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Geography
Southeastern Asia, northwest of Australia in the Lesser Sunda Islands at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago; note - Timor-Leste includes the eastern half of the island of Timor, the Oecussi (Ambeno) region on the northwest portion of the island of Timor, and the islands of Pulau Atauro and Pulau Jaco
8 50 S, 125 55 E
Area: 
total: 14,874 sq km
country comparison to the world: 
159
land: 14,874 sq km
water: 0 sq km
slightly larger than Connecticut
total: 228 km
border countries: Indonesia 228 km
706 km
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
Current Weather
tropical; hot, humid; distinct rainy and dry seasons
mountainous
lowest point: Timor Sea, Savu Sea, and Banda Sea 0 m
highest point: Foho Tatamailau 2,963 m
gold, petroleum, natural gas, manganese, marble
arable land: 8.2%
permanent crops: 4.57%
other: 87.23% (2005)
1,065 sq km (2003)
floods and landslides are common; earthquakes; tsunamis; tropical cyclones
widespread use of slash and burn agriculture has led to deforestation and soil erosion
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Timor comes from the Malay word for “East”; the island of Timor is part of the Malay Archipelago and is the largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands
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