Tag: East Timor

The state of Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, is a very young state. It was proclaimed in 2002 after 25 years of sometimes bloody conflicts with Indonesia. The name is composed of the Portuguese “Leste” for east and “Timor” from Malay, which also means east. The name thus represents a tautology. East Timor is […]

Attractions Dili Dili was the capital of the Portuguese Timor-Leste and is now the capital of the new state. Dili also has colonial architecture and a large Portuguese fort dating back to 1627. There is also the State Museum of Timor-Leste, which was founded in 1995 and about a tenth of whose collections survive. The […]