Manufahi (Portuguese: Município Manufahi, Tetum: Munisípiu Manufahi) is one of the municipalities of East Timor. It has a population of 53,691 (2015 census) and an area of 1,323 km².^[2] The capital of the municipality is Same.^[3]

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Manufahi
Municipality of East Timor
Município Manufahi (Portuguese) Munisípiu Manufahi (Tetum)
Landscape between Dili and Same
Official map
Manufahi in     East Timor
OpenStreetMap
Coordinates: 9°00′S 125°47′E
Country	East Timor
Capital	Same
Administrative posts	Alas Fatuberlio Same Turiscai
Area
• Total	1,332.5 km2 (514.5 sq mi)
• Rank	6th
Population  (2015 census)
• Total	53,691
• Rank	11th
• Density	40/km2 (100/sq mi)
• Rank	11th
Households (2015 census)
• Total	9,023
• Rank	11th
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (TLT)
ISO 3166 code	TL-MF
HDI (2017)	0.618[1] medium · 3rd
Website	Manufahi Municipality

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The present name of the municipality, Manufahi, is derived from Maun Fahe, the Tetum language expression for 'divided brothers'. The name originated in a legend that tells of a fight between two related tribes, or a group of siblings. Eventually, the protagonists agreed to subject themselves to a single ruler.^[4][5]: 67

During the Portuguese colonial era, the then district bore the name of its main town, Same. The present name was adopted on the basis of the divided brothers legend.^[4][5]: 67 However, it was misspelled, and the Tetum language meaning of the misspelled name is 'pig chicken'.^[4]

Efforts are being made to correct the name. However, there is also a legend that in the suco of Daisula [de] a rooster once flew down from a mountain, landed on the back of a pig, and then travelled with the pig to many places before returning home.^[4]

Manufahi extends from the central highlands of East Timor to its south coast, on the Timor Sea.^[5]: 67 It is bordered by Manatuto to the east, Ainaro to the west, and Aileu to the north.

During its time as a Portuguese colony, the municipality was called Same, after the capital city. It was the epicentre of the Great Rebellion of 1910–12. During the Indonesian occupation the then subdistrict of Hato-Udo was split off from the then district of Manufahi and joined to Ainaro, and the then subdistrict of Turiscai, previously in Ainaro, was moved to Manufahi.

Manufahi's administrative posts (formerly sub-districts) are:^[6]

• Alas
• Fatuberlio
• Same
• Turiscai

Besides the national official languages of Tetum and Portuguese, the Malayo-Polynesian language Mambai is also spoken.