LOCATION: Southeastern Asia, northwest of Australia in the Lesser Sunda Islands at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago.
AREA: 14,874 sq km
CAPITAL: DILI
POPULATION – 1,131,612
BIRTH RATE: 26.25 births/1,000
DEATH RATE: 5.98 deaths/1,000
LIFE EXPECTANCY: 67.27 years
RELIGION: Roman Catholic 98% Muslim 1% Protestant 1%
LANGUAGES: Tetum (official) Portuguese (official) Indonesian, English. Note: there are about 16 indigenous languages, Tetum, Galole, Mambae, and Kemak are spoken by significant numbers of people.
LITERACY RATE: age 15 and above can read and write
East Timor
LOCATION: Southeastern Asia, northwest of Australia in the Lesser Sunda Islands at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago.
AREA: 14,874 sq km
CAPITAL: DILI
POPULATION – 1,131,612
BIRTH RATE: 26.25 births/1,000
DEATH RATE: 5.98 deaths/1,000
LIFE EXPECTANCY: 67.27 years
RELIGION: Roman Catholic 98% Muslim 1% Protestant 1%
LANGUAGES: Tetum (official) Portuguese (official) Indonesian, English. Note: there are about 16 indigenous languages, Tetum, Galole, Mambae, and Kemak are spoken by significant numbers of people.
LITERACY RATE: age 15 and above can read and write