East Timor (province)

East Timor
Timor Timur (Indonesian)
Timor Lorosa'e (Tetum)
1976–1999
Motto: Houri Otas, Houri Wain, Oan Timor Asswa'in (Tetum)
"From the past and from today, we are Timorese warriors"
Location of East Timor Province
Location of East Timor Province
StatusProvince of Indonesia (de facto)[1]
Overseas province of Portugal (de jure)
Capital
and largest city
Dili
Official languagesIndonesian
Recognised regional languagesBalinese, Fataluku, Javanese, Tetum, Sundanese, Uab Meto, other indigenous languages
Religion
GovernmentOverseas province within a unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic, under military occupation (de jure)[1]

Province within a unitary presidential constitutional republic (under a dominant-party authoritarian military dictatorship) (de facto)
President of Indonesia 
• 1976–1998
Suharto
• 1998–1999
B. J. Habibie
Governor 
• 1976–1978 (first)
Arnaldo dos Reis Araújo
• 1992–1999 (last)
José Abílio Osório Soares
Vice Governor 
• 1976–1981 (first)
Francisco Xavier Lopes da Cruz
• 1998–1999 (last)
Musiran Darmosuwito
LegislatureEast Timor Regional House of Representatives (DPRD Timor Timur)
Historical eraNew Order
17 July 1976
12 November 1991
30 August 1999
25 October 1999
Area
• Total
15,007 km2 (5,794 sq mi)
• Water (%)
negligible
Population
• 1980
555,350
• 1990
747,750
CurrencyIndonesian rupiah (Rp) (IDR)
Time zoneUTC+8 (Central Indonesia Time)
Date formatdd-mm-yyyy
Drives onleft[2]
Calling code+62 377 (Viqueque)
+62 378 (Pante Makasar)
+62 379 (Suai)
+62 390 (Dili)
+62 394 (Maliana)
+62 396 (Lospalos)
+62 398 (Ermera)
+62 399 (Baucau)
ISO 3166 codeID-TT
Internet TLD.id
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Provisional Government of East Timor
United Nations Administered East Timor
Today part ofEast Timor
Notes
  1. ^ East Timor was legalized by Indonesian law as the 27th province, but seen by the UN and several countries (including Portugal) as a "military occupation" (see Indonesian occupation of East Timor). Thus, it was de jure a Portuguese territory under Indonesian occupation from the standpoint of international law, but operated de facto as an Indonesian province (and considered by Indonesia's own laws as a de jure province as well).
  2. ^ Used RHT along with Portugal from 1928–1976, back to LHT since 1976.

East Timor (Indonesian: Timor Timur) was a province of Indonesia between 1976 and 1999, during the Indonesian occupation of the country. Its territory corresponded to the previous Portuguese Timor and to the present-day independent country of East Timor.

From 1702 to 1975, East Timor was an overseas territory of Portugal, called "Portuguese Timor". In 1974, Portugal initiated a gradual decolonisation process of its remaining overseas territories, including Portuguese Timor. During the process, a civil conflict between the different Timorese parties erupted. Indonesia invaded East Timor in 1975 and formally annexed the territory in 1976, declaring it Indonesia's 27th province and renaming it "Timor Timur". The United Nations, however, declared this occupation illegal, continuing to consider Portugal as the legitimate administering power of East Timor. Following the end of Indonesian occupation in 1999, as well as a United Nations administered transition period, East Timor became formally independent of Portugal in 2002 and adopted the official name of Timor-Leste.