It is a compact country of 15,000 square kilometres, with considerable ethnic and social cohesion, which has been further intensified by the common experience of history, both distant and recent, which has sharpened that identity.
东帝汶是一个1.5万平方公里的小国，民族和社会凝聚力较强，过去和最近的共同历史经历又进一步加强了这一凝聚力，加强了他们的认同感。