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| Díli Dili | ||
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| District | ||
Cathedral of Dili | ||
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 Map of East Timor highlighting Díli District | ||
| Coordinates: 8°34′S125°35′E / 8.567°S 125.583°E Coordinates: 8°34′S125°35′E / 8.567°S 125.583°E | ||
| Country |  | |
| Capital | Dili | |
| Subdistricts | Atauro, Cristo Rei, Dom Aleixo, Metinaro, Nain Feto, Vera Cruz | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 367 km2 (142 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 13th | |
| Population (2015 census) | ||
| • Total | 277,279 | |
| • Rank | 1st | |
| • Density | 760/km2 (2,000/sq mi) | |
| • Density rank | 1st | |
| Households (2015 census) | ||
| • Total | 42,485 | |
| • Rank | 1st | |
| Time zone | TLT (UTC+09:00) | |
| ISO 3166 code | TL-DI | |
Dili is the name of one of the 13 districts of Timor-Leste, which includes the national capital Dili. It has a population of 252,884 (2015), [1] most of whom live in the capital city. The district has an area of 368.12 km². The district continued the same name as the council had in Portuguese Timor.
Dili, also known as “City of Peace”, is the capital, largest city, chief port, and commercial centre of East Timor (Timor-Leste). Dili is part of a free trade zone, the Timor Leste–Indonesia–Australia Growth Triangle (TIA-GT).
Portuguese Timor refers to East Timor during the historic period when it was a Portuguese colony that existed between 1702 and 1975. During most of this period, Portugal shared the island of Timor with the Dutch East Indies.
Dili is the smallest district in East Timor, but it has the highest population. It lies on the north coast of the island of Timor on the Savu Sea. It borders the districts of Manatuto to the east, Aileu to the south, and Liquiçá to the west. Atauro Island, to the north of the district opposite the capital, is one of its subdistricts.
Timor is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, 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, also 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. 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 mentioned Timor Sea.
The Savu Sea is a small sea within Indonesia named for the island of Savu (Sawu) on its southern boundary. It is bounded by Savu and Rai Jua to the south, the islands of Rote and Timor to the east, Flores and the Alor archipelago to the north/northwest, and the island of Sumba to the west/northwest. Between these islands, it flows into the Indian Ocean to the south and west, the Flores Sea to the north, and the Banda Sea to the northeast.
Dili is the economic and political centre of East Timor.
