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Timor-Leste
Country in Asia
Timor-Leste, or East Timor, a Southeast Asian nation occupying half the island of Timor, is ringed by coral reefs teeming with marine life. Landmarks in the capital, Dili, speak to the country's struggles for independence from Portugal in 1975 and...
Capital: Dili
Official languages: Tetun and Portuguese
Currency: United States Dollar
Prime minister: Xanana Gusmão
Population: 1.341 million (2022)
Gross domestic product: 3.205 billion USD (2022)
GDP (nominal): 2023 estimate
Source: World Bank
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Timor-Leste became an independent nation in 2002, following over four hundred years of Portuguese colonization, twenty-four years of Indonesian occupation.
Timor-Leste is one of the world's poorest nations, with an economy that relies heavily on energy resources in the Timor Sea.
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