East Timor

Capital: Dili Population: 1,066,582 Official Languages: Portuguese, Tetum Time Zone: +9 Dialing Code: +670

Government: Unitary parliamentary Area: 14,874 km2 largest city: Dili Currency : USD ISO 3166 code: /

Basic Info

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 nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor. The country's size is about 15,410 km2 (5,400 sq mi).

Geography

Located in Southeast Asia, the island of Timor is part of the Maritime Southeast Asia, and is the largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. To the north of the island are the Ombai Strait, Wetar Strait and the greater Banda Sea. The Timor Sea separates the island from Australia to the south, and the Indonesian Province of East Nusa Tenggara lies to East Timor's west.

Climate

Tropical; hot, humid; distinct rainy and dry seasons

Religion

According to the 2010 census, 96.9% of the population is Catholic, 2.2% is Protestant or Evangelical, 0.3% is muslim, while 0.5% practise some other or no religion. In rural areas, Catholicism is practised along with local traditions. The number of churches has grown from 100 in 1974 to over 800 in 1994

Administrative divisions

East Timor is divided into thirteen administrative districts. The districts are subdivided into 65 subdistricts, 442 sucos (villages) and 2,225 aldeias (hamlets).

1 Oecusse 2 Liquica 3 Dili 4 Manatuto 5 Baucau 6 Lautem

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7 Bobonaro 8 Ermera 9 Aileu 10 Viqueque 11 Cova Lima 12 Ainaro 13 Manufahi

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