Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste ranks 179th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind São Tomé and Príncipe, Grenada, and Lesotho. Memorable people born in present day Timor-Leste include Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, José Ramos-Horta, and Xanana Gusmão. Memorable people who died in Timor-Leste include Nicolau dos Reis Lobato, Francisco Xavier do Amaral, and Fernando de Araújo. Timor-Leste has been the birth place of many politicians and religious figures and the death place of many politicians.

East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor - of which the western half is administered by Indonesia - the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-western half, and the minor islands of Atauro and Jaco. Australia is the country's southern neighbour, separated by the Timor Sea. The country's size is 14,950 square kilometres (5,770 sq mi). Dili - on the north coast of Timor - is its capital and largest city. Read more on Wikipedia