Timor-Leste

The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as Timor-Leste or East Timor, is one of the world's newest countries: after a long struggle, it gained independence from Indonesia in 2002 and is now an off-the-beaten-path destination for diving and adventure.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Dili and Oecussi.
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is the capital city of Timor-Leste and its largest city.
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is the western exclave of East Timor.
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is Timor-Leste's second largest city, behind .

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Timorese North Coast and Timorese South Coast.
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The North Coast of Timor-Leste is the main destination…
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The South Coast of Timor-Leste is the more laid back area of the country.

Timor-Leste

  • Country with about 1,400,000 residents
  • …was formerly known as “East Timor”
  • …has as its capital
  • …uses the Dollar (USD)
  • …has the phone code 670
  • …uses the internet domain .tl
  • …covers 15,007 km² (5,794 miles²)
  • Description: sovereign state situated on several islands in Southeast Asia
  • Also known as
    “Colónia de Timor”
    “Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste”
    “Loro Sae”
    “Portuguese Timor”
    “Propinsi Timor Timur”
    “Province of Timor”
    “Província de Timor”
    “TL”
    “TLS”
  • Languages
    Tetum
    Portuguese
    Indonesian
    English
  • Neighbors
  • Categories
    sovereign state
    island country
    locality
  • Location
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Latitude of center
-8.76° or 8° 45′ 36″ south
Longitude of center
126.1° or 126° 6′ east
Open­Street­Map ID
node 432424972
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
1966436
Wiki­data ID
Q574

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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Timor-Leste” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Мрагыларатәи Тимор Адемократиатә Республика”
  • Abkhazian: “Мрагыларатәи Тимор”
  • Achinese: “Timor Leste”
  • Afrikaans: “Oos-Timor”
  • Akan: “Timɔ Boka”
  • Albanian: “Timor-Leste”
  • Albanian: “Timori Lindor”
  • Amharic: “ምሥራቅ ቲሞር”
  • Amharic: “ቲሞር ሌስቴ”
  • Amis: “Timor-leste”
  • Angika: “पूर्वी तिमोर”
  • Arabic: “تيمور الشرقية”
  • Aragonese: “Timor Oriental”
  • Armenian: “Արևելյան Թիմոր”
  • Armenian: “Թիմոր Լեշտի”
  • Arpitan: “Timor levantenc”
  • Arpitan: “Timor orientâl”
  • Assamese: “টিমুৰ-লেষ্ট্ৰি”
  • Assamese: “পূৱ টিমোৰ”
  • Asturian: “Timor Oriental”
  • Atayal: “Timor-leste”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şərq Timor”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şərqi Timor”
  • Balinese: “Timor Lésté”
  • Bambara: “Kɔrɔn Timɔr”
  • Banjar: “Timor Lorosa’é”
  • Bashkir: “Көнсығыш Тимор”
  • Basque: “Ekialdeko Timor”
  • Basque: “Timor ekialdea”
  • Bavarian: “Osttimor”
  • Belarusian: “Дэмакратычная рэспубліка Ўсходняга Тымору”
  • Belarusian: “Тымор-Лешці”
  • Belarusian: “Усходні Тымор”
  • Bengali: “তিমুর-লেস্তে”
  • Bengali: “পূর্ব তিমুর”
  • Betawi: “Timor Wètan”
  • Bhojpuri: “पूर्ब तिमोर”
  • Bishnupriya: “মুঙ তিমুর”
