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Timor-Leste 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 ...

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Buildings and structures in Timor-Leste

Airports in Timor-Leste

Baucau Airport Baucau Airport (, , ), formerly Cakung Airport, is an unattended and mostly unused airport near Baucau, East Timor. It is the largest airport in East Timor and has a much longer runway than Dili's Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport ...

* Dili Airport, officially

Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport Dili Airport , officially Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport (, ), and formerly Comoro Airport (), is an international airport serving Dili, the capital city of Timor-Leste. Since 2002, the airport has been named after Nicolau dos ...

and formerly Comoro Airport * Oecusse Airport *

Suai Airport Suai Airport , officially Commander in Chief of FALINTIL, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, International Airport (, ), and also known as Covalima Airport, is an airport serving Suai, in Cova Lima Municipality, Timor-Leste. Location The airport is loca ...

, officially Commander in Chief of FALINTIL, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, International Airport *

Viqueque Airport Viqueque Airport serves Viqueque, East Timor 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 ex ...

Cities in Timor-Leste

* List of cities, towns and villages in Timor-Leste *

Aileu Aileu is the main township in Aileu District, East Timor. It is located 47 km (29 mi) southwest of Dili, the national capital, and had a population of 2,788 in 2015. In Portuguese Timor, the city was known as Vila General Carmona ...

Ainaro Ainaro is a town in East Timor, the capital of the Ainaro suco, the Ainaro administrative post and the Ainaro Municipality, and is located in the southwest part of the country. The town of Ainaro is located 78 km south of Dili, the nati ...

* Atabae *

Atsabe Atsabe (in ancient sources: Artessabe, Atisasabo) is a town in Atsabe Subdistrict in the Ermera District of East Timor. References Populated places in Timor-Leste Ermera Municipality {{EastTimor-geo-stub ...

Balibo Balibo is a town in East Timor situated approximately from the Indonesian border. It is located in the sub-district of Balibo, Bobonaro District. It was estimated by Human Rights Watch that 70 percent of the town was destroyed dur ...

* Baquia *

Baucau Baucau (, ) is the second-largest city in Timor-Leste, after Dili, the capital, which lies to its west. Baucau has about 16,000 inhabitants, and is the capital of Baucau municipality, located in the eastern part of the country. In the time ...

* Bazartete *

Bobonaro Bobonaro is a town in Bobonaro Subdistrict, Bobonaro District, East Timor., United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency The district capital is not in Bobonaro, but is in Maliana Maliana is a city in East Timor, 149 kilomet ...

* Buku Mera *

Dare Dare may refer to: Places * Dare, Vera Cruz, a ''suco'' in Vera Cruz administrative post, Dili Municipality, Timor-Leste * Darè, Italy, a comune * Dare County, North Carolina, United States * Dare, Virginia, United States, an unincorporate ...

Dili Dili (Portuguese language, Portuguese and Tetum language, Tetum: ''Díli'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Timor-Leste. It lies on the northern coast of the island of Timor, in a small area of flat land hemmed in by mountai ...

Ermera Ermera (''Vila Ermera'') is a city in East Timor and a former capital of the East Timorese community, Ermera. ''Ermera'' in Mambai language (Timor), Mambai means "red water." It has a population of 8,907. Its geographical coordinates are , ...

* Fatubesi *

Fatolulic Fatululic (''Fatu-Lulik, Fatululik'') is a village and suco in Fatululic Subdistrict, Cova Lima District, East Timor Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeas ...

Fohorern Fohoren is a village and suco in the subdistrict of Fohorem, Cova Lima District, East Timor.Gleno Gleno is a city in East Timor, to the southwest of Dili, the national capital. It is in the suco of Riheu (Administrative post Ermera). Gleno has a population of 8,133 (2010). It lies above sea level. Gleno is the capital of the municipali ...

* Hatolia *

Hotudo Hato-Udo (''Hatu Udo, Hotudo''), officially Hato-Udo Administrative Post (, ), is an administrative post (and was formerly a subdistrict) in Ainaro municipality, East Timor. Its seat or administrative centre An administrative centre is a ...

