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West Timor (Indonesian: Timor Barat) is an area covering the western part of the island of Timor, except for the district of Oecussi-Ambeno (an East Timorese exclave). Administratively, West Timor is part of East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia .
West Timor, was known as Dutch Timor until 1949 when it became Indonesian Timor, a part of the nation of Indonesia which was formed from the old Netherlands East Indies; while East Timor was known as Portuguese Timor, a Portuguese colony until 1975. It includes the exclave of Oecussi-Ambeno in West Timor.
Indonesia owns the rest of Timor and all neighbouring islands to the west, north and east. Portugal took control of the territory that would become known as Portuguese Timor in the middle of the 18th century, and maintained the eastern half of the island (West Timor was a Dutch possession until World War II) as a colony. The land border with ...
Main rivers of West Timor List of rivers flowing in the western part of Timor island, which is in the territory of Indonesia . [ 1 ] For the eastern part of Timor island, see East Timor .
Kefamenanu is a town and capital of the administrative district of Kota Kefamenanu and of the North Central Timor Regency in West Timor, Indonesia.A road connects it to Halilulik and Kota Atambua to the northeast.
Kupang (Indonesian: Kota Kupang, Indonesian pronunciation:), formerly known as Koepang or Coupang, is the capital of the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara.At the 2020 Census, it had a population of 442,758; [4] the official estimate as of mid-2023 was 444,661. [2]
The East Timor–Indonesia border is the international border between East Timor and Indonesia. The border consists of two non-contiguous sections totalling 253 km (157 mi) in length, the larger section of which divides the island of Timor in two. [ 1 ]
Soe (sometimes seen as SoE) is the administrative capital of the South Central Timor Regency, in East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia.Soe is located on Timor Island.. It was heavily bombed in 1944 during the second world war [2] [3]