Timor and Dependencies Residency

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Residency of Timor and Dependencies
Keresidenan Timor dan Dependensi (Indonesian)
Timor Rezidensia no Dependensia sira (Tetun)
1819-1949
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Capital Koepang
  TypeColonial Administration
History 
 Separation From Molucas Governorate
1819
 Occupation by the Japanese
1943
 Disestablished
1949
Preceded by
Succeeded by
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The Timor and Dependencies Residency (Dutch : Residentie Timor en Onderhoorigheden; Indonesian : Karesidenan Timor dan Kepulauannya) was an administrative subdivision (Residency) of the Dutch East Indies located in the Eastern half of Lesser Sunda Islands east of Lombok, it was separated in 1819 from the Governorate of Moluccas (Gouvernement der Molukken. Its capital was at Kupang. [1]

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Administrative divisions

The Residency was divided into four divisions (afdelingen): Soembawa, Soemba, Flores and Timor en eilanden [2] Soembawa division was divided to two subdistricts of Soembawa and Bima. Soemba division was divided to two subdistricts of West- and East-Soemba. Flores division was divided to five subdistricts of Manggarai, Ngada, Endeh, Maoemere, Oost-Flores en Solor-Eilanden, and Alor subdivision Timor en eilanden was divided to five subdistricts of Beloe, Noord-Midden Timor, Zuid-Midden Timor, Koepang, and Roti en Sawoe. Since Indonesian independence these subdistricts (Onderafdelingen) have been turned to Regencies (Kabupaten).

List of the Residents of Timor en Onderhoorigheden [3]

References

  1. "Administrative divisions in eastern Indonesia, 1817-1823". indonesianhistory.info. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  2. "Administrative divisions in the Residentie Timor en Onderhoorigheden, 1930". indonesianhistory.info. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  3. Hans Hägerdal (2012), pp. 425-7; Regeeringsalmanak Nederlandsch Indië, 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff 1800-1942 (various titles).