  • Bislama: “Is Timor”
  • Bosnian: “Istočni Timor”
  • Bosnian: “Timor Leste”
  • Brahui: “Deŧikí Temor”
  • Breton: “Timor ar Reter”
  • Breton: “Timor-Leste”
  • Buginese: “Timor Leste”
  • Buginese: “ᨈᨗᨆᨚᨑ ᨒᨙᨔᨈᨙ”
  • Bulgarian: “Източен Тимор”
  • Bulgarian: “Тимор Лесте”
  • Burmese: “တီမောလက်စ်တေနိုင်ငံ”
  • Burmese: “အရှေ့တီမော”
  • Burmese: “အရှေ့တီမောနိုင်ငံ”
  • Catalan: “Timor Oriental”
  • Cebuano: “Sidlakang Timor”
  • Central Bikol: “Subangan na Timor”
  • Central Kurdish: “تەیمووری ڕۆژھەڵات”
  • Central Kurdish: “تیمۆری ڕۆژھەڵات”
  • Chavacano: “Timor Oriental”
  • Chechen: “Малкхбалехьара Тимор”
  • Chechen: “Малхбален Тимор”
  • Chechen: “Тимор-Лесте”
  • Cherokee: “ᏘᎼᎵ-ᎴᏍᏖ”
  • Cheyenne: “East Timor”
  • Chinese: “东帝汶 / 東帝汶”
  • Chinese: “东帝汶”
  • Chinese: “東帝汶”
  • Cornish: “Timor Est”
  • Corsican: “Timor Este”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Şarqiy Timor”
  • Croatian: “Istočni Timor”
  • Croatian: “Timor-Leste”
  • Czech: “Timor-Leste”
  • Czech: “Východní Timor”
  • Dagbani: “Timor Est”
  • Dagbani: “Timor-Leste”
  • Danish: “Østtimor”
  • Danish: “Timor-Leste”
  • Dhivehi: “އިރުމަތީ ޓިމޯރު”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Timurê Rocvetışi”
  • Dotyali: “पूर्वी टिमोर”
  • Dutch: “Democratische Republiek Oost-Timor”
  • Dutch: “Oost-Timor”
  • Dutch: “TL”
  • Dutch: “TLS”
  • Dzongkha: “ཏི་་མོར་ལེ་ཨེསཊ”
  • Dzongkha: “ཨིས་ཊི་མོར།”
  • Eastern Mari: “Эрвел Тимор”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تيمور الشرقيه”
  • Erzya: “Чилисемань Тимор Мастор”
  • Esperanto: “Demokratia Respubliko Orienta Timoro”
  • Esperanto: “Orient-Timoro”
  • Esperanto: “Orienta Timoro”
  • Esperanto: “TL”
  • Estonian: “Ida Timor”
  • Estonian: “Ida-Timori Demokraatlik Vabariik”
  • Estonian: “Timor-Leste Demokraatlik Vabariik”
  • Ewe: “Timor-Leste nutome”
  • Extremaduran: “Timol Oriental”
  • Faroese: “Eysturtimor”
  • Fiji Hindi: “East Timor”
  • Finnish: “Itä-Timor”
  • Finnish: “Itä-Timorin demokraattinen tasavalta”
  • French: “la République démocratique du Timor oriental”
  • French: “République démocratique du Timor oriental”
  • French: “République démocratique du Timor-Leste”
  • French: “Timor Oriental”
  • French: “Timor-Leste”
  • French: “TL”
  • Fulah: “East Timor”
  • Fulah: “Timoor Fuɗnaange”
  • Gagauz: “Günduusu Timor”
  • Galician: “Timor-Leste”
  • Ganda: “Timowa”
  • Georgian: “აღმოსავლეთი ტიმორი”
  • Georgian: “ტიმორ-ლესტე”
  • German: “Timór Loro Sa’e”
  • German: “Timor-Leste”
  • German: “Osttimor” (historical)
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Timor-Leste”
  • Gilaki: “خۊرتاوي تيمؤر”
  • Goan Konkani: “Udent Timor”
  • Goan Konkani: “उदेंत तिमोर”
  • Goan Konkani: “पूर्व तिमोर”
  • Greek: “Ανατολικό Τιμόρ”
  • Greek: “Τιμόρ-Λέστε”
  • Guarani: “Kuarahyresẽ Timor”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Timor oryantal”
  • Gujarati: “પૂર્વ તિમોર”
  • Haitian: “Timò oryantal”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Tûng Timor”
  • Hausa: “Timor Ta Gabas”
  • Hausa: “Timor-Leste”
  • Hawaiian: “Timor-Leste”
  • Hebrew: “טימור המזרחית”
  • Hebrew: “מזרח טימור”
  • Hindi: “तिमोर-लेस्त”
  • Hindi: “पूर्वी तिमोर”
  • Hungarian: “Kelet-Timor”
  • Hungarian: “Kelet-timori Demokratikus Köztársaság”
  • Hungarian: “Timor-Leste”
  • Iban: “Timor Leste”
