<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: I-East Timor iyizwe eliseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia ne-Oceania elaziwa ngokuthi iDemocratic Republic of Timor-Leste. Leli zwe lihlanganisa ingxenye esempumalanga yesiqhingi saseTimor neziqhingi eziseduze zase-Atauro naseJaco. Kucatshangwa ukuthi izakhamuzi zokuqala zaziyinzalo yabantu base - Australoid nabaseMelanesia. AmaPutukezi aqala ukuhwebelana neTimor ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-16 leminyaka futhi alithatha phakathi nekhulu leminyaka. Ukungqubuzana namaDashi kule ndawo ekugcineni kwaholela esivumelwaneni sango-1859 lapho iPortugal yanikezela khona ingxenye esentshonalanga yalesi siqhingi. Umbuso WaseJapane  <response>: iPortugal yahlala eMpumalanga Timor phakathi neMpi Yezwe II, kodwa iPortugal yaqala kabusha ukubusa njengekoloni ngemva kokuzinikela kweJapane. 