Osolata, East Timor

Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as Timor-Leste (Listen / ˌ i ː s TI mɔr ː /) (Tetum: Timor Loro sa'e), is a country in Southeast Asia, which includes the eastern half of Timor island near the islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecussi, exclave is north-west of the island in Indonesian West Timor. A small country with 15,410 km ² (5400 square kilometers) is located about 640 km (400 miles) north-west of Darwin, Australia.

East Timor was colonized by Portugal in the 16 th century and was known as Portuguese Timor until Portugal's colonial country. At the end of 1975, East Timor declared its independence, but later the same year was occupied by Indonesia, and the twenty-seventh province of Indonesia has declared the following year. In 1999, after the UN-sponsored self-determination act, has given control of the territory of Indonesia and East Timor was the first new sovereign state, the 21st Century May 20, 2002. East Timor is one of only two predominantly Roman Catholic country in Asia, the other is the Philippines.

East Timor has a lower middle income economy.It still suffering the effects of an independence struggle for decades against Indonesia, which caused damage to infrastructure and displacing thousands of civilians. 120th Place according to the Human Development Index (HDI).

East Timor

Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as East Timor (Listening / i ː ˌ ː st you mɔr /) (Tetum: Timor Loro-sa'e) is a state in South Asia. That includes the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecussi, an enclave on the northwest coast of the island, in Indonesia, West Timor. The small country of 15,410 km ² (5400 km ²) is located about 640 km (400 miles) northwest of Darwin, Australia.

East Timor was colonized by Portugal in the 16th century and was known as Portuguese Timor until Portugal's decolonization of the country. At the end of 1975, East Timor declared its independence, but later that year was invaded and occupied by Indonesia and was declared the 27th province of Indonesia the following year. In 1999, after the UN-sponsored act of self-determination in Indonesia relinquish control over the territory and East Timor became the first new sovereign state in the 21st century, May 20, 2002. East Timor is one of only two Roman Catholic countries primarily in Asia, the other being the Philippines.

East Timor has a lower-middle income economy continues to suffer the effects of an independence struggle for decades against Indonesia, which caused damage to infrastructure and displaced thousands of civilians. It is placed 120th Development Index (HDI).

Lasiana Beach, East Timor

In May 2002 after 450 years of foreign occupation continues Timor became an independent state in the new worlds. However, East Timor, road to independence is long and traumatic.

The first Portuguese arrived on the island in the 16th century and the 1550 had occupied the eastern part. The Dutch took control of the western part, which is part of the Dutch East Indies and, after independence, Indonesia.In 1975, the new leftist government of Portugal has given up all its colonies. East Timor, then enjoyed a few days of independence, before the Indonesians annexed its 27th province. There was little local resistance and the international community largely accepted.

The main independence movement of East Timor, FRETILIN (Revolutionary Front of Timor Este Independente), which was originally formed to fight the Portuguese, now had to prepare for new fight against a new occupant and even more brutal. In the campaign against wild-insurgency that followed, the Indonesian army has killed more than 100,000 East Timorese. It was not until the 1997 economic crisis in Asia and the subsequent removal of veteran Indonesian President Suharto that the growing international criticism of the Indonesian campaign began to have some effect.

Borassus flabellifer

Borassus flabellifer tree is hardy and can live 100 years or more and reach a height of 30 m with a canopy of leaves dozens of spreadsheets 3 meters in diameter. The large trunk is similar to the coconut tree and is surrounded by the leaf scars. Young palmira palms grow slowly at first, but then grow more rapidly with age.