Timor-Leste

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Timor-Leste is a Southeast Asian island nation on the eastern half of Timor known for its recent independence, Portuguese influence, and developing oil and gas economy.


Statements (58)
Predicate Object
instanceOf country in Southeast Asia
island country
sovereign state
administeredBy United Nations
bordersCountry Indonesia
bordersSea Banda Sea
Timor Sea
callingCode +670
capital Dili
colonialPeriodEnd 1975
colonialPeriodStart 16th century
continent Asia
currency United States dollar
demonym Timorese
drinkingWaterChallenge developing infrastructure
drivesOn left
economySector agriculture
oil and gas
formerColonialPower Portugal
formerName East Timor
Portuguese Timor
governmentType unitary semi-presidential republic
hasExclave Oecusse
HDIStatus developing country
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister
headOfStateTitle President
includesIsland Atauro
Jaco Island
independenceDate 2002-05-20
independenceFrom Indonesia
Portugal
internetTLD .tl
invadedBy Indonesia
invasionDate 1975-12-07
largestCity Dili
legalSystemInfluence Portuguese law
legislature National Parliament
locatedOn island of Timor
memberOf Association of Southeast Asian Nations (observer)
Community of Portuguese Language Countries
United Nations
notableExport coffee
petroleum
occupationPeriod 1975–1999
occupiedBy Indonesia
officialLanguage Portuguese
Tetum
officialName Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
recognizedLanguage English
Indonesian
referendumDate 1999-08-30
region Southeast Asia
religionMajority Roman Catholicism
shortName East Timor
timeZone UTC+09:00
UNAdministrationPeriod 1999–2002
UNMembershipDate 2002-09-27
usesSupplementaryCurrency centavo coins

Referenced by (109)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Atauro
CNRT ("East Timor")
Commander-in-Chief of FALINTIL ("East Timor")
Dili
Dili ("East Timor")
Dili, Timor-Leste
FALINTIL ("East Timor")
Jaco Island
National Council of Timorese Resistance ("East Timor")
National Parliament of Timor-Leste
Oecusse ("East Timor")
Parliamentary Assembly of the CPLP ("East Timor")
Permanent Consultation Committee of the CPLP ("East Timor")
Tetum
Wallace Line ("East Timor")
country
José Alexandre ("East Timor")
Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão ("East Timor")
Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão
Xanana Gusmão
Xanana Gusmão
Xanana Gusmão ("East Timor")
countryOfCitizenship
Dutch East Indies ("Portuguese Timor")
Indonesian archipelago
Timor (western part) ("East Timor")
Timor Sea
borderedBy
Malayic languages ("East Timor")
Malayo-Polynesian languages ("East Timor")
Portuguese language ("East Timor")
Tetum
spokenIn
Dili
Dili ("East Timor")
Dili, Timor-Leste
capitalOf
CPLP ("East Timor")
Community of Portuguese Language Countries ("East Timor")
WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
memberState
Asia ("East Timor")
Oceania
containsCountry
Timor Leste Time ("East Timor")
Timor Leste Time
countryUsedIn
Timor-Leste ("Portuguese Timor")
Timor-Leste ("East Timor")
formerName
ASEAN Regional Forum
Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)
hasMember
Xanana Gusmão
Xanana Gusmão
headOfGovernmentOf
Xanana Gusmão
Xanana Gusmão
headOfStateOf
Dili
Dili, Timor-Leste
locatedIn
East Timor intervention ("East Timor")
FALINTIL ("East Timor")
location
Portuguese language ("East Timor")
Tetum
officialLanguageOf
Atauro
Oecusse ("East Timor")
partOf
IDR ("Timor-Leste (informally)")
Tetum ("government of Timor-Leste")
usedIn
Claudio (Portuguese) ("East Timor")
Guilherme ("East Timor")
usedInCountry
FALINTIL ("East Timor")
activeIn
Commander-in-Chief of FALINTIL ("East Timor")
appliesToJurisdiction
Kirsty Sword-Gusmão
associatedWith
Timor Sea
basinCountry
Orthographic Agreement of 1990 ("East Timor")
cameIntoForceInCountry
Kirsty Sword-Gusmão
citizenship
Tiago ("East Timor")
commonInCountry
Malay Archipelago ("East Timor")
contains
Portuguese language ("East Timor")
coOfficialLanguageOf
FALINTIL
countryAfterIndependence
Xanana Gusmão
countryLedToIndependence
Xanana Gusmão ("Portuguese Timor")
countryOfBirth
National Council of Timorese Resistance ("East Timor")
countryOfOperation
Greater Sunda Islands ("East Timor")
countryTerritory
Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World ("East Timor")
depictsLocation
Portugal ("East Timor")
formerColony
CPLP ("East Timor")
foundingCountry
First Portuguese Republic ("Portuguese Timor")
hadColony
Indonesia
hasBorderWith
Southeast Asia
hasCountry
CNRT ("Reconstrução de Timor")
hasNameElement
Melanesian Spearhead Group
hasObserver
Pacific Islands
hasPart
Maritime Southeast Asia
includesCountry
Oecusse ("East Timor")
isExclaveOf
Dili
isLargestCityOf
Dili
isSeatOfGovernmentOf
National Parliament of Timor-Leste
jurisdiction
Dili, Timor-Leste
largestCityOf
Community of Portuguese Language Countries ("East Timor")
laterMember
National Parliament of Timor-Leste
locatedInCountry
Commander-in-Chief of FALINTIL ("East Timor")
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy ("East Timor")
mainSubject
Estado Novo (Portugal)
maintainedColoniesIn
Conference of Heads of State and Government of the CPLP ("East Timor")
memberStateParticipant
US dollar
officialCurrencyOf
Timor-Leste ("Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste")
officialName
Xanana Gusmão ("Laleia, Portuguese Timor")
placeOfBirth
Indonesian ("East Timor")
recognizedMinorityLanguageIn
Kirsty Sword-Gusmão
regionOfActivity
Flag of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries ("East Timor")
representsMember
Kirsty Sword-Gusmão
residence
Timor (western part) ("East Timor")
sharesBorderWith
Timor (western part) ("East Timor")
sharesIslandWith
Timor-Leste ("East Timor")
shortName
Orthographic Agreement of 1990 ("East Timor")
signatoryCountry
Portuguese Empire ("Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste")
successorState
Portuguese Empire ("East Timor")
territory
Estado Novo (Portugal) ("Portuguese Timor")
territoryIncluded
Dili, Timor-Leste ("Portuguese Timor")
wasColonialCenterOf

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