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East Timor

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East Timor was invaded and annexed by Indonesia in 1975. Indonesia granted independence to the province in 1999 after a referendum result in favour of independence, and it became fully independent on 20^th May 2002.

For supplementary information, see links to post office home pages here , to postal code pages here and to other personal name and addressing issues pages here .

East Timor - Country information

East Timor - Number format

   Note: This section last updated 13th April 2021

   1 234,45

(where , indicates the decimal separator and a space the thousands separator).

East Timor - Date and time formats

   Note: This section last updated 13th April 2021

   dd/mm/yyyy

   14:32

East Timor - Languages

Tetum Prasa External (50 000 speakers) and Portuguese are the official languages of East Timor. A further 17 languages are spoken, the most important being Bunak (50 000 speakers), Galoli (50 000 speakers), Kemak (50 000 speakers), Makasae (70 000 speakers), Mambae (80 000 speakers) and Tukudede (50 000 speakers).

East Timor - Example address formats

   Note: This section last updated 26th June 2021

Addresses are generally written in Portuguese and may include a district within Dili. Many addresses do not include a building number. A telephone number may be found written within the address block.

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired

East Timor - Post office box

This may be found as Case Postale or Kotak Pos.

East Timor - Postal codes

   Note: This section last updated 26th June 2021

East Timor has no postal code system.

There a reports of a system being introduced, with each code having the format:

   [TL]99999

The first two digits indicate a region, the third an office type and the final two a delivery code. It is being written to the right of the city name. As yet, we do not have confirmation that this system has been implemented.

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East Timor - Postal code format

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East Timor - Postal code specifics

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East Timor - Postal code regular expression

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East Timor - Postal code level of coverage

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East Timor - Postal code map

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East Timor - Administrative districts

   Note: This section last updated 9th January 2022

East Timor has 13 municipalities External and 1 special administrative region, shown in the list below with an asterisk. They are:

    Aileu 
    Ainaro 
    Atauro 
    Baucau 
    Bobonaro 
    Cova Lima 
    Dili 
    Ermera 
    Lautém 
    Liquiçá 
    Manatuto 
    Manufahi 
    Oe-Cusse Ambeno * 
    Viqueque

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Telephone numbers in East Timor

   Note: This section last updated 31st July 2012

East Timorean numbers have no area codes. Subscriber numbers have 7 or 8 digits. Mobile numbers commence with 72-78.

References

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East Timor

East Timor - Country information

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