East Timor facts

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In the past year there were an average of over 9700 planes carrying 1.2 million people in the sky at any given time. That would make the skies the 156th most populous country in the world,right between Estonia and East Timor.

how did east timor gain independence?

The deepest point of Timor Sea is Timor Trough, considered the south-east extension of Java Trench.

What language is spoken in east timor?

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what happened in east timor?

1. The Timor Sea is considered by the International Hydrographic organization to be part of the East Indian Archipelago waters.

2. East of the island of Timor there have been many rare dolphins discovered to be living. There have also been short-finned pilot whales, melon-headed whales, blue whales, and beaked whales found in these waters.

3. The US dollar is the official currency of East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau and the Caribbean Netherlands

4. The First Prime Minister of East Timor was shot and killed when Indonesia invaded. What then happened to his body is unknown, but the East-Timorese government continues to pursue the issue with the Indonesian government, so that his remains can be given a proper burial.

5. Every year, the 120 years old Norwegian-built sail boat 'Vega' and her volunteer crew sail about 7,000 miles to collect and deliver 15-20 tons of donated construction, education, and medical supplies to East Timor and remote islands in Eastern Indonesia.

6. The name of a country, East Timor (Timor-Leste), means "East-East".

7. Indigenous Taiwanese are an Austronesian population (similar to those of East Timor, Solomon Islands, Fiji, and others), estimated to have inhabited the island for around 5,500 years.

8. The song "Am I Ever Going to See Your Face Again" (where the crowd always replies "No Way! Get F***ed! F*** off!") was performed in front of the Foreign Minister of East Timor, the Roman Catholic Bishop of East Timor, and a very embarrassed commander of Aussie forces in East Timor

9. The United States dollar is the only official currency in East Timor, Ecuador and El Salvador.

10. All of the names for Timor-Leste, also sometimes called East Timor, Timor Timur, or Timór Lorosa'e, mean "East East"

Why east timor is not a member of asean?

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The "Timor" in Timor-Leste means "East" in Malay, and the "Leste" means "East" in Portuguese. When Timor-Leste was occupied by Indonesia (1976-1999) it was officially called Timor Timur.

East Timor once declared war on 'ninjas'. - source

Country of East Timor uses the American dollar as their currency but has their own centavo coins, whose values are equal to their US cent counterparts, and which are minted (made) in Portugal. - source

The United States supported the genocide of 100,000+ people during the Indonesian invasion of East Timor in the 1970s

Xanana Gusmão was the 1st President of East Timor (and currently still a cabinet minister). 'Xanana' was derived from the US band 'Sha Na Na' - source

When east timor independence?

The United States secretly funded genocide in East Timor

How to get to east timor?

Prime Minister of East Timor Xanana Gusmão got his name after the group Sha Na Na

East Timor was the first new country of the 20th century

The Australian government tried to cover up the Santa Cruz Massacre in East Timor

Australia, one of the richest nations on earth, is attempting to take an oil field from East Timor, a poverty stricken nation of 1 million.