</ref> It was the seat of Dutch administration for what is today the [[Belu Regency]], until the seat was moved to [[Atambua]] in 1916.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ormeling |first1=Ferdinand Jan |title=The Timor Problem: A Geographical Interpretation of an Under Developed Island |date=1956 |publisher=Wolters |page=40 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9qJxAAAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref> During the [[Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies]], Atapupu was used as a staging point for barges and was heavily damaged by Australian bombing.<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Farram |first=Steven Glen |title=From 'Timor Koepang' to 'Timor NTT': A Political History of West Timor, 1901-1967 |degree=PhD |publisher=Charles Darwin University |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/47195186.pdf |page=190 |access-date=2019-04-05 |archive-date=2019-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415065404/https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/47195186.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In the late 2010s, the Indonesian government began to designate Atapupu's port as a transit point for goods exported to [[East Timor]] by sea.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Himawan |first=Aditya |url=https://www.suara.com/bisnis/2016/05/09/102457/pelabuhan-atapupu-akan-dirancang-jadi-pelabuhan-transit-ekspor |title=Pelabuhan Atapupu akan Dirancang Jadi Pelabuhan Transit Ekspor |date=9 May 2016 |work=Suara |access-date=5 April 2019 |language=id-ID |trans-title=Atapupu Port will be Designed as an Export Transit Port}}</ref>
==Town==
The [[Indonesian Navy]] operates a naval post at Atapupu.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://regional.kompas.com/read/2009/12/11/05180569/Atambua-Atapupu.Kota.Dollar.di.NTT.?page=all |title=Atambua-Atapupu, Kota Dollar di NTT... |date=11 December 2009 |work=Kompas.com |access-date=5 April 2019 |language=id |trans-title=Atambua-Atapupu, Dollar City in NTT...}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Populated places in East Nusa Tenggara]]
[[Category:Port cities and towns in Indonesia]]