<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Indawo yokuqala yokuhlala yayisendaweni manje eyisigodi esidala ngasempumalanga yedolobha. Ukubusa kwePortugal okwathatha amakhulu eminyaka kwaphazamiseka phakathi neMpi Yezwe II, lapho iDili iba yindawo okwakulwa kuyo  <response>: phakathi kwamabutho ama-Allied namaJapane. Leli dolobha elalibhidlikile laphinde lalawulwa amaPutukezi ngemva kwempi. Ngo-1975, kwaqubuka impi yombango phakathi kwamaqembu ezombangazwe aseTimor, okwaholela ekumenyezelweni kwenkululeko nokuhlasela kwe-Indonesia okwalandela. Ngaphansi kokubusa kwe-Indonesia ingqalasizinda edolobheni yathuthukiswa, ngezindawo eziphawulekayo ezifana ne-Immaculate Conception Cathedral kanye ne Cristo Rei of Dili eyakhiwa ngalesi sikhathi. Idolobha lakhula njengoba inani labantu bakhona landa laba ngaphezu kwabantu abangu-100 000. 