EAST TIMOR

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


Current national symbols

Historical symbols:
Portuguese Timor (1533-1976)
Indonesian occupation (1976-1999)



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