Timor

Timor
Native name: Ilha de Timor (Portuguese); Illa Timór (Tetum); Timor eiland (Dutch); Pulau Timor (Indonesian)
	Timor as seen from space in 1989
	Top: Political division of Timor between Indonesia and East Timor; Bottom: Location of Timor in Indonesia
	Timor
Geography
Location	Southeast Asia
Coordinates	9°14′S 124°56′E / 9.233°S 124.933°E
Area	30,777 km2 (11,883 sq mi)
Area rank	44th
Highest elevation	2,963 m (9,720 ft)
Highest point	Ramelau
Administration
	East Timor
Largest settlement	Dili (pop. 277,488 as of 2023)
	Indonesia
Province	East Nusa Tenggara
Largest settlement	Kupang (West Timor) (pop. 455,850 as of 2021)
Demographics
Population	3,311,735 (2020)
Pop. density	107.6/km2 (278.7/sq mi)

Timor (Portuguese: Ilha de Timor, Tetum: Illa Timór, Indonesian: Pulau Timor) is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, in the 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, 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 (11,883 square miles). 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. Mainland Australia is less than 500 km away, separated by the Timor Sea.