southeast asian

1. Elo
Bon dia
Diak ka lai?

3. Country name:
long form: Democratic Republic of
Timor-Leste
local short form:
Timor Lorosa'e [Tetum];
Timor-Leste [Portuguese]

4. • "timor" derives from the Indonesian
and Malay word "timur" meaning
"east";
• "leste" is the Portuguese word for
"east"
• "Timor-Leste" literally means
"Eastern-East“
• the local [Tetum] name "Timor

5. • Capital and largest city: Dili, 18.64
mi2
• Population: 1,261,072 (July 2016 est.)
• Land Area:5,641 sq mi (14,609 sq km)
• Density per sq km: 75
• Monetary unit: U.S. dollar

7. Government
- semi-presidential republic
symbolic
role but is
the
commander
in chief of
the military
veto
legislation
call
national
elections
dissolve
parliament

8. Legislative branch:
unicameral- 65 seats
Judicial branch:
– Supreme Court of Justice
– Prime Minister
– the president appoints the leader of the
majority party or majority coalition

9. National Anthem: “Patria" (Fatherland)
Nationality: Timorese
Ethnic groups:
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian),
Papuan,
small Chinese minority
Languages: Tetum (official),
Portuguese (official), Indonesian,
English

10. Customs
• Hair removal
it is duty for adult women
( from the age of 15) to remove all body
hair (besides their head).
• If you’re offered food or drink when you
meet somebody, it’s important to at least
taste it but always wait for your host to
take the first sip or bite.
• Always ask before taking photos

11. RELIGION
ROMAN
CATHOLIC, 96.90%
Protestant , 2.20%
Muslim, 0.30%
other, 0.06%

12. Geography
 located in the eastern part of
Timor, an island in the Indonesian
archipelago that lies between the
South China Sea and the Indian
Ocean.
includes the enclave of Oecussi,
which is located within West Timor
(Indonesia).
closest neighbour is Australia,
400 mi to the south

13. Total area: 5,641 sq mi (14,609 sq km)

14. History
1520
• first colonized by the
Portuguese
1613
• The Dutch, who claimed many of
the surrounding islands, took
control of the western portion of the
island.
Until
1860
• Portugal and the Netherlands
fought over the island and treaty
divided Timor

15. History
• Australia and Japan fought each other on
the island during World War II;
• nearly 50,000 East Timorese died during
the subsequent Japanese occupation.
1949
• In, the Netherlands gave up its
colonies in the Dutch East Indies
1975
• the Portuguese abruptly pulled out
after 455 years of colonization.

16. INDEPENDEN
CE
Novembe
r 28,1975
• Democratic Republic of East Timor
was declared an independent nation
from Portugal
• nine days after, Indonesia invaded
and annexed it.
May 20,
2002
• from Indonesia
• international recognition of
Timor-Leste's independence
from Indonesia

17. FLAG
The colours mean:
black – the obscurantism that needs
to be overcome;
red – the struggle for national
liberation;
white – peace, light that guide

18. Economy
The development of offshore oil and
gas resources has greatly
supplemented government revenues.
 technology-intensive industry,
-done little to create jobs in
-no production facilities in Timor-
Leste
-gas is currently piped to Australia
-Timor-Leste has expressed interest
in developing a domestic processing
capacity

19. • June 2005,
National Parliament unanimously
approved the creation of the Timor-
Leste Petroleum Fund to serve as a
repository for all petroleum revenues
and to preserve the value of Timor-
Leste's petroleum wealth for future
generations.

20. • ranked 7th of 160 states for making
the most progress in converting
economic growth into well-being.
• “most improved” of 188 nations in the
health-related Sustainable
Development Goals (United Nations )
• ASEAN (observer)
Economy

21. Agriculture
coffee
rice
corn
cassava (manioc,
tapioca)
sweet potatoes
soybeans
cabbage
mangoes
bananas vanilla

22. Transnational Issues:
Disputes - international
• 3 stretches of land borders with Timor-Leste
have yet to be delimited,
- two of which are in the Oecussi exclave
area
- no maritime or Economic Exclusion Zone
boundaries
2007- Australia and Timor-Leste signed a 50-
year development zone and revenue sharing
agreement in lieu of a maritime boundary

23. Trafficking in persons:
 source and destination country for
men, women, and children subjected
to forced labor and sex trafficking
 Timorese women and girls from rural
areas are lured to the capital with
promises of legitimate jobs or
education prospects and are then
forced into prostitution or domestic
servitude

24. • Timorese family members force
children into bonded domestic or
agricultural labor to repay debts;
foreign migrant women are vulnerable
to sex trafficking in Timor Leste, while
men and boys from Burma,
Cambodia, and Thailand are forced to
work on fishing boats in Timorese
waters under inhumane condition

27. Bunak houses

30. Obrigadu
Obrigada
Presented by:
SHAREEN P. CAYETANO
MAED Social Science