Information about East Timor

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Writing system: Latin alphabet (Portuguese variant) 
Official status
Official language of: Angola
Brazil
Cape Verde
East Timor
Equatorial Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Macau (PRC)
Mozambique
Portugal
São Tomé and Príncipe
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"Pátria" ("Fatherland" in the Portuguese language) is the national anthem of the Democratic Republic of East Timor. It was first used on November 28, 1975 when East Timor unilaterally declared independence from Portugal, shortly before the Indonesian invasion on December 7.
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Demographics of East Timor
from the CIA World Factbook 2002

Population: 952,618 (July 2002 est.)
note: other estimates range as low as 800,000 (2002 est.)

Age structure: NA

Population growth rate: 2.08% (2006 est.
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Dili
Map of East Timor showing Dili district
Coordinates:
Country East Timor
District Dili
Settled 1520
Population
 - City ~150,000 Dili
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Official status
Official language of: East Timor
Regulated by: National Institute of Linguistics
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: tet
ISO 639-3: tet Tetum (also Tetun
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Writing system: Latin alphabet (Portuguese variant) 
Official status
Official language of: Angola
Brazil
Cape Verde
East Timor
Equatorial Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Macau (PRC)
Mozambique
Portugal
São Tomé and Príncipe
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List of forms of government

• Anarchism
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• Authoritarianism
• Autocracy
• Communist state
• Democracy

Direct democracy

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East Timor

This article is part of the series:
Politics of East Timor

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• President
• Jos Ramos Horta
• Prime Minister
• Xanana Gusmo
• 2006 political crisis

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José Manuel Ramos-Horta, GCL (born December 26, 1949) is the second President of East Timor since independence from Indonesia, taking office on May 20 2007. He is a co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize and a former Prime Minister, having served from 2006 until his
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East Timor

This article is part of the series:
Politics of East Timor

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• President
• Jos Ramos Horta
• Prime Minister
• Xanana Gusmo
• 2006 political crisis

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Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão GCL (born José Alexandre Gusmão, on June 20 1946) is a former militant who was the first President of East Timor, serving from May 2002 to May 2007. He later became the fourth Prime Minister of East Timor on 8 August 2007.
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Anthem
"A Portuguesa"


Capital
(and largest city) Lisbon⁵

Official languages Portuguese¹
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