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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: 1,515,000 Catholics (97.2% of 1,559,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 69 parishes, 184 mission stations (8 with resident priest, 176 without resident priest), 493 other centres

Clergy: 3 bishops (diocesan), 369 priests (147 diocesan, 222 religious)

Non-Clergy: 1,142 religious (125 brothers, 1,017 sisters), 1 member of secular institutes (sister), 592 major seminarians, 9 missionaries, 1,678 catechists