The most significant of all
Timor Leste facts are that the country has a long colonial history which shows that Timor Leste was under Portuguese occupation from the mid 16th century till 1975. Important
Timor Leste facts have proved that the country was, in fact, never free from foreign occupation and even during WWII, Timor Leste was under Japanese occupation. After its colonial masters, Portugal gave up occupation of the country in 1975; the Southeast Asian country of Timor Leste came under Indonesian occupancy. It was only in 1999 when the UN stepped in to check the growing violence in Timor Leste, and to upgrade peace and security in the area, that the Indonesian forces left the country.
Timor Leste facts state, that after this the country went under massive reconstruction in political areas and the new republic of Timor Leste was declared in 2002.
Some of the more important
Timor Leste facts of this first republic of the 21st century are:-
- Location: Timor Leste is located in Southeast Asia and occupies a position in the Lesser Sunda Islands that lie to the northwest of Australia and to the east of Indonesia. The longitudinal and latitudinal co-ordinates of Timor Leste are 125.55 E and 8.50 S respectively.
- Area: 15007 square kilometers
- Climate: Timor Leste experiences the typical tropical climate of humid and hot weather throughout the year.
- Population: 1,084,971
- Nationality: Timorese
- Religion: Roman Catholicism
- Languages: Portuguese, Tetum, Indonesian and English
- Literacy: 58.6%
- Capital: Dili
- Currency: U.S. Dollar
- GDP per capita: U.S. $500
The above stated are the more cited and referred to
Timor Leste facts when one wants to have an overview of the country.
