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Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste is a young nation located in Southeast Asia, occupying the eastern half of the island of Timor and generally considered part of the South Pacific. Officially known as the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, the country is also referred to by its indigenous population as "Timor Lorosa'e". This island nation has two official languages, Portuguese and Tetum, and gained independence in 2002 after a long period of Portuguese colonial rule followed by Indonesian occu