East Timor!!!!!?

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i need some information about East Timor.

like where is it located?

who's governor?

and that kind of stuff!!!XDXDXD

Answer 1

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Same Facts about East Timor:

Full name: Democratic Republic of East Timor

Population: 857,000 (UN, 2005)

Capital: Dili

Area: 14,609 sq km (5,641 sq miles)

Major languages: Tetum and Portuguese (official), Indonesian and English (working languages)

Major religion: Christianity

Life expectancy: 56 years (women), 54 years (men) (UN)

Monetary unit: 1 US dollar = 100 cents

Main exports: Coffee, marble, potential for oil exports

GNI per capita: $750 (World Bank, 2006)

International dialling code: +670

Leaders : President: Xanana Gusmao

Prime minister: Jose Ramos-Horta

Foreign minister: Jose Luis Guterres

Defence minister: Jose Ramos-Horta

Energy minister: Jose Teixeira

Source(s): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/coun...

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Answer 2

East Timor is half of the island of Timor, which is about 400 miles north of Australia.

East Timor was a Portuguese colony that moved for independence in the 1970s. However, West Tmor is part of Indonesia, which thought it would be an embarrassment to have a small independent nation in their midst, so the invaded the nascent nation in 1975.

What followed then were decades of incredibly cruel and repressive government, including massacres of civilians. The independence movement was lead by Nobel Peace Prize winners Jose Ramos Horta and Bishop Belo, and freedom fighters Xanana Gusmao and Constancio Pinto.

A referendum - amidst much bloodshed - finally awarded East Timor independence in 1999. (Following the 1998 resignation of the Indonesian leader Suharto.)

Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_timor http://etan.org/ http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates...

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Answer 3

East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste or Timor-Leste (Malay: Timor, East, Portuguese: Leste, East), is a country in Southeast Asia comprising the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecussi-Ambeno, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor. The small country of 5,376 square miles (14,609 square kilometres) is located about 400 miles (640 km) northwest of Darwin, Australia

Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_timor

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Answer 4

It's actually called Timor Leste.

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