Another name for Timor is Timor Leste. The official name for this country is Democratic Republic of Timor Leste. This country is located in Southeast Asia. It contains within it the eastern half of the island of Timor. Along with this, the islands of Atauro, Jaco, Oecussi Ambeno and others are also a part of this nation. This small nation of Timor is located northwest of Darwin in Australia.

Earlier, east timor was best known for its sandalwoods. In the year 1999, most of east timor’s economic resources were destroyed by the Indonesian occupants. Around 260,000 people fled to the occident during this oppressive period of time. Later, an international programme by the United Nations led to the allocation of 5000 peacekeepers and 1300 police officers. This was all set up in an attempt to reconstruct the infrastructure of east timor. A few years down the line, about 50,000 of the refugees had returned. A very promising project is the joint development with Australia. As per this project, east timor and Australia have a joint pact over the development of natural gas and petroleum resources in southeast east timor.

The Portuguese were the first colonizers of Timor. They were in fact he first people to colonize maritime Southeast Asia. They arrived in this continent in the 16th century. They then established outposts at Timor and the surrounding localities.

Tiny East Timor signed a U.N. treaty to protect the Earth's delicate ozone layer, making it the first environmental pact