Passport card
Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste
- Capital
- Dili
- Continent
- Asia
- Currency
- US dollar
- Languages
- Tetum and Portuguese
- People
- About 14 lakh
- Size
- About 15,007 km²
- Leader
- Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão
- Free since
- 20 May 2002
- Time
- 3½ hours ahead of India: at 12 noon in India, it is 3:30 pm in Dili
⭐ Timor-Leste means "East East": Timor is Malay for east, and Leste is Portuguese for east!
Your Timor-Leste stamp
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Timor-Leste
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Timor-Leste
Turn the globe with your finger. Timor-Leste has 1 neighbour on land: tap one to visit it.
Compare with India
Timor-Leste and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale.
- SizeIndia is about 220 times the size of Timor-Leste.
- PeopleIndia has about 1,000 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 14 lakh in Timor-Leste.
- DistanceDili is about 6,600 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimeTimor-Leste is 3½ hours ahead of India. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 3:30 pm in Dili.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Timor-Leste, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Timor-Leste
- A fresh mix from the country's 100 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Timor-Leste's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Timor-Leste back on the map
Timor-Leste and its neighbour have fallen off the map. Can you put them both back?
Big neighbours stop at the edge of this map.
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Timor-Leste worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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