Red, with a black isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) superimposed on a slightly longer yellow arrowhead that extends to the center of the flag; there is a white star in the center of the black triangle.

Dili

13 administrative districts: Aileu, Ainaro, Baucau, Bobonaro (Maliana), Cova-Lima (Suai), Dili, Ermera, Lautem (Los Palos), Liquica, Manatuto, Manufahi (Same), Oecussi (Ambeno), and Viqueque.

1,084,971 (July 2007 est.)
Other estimates range as low as 800,000.

Tetum (official), Portuguese (official), Indonesian, English
There are a total of about 16 indigenous languages, of which Tetum, Galole, Mambae, and Kemak are spoken by significant numbers of people.

8° 50' S, 125° 55' E

15,007 sq. km

NA sq. km

NA sq. km

228 km

Indonesia 228 km

706 km

Timor Sea, Savu Sea, and Banda Sea 0 m - Foho Tatamailau 2,963 m

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US dollar (USD)

Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste

East Timor

Republika Demokratika Timor Lorosa'e [Tetum], Republica Democratica de Timor-Leste [Portuguese]

Timor Lorosa'e [Tetum], Timor-Leste [Portuguese]

Portuguese Timor

22 March 2002 (based on the Portuguese model)

republic

Independence Day, 28 November (1975)