East Timor

East Timor, offeecially cried Timor-Leste, (Tetum: Timór-Leste; offeecially the Democratic Republic o Timor-Leste) is a state in Sootheast Asie. It is makkit up o the eastren hauf o the island o Timor, the nearby islands o Atauro an Jaco, an Oecusse, an exclave on the northwastren side o the island, athin Indonesian Wast Timor. The sma kintra o 15,410 km² (5,400 sq mi) is locatit aboot 640 km (400 mi) northwast o Darwin, Australie. East Timor wis colonised bi Portugal in the 16t yeirhunner, an wis kent as Portuguese Timor till Portugal's decolonisation o the kintra. In late 1975, East Timor declared its independence, but later that year wis invadit an occupied bi Indonesie an wis declared Indonesie's 27t province the follaein yeir. In 1999, follaein the Unitit Naitions-sponsored act o self-determination, Indonesie relinquisht control o the territory an East Timor becam the first new sovereign state o the 21st yeirhunner on Mey 20, 2002. East Timor is ane o anely twa predominantly Roman Catholic kintras in Asie, the ither bein the Philippines. References