Ainaro, officially Ainaro Administrative Post (Portuguese: Posto Administrativo de Ainaro, Tetum: Postu administrativu Ainaru), is an administrative post (and was formerly a subdistrict) in Ainaro municipality, East Timor.^[1][2] Its seat or administrative centre is the suco of Ainaro.^[2]

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Ainaro
Administrative Post
Posto Administrativo de Ainaro (Portuguese) Postu administrativu Ainaru (Tetum)
Monument to Dom Aleixo in Ainaro
Official map
Ainaro
Coordinates: 8°59′S 125°30′E
Country	East Timor
Municipality	Ainaro
Seat	Ainaro
Sucos	Ainaro Cassa Manutaci [de] Mau-Nuno [de] Mau-Ulo [de] Soro Suro-Craic [de]
Area
• Total	234.7 km2 (90.6 sq mi)
Population  (2015 census)
• Total	16,121
• Density	69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Households (2015 census)
• Total	2,755
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (TLT)

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The administrative post has a population of approximately 14,130 people (2001).^[3] It contains the small mountain town of Ainaro, which is also the capital of the municipality, along with the sucos of Ainaro, Soro, Maununo, Cassa, Suro Craic, Manutassi, and Mau-Ulo.