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TIMOR-LESTE
(East Timor)
Official Name: Democratic
Republic of Timor-Leste
Location: Eastern half of the island of Timor in the Lesser Sunda Islands, Malay Archipelago,
off the SE Asia mainland. It is NW of Australia.
Capital: Dili
Subdivisions: 13 administrative districts: Aileu, Ainaro, Baucau, Bobonaro (Maliana), Cova-Lima (Suai),
Dili, Ermera, Lautem (Los Palos), Liquisa, Manatuto, Manufahi (Same), Oecussi-Ambeno, Viqueque
Two offshore islands, Pulau Atauro (Ata’Uro) and Pulau Jaco (Jako) have autonomous status.
Population: 1,062,777
Language: Tetum and Portuguese are both official. Also Indonesian and English.
Fifteen other indigenous languages are spoken.
Monetary Unit: U.S. Dollar
Government: Republic
Religion: Roman Catholic 90%, Muslim 4%, Protestant 3%, Hindu 0.5%, Buddhist, Animist
The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor)
was internationally recognized on May 20, 2002
as an independent state and the world’s newest democracy.
They joined the United Nations on September 27 of that year.
Cities
and villages
(Note: All information was gathered from internet
sources and has not been verified.
For more information, see list of websites
below.)
Aileu
Ainaro
Atreku
Baucau (the second largest city)
Com
Cutete
*Dili (the capital and largest
city)
Ermera
Hatobuilico
Ilequequere
Lautem
Liquica
Los Paols
Maliana
Maquili
Manatuto
Manucoco
Maubisse
Suai
Taibesi
Tua Koin
Viqueque
Tutuala
Notes:The
Oecussi-Ambeno enclave is 70 kilometres west of East Timor proper, an island
within an island. an isolated district of East Timor on the north shore
of Indonesian West Timor.
Two offshore islands, Atauro
Island (Ata’Uro) and Jaco (Jako) Island have autonomous status.
Point of Interest
One of the most visited highlights is the "Cristo Rei" or "Christus Raja" (Christ the King) statue standing on a cliff 3.7 miles east of Dili at Cape Fatucama. At 27 meters high or 88.6 feet, it is said to be the second largest statue of Christ in the world, second only to the one at Rio de Janeiro. To reach the statue, visitors climb up a long flight of stairs which takes about fifteen minutes.
Photo by Rohayati Paseng Barnard
Southeast Asian Librarian, University
of Hawaii at Manoa
Photo by Groverdean, 2001
Websites
Discover
East Timor
Dive Timor Lorosae
Legends
from Timor
Nobel
Peace Prize 2006 to Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo and José
Ramos-Horta
National Anthem
(Portuguese lyrics)
Pátria, Pátria, Timor-Leste,
nossa Nação.
Glória ao povo e aos heróis
da nossa libertação.
Pátria, Pátria, Timor-Leste,
nossa Nação.
Glória ao povo e aos heróis
da nossa libertação.
Vencemos o colonialismo, gritamos:
abaixo o imperialismo.
Terra livre, povo livre,
não, não, não à
exploitação.
Avante unidos firmes e decididos.
Na luta contra o imperialismo
o inimigo dos povos, até à vitória
final.
Pelo caminho da revolução.
(English translation)
Fatherland, fatherland, East Timor our Nation
Glory to the people and to the heroes of our
liberation
Fatherland, fatherland, East Timor our Nation
Glory to the people and to the heroes of our
liberation
We vanquish colonialism, we cry: down with
imperialism!
Free land, free people, no, no no to exploitation.
Let us go forward, united, firm and determined
In the struggle against imperialism, the enemy
of people,
until final victory, onward to revolution.
Music composed 1975 by Afonso de Araujo. It
was adopted in 2002.
Lyrics by Francisco Borja da Costa, poet.
there is as yet no version in Tetum, the country's
national and co-official language.
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