Timor-Leste , officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Maritime Southeast Asia.
Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor. The country's size is about 15,410 km2 (5,400 sq mi).
Gained independence from Portugal and Indonesia in 1975. Timor -Leste was colonised by Portugal in the 16th century, and was known as Portuguese Timor until Portugal's decolonisation of the country in 1975 Timor- Leste declared its independence. But later that year she was invaded and occupied by Indonesia's 27th province the following year. In 1999, following the United Nations-sponsored act of self-determination, Indonesia relinquished control of the territory, and Timor-Leste became the first new sovereign state of the 21st century on May 20, 2002.
It is one of only two predominantly Christian nations in Southeast Asia, the other being the Philippines. According to the 2010 census, 96.9% of the population profess Catholicism; 2.2% Protestantism or Evangelicalism; 0.3% are Muslim; and 0.5% practise some other or no religion
Timor-Leste has a lower-middle-income economy. About 37.4% of the country's population lives below the international poverty line – which means living on less than U.S. $1.25 per day[ and about 50% of the population is illiterate.
The food you are likely to eat in Timor- Leste are pork, fish, basil, tamarind, legumes, corn, rice, root vegetables, and tropical fruit.
Timor-Leste 's two official languages are Portuguese and Tetum. Tetum belongs to the Austronesian family of languages spoken throughout Southeast Asia.
Currency is United States dollar (USD) and GDP: $1.62 billion USD (2013). There calling code is 670 should this number code calls you.
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