East Timor (province)
East Timor (Indonesian: Timor Timur) was a de facto province of Indonesia that existed between 1976 and 1999 during the Indonesian occupation of East Timor. Its territory corresponded to the previous Portuguese Timor and to the present-day independent country of Timor-Leste.
East Timor | |||||||||
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| 1976–1999 | |||||||||
| Motto: Houri Otas, Houri Wain, Oan Timor Asswa'in (Tetum) "From the past and from today, we are Timorese warriors" | |||||||||
Location of East Timor Province | |||||||||
| Status | Province of Indonesia (de facto)[1] Overseas province of Portugal (de jure) | ||||||||
| Capital and largest city | Dili | ||||||||
| Official languages | Indonesian | ||||||||
| Recognised regional languages | Balinese, Fataluku, Javanese, Tetum, Sundanese, Uab Meto, other indigenous languages | ||||||||
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| Government | Overseas province within a unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic, under military occupation (de jure)[1]
Province within a unitary presidential constitutional republic (under a dominant-party authoritarian military dictatorship) (de facto) | ||||||||
| President of Indonesia | |||||||||
• 1976–1998 | Suharto | ||||||||
• 1998–1999 | B. J. Habibie | ||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||
• 1976–1978 (first) | Arnaldo dos Reis Araújo | ||||||||
• 1992–1999 (last) | José Abílio Osório Soares | ||||||||
| Vice Governor | |||||||||
• 1976–1981 (first) | Francisco Xavier Lopes da Cruz | ||||||||
• 1998–1999 (last) | Musiran Darmosuwito | ||||||||
| Legislature | East Timor Regional Representative Council (DPRD Timor Timur) | ||||||||
| Historical era | New Order | ||||||||
| 17 July 1976 | |||||||||
| 12 November 1991 | |||||||||
| 30 August 1999 | |||||||||
| 25 October 1999 | |||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• Total | 15,007 km2 (5,794 sq mi) | ||||||||
• Water (%) | negligible | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1980 | 555,350 | ||||||||
• 1990 | 747,750 | ||||||||
| Currency | Indonesian rupiah (Rp) (IDR) | ||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+8 (Central Indonesia Time) | ||||||||
| Date format | dd-mm-yyyy | ||||||||
| Driving side | left[2] | ||||||||
| Calling code | +62 377 (Viqueque) +62 378 (Pante Makasar) +62 379 (Suai) +62 390 (Dili) +62 394 (Maliana) +62 396 (Lospalos) +62 398 (Ermera) +62 399 (Baucau) | ||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | ID-TT | ||||||||
| Internet TLD | .id | ||||||||
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| Today part of | East Timor | ||||||||
Notes
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From 1702 to 1975, East Timor was an overseas territory of Portugal, called "Portuguese Timor". In 1974, Portugal initiated a gradual decolonisation process of its remaining overseas territories, including Portuguese Timor. During the process, a civil conflict between the different Timorese parties erupted. In 1975, Indonesia invaded East Timor and in 1976, it formally annexed the territory, declaring it as its 27th province and renaming it "Timor Timur". The United Nations, however, did not recognise the annexation, continuing to consider Portugal as the legitimate administering power of East Timor. Following the end of Indonesian occupation in 1999, as well as a United Nations administered transition period, East Timor became formally independent of Portugal in 2002 and adopted the official name of Timor-Leste.