* Laga *

Letefoho Letefoho, officially Letefoho Administrative Post (, ), is an administrative post (and was formerly a subdistrict) in Ermera municipality, East Timor. Its seat or administrative centre is , and its population was 19,917. Letefoho is also kn ...

Liquiçá Liquiçá (Tetum: ''Likisá'') is a coastal city in East Timor, 32 km to the west of Dili, the national capital. Liquiçá is the capital of Liquiçá District. The city has a population of 5,005 inhabitants. History A part of the colon ...

Lolotoe Lolotoe is a town in Bobonaro District, East Timor 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 ...

Lospalos Lospalos (sometimes erroneously written as ''Los Palos'', assuming a nonexistent Spanish etymology) is a city in Timor-Leste, to the east of Dili, the national capital. Lospalos has a population of 17,186 (2006) and is the capital of Lautém ...

Maliana Maliana is a city in East Timor, 149 kilometers southwest of Dili, the national capital. It has a population of 22,000. It is the capital of the Districts of East Timor, district of Bobonaro District, Bobonaro and Maliana Subdistrict, and is ...

Manatuto Manatuto is a city in Manatuto Municipality, East Timor. Manatuto Vila has 3,692 inhabitants (Census 2015) and is capital of the subdistrict and district Manatuto. It is on the north coast of Timor, (about as the crow flies) east of Dili ...

Maubara Maubara is a village in Maubara Administrative Post ( Liquiçá Municipality, East Timor), just west of the city of Liquiçá. Most of the inhabitants speak Tocodede. It lies near the Maubara Important Bird Area, encompassing the small c ...

Metinaro Metinaro is a town and administrative post in the Metinaro Subdistrict, located in the Dili Municipality of East Timor. Situated along the northern coastline of the island, it lies northeast of the capital city, Dili, and is part of the regi ...

Pante Macassar Pante Macassar (, , ) is a city in the Pante Macassar Administrative Post, Pante Macassar administrative post on the north coast of East Timor, Timor-Leste, to the west of Dili, the nation's capital. It has a population of 4,730 (Stand 2006) ...

* Passabe * Quelicai * Railaco * Same *

Suai Suai is a city in Timor-Leste, in Suai Subdistrict. It has a population of 9,866 and is located to the southwest of Dili, the national capital. Suai is the capital of the Cova Lima District, which is in the southwest of the country. It is loca ...

Tilomar Tilomar, officially Tilomar Administrative Post (, ), is an administrative post (and was formerly a subdistrict) in Cova Lima municipality, East Timor. Its seat or administrative centre is Casabauc. The administrative post has an area of 19 ...

* Venilale *

Viqueque Viqueque (, ) is a city in the south-east of Timor-Leste, 183 km from Dili, the national capital. Viqueque is the capital of Viqueque Municipality and Viqueque Administrative Post, and has five '' sucos'' under its control. They are: ...

Zumalai Zumalai is a city and subdistrict (former ''Mape-Zumalai'') in East Timor. The subdistrict has been part of Cova Lima District since 2003. Before that, it was part of Ainaro District. The Zumalai subdistrict has six main villages: Fatuleto, ...

Communications in Timor-Leste

* Telecommunications in Timor-Leste *

.tl .tl is the current country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for East Timor (Timor-Leste). It is administered through the Council of Country Code Administrators ( CoCCA) and second-level registration is available through resellers worldwide with no l ...

* .tp

East Timorese culture

Culture of Timor-Leste The culture of Timor-Leste reflects numerous cultural influences, including Portuguese, Roman Catholic, and Malay, on the indigenous Austronesian cultures in Timor-Leste. UNESCO activities Timor-Leste become a state party to the UNESCO Worl ...

Arte Moris ''Arte Moris'' (meaning "Living Art" in Tetun) is the first fine arts school, cultural center and artists’ association in East Timor. It is based in the capital, Dili. Founded following the violent Indonesian occupation, "Its primary aim was to ...

* Bibi Bulak *

Coat of arms of Timor-Leste The national emblem of Timor-Leste, also known as the ''Belak'' (Tetum language, Tetum for "Disk"), is one of the national symbols of the country. Current emblem The emblem was introduced on 18 January 2007 by Law 2/2007, replacing the coat o ...

