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Map of Timor-Leste Dili, Capital of Timor-Leste. This is a list of cities, towns, and villages in Timor-Leste. Aileu District. Aileu; Ainaro District.
East Timor is divided into 14 municipalities (Portuguese: municípios, Tetum: munisípiu), which are former districts. One municipality is also a Special Administrative Region (SAR). [ 1 ] The municipalities are divided into administrative posts (former subdistricts), and further subdivided into sucos (villages). [ 2 ]
Timor-Leste, [a] also known as East Timor, [b] officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor , the coastal exclave of Oecusse in the island's northwest, and the minor islands of Atauro and Jaco .
Detailed map of Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste includes the mountainous eastern half of Timor, the Ocussi-Ambeno region on the northwest portion of the island of Timor, and the islands of Atauro and Jaco. The country is located northwest of Australia in the Lesser Sunda Islands at the eastern end of the Indonesian Archipelago.
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. In 1999, following the United Nations -sponsored act of self-determination , Indonesia relinquished control of the territory and East Timor became the first new sovereign ...
Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-western half, and the minor islands of Atauro and Jaco. The western half of the island of Timor is administered by Indonesia.
Timor (Portuguese: Ilha de Timor, Tetum: Illa Timór, Indonesian: Pulau Timor) is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, in the north of the Timor Sea. The island is divided between the sovereign states of Timor-Leste in the eastern part and Indonesia in the western part.
Baucau (Portuguese: Baucau, Tetum: Baukau) is the second-largest city in Timor-Leste, after Dili, the capital, which lies 122 km (76 mi) to its west.. Baucau has about 16,000 inhabitants, and is the capital of Baucau municipality, located in the eastern part of the country.