Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste ranks 183rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Eritrea, Tonga, and U.S. Virgin Islands. Memorable people born in present day Timor-Leste include José Ramos-Horta, Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, 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, and military personnels.

Timor-Leste, also known as 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 coastal exclave of Oecusse in the island's northwest, and the islands of Atauro and Jaco, for a total land area of 14,950 square kilometres (5,770 sq mi). Timor-Leste shares a land border with Indonesia to the west; Australia is the country's southern neighbour, across the Timor Sea. Dili, on the north coast of Timor, is its capital and largest city. Read more on Wikipedia