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Timor
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Timor
Timor
is an
island
at the southern end of
Maritime Southeast Asia
, north of the
Timor Sea
. The island is divided between the
sovereign states
of
East Timor
, on the eastern part, and
Indonesia
, on the western part. The Indonesian part, also known as
West Timor
, constitutes part of the
province
of
East Nusa Tenggara
. Within West Timor lies an
exclave
of East Timor called
Oecusse District
. The island covers an area of 30,777 square kilometres. The name is a variant of
timur
,
Malay
for "east"; it is so called because it lies at the eastern end of the
Lesser Sunda Islands
.
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