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Dili (Portuguese and Tetum: Díli) is the capital and largest city of East Timor. It lies on the northern coast of the island of Timor , in a small area of flat land hemmed in by mountains. The climate is tropical, with distinct wet and dry seasons.
Portuguese Timor (Portuguese: Timor Português) 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 region were the Portuguese in 1515. [1]
According to this, the Portuguese first heard the name of this fruit when they reached the Bay of Dili in 1520. [1] However, this cannot be true, as Mambai was spoken in the region at that time. Tetum only spread to Dili when it became the capital of Portuguese Timor. Furthermore, papaya is an American fruit that only came to Southeast Asia ...
In 1646, the capital moved to Kupang on Timor's west, before Kupang too was lost to the Dutch in 1652. The Portuguese then moved to Lifau , in what is now Timor-Leste's Oecusse exclave. [ 29 ] : 90 Effective European occupation in the east of the island only began in 1769, when the city of Dili was founded, although actual control remained ...
The Government Palace (Portuguese: Palácio do Governo, Tetum: Palásiu Governu) in Dili, the capital city of East Timor, is the official workplace of the prime minister and Constitutional Government of East Timor.
Dili, on the north coast of Timor, is its capital and largest city. Timor was settled over time by various Papuan and Austronesian peoples, which created a diverse mix of cultures and languages linked to both Southeast Asia and Melanesia. East Timor came under Portuguese influence in the sixteenth century, remaining a Portuguese colony until
The Democratic Republic of East Timor (Portuguese: República Democrática de Timor-Leste, Tetum: Repúblika Demokrátika de Timór-Lorosa'e), was a state that was unilaterally proclaimed on the territory of present-day East Timor on 28 November 1975 by Fretilin prior to the Indonesian invasion of East Timor nine days later on 7 December 1975.
Timor-Leste was colonized by Portugal in the 16th century, and was known as Portuguese Timor until Portugal's decolonization of the country. In late 1975 East Timor declared its independence but was invaded and occupied by Indonesia later that year, and declared that country's 27th province the following year.