| Name: | East Timor (Democratic Republic of East Timor) |
| Local name (Tetum): | Timor Lorosa'e (Repúblika Demokrátika Timor Lorosa'e) |
| Local name (Portuguese): | Timor-Leste (República Democrática de Timor-Leste) |
| Bordering countries: | Indonesia |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 14.9 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 998 ths. |
| Capital: | Dili |
| Official languages: | Tetum, Portuguese |