This is a list of newspapers in East Timor .
Newspapers are concentrated in Dili, the capital, and they are mostly published in the national Tetum language. [1]
Dili is the capital and largest city of East Timor. It lies on the northern coast of the island of Timor, in a small area of flat land hemmed in by mountains. The climate is tropical, with distinct wet and dry seasons. The city has served as the economic hub and chief port of what is now East Timor since its designation as the capital of Portuguese Timor in 1769. It also serves as the capital of the Dili Municipality, which includes some rural subdivisions in addition to the urban ones that make up the city itself. Dili's growing population is relatively youthful, being mostly of working age. The local language is Tetum; however, residents include many internal migrants from other areas of the country.
East Timor is divided into 14 municipalities, which are former districts. One municipality is also a Special Administrative Region (SAR). The municipalities are divided into administrative posts, and further subdivided into sucos (villages). Atauro Island was initially a part of Dili Municipality, but became a separate municipality on 1 January 2022. The borders between Cova Lima and Ainaro and between Baucau and Viqueque were changed in 2003.
The Timorese Social Democratic Association was a political party in East Timor. Both the original ASDT of the 1970s and the current party of the same name are founded by the late ex-Timorese President Francisco Xavier do Amaral.
The Timorese Democratic Union is a conservative political party in East Timor. It was the first party to be established in the country on May 11, 1974, following the Carnation Revolution in Portugal.
The União Nacional dos Escuteiros de Timor-Leste is the national Scouting organization of East Timor. It was founded on December 2, 2005 through the merger of the Corpo de Escuteiros Católicos em Timor-Leste and of Timor-Leste Scouting. The organization is a member of the Comunidade do Escutismo Lusófono. It became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement on 22 June 2017.
Diário de Notícias is a Portuguese weekly newspaper published in Lisbon, Portugal. Established since 1864, the paper is considered a newspaper of record for Portugal.
Oecusse Airport, officially Oecusse Route of the Sandalwood International Airport, and formerly Palaban Airport, is an international airport serving Pante Macassar, the capital city of the Oecusse Special Administrative Region of East Timor.
Luro, officially Luro Administrative Post, is an administrative post in Lautém municipality, East Timor; Luro is also the name of two of its towns.
The Palácio de Lahane, also known as the Palácio das Nobres, is a historic building in East Timor. As of 2022, its primary function was as a reception space for the East Timorese government.
Parliamentary elections were held in East Timor on 22 July 2017. Fretilin narrowly emerged as the largest party in the National Parliament, winning 23 seats to the 22 won by the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction, which had been the largest party in the outgoing Parliament.
Maria Ângela Guterres Viegas Carrascalão is an East Timorese journalist, author, university teacher and former Minister of Justice. She is a member of the Timorese Democratic Union.
Dionísio da Costa Babo Soares is an East Timorese politician, and a member of the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT). From June 2018 to May 2020, he was the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, under the VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor; he had earlier served as Minister of State, Coordinator of State Administration Affairs and Justice, Minister of State Administration, and Minister of Justice.
Suara Timor Lorosae is a daily newspaper published in Dili, East Timor. It is the first and oldest newspaper in East Timor. The current publication is the continuation of Suara Timor Timur, which ceased publication in 1999.
The Centro Acção Social-Democrata Timorense, abbreviated as Centro ASDT or CASDT is a political party in Timor-Leste. Founded by its late first party president Gil da Costa A.N. Alves, he was the former Secretary General of the Associação Social-Democrata Timorense (ASDT) party. The party motto is “Justiça, Unidade, Solidaridade”.
José Agostinho Sequeira, also known by his nom de guerreSomotxo Matar Mimiraka, is an East Timorese politician and former guerilla, and a member of the Fretilin political party. In 2006–2007, he was Vice Minister of Interior, and in 2017–2018 he was Minister for Defence and Security. Since 2018, he has been a Member of the National Parliament.
Bidau Santana is a suco in Cristo Rei Administrative Post, Dili Municipality, East Timor. The administrative area covers an area of 1.84 square kilometres and at the time of the 2015 census it had a population of 6,482 people.
Longuinhos Rabindranatha Tagore Domingues de Castro Monteiro is an East Timorese jurist, administrator and politician. He has held several positions in government, including that of Minister of the Interior in the VI Constitutional Government between 2015 and 2017.
Francisco Kalbuadi "Chico" Lay is an East Timorese politician and a member of the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction.