East Timor Country Info - Oceania

Description and Basic Information

East Timor with its capital Dili is located in Oceania (Southeastern Asia, northwest of Australia in the Lesser Sunda Islands at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago; note - Timor-Leste includes the eastern half of the island of Timor). It covers some 15,008 square kilometres (slightly larger than Connecticut) with 1,107,000 citizens. Portuguese, Indonesian and English are the languages used by people in East Timor (consider regional differences). Indonesia is a bordering country.

East Timor is a country in Southeast Asia. It lies northwest of Australia in the Lesser Sunda Islands at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago. East Timor has some of the best scuba diving in the world, and this is a major draw for tourists with East Timor shore diving becoming known worldwide amongst the diving community. Pristine beaches and coral reefs stand in stark contrast to one of the poorest populations on Earth. Carnival de Timor is the annual festival held in Dili in middle of April (sometimes in May, depending on rain season). Initiated by the Ministry of Tourism in 2010, Carnival de Timor is all about fun, music and multiculturalism. Both modern and traditional costumes, East Timorese and foreign minorities, even embassies also participate in this annual festival.

Pictures from Capital (Dili)

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About East Timor

The topography features mountainous. The average density of population is about 73 per km². The climate in East Timor can be described as tropical with hot, humid, distinct rainy and dry seasons. Potential natural disasters are floods and landslides are common or earthquakes, tsunamis or tropical cyclones.

To reach someone in East Timor dial +670 prior to a number. There are 2,400 installed telephones. And there are 116,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".tp". The following list are the 13 regions/states in East Timor we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Timorese population grew at a rate of 2% (or by 23,093 citizens). With 6,847 deaths and 29,939 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 2%. 0 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in East Timor: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.