The Timor Sea

The Timor Sea (Indonesian: Laut Timor; Portuguese: Mar Timor) is a sea bounded to the north by the island of Timor, to the east by the Arafura Sea, to the south by Australia and to the west by the Indian Ocean

Ainaro district

Ainaro district – one of the 13 districts of East Timor, located in south-western part of the country, with access to the sea Timor. The capital is Ainaro district, situated 78 km south of the country’s capital Dili. It borders on dystryktami: Aileu from the north, the south Manufahi, Cova Lima from the south-west, Bobonaro and Ermer from the west to the north-west.

Baucau District

Baucau District (tet. Baukau) – one of the 13 districts of East Timor, located in the eastern part of the country, with access to the Banda Sea. The capital is the Baucau district, which lies 122 km east of the capital Dili.

It borders on dystryktami: Laut from the east, from Viqueque and Manatuto from the south-west.

Regions

Topographically divided the main territory of East Timor into the north coast with the capital Dili, which rises quickly, the mountain whose mountains up to 3,000 m heranreichen and an excellent walking area, and the south coast with some levels. Also located in the western part of the island of Timor-Ambeno Oecussi enclave, north of the island of Atauro Dili and the eastern Timor to the uninhabited island of Jaco.

Cultural divides in East Timor Loro Munu western part consisting of the districts of Dili, Aileu, Ainaro, Manufahi, Ermera, Bobonaro, Cova Lima, Liquiçá and Oecussi-Ambeno and Loro Sae eastern districts with the lute, Baucau, Viqueque and Manatuto. This division only conditionally agrees with the distribution of different ethnicities agree that it is historically and has also emerged today in the coexistence of the population. This can be especially in Dili see melting pot, where it has always been to clashes between youth gangs from the different parts of the country comes.

Politics

The Head of state of East Timor is the President of East Timor, who is elected by popular vote for a five-year term. Although the role is largely symbolic, the president does have veto power over certain types of legislation. Following elections, the president appoints the leader of the majority party or majority coalition as the Prime Minister of East Timor. As head of government, the prime minister presides over the Council of State or cabinet.

The unicameral Timorese parliament is the National Parliament or Parlamento Nacional, whose members are elected by popular vote to a five-year term. The number of seats can vary from a minimum of fifty-two to a maximum of sixty-five, though it exceptionally has eighty-eight members at present, due to this being its first term of office. The East Timorese constitution was modelled on that of Portugal. The country is still in the process of building its administration and governmental institutions.

Com

The small fishing village of Com is becoming a popular weekend getaway from Dili. There’s good fishing and snorkelling, although the only beaches are just beyond the pier or just before you enter the village. The 20 simple rooms of the shell-encrusted Com Beach Resort comprise the mainland’s only beachside resort.

When to Go

Go when the weather is best. East Timor doesn’t yet have a tourist season, so there’s no time of year when you’re going to be overrun by crowds. So go during the May to November dry season when there’s little rainfall and you’re assured of good weather. By the end of the dry season, it can be rather dry and dusty. The December to April wet season can be very wet indeed, making travel difficult, particularly if you get off the main routes where unsealed roads can become impassable and unbridged rivers uncrossable. The end of the wet season, however, is the time for festivals.

Dili

Dili, also spelled Díli, is the capital and largest city of Timor Leste (also called East Timor). It lies on the northern coast of Timor island, the easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. Dili is the chief port and commercial centre for East Timor, and has approximately 150,000 inhabitants. There is also an airport in Comoro, Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport, renamed after independence leader Nicolau Lobato, which is used for commercial and military flights. Dili is located at 8°34′ South, 125°34′ East (-8.5667, 125.5667). It is also the capital of the district of Dili, which includes the surrounding area.

East Timor

East Timor (officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste) is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecussi-Ambeno, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor. The small country of 15,410 km²^[1] (5,400 sq mi) is located about 640 km (400 mi) northwest of Darwin, Australia.

East Timor was colonized by Portugal in the 16th century, and was known as Portuguese Timor until Portugal’s decolonization of the country. In late 1975 East Timor declared its independence but was invaded and occupied by Indonesia later that year, and declared that country’s 27th province the following year. In 1999, following the United Nations-sponsored act of self-determination, Indonesia relinquished control of the territory and East Timor became the first new sovereign state of the twenty-first century on May 20, 2002. East Timor is one of only two predominantly Roman Catholic countries in Southeast Asia, the other being the Philippines.

At US$800, the per capita GDP (purchasing power parity adjusted) of East Timor is one of the lowest in the world. Its Human Development Index (HDI), however, corresponds to a medium degree of human development and places East Timor 142nd among the world’s nations.