Timor's an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, north of the Timor Sea. It's divided between the independent state of East Timor, and West Timor, belonging to the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara. The island's surface's 11,883 square miles (30,777 km²). The name's a variant of timur, Malay for “east”; it's so called because it's at the east end of a chain of islands. Language, ethnic groups, and religion Similar to nearby islands, most Timorese are Me… (More on Timor)