East Timor Genealogy
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In other languages: Guide to East Timor ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Information[edit | edit source]
East Timor is a country in the Pacific Ocean whose nearest neighbors are Indonesia and Australia. It was formerly ruled by Portugal. The official languages are Tetum and Portuguese.[1]
East Timor Map[edit | edit source]
Genealogy records are kept on the local level in East Timor.
Municipalities[edit | edit source]
East Timor is organized into 13 municipalities and 1 special administrative region:
- Aileu
- Ainaro
- Atauro
- Baucau
- Bobonaro
- Covalima
- Dili
- Ermera
- Lautém
- Liquiçá
- Manatuto
- Manufahi
- Oecusse (SAR)
- Viqueque
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "East Timor," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Timor, accessed 2 May 2016.