LET'S GET TO KNOW EAST TIMOR IN ALL ITS DETAILS

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A former Portuguese colony that had been forcibly annexed by Indonesia in 1976, East Timor officially declared its independence on May 20, 2002. Four months later, on September 27, the newly sovereign country became the 191st member of the United Nations (UN) and chose to be admitted under its Portuguese name, Timor-Leste. Independence had not come easily to the fledgling country, however. Following a 1999 UN-sponsored referendum, in which a majority of voters favored independence from Indonesia, the country was wracked by waves of violence perpetrated by anti-independence militants, destroying much of the region’s infrastructure. Order was eventually restored, however, and East Timor entered the new millennium with ambitious plans to rebuild and repair its torn state. Area 5,773 square miles (14,954 square kilometers). Population (2020 est.) 1,316,000.