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East Timor Cities with Hotels
 Timor, island in southern Indonesia, in the Malay Archipelago, the largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. It is bordered on the north by the Savu and Banda seas and on the south by the Timor Sea.
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Timor is about 450 km (about 280 mi) long and up to 105 km (65 mi) wide. It is traversed by parallel mountain ranges that are somewhat higher in the east, where the island's highest point, Tata Mailau, or Mount Ramelau (2950 m/9679 ft high), is located. The island receives almost all of its precipitation during the season of the northwestern monsoon, which occurs from December to March. The soil is generally poor and natural vegetation is sparse, although there are valuable stands of eucalyptus, sandalwood, teak, bamboo, and rosewood.
The economy of Timor is dominated by agriculture, cultivated using traditional methods; the chief products are maize, rice, coffee, copra, and fruit. Deposits of gold and silver are found on the island. Most of the people of Timor are of mixed Malay, Polynesian, and Papuan descent; however, members of a small ethnic Chinese community play an important role in the island's commerce. The largest cities are Kupang (population, 1990 estimate, 111,300), the capital of East Nusa Tenggara Province; and Dili (1991 estimate, 123,705), the capital of East Timor Province. Traditional religions predominate on Timor, and there are small Muslim and Christian communities.
The Portuguese established settlements on Timor in the early 16th century, and Dutch traders first landed on the island in 1613. The Portuguese and Dutch competed for influence until a series of agreements (1859, 1893, 1898, 1914) established boundaries between their holdings. Dutch Timor, centered at Kupang, in the west, became part of the republic of Indonesia in 1950. Portuguese Timor, including the region of Dili, in the east, and the small area of Oé-cusse (Okusi Ambeno), in the northwest, was forcibly annexed by Indonesia in late 1975.
Human-rights organizations claim that more than 100,000 people may have been killed by the Indonesian army during the annexation. Ongoing political tensions in the region led to a massacre of pro-independence demonstrators by Indonesian soldiers in November 1991. In 1994 the leader of the independence movement and the Indonesian foreign minister met for the first time since Timor's occupation to discuss the island's status.
Area, about 30,820 sq km (about 11,900 sq mi); population (1980) 1,382,207.
"Timor," Microsoft® Encarta® 97 Encyclopedia.
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