Timor

Also known as Timor Island, Pulau Timor

Timor (; ; ) is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, in the north of the Timor Sea. The name is a variant of timur, Malay for "east"; it is so called because it lies at the eastern end of the Lesser Sunda Islands. Mainland Australia is less than 500 km away, separated by the Timor Sea. The island covers an area of .

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Timor is an island located at the southern edge of Maritime Southeast Asia, positioned north of the Timor Sea and named for its easternmost location along the Lesser Sunda Islands chain. It matters geographically because of its strategic position close to mainland Australia (less than 500 km away) and its substantial land area within a key Southeast Asian maritime region.

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Islands.name: Timor
Islands.image: Timor island2.png
Islands.image_caption: Timor as seen from space in 1989
Islands.pushpin_map: Timor#Indonesia
Islands.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Timor
Islands.location: Southeast Asia
Islands.area_km2: 30777
Islands.rank: 44th
Islands.highest_mount: Ramelau
Islands.elevation_m: 2963
Islands.elevation_ft: 9720
Islands.country2: Timor-Leste
Islands.country2_largest_city: Dili
Islands.country2_largest_city_population: 277,488
Islands.country1: Indonesia
Islands.country1_admin_divisions_title: Province
Islands.country1_admin_divisions: East Nusa Tenggara
Islands.country1_largest_city: Kupang

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Demonym: טימורית
Population: 2800000
Area: 30777
Elevation: 2963
Image: Timor island2.jpg
Width: 102
Length: 476

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Contents

History
Geography
Geology
Demographics
Most populous settlements
Administration
2018 and 2023
2023
West Timor
Timor-Leste
Flora and fauna
Time zone
See also
References
External links

With a population of over 3 million people, the island is divided between the sovereign states of Timor-Leste in the eastern part and Indonesia in the western part. The Indonesian part, known as West Timor, is inhabited by around 2 million people and constitutes part of the province of East Nusa Tenggara. Timor-Leste, previously under Indonesian control from 1975 to 1999, has a population of around 1.3 million. Within West Timor lies an exclave of Timor-Leste called Oecusse District. The island had previously been divided between the Dutch and Portuguese colonial empires.