Timor-Leste, [b] also known as East Timor, [c] officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the coastal exclave of Oecusse in the island’s northwest, and the islands of Atauro and Jaco, for a total land area of 15,007 square kilometres (5,794 sq mi).
East Timor, island country in the eastern Lesser Sunda Islands, at the southern extreme of the Malay Archipelago. It occupies the eastern half of the island of Timor, the small nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and the enclave of Ambeno, including Pante Makasar. Dili is the capital and largest city.
East Timor or Timor-Leste’s road to independence – achieved on 20 May 2002 – was long and traumatic. The people of the first new nation of the century suffered some of the worst atrocities of …
The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as East Timor (Tetum: Timór Lorosa’e), is a country in Southeast Asia. It lies northwest of Australia in the Lesser Sunda Islands at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago. Timor-Leste includes the eastern half of the island of Timor, the Oecussi (Ambeno) region on the northwest portion of the island of Timor, and the small islands …
Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the coastal exclave of Oecusse in the island’s northwest, and the islands of Atauro and Jaco, for a total land area of 15,007 square kilometres (5,794 sq mi). Timor-Leste shares a land border with Indonesia to the west …
The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as Timor-Leste (Tetum: Timór Lorosa’e) or East Timor, is one of the world’s newest countries: after a long struggle, it gained independence from Indonesia in 2002 and is now an off-the-beaten-path destination for diving and adventure. Timor-Leste sits at the transition area between Southeast Asia and Oceania. Most countries would call …
East Timor or Timor-Leste, officialy the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste is a Country in Southeast Asian Country located in Timor Island. They border the Timor Sea to the southeast, the Wetar Strait to the north, and Indonesia to the southwest.
East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-L’este, is a country in Southeast Asia comprising the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecussi-Ambeno, an exclave of East Timor on the northwestern side of the island, surrounded by Indonesian West Timor. The small country of 5,376 square miles (14,609 square kilometers) is located about 400 …
Timor-Leste East Timor is a nation in Asia. The Portuguese began to trade with the island of Timor in the early 16th century and colonized it in mid-century. Skirmishing with the Dutch in the region eventually resulted in an 1859 treaty in which Portugal ceded the western portion of the island. Imperial Japan occupied Portuguese Timor from 1942 to 1945, but Portugal resumed colonial authority …
After WWII, Portugal abandoned any claims to east Timor, and a series of brutal uprisings occurred between the East Timorese and the Indonesian Government. In late 1999, the administration of East Timor was taken over by the UN through the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor.