The East
Timorese, living in the eastern half of the island of Timor, which lies between
Indonesia and Australia, occupy a land whose area is 14,875 km2..
The
population 1975, when the Portuguese left, was 680,000 – 97% Timorese (including
mestizos), 2% Chines, under 1% Portuguese.(The population today is 800,000 –
78% Timorese, 2% Chinese, 20% Indonesia ).
East
Timor has a common boundry with West Timor, which is part of Indonesia, the
former Dutch East Indies.