  • Icelandic: “Austur-Tímor”
  • Icelandic: “Tímor-Leste”
  • Ido: “Est-Timor”
  • Ido: “Estal Timor”
  • Igbo: “East Timor”
  • Iloko: “Daya a Timor”
  • Inari Sami: “Nuorttâ-Timor demokraatlâš täsiväldi”
  • Inari Sami: “Nuorttâ-Timor”
  • Indonesian: “Republik Demokratik Timor-Leste”
  • Indonesian: “Timor Leste”
  • Indonesian: “Timor Timur”
  • Interlingua: “Timor del Est”
  • Interlingua: “Timor Oriental”
  • Interlingue: “Ost-Timor”
  • Inupiaq: “Kivaliġñiq Timuuraq”
  • Irish: “An Tíomór Thoir”
  • Irish: “Tíomór Thoir”
  • Italian: “Timor Est”
  • Italian: “Timor Orientale”
  • Italian: “Timor-Leste”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Iis Timor”
  • Japanese: “チモール”
  • Japanese: “ティモール・レステ”
  • Japanese: “ティモール・レステ民主共和国”
  • Japanese: “東ティモール”
  • Japanese: “東ティモール共和国”
  • Japanese: “東ティモール民主共和国”
  • Javanese: “Timor Leste”
  • Javanese: “Timor Wétan”
  • Kabyle: “Timur n ugmuḍ”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Timor Leste”
  • Kalaallisut: “Timor Kangilliit”
  • Kalmyk: “Зюнһара Тимормудин Улс Орн”
  • Kannada: “ಈಸ್ಟ್ ಟಿಮೋರ್”
  • Kannada: “ಪೂರ್ವ ಟಿಮೋರ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Shıǵıs Timor”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Кюнчыгъыш Тимор”
  • Karekare: “Timipre Sylva”
  • Kashmiri: “پوٗر تِمور”
  • Kashmiri: “مَشرِقی تایمور”
  • Kashubian: “Pòrénczny Timór”
  • Kashubian: “Pòrënkòwi Timor”
  • Kazakh: “Тимор-Лесте”
  • Kazakh: “Шығыс Тимор”
  • Khmer: “ទីម័រខាងកើត”
  • Khmer: “ទីម័រលេស្តេ”
  • Khmer: “ទីម័រឡេស្តេ”
  • Khmer: “ប្រទេសទីម័រខាងកើត”
  • Khmer: “សាធារណរដ្ឋប្រជាធិបតេយ្យទីម័រខាងកើត”
  • Kikuyu: “Timori ya Mashariki”
  • Kinaray-A: “Morod·an nga Timor”
  • Kinaray-A: “Murud·an nga Timor”
  • Kinaray-A: “Murud·ang Timor”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Timoro-Lesite”
  • Kirghiz: “Тимор Лешти”
  • Kirghiz: “Чыгыш Тимор”
  • Komering: “Timor Leste”
  • Kongo: “Timor-Leste”
  • Korean: “동티모르”
  • Kurdish: “Tîmora Rojhilat”
  • Kurdish: “Tîmora-Leste”
  • Ladin: “Timor de l’Est”
  • Ladino: “Timor Oryentala”
  • Lao: “ທິມໍ-ເລສເຕ”
  • Lao: “ປະເທດຕີມໍແລັດສະເຕ”
  • Latin: “Timor Orientalis”
  • Latin: “Timora Orientalis”
  • Latin: “Timoria Orientalis”
  • Latvian: “Austrumtimora”
  • Ligurian: “Timor Leste”
  • Limburgan: “Oos-Timor”
  • Lingala: “Timor ya Monyɛlɛ”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Timor Este”
  • Literary Chinese: “東帝汶”
  • Lithuanian: “Rytų Timoras”
  • Livvi: “Päivännouzu Timor”
  • Lombard: “Timor Est”
  • Low German: “Oosttimor”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Pódzajtšny Timor”
  • Luba-Katanga: “Timoru wa diboku”
  • Lule Sami: “Lulle-Timåvrrå”
  • Luxembourgish: “Demokratesch Republik Timor-Leste”
  • Luxembourgish: “Osttimor”
  • Luxembourgish: “Timor-Leste”
  • Macedonian: “Источен Тимор”
  • Macedonian: “Тимор Лесте”
  • Magahi: “तिमोर लेस्ते”
  • Magahi: “पूर्व तिमोर लोकतान्त्रिक गणराज्य”
  • Magahi: “पूर्व तिमोर”
  • Maithili: “पूर्वी टिमोर”
  • Maithili: “पूर्वी तिमोर”
  • Malagasy: “Timor Atsinanana”
  • Malagasy: “Timôro Atsinanana”
  • Malay: “Timor Leste”
  • Malay: “Timor Timur”
  • Malay: “تيمور ليستي”
  • Malayalam: “കിഴക്കൻ ടിമോർ”
  • Malayalam: “കിഴക്കൻ തിമോർ”
  • Maltese: “Repubblika Demokratika ta’ Timor Leste”
  • Maltese: “Timor Leste”
  • Maltese: “Timor tal-Lvant”
