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Continent: South and East Asia

Capital: Dili

Area: 14,874 km²

Population: 1,291,358

Former Name: East Timor, Portuguese Timor

Neighbouring Countries: ↖ Indonesia , ↓ Australia

Religions: Roman Catholic 97.6%, Protestant/Evangelical 2%, Muslim 0.2%, other 0.2%

Languages: Tetun Prasa 30.6%, Mambai 16.6%, Makasai 10.5%, Tetun Terik 6.1%, Baikenu 5.9%, Kemak 5.8%, Bunak 5.5%, Tokodede 4%, Fataluku 3.5%, Waima'a 1.8%, Galoli 1.4%, Naueti 1.4%, Idate 1.2%, Midiki 1.2%, other 4.5%

Ethnic Groups: Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) (includes Tetun, Mambai, Tokodede, Galoli, Kemak, Baikeno), Melanesian-Papuan (includes Bunak, Fataluku, Bakasai), small Chinese minority

Motto: Honra, pátria e povo (Portuguese) (Honour, homeland and people)

Area: 14,874 km²

Catholic Population: 1,362,000 Catholics (96.0% of 1,419,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 65 parishes, 169 mission stations (7 with resident priest, 162 without resident priest), 488 other centres

Clergy: 2 bishops (diocesan), 303 priests (137 diocesan, 166 religious), 1 permanent deacon (religious)

Non-Clergy: 1,136 religious (102 brothers, 1,034 sisters), 1 member of secular institutes (sister), 567 major seminarians, 8 missionaries, 1,714 catechists