Flag of Timor-Leste The national flag of Timor-Leste () consists of a red field with the black isosceles triangle based on the hoist-side bearing a white five-pointed star in the center superimposed on the larger yellow triangle, also based on the hoist-side, tha ...

Languages of Timor-Leste

Languages of Timor-Leste The languages of Timor-Leste include both Austronesian languages, Austronesian and Papuan languages. (See Timor–Flores languages and Timor–Alor–Pantar languages.) The lingua franca and national language of Timor-Leste is Tetum language, Te ...

Bunak The Bunak (also known as Bunaq, Buna', Bunake) people are an ethnic group that live in the mountainous region of central Timor, split between the political boundary between West Timor, Indonesia, particularly in Lamaknen District and East Timor. ...

Fataluku language Fataluku (also known as Dagaga, Dagoda', Dagada) is a Papuan language spoken by approximately 37,000 people of Fataluku ethnicity in the eastern areas of East Timor, especially around Lospalos. It is a member of the Timor-Alor-Pantar language ...

* Makalero *

Makasae Makasae (also known as Makassai, Macassai, Ma'asae, Makasai) is a Papuan language spoken by about 100,000 people in the eastern part of East Timor, in the districts of Baucau and Viqueque, just to the west of Fataluku. It is the most widely s ...

Mambai Mambai may refer to: * Mambai people, a people group also known as Mambae, Manbae or Maubere from Timor-Leste * Mambai language (Timor) Mambai, also called Mambae or Manbae, is a language spoken by the Mambai people, the second largest ethni ...

Tetum language Tetum ( ; ; ) is an Austronesian language spoken on the island of Timor. It is one of the official languages of Timor-Leste and it is also spoken in Belu Regency and Malaka Regency, which form the eastern part of Indonesian West Timor adjoi ...

Tocodede Tokodede (also known as Tukude, Tocodede, Tokodé, and Tocod) is one of the languages of East Timor, spoken by about 39,000 Tokodede people in the municipality of Liquiçá, especially the administrative posts of Maubara and Liquiçá along the ...

Waimoa language Waimoa or Waimaa is a language spoken by about 27,000 Waimoa (2015 census) people in northeast East Timor. Waimoa proper is reported to be mutually intelligible with neighboring Kairui and Midiki, which together have about 5,000 speakers. Th ...

Wetarese Wetarese is an Austronesian language of Wetar, an island in the south Maluku, Indonesia, and of the nearby island Liran. Background The four identified principal varieties of Wetarese on Wetar – Aputai, Iliʼuun, Perai and Tugun – ar ...

East Timorese music

Music of Timor-Leste Timor-Leste's music reflects its history under the control of both Portugal and Indonesia, who have imported music like gamelan and fado. The most widespread form of native folk music was the likurai dance, performed by women to welcome home ...

Districts of Timor-Leste

* Districts of Timor-Leste *

Aileu District Aileu (, ) is a municipality, and was formerly a district, of East Timor. It has a population of 48,554 (Census 2015) and an area of 737 km2. The municipality's capital is also named Aileu. Its administrative posts are Aileu, Laulara, ...

Ainaro District Ainaro (, ) is one of 13 municipalities of East Timor, in the southwest part of the country. It has a population of 59,175 (census 2010) and an area of 804 km2. Its capital is the city of Ainaro, a small mountain town. Etymology The na ...

Baucau District Baucau (, ) is a municipality, and was formerly a district, of East Timor, on the northern coast in the eastern part of the country. The capital is also called Baucau (formerly Vila Salazar). The population of the municipality is 111,694 (c ...

Bobonaro District Bobonaro (, , or ) is a municipality (and was formerly a district) in the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste commonly known as East Timor. It is the second-most western municipality on the east half of the island. It has a population of 92, ...

Cova Lima District Cova Lima (, ) is a municipality of East Timor, in the Southwest part of the country. It has a population of 59,455 (Census 2010) and an area of 1,230 km2. The capital of the municipality is Suai, which lies 136 km from Dili, the ...