  • Manipuri: “ꯇꯤꯃꯣꯔ-ꯂꯦꯁ꯭ꯇꯦ”
  • Manx: “Yn Teemor Hiar”
  • Maori: “Tīmoa-ki-te-Rāwhiti”
  • Marathi: “पूर्व तिमोर”
  • Mazanderani: “شرقي تيمور”
  • Mazanderani: “شرقی تیمور”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Dĕ̤ng Timor”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tang Timor”
  • Minangkabau: “Timor Leste”
  • Mingrelian: “ბჟაეიოლ ტიმორიშ დემოკრატიულ რესპუბლიკა”
  • Mingrelian: “ბჟაეიოლი ტიმორი”
  • Mingrelian: “ტიმორ-ლესტე”
  • Mirandese: “Timor-Leste”
  • Mon: “ကၟိန်ဍုင်သမ္မတဒဳမံက်ကရေဇြဳ ထဳမဝ်လေဝ်သ်တေ”
  • Mongolian: “Зүүн Тимор”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “تيمور الشرقية”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “تيمور شرقية”
  • Nauru: “East Timor”
  • Nepali: “पृर्वी टीमोर”
  • Newari: “पूर्व टिमोर”
  • Nias: “Timor Leste”
  • North Ndebele: “East Timor”
  • Northern Frisian: “Uast-Timor”
  • Northern Sami: “Lulli-Timor demokráhtalaš dásseváldi”
  • Northern Sami: “Lulli-Timor”
  • Northern Sami: “Nuorta-Timor demokráhtalaš dásseváldi”
  • Northern Sami: “Nuorta-Timor”
  • Northern Sami: “Nuorta-Timora demokráhtalaš dásseváldi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den demokratiske republikken Øst-Timor”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Øst-Timor”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aust-Timor”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Øst-Timor”
  • Norwegian: “Øst-Timor”
  • Novial: “Timor-Leste”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Timòr Èst”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ēasttimor”
  • Oriya: “ଇଷ୍ଟ ଟିମୋର”
  • Oriya: “ପୂର୍ବ ଟିମୋର”
  • Oriya: “ପୂର୍ବ ତିମୋର୍‌”
  • Oromo: “Tiimor Bahaa”
  • Ossetian: “Скæсæн Тимор”
  • Pampanga: “Aslagang Timor”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੂਰਬੀ ਤਿਮੋਰ”
  • Papiamento: “Ost-Timor”
  • Persian: “تیمر شرق”
  • Persian: “تیمور شرقی”
  • Piemontese: “Timor Est”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Eist Tiimor”
  • Polish: “Demokratyczna Republika Timoru Wschodniego”
  • Polish: “Timor Wschodni”
  • Polish: “Timor-Leste”
  • Portuguese: “República Democrática de Timor-Leste”
  • Portuguese: “Timor-Leste”
  • Pushto: “ختيځ تيمور”
  • Pushto: “ختيځ ټيمور”
  • Quechua: “Anti Timur”
  • Quechua: “Timor-Leste”
  • Romanian: “Timor-Leste”
  • Romanian: “Timorul de Est”
  • Romansh: “Timor da l’Ost”
  • Romansh: “Timor-Leste”
  • Rundi: “Timoru y’iburasirazuba”
  • Russia Buriat: “Зүүн Тимор”
  • Russian: “Восточный Тимор”
  • Russian: “Демократическая Республика Восточный Тимор”
  • Russian: “Демократическая Республика Тимор-Лешти”
  • Russian: “Тимор-Лесте”
  • Russian: “Тимор-Леште”
  • Russian: “Тимор-Лешти”
  • Rusyn: “Выходный Тімор”
  • Sakizaya: “Timor-leste”
  • Samoan: “Sasaʻe Timor”
  • Samogitian: “Rītū Timuors”
  • Sango: “Timôro tî Tö”
  • Santali: “ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱝ ᱛᱤᱢᱳᱨ”
  • Sardinian: “Timor Orientale”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Aast-Timor”
  • Scots: “East Timor”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Timor-Leste”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Tiomor an Ear”
  • Serbian: “Istočni Timor”
  • Serbian: “Источни Тимор”
  • Serbian: “Тимор-Лесте”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Istočni Timor”
  • Shan: “မိူင်းတီႇမေႃးပွတ်းဝၼ်းဢွၵ်ႇ”
