Geography Of East Timor

Location	Southeastern Asia, northwest of Australia in the Lesser Sunda Islands at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago; note - East Timor includes the eastern half of the island of Timor, the Oecussi (Ambeno) region on the northwest portion of the island of Timor, and the islands of Pulau Atauro and Pulau Jaco
Geographic coordinates	8 50 S, 125 55 E
Map references	southeast_asia
Area	total: 15,007 sq km land: NA sq km water: NA sq km
Area comparative	slightly larger than Connecticut
Land boundaries	total: 228 km border countries: Indonesia 228 km
Coastline	706 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: NA nm extended fishing zone: NA nm exclusive economic zone: NA nm continental shelf: NA nm exclusive fishing zone: NA nm
Climate	tropical; hot, humid; distinct rainy and dry seasons
Terrain	mountainous
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Timor Sea, Savu Sea, and Banda Sea 0 m highest point: Foho Tatamailau 2,963 m
Natural resources	gold, petroleum, natural gas, manganese, marble
Land use	arable land: 4.71% other: 94.62% (2001) permanent crops: 0.67%
Irrigated land	1,065 sq km (est.)
Natural hazards	floods and landslides are common; earthquakes, tsunamis, tropical cyclones
Environment - current issues	widespread use of slash and burn agriculture has led to deforestation and soil erosion
Environment - international agreements	NA
Geography note	Timor comes from the Malay word for "East;" the island of Timor is part of the Malay Archipelago and is the largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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