Dili District Dili Municipality (, ) is one of the 14 municipalities, formerly districts, of Timor-Leste, and includes the national capital Dili. The municipality had a population of 277,279 , most of whom live in the capital city. Etymology Several expla ...

Ermera District Ermera (, ) is one of the municipalities of East Timor, municipalities (formerly districts) of East Timor, located in the west-central part of the country. It has a population of 117,064 (Census 2010) and an area of 756.5 km2. Etymolog ...

Lautém District Lautém ( Tetum: Lautein) is a toponym for a place eastmost in East Timor. It may refer to, from small to large: * Lautém (city) * Lautém Administrative Post * Lautém Municipality Lautém (, ) is one of the municipalities (formerly di ...

Liquiçá District Liquiçá (Tetum: ''Likisá'') is a coastal city in East Timor, 32 km to the west of Dili, the national capital. Liquiçá is the capital of Liquiçá District. The city has a population of 5,005 inhabitants. History A part of the colon ...

Manatuto District Manatuto (, ) is one of the municipalities (formerly districts) of East Timor, located in the central part of the country. It has a population of 45,541 (Census 2010) and an area of 1,783.3 km2. The capital of the municipality is also na ...

Manufahi District 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. The capital of the municipality is Same. Etymology The present name of the municipality, ''Manufahi'', is ...

Oecusse District Oecusse, also known as Oecusse-Ambeno (; ) and formerly just Ambeno, officially the Special Administrative Region Oecusse-Ambeno (), is an exclave, municipality (formerly a district) and the only Special Administrative Region (SAR) of East Tim ...

Viqueque District Viqueque (, ) is the largest of the municipalities (formerly districts) of East Timor. It has a population of 77,402 (Census 2010) and an area of 1,877 km2. The capital of the municipality is also named Viqueque. Etymology The word ''V ...

Economy of Timor-Leste

Economy of Timor-Leste The economy of Timor-Leste is a lower-middle income economy as ranked by the World Bank. It is placed 142th on the Human Development Index, indicating a medium level of human development. 20% of the population is unemployed,Timor-Leste centavo coins Timor-Leste centavo coins were introduced in Timor-Leste (East Timor) in 2003 for use alongside United States dollar banknotes and coins, which were introduced in 2000 to replace the Indonesian rupiah following the commencement of United Nation ...

Portuguese Timorese pataca The pataca was a monetary unit of account used in Portuguese Timor between 1894 and 1958, except for the period 1942–1945, when the occupying Japanese forces introduced the Netherlands Indies gulden and the roepiah. As in the case of the Ma ...

Companies of Timor-Leste

Trade unions of Timor-Leste

* Timor-Leste Trade Union Confederation

Education in Timor-Leste

* Bibi Bulak * Universidade Nacional de Timor-Leste * Universidade Dili

Schools in Timor-Leste

* St Joseph's High School, Timor-Leste

Environment of Timor-Leste

Conservation in Timor-Leste

Geography of Timor-Leste

* Geography of Timor-Leste *

Demographics of Timor-Leste This is a demographics, demography of the population of Timor-Leste including population density, Ethnic group, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Popul ...

* ISO 3166-2:TL *

Ombai Strait Ombai Strait (, , ) is an international strait in Southeast Asia. It separates the Alor Archipelago from the islands of Wetar, Atauro, and Timor in the Lesser Sunda Islands. The strait is also the western portion of a pair of international stra ...

Administrative posts of Timor-Leste The municipalities of Timor-Leste are divided into 65 administrative posts (previously ''subdistricts'' until 2014). Each administrative post is divided into several ''sucos''. Sucos are divided into several ''aldeias'', the smallest political di ...

Timor Timor (, , ) is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, in the north of the Timor Sea. The island is Indonesia–Timor-Leste border, divided between the sovereign states of Timor-Leste in the eastern part and Indonesia in the ...

Timor Sea The Timor Sea (, , or ) is a relatively shallow sea in the Indian Ocean bounded to the north by the island of Timor with Timor-Leste to the north, Indonesia to the northwest, Arafura Sea to the east, and to the south by Australia. The Sunda Tr ...