  • Shona: “East Timor”
  • Sicilian: “Timor Est”
  • Silesian: “Wschodńi Timůr”
  • Sindhi: “اوڀر تيمور”
  • Sindhi: “ايسٽ تيمور”
  • Sindhi: “تيمور”
  • Sinhala: “නැගෙනහිර ටිමෝරය”
  • Skolt Sami: “Nuõrtt-Timoor demokraattlaž tääʹssväʹldd”
  • Skolt Sami: “Nuõrtt-Timor”
  • Slovak: “Východný Timor”
  • Slovak: “Východotimorská demokratická republika”
  • Slovenian: “Timor-Leste”
  • Slovenian: “Vzhodni Timor”
  • Somali: “Bariga Timor”
  • Somali: “Timoor”
  • South Azerbaijani: “دۇغو تیمۇر”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شرقی تیمور”
  • Spanish: “República Democrática de Timor Oriental”
  • Spanish: “Timor Oriental”
  • Spanish: “Timor-Leste”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵜⵉⵎⵓⵔ ⵏ ⵓⴳⵎⵓⴹ”
  • Sundanese: “Timor Lésté”
  • Sundanese: “Timor Wétan”
  • Swahili: “Timor ya Mashariki”
  • Swahili: “Timor-Leste”
  • Swedish: “Demokratiska republiken Östtimor”
  • Swedish: “Östtimor”
  • Swiss German: “Osttimor”
  • Sylheti: “ꠙꠥꠅꠞ ꠔꠤꠝꠞ”
  • Tachelhit: “Timur n Ugmuḍ”
  • Tagalog: “Silangang Timor”
  • Tajik: “Тимор-Лесте”
  • Tajik: “Тимори Шарқӣ”
  • Tajik: “Тимури Шарқӣ”
  • Talysh: “Demokratikə Respublikə Həšipemə Timor”
  • Tamil: “கிழக்குத் திமோர்”
  • Tamil: “திமோர்-லெஸ்தே”
  • Taroko: “Timor-Leste”
  • Tatar: “Көнчыгыш Тимор”
  • Tatar: “Тимор-Лесте”
  • Telugu: “ఈస్ట్ టిమోర్”
  • Telugu: “తూర్పు టిమోర్”
  • Telugu: “తూర్పు తైమూర్”
  • Tetum: “Repúblika Demokrátika Timor Lorosa’e”
  • Tetum: “Timór Loro Sa’e”
  • Tetum: “Timor-Leste”
  • Thai: “ติมอร์-เลสเต”
  • Thai: “ประเทศติมอร์-เลสเต”
  • Thai: “ประเทศติมอร์ตะวันออก”
  • Tibetan: “ཤར་ཏིམོར།”
  • Tigrinya: “ምብራቕ ቲሞር”
  • Tok Pisin: “Is Timo”
  • Tok Pisin: “Timor-Leste”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Tīmoa fakahahake”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Tīmoa Hahake”
  • Tulu: “ಟಿಮೋರ್ ಲೆಸ್ಟೆ”
  • Tumbuka: “East Timor”
  • Tunisian Arabic: “تيمور الشرقية”
  • Turkish: “Doğu Timor”
  • Turkmen: “Gündogar Timor”
  • Turkmen: “Timor-Leste”
  • Udmurt: “Тимор-Леште”
  • Udmurt: “Ӵукпал Тимор”
  • Udmurt: “Шунды ӝужан пал Тимор”
  • Udmurt: “Шундыӝужан Тимор”
  • Uighur: “شەرقىي تىمور”
  • Ukrainian: “Демократична Республіка Східний Тимор”
  • Ukrainian: “Східний Тимор”
  • Ukrainian: “Тімор-Лешті”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Wuchodny Timor”
  • Urdu: “تیمور لیسٹ”
  • Urdu: “مشرقی تیمور”
  • Uzbek: “Sharqiy Timor”
  • Uzbek: “Timor-Leste”
  • Venetian: “Timor Est”
  • Veps: “Päivnouzmaine Timor”
  • Vietnamese: “Cộng hoà Dân chủ Đông Timor”
  • Vietnamese: “Đông Timor”
  • Vietnamese: “Timor-Leste”
  • Vietnamese: “TL”
  • Vlaams: “Ôost-Timor”
  • Volapük: “Lofüda-Timoreän”
  • Võro: “Hummogu-Timor”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sinirangan nga Timor”
  • Welsh: “Dwyrain Timor”
  • Welsh: “Timor-Leste”
  • Western Frisian: “East Timor”
  • Western Panjabi: “چڑھدا تیمور”
  • Wolof: “Timoor gu Penku”
  • Wolof: “Timor Leste”
  • Wu Chinese: “东帝汶”
  • Yakut: “Илин Тимор”
  • Yiddish: “מזרח טימאר”
  • Yoruba: “ÌlàOòrùn Tímọ̀”
  • Yoruba: “Ìlàòrùn Timor”
  • Yue Chinese: “東帝汶”
  • Zeeuws: “Oôst-Timor”
  • Zhuang: “Doeng Divwnq”
  • Zhuang: “Doeng Timor”
  • Zulu: “i-East Timor”
  • “ma Simolese”
  • “ma Simolete”
  • “Timor Tlāpcopa”
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