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East Timor (Timor Leste, República Democrática de Timor-Leste), is a small state of South-East Asian with capital Dili, it's a former Portuguese colony which became independent from Indonesia in 2002, the country occupies the eastern portion of the island of Timor, in the Lesser Sunda islands, the exclave on the northwestern side of the island of Ocussi-Ambeno (815 sqkm) and the islands of Atauro (142 sq. km) and Jaco (10 sqkm). The territory of the country is rather mountainous, the highest peak is Mount Tata Mailau (2,950 metres).

East Timor is one of the poorest countries in the world, but recently have been found large deposits of oil and natural gas within the territorial waters of the country, their exploitation began in 2005. The economy of East Timor is primarily agricultural, there are grown coffee, coconuts, cloves, cocoa, rice, cassava, sweet potatoes, pineapple, nutmeg.

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