Wetar Strait Wetar Strait (, , ) is an international strait in Southeast Asia. It separates the island of Wetar from the eastern part of the island of Timor. The strait is also the eastern portion of a pair of international straits, the other one being Omb ...

Hiking in Timor-Leste

* Mount Ramelau

Islands of Timor-Leste

Atauro Island Atauro (, , ), also known as Kambing Island (), is an island and municipality (, or ) of Timor-Leste. Atauro is a small oceanic island situated north of Dili, on the extinct Wetar segment of the volcanic Inner Banda Arc, between the Indones ...

Jaco Island Jaco Island (, , Fataluku language, Fataluku: or ) is an uninhabited island in Timor-Leste, a country occupying the eastern end of the island of Timor in the Lesser Sunda Islands in Southeast Asia. It lies off the eastern tip with Cape Cutcha o ...

Sunda Islands The Sunda Islands (; Tetun: ''Illa Sunda'') are a group of islands in the Indonesian Archipelago. They consist of the Greater Sunda Islands and the Lesser Sunda Islands. Etymology "Sunda" denotes the continental shelves or landmasses: the Sun ...

Mountains of Timor-Leste

* Mount Ramelau

National parks of Timor-Leste

Nino Konis Santana National Park The Nino Konis Santana National Park is Timor-Leste's first national park. The park, established on 15 August 2007, covers . It links important bird areas such as Lore, Mount Paitchau, Lake Ira Lalaro, and Jaco Island. The park also includes ...

Government of Timor-Leste

East Timor solidarity movement Timor-Leste, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. The country comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor and the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco. The first inhabitants are tho ...

Timor Leste Defence Force The Timor-Leste Defence Force (, or Falintil-FDTL, often F-FDTL) is the military of Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor). The F-FDTL was established in February 2001 and comprises two infantry battalions, small naval and air components and seve ...

National Parliament of Timor-Leste The National Parliament (, ) is the unicameral national legislature in Timor-Leste. It was created in 2001 as the Constituent Assembly while the country was still administered by the United Nations, but renamed itself to the National Parlia ...

President of Timor-Leste The president of Timor-Leste, officially the President of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste (; ) is the head of state of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. The executive powers of the president are limited; however, the President is ...

Prime Minister of Timor-Leste The prime minister of Timor-Leste, officially the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste (; ) is the head of government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. The president of Timor-Leste is the head of state. The presi ...

United Nations Office in Timor Leste United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two f ...

Foreign relations of Timor-Leste

Foreign relations of Timor-Leste After the East Timorese independence referendum, 1999, referendum on independence on 30 August 1999, Timor-Leste became an independent nation on 20 May 2002 and began initiating diplomatic relations with the rest of the global community. Policy ...

* List of Ambassadors from New Zealand to Timor-Leste * Timorese diplomatic missions *

History of Timor-Leste

* History of Timor-Leste *

1959 Viqueque Rebellion The 1959 Viqueque rebellion was an uprising against the Portuguese rule in the southeastern part of East Timor. It was concentrated in the remote regions of Uatolari and Uatocarbau. It was an anti-colonial rebellion against the Portuguese, who ha ...

2006 East Timor crisis The 2006 Timor-Leste crisis began as a conflict between elements of the Timor-Leste Defence Force (F-FDTL) over discrimination within the military and expanded to a coup attempt and general violence throughout the country, centred in the capit ...

Aitarak Aitarak (Tetun for ' thorn') was the name of a pro-Indonesia militia group in East Timor during the late 1990s. On April 17, 1999, the group conducted 12 murders at the Manuel Carrascalão House massacre in Dili. That same month members took par ...

Balibo Five The Balibo Five was a group of journalists for Australian commercial television networks who were murdered in the period leading up to the Indonesian invasion of East Timor. The Balibo Five were based in the town of Balibo in East Timor (then P ...

* Battle of Timor (1942-43) *

Besi Merah Putih Besi Merah Putih (also known as BMP), meaning ' red and white iron' in Indonesian, was the official name of an East Timor, approximately 200-strong, pro-Indonesia militia (Wanra). It operated in Maubara, in the district of Liquiçá, and in th ...

Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor The Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor (more commonly known by its Portuguese acronym CAVR: ) was an independent truth commission established in East Timor in 2001 under the UN Transitional Administration in East T ...

Dili massacre The Santa Cruz massacre (also known as the Dili massacre) was the murder of at least 250 East Timorese pro-independence demonstrators in the Santa Cruz cemetery in the capital, Dili, on 12 November 1991, during the Indonesian occupation of Eas ...

Indonesian invasion of East Timor The Indonesian invasion of East Timor, known in Indonesia as Operation Lotus (), began on 7 December 1975 when the Indonesian military (ABRI/TNI) invaded East Timor under the pretext of anti-colonialism and anti-communism to overthrow the Fre ...

INTERFET The International Force East Timor (INTERFET) was a multinational non-United Nations peacemaking task force, organised and led by Australia in accordance with United Nations resolutions to address the humanitarian and security crisis that took ...

* Laksaur *

Liquiçá Church Massacre The Liquiçá Church massacre was a mass-killing that occurred in April 1999, during East Timor's bid for independence. It was the first case to be heard by the Second Special Panel. Events and aftermath During the event, up to some 200 E ...

Operation Astute Operation Astute was an Australian Defence Force, Australian-led military deployment to East Timor to quell unrest and return stability in the 2006 East Timor crisis. It was headed by Brigadier Bill Sowry, and commenced on 25 May 2006 under the ...

Portuguese Timor Portuguese Timor () was a Portuguese colony on the territory of present-day East Timor from 1702 until 1975. During most of this period, Portugal shared the island of Timor with the Dutch East Indies. The first Europeans to arrive in the regio ...

Portuguese Timorese escudo The escudo was the currency of Portuguese Timor between 1959 and 1976. It replaced the pataca at a rate of 5.6 escudos = 1 pataca and was equivalent to the Portuguese escudo. It was replaced by the Indonesian rupiah at an unknown exchange ra ...

Pro-Indonesia militia Pro-Indonesia militias in East Timor, commonly known as Wanra (), were active in the final years of the Indonesian occupation of East Timor, Indonesian occupation leading up to the 1999 East Timorese independence referendum, 1999 independence refe ...

* Second Special Panel *

Sparrow Force Sparrow Force was a detachment based on the 2/40th Battalion (Australia), 2/40th Australian Infantry Battalion and other Dutch, British, US and 8th Division (Australia), Australian 8th Division units during World War II. The force was formed to ...

Suai Church Massacre The Suai Church massacre occurred on 6 September 1999, in Suai, Cova Lima District in southwestern East Timor, two days after the results of the independence referendum were announced. Massacre According to the International Commission of Inquir ...

Timor Gap Treaty The Timor Gap Treaty was formally known as the ''Treaty between Australia and the Republic of Indonesia on the zone of cooperation in an area between the Indonesian province of East Timor and Northern Australia''. It was a bilateral treaty betwe ...

* UN Administrator for East Timor *

United Nations Mission of Support to East Timor The United Nations Mission of Support to East Timor (UNMISET) lasted from 20 May 2002 to 20 May 2005, when it was replaced by United Nations Office in Timor Leste (UNOTIL). It was established when East Timor became an internationally recognised ind ...

United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET, ), was a United Nations mission in East Timor that aimed to solve the decades-long East Timorese crisis in the area occupied by Indonesian military. UNTAET provided an int ...

Elections in Timor-Leste

Elections in Timor-Leste Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) elects on national level a head of state, the president, and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. The National Parliament (Portuguese: ''Parlamenta Nacional'') has 65 membe ...

Organisations based in Timor-Leste

* Associação dos Escuteiros de Timor Lorosae

Political parties in Timor-Leste

List of political parties in Timor-Leste This article lists the current and former political party, political parties in Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste is a democratic, Multi-party system, multi-party state. The Indonesian parties that were represented in the country during the occupation pe ...

