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Portuguese Timor

Portuguese Timor is the former name (1596-1975) of East Timor under Portuguese administration and during its existence shared Timor island with Netherlands Timor and, after 1949, Indonesian Timor. Portuguese Timor ceased to exist with the declaration of the Democratic Republic of East Timor on November 28, 1975.

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