east timor

     

East Timor (officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste) is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the islan of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecussi-Ambeno, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor. The small country of 15,410 km² (5,400 sq mi) is located about 640 km (400 mi) northwest of Darwin, Australia.

Trivia about east timor

  • In 2002 State Dept. spokesman Richard Boucher called it "The first new nation of the new millennium"
  • This area, an Indonesian province since the 1975 invasion, got really scary in 1999
  • Cast in a battle scene in "Lord of the Rings", NZ's army had to back out to keep peace in this Indonesian province
  • Once a province of Indonesia, it voted for its own national independence in 1999
  • Have a dilly of a time in Dili, the capital of this new nation
  • I postponed my visit to this country, aka Timor-Leste, after a perusal of travel.state.gov
  • It was annexed by Indonesia but became independent on May 20, 2002
  • A disputed part of Indonesia, it's capital is Dili
  • A relatively new country: Dili
  • In 1999 UNTAET began helping this country, the ET in its name, achieve independence

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