Association of Timorese Heroes The Association of Timorese Heroes (Tetum language, Tetum: ''Klibur Oan Timor Asu'wain'', KOTA; , AHT), sometimes known as Sons of the Mountain Warriors, is a Cultural conservatism, culturally conservative political party in East Timor. In 2007, ...

Christian Democratic Party (Timor-Leste) The Christian Democratic Party () is a centre-left political party in Timor-Leste. In the parliamentary election held on 30 August 2001, the party won 2.0% of the popular vote and 2 out of 88 seats. In the parliamentary election A general e ...

* Christian Democratic Party of Timor * Democratic Liberal Party (Timor-Leste) *

Democratic Party (Timor-Leste) The Democratic Party (, PD) or the Democratic Party in Timor-Leste is a political party in Timor-Leste Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It compri ...

Fretilin The Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (, abbreviated as Fretilin) is a separatist organization turned centre-left political party in Timor-Leste. It presently holds 19 of 65 seats in the National Parliament. Fretilin formed the ...

People's Party of Timor The People's Party of Timor (; abbreviated PPT) is a conservative political party in East Timor. Its predecessor was the Movimento do Povo de Timor-Leste MPTL (''Movement of the People of Timor-Leste''). The PPT is described as a conservative, ...

Social Democratic Party (Timor-Leste) The Social Democratic Party (''Partido Social Democrata'') is an East Timorese party founded on 20 September 2000. Despite its name, the party, like its Portuguese model, is usually categorised as centre-right in the political spectrum (conserva ...

Socialist Party of Timor The Socialist Party of Timor (, PST) is a Marxist–Leninist political party in Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor). History The Socialist Party of Timor was founded in February 1997, whilst East Timor was still under Indonesian occupation (tho ...

Timorese Democratic Union The Timorese Democratic Union (, UDT) is a conservative political party in Timor-Leste. It was the first party to be established in the country on May 11, 1974, following the Carnation Revolution in Portugal. History Early history (1974– ...

Timorese Nationalist Party The Timorese Nationalist Party (; ; PNT) is a political party in East Timor. Founder and President is Abílio Araújo, who was FRETILIN representative overseas during the Indonesian occupation until his dismissal in 1993. Prior to the 1999 East ...

Timorese Social Democratic Association The Timorese Social Democratic Association (; abbreviated ASDT) was a political party in East Timor. Both the original ASDT of the 1970s (which became Fretilin) and the current party of the same name are founded by the late ex-Timorese President ...

East Timorese people

List of East Timorese people The following is a list of notable East Timorese people: *Marí Alkatiri *Maria Domingas Alves (born 1959), women's rights activist *Francisco Xavier do Amaral *Norberto Do Amaral *Aliança de Araújo (born 1952), politician * Aicha Bassarewan, po ...

Mari Alkatiri Mari bin Amude Alkatiri ( '; born 26 November 1949) is a Timorese politician. He was Prime Minister of East Timor from May 2002 until his resignation on 26 June 2006 following weeks of political unrest in the country, and again from September ...

Cristina Amaral Cristina Amaral is the first female pilot in East Timor 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 ...

Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, SDB, commonly known as Carlos Belo or Ximenes Belo (born 3 February 1948) is an East Timorese prelate of the Catholic Church. He became a bishop in 1988 and served as the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of ...

Martinho da Costa Lopes Martinho da Costa Lopes (11 November 1918 – 27 February 1991) was an East Timorese religious and political leader. He was a priest of the Catholic Church, the highest-ranking official of the Church in East Timor from 1977 to 1983, and a member ...

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Eurico Guterres Eurico Barros Gomes Guterres (born 4 July 1969) is an Indonesian anti-Timorese independence militiaman who was recruited by the Indonesian military during East Timor's bid for independence between 1999 and 2000. He was involved in several mass ...

Alfredo Reinado Alfredo Alves Reinado (11 November 1968 – 11 February 2008), sometimes spelled Reinhado, was a major in the military of Timor-Leste, the Timor Leste Defence Force (F-FDTL). He deserted on 4 May 2006 to join approximately 600 former soldie ...

Kirsty Sword Gusmão Kirsty Sword Gusmão, (born Kirsty Sword; 19 April 1966) is an Australian-East Timorese activist who served as the First Lady of East Timor from 2002 until 2007. She was married to Xanana Gusmão, former prime minister and president of East T ...

East Timorese politicians

Francisco Xavier do Amaral Francisco Xavier do Amaral (3 December 1937 – 6 March 2012) was an East Timorese politician. A founder of the ''Frente Revolucionária de Timor Leste Independente'' (Fretilin), Amaral was sworn in as the first President of East Timor wh ...

Xanana Gusmão José Alexandre "Xanana" Gusmão (; born 20 June 1946) is an East Timorese politician. He has served as the 6th prime minister of East Timor since 2023, previously serving in that position from 2007 to 2015. A former rebel, he also served as E ...

Hamis Hatta Hamis Hatta was a Timorese politician and independence activist. He was a member of Fretilin The Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (, abbreviated as Fretilin) is a separatist organization turned centre-left political party i ...

Nicolau dos Reis Lobato Nicolau dos Reis Lobato (24 May 1946 – 31 December 1978) was an East Timorese politician who is considered a national hero of the country. Biography Lobato was born in Soibada, Portuguese Timor, on 24 May 1946. Lobato was the first Prime M ...

Anna Pessoa Pinto Ana Maria Pessoa Pereira da Silva Pinto (born January 5, 1956) is an East Timorese politician who served in several roles, including as the country's prosecutor general. She is a member of FRETILIN. Career Ana Pessoa was active in the Timor-L ...

José Ramos-Horta José Manuel Ramos-Horta GCL GColIH (; born 26 December 1949) is an East Timorese politician. He has been the president of East Timor since 2022, having previously also held the position from 20 May 2007 to 20 May 2012. Previously he was Mini ...

* Aniceto Guterres Lopes * Maria Angelina Lopes Sarmento * Luis Roberto da Silva

Politics of Timor-Leste

Politics of Timor-Leste The political system in Timor-Leste is a unitary semi-presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Timor-Leste is the head of government and the President of Timor-Leste functions as head of state. Timor-Les ...

Mário Lemos Pires Mário Lemos Pires (30 June 1930 – 22 May 2009) was a major-general of the Portuguese Army and the last colonial governor of Portuguese Timor. Biography Born in Lamego, Portugal in 1930, Lemos Pires moved to Lisbon at age 18 to commence his ...

Religion in Timor-Leste

* Roman Catholicism in Timor-Leste

East Timorese society

* Associação dos Escuteiros de Timor Lorosae *

Galoli The Galoli, or Galolen, are a people of East Timor with a population of about 50,000, primarily along the northern coast of the district of Manatuto. To the west lies the Mambai people. There is an old colony on the southern coast of Wetar isla ...

Pátria "" () is the national anthem of Timor-Leste. It was originally adopted when East Timor Democratic Republic of East Timor (1975), unilaterally declared its independence from Portuguese Timor, Portugal in 1975. However, this usage would be short ...

Sport in Timor-Leste

* Sport in Timor-Leste * IOA

East Timorese sports teams

Timor-Leste national football team The Timor-Leste national football team () represents Timor-Leste in the senior men's international football. It is organised by the East Timor Football Federation, Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste (FFTL) which is affiliated with the Asian ...

East Timorese sportspeople

East Timorese athletes

* Gil da Cruz Trindade

Football in Timor-Leste

Federaçao Futebol Timor-Leste The Football Federation of Timor-Leste ( - FFTL) is the governing body of football in Timor-Leste. In 2016 Timor-Leste run their own league under supervision of and Secretary of State for Youth and Sport. The name of the league is ''Liga Fute ...

Football venues in Timor-Leste

National Stadium (Timor-Leste) The National Stadium of Timor-Leste (, ), also known as the Municipal Stadium of Dili (, ), is a multi-purpose stadium in Dili, Timor-Leste. The stadium has a capacity of 5,000 and is used mostly for association football, football matches. Hi ...

Recreation in Timor-Leste

* Diving in Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste at the Olympics

* Timor-Leste at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Transport in Timor-Leste

Airlines of Timor-Leste

* Timor Air